2018 Ford Escape Steering Problems

“Coming down the freeway in nevada, it began to feel like we ran over something in the road over and over. There was a shaking in the steering/wheels so felt like it keep hitting bumps in the road. It progressively got worse. We finally realized that it may be the traction control system. When it was turned off, it began to correct. But it turned itself back on by itself.”

“I was being to accelerate after stopping at a stop sign, when the steering froze then violently turned to the right. When the steering turned to the right I inadvertently pressed on the accelerator pedal speeding up slightly to approximately 15 MPH. During the split second that this happened I was able to wrestle the vehicle back towards the road barely missing a telephone pole, but I did strike the guy wires that support the pole. This caused about $800 in damage to the vehicle and no defect could be found by the service station. …”

“On sunday, july 14, 2019, our 2018 Ford Escape lost power steering while traveling 60 MPH on interstate 5 near seattle. We were able to pull off the interstate and turn the vehicle off. The vehicle was still under original warranty. After restarting the vehicle, the power steering failure light turned off and power steering was restored. We contacted the dealer the next day and they advised it was safe to continue driving the vehicle until they could schedule an appointment - ten days later. The dealer claimed it found no codes indicating a problem. …”

“Vehicle steering stiff and does not unlock after starting. Must work moving steering wheel force able to unlock to drive. Also makes noise when driving and turning the wheel. I thought it was a low battery taking/conserving power; however upon taking to Ford dealership it was diagnosed that my rack and pinion needs replaced. My 2018 Ford Escape has approximately 46,000 miles and is out of warranty. The Ford technician indicated this was an unusual repair due to they usually don't see this repair on vehicles that have low mileage and it's about 100,000 miles less than he usually sees. …”

“Went to stop on wet road traction control kicked in wheels locked up causing me not be able to guide myself off the road from hitting car it front slide the whole car shut down doors locked causing me to not be able to get out had to kick the door open and my phone was hooked up to the bluetooth and no cops were contacted like I was told it would be! It felt like my car was a robot and shut completely down and I could not do anything after hitting my brakes it was like having no tires from that point on and my car only had 9,000 miles on it!”