2017 Ford Focus Steering Problems

“Steering assist failure on 3 year old car with 6600 miles. This occurred at the end of the warranty period. Car was brought to dealer for repair one week after warranty ended, due to quarantine. Dealer states repair not covered and is trying to charge $2700 for the repair. I see recalls online for this problem, but not for my specific car. I need to get repaired, but I believe it is a vehicle fault and Ford should cover cost.”

“While driving my 2017 Ford Focus se, I received a message on the display indicating steering failure. The moment the message displayed, I lost steering immediately and the car pulled dramatically towards the right edge of the road. Up till this point, there was no indication of a steering issue. Thankfully, I was driving earlier in the morning on a rural roadway with a very little traffic and on a straight section of the road. It seems as though the system affected is the epas. …”

“On our way back from florida I smelt burning coolant I looked and it was low so I filled it up as we were down the street from our house the smell got worse I attempted to accelerate and the car shook, the transmission warning then came on and I lost steering control and power I pulled over safely and tried to restart the vehicle and would not start. I popped the hood and there was coolant all over the motor and transmission. 2 hr later the vehicle still won't even turn over.”

“On feb 1st 2021 the power steering fail while driving down the road on city street. A collusion was avoid thanks to other drivers swerving out of the way. A error message appear on the dash reporting power steering fault. We park the car in a parking lot for several hours until traffic was cleared up in the hopes we could get the car home. When we went back the issue was resovled and we drove to the dealer to diagnose. The dealer was able reproduce the issue and replaced the entire steering rack.”

“While driving straight in a residential area, the steering locked up as if the power steering went out. The steering wheel became extremely difficult to turn. Fortunately, I was able to avoid an accident. After safely stopping and restarting the vehicle a notice came up indicating 'steering assist fault - service required'.”