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Ford Fusion Electronic Stability Control Safety Report | Aug 08, 2013
Reported on Aug 08, 2013
| ON MY DRIVE HOME FROM CHICAGO TO PONTIAC MI, I WAS JUST PAST HALFWAY HOME WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR BEGAN BEEPING AT ME AND DISPLAYED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES, SERVICE ADVANCETRAC, SERVICE POWER STEERING, SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW. SIMULTANEOUSLY I LOST ALL POWER STEERING HOWEVER, ITS NOT THE SAME AS LOSING POWER STEERING ON A NORMAL CAR OR DRIVING AN OLDER VEHICLE THAT WAS NEVER NORMALLY EQUIPPED WITH POWER STEERING. THE WHEEL BECAME LOCKED TO THE RIGHT AND THE CAR DARTED TO THE RIGHT TAKING ME ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE EXPRESSWAY, I FOUGHT BACK PULLING THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT AS HARD AS I COULD. SUDDENLY I FELT A POPPING SENSATION AND THE CAR DARTED TO THE LEFT TAKING ME FROM THE RIGHT SHOULDER TO THE LEFT LANE. I AGAIN PULLED THE WHEEL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BUT THE WHEEL FELT LOCKED, SUDDENLY I FELT THAT FAMILIAR POPPING FEELING AND THE CAR DARTED OFF TO THE SHOULDER AGAIN. THIS SAME PROCESS WAS REPEATED UNTIL I COULD GET THE CAR STOPPED SAFELY. UPON TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND WOULD NEED A NEW RACK AND PINION. I'VE NEVER REPORTED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE BUT I FELT IT MY CIVIL DUTY SINCE I'M CERTAIN A PERSON OF LESSER STRENGTH, LIKE MY FIANCE' WOULDN'T HAVE ACHIEVED THE SAME OUTCOME. *TR | |
| Make: | Ford |
| Model: | Fusion |
| Manufactured by: | Ford Motor Company |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | WHITE LAKE MI |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | |
| Mileage: | 46000 miles. |
| Speed: | 70 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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