Problems with 2012 Ford Focus STEERING

I own a 2012 ford focus went to pick my kids up from school and killed my car. then tried to restart my car and my steering wheel was really hard to turn then the steering assist failure popped up on my screen. tried to restart the battery changed the fuse and it still pops up with the message. and this is my only transportation. it's really hard to steer it. and i'm scared to drive it.

I own a 2012 ford focus sel. an error code has come up for about 6 months when starting the car "steering assist fault" it will usually go away but on jan 13th 2020 i was leaving work and it would not go away and i could not move my car. the error remained and i had to have the car towed because i could not steer the car at all. i am active duty military living in germany on orders and my car is now at the ford garage with a quote of 1,860 euro to fix the power steering. this is unacceptable that ford has not recognized this as a need for a safety recall and car owners are having to pay thousands of dollars to repair this part when i have been told by mechanics it is due to the part being placed in an incorrect place causing it to error out. this is a huge safety issue due to the error happening while driving as well, leaving you with no control to steer the car. i am out thousands of dollars in rental fees while my car has been sitting at a german ford dealership waiting ...

The power steering went out on my car this morning when i started it. it flashed an error message. after turning it off and restarting it about 3 times, it began to work. i have read that this can occur as i am driving. i am terrified this car is going to kill me, and i just bought it used and am paying payments. the vehicle was not in motion...yet.

A message comes on the dash saying steeeing assist malfunction. when this message comes on all power steering is lost.

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford focus. while driving on the highway, the steering wheel seized. the contact was able to manually steer the vehicle to the side of the highway. the contact restarted the vehicle and drove slowly to his destination. joe machens ford (1911 w worley st, columbia, mo 65203, (573) 445-4411) stated that the rack and pinion system was defective and needed to be replaced at the cost of $2,700. the manufacturer was contacted and stated that nothing could be done since they were cleared by the national transportation board. an investigation was conducted and the steering system was repaired. the failure mileage was 75,000. *pm*jb

Second & third time the power steering has locked out on this vehicle while stationary, thank god. the instrument cluster showed a message reading "steering fault and it was amber in color. turn off vehicle and restarted vehicle as my spouse told me and steering was ok. drove to a different location and stopped about one hour later started to restart vehicle to the system warning and status messages cluster was on and amber in color, turn off and restart vehicle and it was ok, drove home and it is as of this date still working. .

Steering assist malfunction warning with loss of power steering. happened at start up. turned car off and restarted. the problem went away. the 4th time this happened, the power assist did not resume. car now has no power steering at all.

My daughter pulled out her parking space and was unable to turn the steering wheel. the steering wheel was beyond hard to turn for an adult male or female, suggesting that the problem was not a lack of power steering fluid but that the car's steering modules failed, while the car was being driven.

I backed out my focus from the garage and heard a beep or noise to alert me of a problem. the steering wheel was rigid and dash message said something about steering malfunction. in addition was a square box with an "i" in the box. i then moved the car back into the garage and turned off the engine.

While driving, loss of ability to steer. also, when starting the car, trouble turning wheel.

Vehicle electronic steering control failed and power steering lost

Vehicle is a 2012 ford focus with only 46,000 miles. while starting to make a left turn from a stopped position the instrumentation panel showed a "steering assist fault" message and all power steering was lost. this nearly resulted in hitting another vehicle as i was not prepared for the steering to become completely manual, it was difficult at such a slow speed to turn the wheel. in speaking with ford this is a known issue, recall was issued for multiple vehicles and multiple years for the same issue but the focus was excluded.

When driving the power steering will suddenly go out and the "power steering assist fault" indicator light comes on. i suddenly had no power steering, which is certainly a safety issue! and according to other 2012 ford focus owners this is a widespread issue with no recall yet! after 8 years.

When operating the vehicle a sensor disables making the vehicle difficult to steer. once i pull over and shut the vehicle off for a period of time it resets and i am able to drive. this has occurred on several different locations, roads and during different weather. the vehicle is difficult to control when this happens and am lucky that it has not happened when the vehicle is at a high rate of speed. it has also happened when you first start the vehicle on several occasions but have been able to reset the system by restarting the vehicle.

While in motion on the interstate my consul gave me a notification that there was a "failure in steering assist" and to pull over safely. at witch time i lost my power steering assist. i pulled off at the next exit which thankfully led to baxter ford south where they ran a service check the next day. after running the check they determined there was a failure in the power steering control module (pscm). the pscm was re programed to the last known code. they informed me that they did not know how long the fix would last. on the same day after driving 600 miles i received the same message and once again lost power steering assist. note that the same failure has occurred in the 2011- 2012 ford fusion, ford flex, and ford taurus. all have been recalled except for the 2012 ford focus model. i will attach and highlight my invoice from baxter ford south.