2010 Ford Fusion Steering Problems
- 1,266
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 1266 stored complaint records:
- 27 indicate a crash
- 11 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- power steering · 182 records
- steering assist · 52 records
- assist fault · 40 records
- steering wheel · 30 records
- service power · 20 records
- steering went · 12 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 100–150k mi | 417 |
| 60–100k mi | 415 |
| 30–60k mi | 151 |
| 150–400k mi | 126 |
| 1–30k mi | 48 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving at 60 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact had to apply force to the steering wheel in order to steer the vehicle and the service power steering now message displayed across the message board. The tire pressure monitoring system warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The contact was unsure about the part that…
ODI 10749133
Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While backing out of a driveway at 5 mph, the power steering seized and the power steering warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was powered off and restarted, which resumed normal operation. The contact stated that the issue recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The…
ODI 10749482
Steering
While driving approximately 30 mph lost all power steering. Very hard to steer could have caused a crash. The dash readout said power steering assist failure, service advancetrac. Car has only 55,708 miles on it. Very dangerous problem when you can loose power steering while driving. Thank god there wasn't an accident.
ODI 10747995
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
My 19 year old daughter was driving to college when out of the blue she went to drive around a right hand corner at about 45 mph and the electronic power steering completely failed the car steering was so hard to turn the car didn't make the right hand turn so the car went across the road and up over the curb and almost hit a lady walking her dog no one was hurt but sure could have been the car has no other damage…
ODI 10748379
Steering
While driving steering locked and service advancetrac light came on. It is happening multiple times almost causing me to crash
ODI 10746756
Electrical System · Steering
My 20 year old daughter and two friends were traveling back from the campground heading back to one of the friends house for the night. They had decided to stop by a coffee shop just around the corner from where they were heading. When she went to make the turn from the highway into the parking lot the car lost all power steering. She managed to get the car into a parking space and no one was injured nor was there a…
ODI 10745852
Steering
Power steering failure while driving. Was extremely difficult to manually steer it into safe place. This also happened to my mother in law and my wife when they were driving. So three incidents total. Very unsafe. All three times, the steering worker again when car was restarted
ODI 10745564
Electrical System · Steering
I was going down the road at 25 mph and the steering failed. Power steering was going in and out, and was mostly out. I had to pay for a new steering gear assembly - despite the fact that there seemed to be many, many, many vehicle recalls for steering on the ford fusion. The dealership and ford was unwilling to pay for the replacement part and labor. I had to pay a total of $1833.57 for the steering, labor, and for…
ODI 10762654
Steering
Driving on i 76 and power steering stopped working a of a sudden. A message came up on the dashboard that said "check advancetrac" " service power steering". The dealer said it's a problem with the computer module and i need a new rack and pinion which will cost me over $1800.00. There has been numerous complaints about the power steering for ford fusion and even recalls regarding the issue on 2011 through 2015, but…
ODI 10745917
Steering · Traction Control System
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving at any speed, the service advance traction and service power steering now warning lights illuminated and the power steering seized. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.
ODI 10735143
Steering
While making a right hand turn, after stopping at a traffic light, an alarm sounded and a notification popped up saying "service advancetrac" and there was a complete loss off power steering. As i have done in the past when this issue has occurred, i shut the car off and then restarted it and the problem and notification were gone. Moments later while driving on the highway the exact same problem happened again. I…
ODI 10735047
Steering
This morning i drove my 2010 ford fusion without incident. Went out later the same day and had the power steering and advance trac service messages appear less than a mile after i started driving. I went 3 or 4 more miles and had the power steering message go to service power steering now!. In the span of 4 miles i went form no issues to having no power steering and barely being able to keep the car on the road.…
ODI 10733785
Steering
Once i pulled out of my apartment parking lot heading to work, the dashboard indicated that i need to "service power steering soon". As i proceeded further, the dashboard message indicated that i needed to "service advancetrac". The steering worked well during the commute to work. Once i got to work and parked, i shut off the engine. When i started the engine, the message on the dashboard replied "service power…
ODI 10786170
Electronic Stability Control · Equipment Adaptive/Mobility · Steering
Power stering went out on 2010 ford fusion. Dash notifications: service advance trac & power steering assist fault. Seeing too many posts on the same issue.
ODI 10762991
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
My wife was driving the ford fusion and an error for "service power steering" came up on her dashboard. She still had power steering and was able to make it to work and park. Upon leaving work, she turned the car on and realized the power steering was completely gone. She could not drive the car because she could not efficiently turn the wheel. I had to go pick her up and at which point i realized i could attempt to…
ODI 10735804
Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. Immediately after starting the vehicle, the power steering light illuminated on the instrument panel and the power steering seized. The failure recurred four times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the power steering needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was…
ODI 10750190
Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving at various speeds, the power steering assist warning indicator illuminated and the steering wheel seized. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was repaired, but the failure recurred. The repair details were unknown. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.
ODI 10759031
Steering
While driving my 2010 ford fusion into parking lot, the service advance trac warning appeared. I parked and went into a store. After shopping, i was ready to back out of the parking space and couldn't. I had no power steering and the warning light said "service power steering now". I had my young daughter and my mother with me, so thank god we were already in a parking lot and not in traffic or at a higher speed!!…
ODI 10730771
Steering · Suspension
Car lost power steering as i was turning, pulled hard right, causing car to hit a small tree. Minor damage; cracked headlight lens and front nose piece detached from fenders. The car was restarted and the steering appeared to be fine. However, since this happened, the steering appears to be harder to control and the car has a hard pull when accelerating similar to torque steering. The car never had a problem with…
Crash reported
ODI 10733767
Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving at 10 mph, the power steering failed. The instrument panel indicated that the power steering assist failed. The contact turned off the vehicle and restarted the engine and the warning indicator disappeared. The contact was able to drive normally for about two more miles before the failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was…
ODI 10730405
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was driving home from work, had to stop and drop some items off for my daughter at summer camp. When i was leaving camp the steering felt like it wanted to pull to the right, a few miles down the road all power steering was lost. Service advanc-trac warning message was being displayed on the dash board. I pulled over at a convenient store to investigate the problem, could not find anything. It was raining so i…
ODI 10732360
Power Train · Steering
I was driving the fusion when the power steering suddenly went out. It is nearly impossible to turn and could cause a serious accident if it goes out while being driven, as mine did. After parking the car, the advance trac and power steering service lights came on. Unacceptable in a car less than 5 years old!!!!
ODI 10760179
Steering
The power steering froze and i was unable to steer the car. The power steering fault indicator came on in the display area. I have experienced this, briefly, many times right after starting the car. This was the first time while the car was already in gear. Luckily i was just trying to get off my driveway at the time.
ODI 10725715
Steering
While driving at 50 mph my daughter lost power steering and had great difficulty pulling over safely. Had the vehicle towed to garage who couldn't fix it so she had to drive to a dealer (it pulled badly as she drove) and the dealer fixed it $1525. And said they had seen this several times before
ODI 10744101
Power Train · Steering
Advance steering service light came on, once i stopped and restarted the car had no power steering. I let the car die and let it reset itself (battery disconnected) and put it back together still no steering went to a shop they saw 2 codes one was to due with the electronic steering the other was transmission failure due to the the steering code issue.
ODI 10725359