This is what I get for braggin on my Escape. The electric power steering assist failed with no notice and as I am researching now this is more common that I would expect. Monica was driving the car and completely freaked out. She's not a novice and handled the situation but if somebody's grandmother who couldn't muscle that ton and a half front drive pig (edit, 3300) home had been driving, it would have been a possible accident.
I drove it, and other than being heavy and taking more effort than my 69 Ranger did (manual steering) to turn, the Rack and Pinion part of it feels good still. I see the complaint people saying 1300-1500 to repair. Seems to me this is a serious issue that gives zero warning and has downside of serious casualties be it man and/or vehicle. There are a lot of folks who couldn't handle a car of this size (yeah, it's bigger than you think!) with a sudden failure and no real experience with non power equipped cars.
Does anybody have access to Ford's recall information? I found a bunch of customer complaints but haven't seen a response from Ford. I'll give my local dealer a call but wanted to check here.
I drove it, and other than being heavy and taking more effort than my 69 Ranger did (manual steering) to turn, the Rack and Pinion part of it feels good still. I see the complaint people saying 1300-1500 to repair. Seems to me this is a serious issue that gives zero warning and has downside of serious casualties be it man and/or vehicle. There are a lot of folks who couldn't handle a car of this size (yeah, it's bigger than you think!) with a sudden failure and no real experience with non power equipped cars.
Does anybody have access to Ford's recall information? I found a bunch of customer complaints but haven't seen a response from Ford. I'll give my local dealer a call but wanted to check here.
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