The contact owns a 2015 Ford Taurus. The vehicle experienced loss of power steering while driving steering the vehicle required added effort the contact believes failure was power steering however, the mechanic was unable to verify due to no codes present at diagnostic the contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 mph, without warning the power steering became inoperable. The vehicle then stalled. The contact stated that extra effort was needed in maneuvering the vehicle. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and the vehicle performed as intended. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. The failure recurred once. A local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000.

- Stone Mountain, GA, USA

I was driving to burlington MA on August 29, 2019 and, while making a right turn to enter onto rte 3 northbound, I lost all my power steering. At the moment of failure, the steering wheel snapped abruptly to the left almost causing me to hit the guard rail. Fortunately, I was able to wrestle/turn the steering wheel to the right and avoid an accident. I had no power steering all the way home. When I wrestled the car into my driveway at home, I shut it off, waited a minute and restarted the car. The dash idiot light was off and the power steering was working. I have not used and don't plan on using the car until this problem is fixed. I made an appointment to have this problem diagnosed and repaired on September 9, 2019. I believe the cause of the catastrophic failure is related to the sensors on the steering wheel column that communicate with the computer which controls the electric rack and pinion system.

- Acton, MA, USA

The steering on our 2015 Ford Taurus has been disengaging while the car is being driven. First we get a message that the steering needs to be serviced. Next, another message flashed, the car jerks and the power steering disengages making it extremely difficult to control the car.

- Fort Mill, SC, USA

The steering on my 2015 Ford Taurus flashes a message to have the steering serviced. Shortly, following this when I begin to make a turn...another message pops up and the power steering disengages, making it virtually impossible to control the car.

- Fort Mill, SC, USA

My 2015 Ford Taurus was operating under normal conditions when two warnings appeared on the dash. One for a steering assist fault and one for an advancetrac service being required. I was driving on a country road as this occurred and approaching a sharp curve. As these lights illuminated the power steering was lost while operating at speeds about 60 mph. Luckily I was able to safely bring the vehicle to a stop. When I went to the Ford dealer today they advised that that this is a common issue with Ford electronic power steering systems and that extended coverages are available on some models to replace the faulty items however the 2015 Taurus is not covered. I work in law enforcement so I am a well trained driver and it is because of said training that I was able to avoid a collision when this system failed however it is extremely dangerous and I would be fearful that this could happen to a less trained driver and have catastrophic results.

- Swansea, SC, USA

While driving on I-95 S at 70 mph. Steering wheel begin to twitch. Steering became extremely hard to turn and control vehicle. Steering light flash, traction control light also.I manage to get vehicle off highway safety.stop vehicle. Open hood to check power steering reservoir.this is very dangerous situation..without power steering, this vehicle is at the point of not being derivable. My wife may have been drive the vehicle. And she would N't have been able to control safety this vehicle. Google show this is a electric steering rack & pinion unit.Ford has a recall on this problem. But my vehicle is not included, why not?? Ford has not fix this problem on all the vehicle's that are currently using this system.what are they waiting for someone to get killed first.

- Ayden, NC, USA

Fault codes U3000-96 C200D-49

- Manhattan, IL, USA

I bought a new battery and its drain because of its saying check charge system in dont know what else to.do I lost my job because my vehicle stop running

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

I was picking up my son after work. I had driven roughly 45 minutes and parked waiting for him for roughly 10 minutes. After he got in, we drove to the end of the street and turned on to the main road. 2 warnings popped up suddenly. 1 for power steering failure and 1 for stability control failure. Steering instantly became extremely difficult to control. I was able to pull into a gas station, and popped the hood. I wasn't aware at this point it was electronic power assisted steering. I quickly realized there was no power steering reservoir. I turned the car back on and steering control seemed to be restored. So I continued on. As I turned back on to the main road and the power steering failed again. Luckily I was only going about 500 feet down the road and managed to pull it in despite the increase in steering difficulty. The power steering failure has been present ever since.

- Macomb Township, MI, USA

48,217mi. I have had several occasions, while driving, where the power assisted steering has stopped working causing difficult steering as well as a "steering fault service now" message on my instrument cluster. Ford has recalled several vehicles for this same concern but my vehicle has not been included in the recall so far.

- Staunton, VA, USA

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Taurus. While driving 60 mph, the steering failed and the steering warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to rochester Ford-Lincoln, Inc. (119 E 4th St, rochester, in 46975, (800) 634-4220) diagnosed that the rack and pinion needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 102,000.

- Rochester, IN, USA

So my 2015 Ford Taurus and I was coming to a stop at a stop light steering started to feel kind of tight. Almost is just on an older car my power steering fluid make it be getting a little low I continue going about my trip thinking that much of it when I got to my destination I checked to see if there was a power steering reservoir to see if the power steering fluid is low to find out that the Ford Taurus is an all electrical power assist system. I live in upstate New York and the weather has been pretty cold out so I thought maybe there was a ice build-up underneath the vehicle I'll have since washed the bottom of the car out and the weather is now in the 50 and I'm still in getting the numb tight feeling in the steering it's almost as if heading into a turn periodically at any speed the steering just seems to get tighter as if it's going to lock up I travel about 51 miles to work a day so I can notice a difference off and on throughout the trip

- Constantia, NY, USA

Was driving on the interstate then the steering wheel locked up saying steering loss stop safely the wheel couldn't turn no earring no nothing almost got ran over by a semi truck

- Omaha, NE, USA

In the last month and a half my car died 3 times as I was driving. All three times I was slowing down to turn and a warning sign came on saying the transmission isn't in park. After that the car completely died on me. The lights, steering, brakes it just completely dead. I was so afraid the cars behind me would hit my car.it is in the garage now for the third time. The first time after 4 days they sent the car home and said no codes came up and they couldn't find anything wrong.a month later it happened again and they replaced the throttle body and gasket hoping it was fixed.January 4 2019, a Friday night it happened again and the cars behave ind me almost hit me in the back. The car starts up wright away after this happens. I am so afraid to drive this car. The first time I coasted off the busy street because I had no lights, steering or brakes. Can you imagine no lights and if I wouldn't of coasted off into a driveway I would have been hit. The garage keeps saying that my car doesn't have a recall, but there should be one on this car.my husband went with me to the garage today and he told them that he doesn't want this car back until they can guarantee it will be fixed so I am not in a terrible accident!!

- Milwaukee, WI, USA

Driving on interstate and warning light came on dash saying power steering assist failure. Power steering immediately quit working at speed of 70mph during a land change and almost lead to a crash. No prior earring this system would fail. Not safe

- Wentzville, MO, USA

On a number of occasions in the past 30 days my 2015 Taurus has has a loss of power to the steering system which makes it difficult to drive it happens at low and high speeds it happened at my sons graduation in a parking lot full of students and parents and could not steer the car it also happened on a main road traveling in my lane around a hard turn in road and the steering failed I stopped the car on the shoulder by slamming on the brakes thank god no one was behind me and it happened at the grocery store turning into a parking spot on 2 occasions the way to make it work again is if you turn off car and restart it and it's fine till the next time a light comes on on the dash that reads power steering system failure I contacted Ford about the problem and I was told that it wasn't covered under warranty and there was no recalls in and that it needed a new steering gear and rack and it would cost me 1500$ to do the job I have looked into any recalls online and they did have a recall on a the power steering asssist on earlier models of the Taurus 2012-2013 so makes me think that they know there is a problem and won't issue a recall are they waiting for someone to get hurt or possibly killed as I said previously the power steering fails at all speeds and gives no indication that it is about to happen something should be done thank you

- Kunkletown, PA, USA

I was driving on highway 242 East bound on the fast lane doing 65 mph and on a cure my vehicles power steering gave out I was forced into two lanes before I had time to react luckily there were no other drivers next to me.the traction control light came on and the steering was really had to turn. It's bine that way ever since.

- Concord, CA, USA

The car gets an alarm and power steering stops working. The car is very difficult to turn at slow speeds and is a work out at road speeds depending on degree of turn. There are two alarms present. "steering assist fault service required" and "service advancetrac. There was an alarm that happened twice (at around 55,000 miles & 62,000 miles) before with the same effort needed in steering but it went away when the car was shut off and restarted. If this had happened in the middle of a sharp turn there would have been an accident as it takes a lot of effort to turn the wheel

- Johnsonburg, PA, USA

The vehicle was being driven down the expressway at highway speeds and the steering wheel locked up completely. The engine remained running but the steering wheel could not be moved at all. Very scary experience, the vehicle was able to be brought to a safe stop and had to be towed to the dealership. The service writer advised me that this in not an uncommon condition among Ford vehicles (cars and trucks) with electric power steering.

- Miami, FL, USA

The car was at a stop light when the steering power assist completely failed. I was still able to steer the car with much greater effort. The dashboard indicated a "steering fault service soon", and "traction control fault service soon" error message.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA