2013 Ford Focus Electric Steering Problems

“At the time of this report we have had two occurrences of a stop safely now error message while driving at highway speeds on this vehicle. During each failure the vehicle stopped functioning abruptly with no warning before the failure. All steering, control of vehicle and propulsion was lost. On the first failure we had approximately 7 seconds of momentum before coming to a stop and on the second occurrence we had an abrupt stop as if the brakes were slammed on forcibly. As a result I was thrown forward towards the steering wheel. …”

“Was driving at 25 MPH in a residential zone, with 48 miles on the battery when an alert dinged and the message on the screen said pull over to safety now. I immediately pulled out of traffic into a parking space as the power steering stopped working, then steering then completely locked, couldn't turn the wheel. The car would no longer go forward / had lost power. And the power breaks didn't seem to be functioning. Thankfully I had already come to a complete stop. The next morning we had it towed to an authorized Ford service center that said there was a recall for this issue. …”

“While making a left turn and accelerating out of the turn the engine, power train and breaking system stopped working. The vehicle stopped dead in the street. The dash displayed stop safely now and a yellow warning light symbol of a wrench appeared. I took several attempts to restart using various methods the vehicle finally reset and started.”

“While in the driveway and stationary, I turned on the car and the power steering assist warning light came on. The power steering was not operable and the steering went into manual making it almost impossible to turn the wheel. After the mechanic evaluated this, it was determined the sensor needs to be replaced. The part alone is $1100 and that does not include labor. Rather costly. There are many, many complaints found about this specific issue with a simple google search. Other Ford cars have received a recall on this part. …”

“This is for the Ford Focus Electric. Driving in the left lane of a 4 lane road in moderate traffic, my wife was slowing to make a left hand turn onto a 4 lane hwy. Suddenly the vehicle chimed once, showed an orange caution sign in the left info display that read please stop safely now, and immediately shut down mechanically. She instantly lost control of the steering, brakes or engine and the car came to an abrupt stop nearly causing a collision. …”