Power steering suddenly quit without any warning
While pulling out of a fast food drive through steering jerked to center and i lost power steering to the point where i could barely keep control of the vehicle, mechanic informed me the powering steering motor seemed overheated because of its location and i could expect this to happen again, on the dash i got a "steering fault" code. second issue unrelated is that the temp sensor keeps malfunctioning, once the senor reaches below the freezing point on the dash ( keep in mind its 74f outside) the vehicle shuts down the air conditioning unit blowing hot air until the whole system resets and the dash reads the actual exterior temp. new ford temp sensor installed worked fine for two weeks then same issue. its frustrating when we reach 80+ degrees and the air conditioning is intermittent because of a senor issue which is totally unrelated to the unit itself. two other friends of mine own the same year vehicle and are having the same issues. love my ford but they should own up to they're problems.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford transit connect. while driving 30 mph, the speed automatically dropped to 0 mph and the steering wheel failed to turn left or right. all the warning indicators on the instrument panel illuminated immediately after the failure occurred. the contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. the contact turned off and restarted the vehicle a couple of times and the vehicle returned to normal. the vehicle was taken to the dealer (fox ford mazda, 3560 28th st se, grand rapids, mi 49512) where it was diagnosed that the throttle body malfunctioned and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was contacted at 800-392-3673 and opened case number: cas-13297747. the approximate failure mileage was 7,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford transit connect van. while driving 5 mph, the steering wheel seized and the instrument panel went blank. the vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuse box wiring harness was defective and needed replacement. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. the failure mileage was approximately 40,000. ..updated 04/13/17*bf updated 05/15/17 *bf *cn