Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2017 Ford Edge submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 23 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Adaptive Steering Fault warning appeared [XXX] … 34,000 miles… I was told there was a recall for this before I bought it from Jim Click ford in 2019 .. what do I do?? And is this Fords responsibility? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
2017 Ford Edge, front axle and ball joint had to be replaced around 33K- still under extended warranty.. Now same or opposite ball joint /axle making click/ ping at 43K no longer under warranty, cant tell left or right axle/ball joint. Will have to take it in to ford at Melbourne Fl at personal expense.. Probably next month...
My adaptive steering light came on and my steering wheel turned to the left like I am turning left. I am on social security and can not afford to pay 4000 dollars to have this fixed. Ford has a recall on 2017 edges for this. All these steering wheels are made just alike. This vin# should be included in the recall. I do not want to have an accident due to them not fixing this vehicle. Please help me with this. Thank you.
I turned my car on and a Warning light of adaptive steering sensor came on. Then my steering wheel was not in the correct position while I was driving. I only have 80 thousand miles on this vehicle. I feel like this vehicle should have been included the recalls of the other 2017 ford edges. Adaptive steering issues. Please add my VIN # to the recall so I can fix this. I’m afraid to drive it now. Thank you for your time with this problem. I can’t afford to fix this. I was told it would cost close to 4000 dollars.
The steering adaptive controls have malfunctioned causing the steering wheel to become misaligned.
Check engine light has been on and white smoke coming from exhaust and engine Been in for recall repairs several times. Steering wheel feels unstable when driving Suspension is unreliable. This is a very dangerous vehicle to be driving and needs to be recalled for these Known issues.
The contact owns a 2017 Ford Edge. The contact stated that a warning light indicating that there was a steering failure had been illuminated on the instrument panel. When turning the steering wheel it failed to automatically re-center. The contact would have to use manual strength to re-center the steering wheel. The vehicle was taken to the who diagnosed that the steering module failed and the steering column needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired due to the part being on backorder. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The manufacturer had referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline to file a safety complaint. The failure mileage was 100,200.
Putting the car in drive and would drive a few feet suddenly, all the panel lights ( check engine, abs,hazard control,electric parking brake,) literally every light on the panel would turn on and engine would stall causing the steering to become hard to control. This happened 3 times within a 2 week span then, I brought it into dealership and was told my coolant had leaked into my cylinders causing the engine to become ruined and that’s why I was having the problems with the engine and steering. My car has only 59000 miles.
See attached document for complaint.
Loss of steering - Errors: "Steering Assist Fault", "Hill Start Assist Not Available", "Service Advance Trac", Adaptive Steering Fault". I had been driving the car on a hot day approximately 30-50 miles that day, lots of stops, last stop was order pick up. I did not turn the car off and when I went to pull out of the parking lot, I lost steering and errors flashed. I was able to turn the car off and back on- errors disappeared. I drove it to a gas station thinking maybe I was running out of gas, I pumped the gas and attempted to pull out, it did it again. A few minutes later, I was able to move the vehicle to a parking spot. Waiting with engine off and attempted again and error codes gone and as able to drive approximately 12 miles home. When I arrived codes were still gone, decided to move to another spot, and then the codes popped up again. Towed vehicle to Ford Dealership - Codes were not present when Ford received my car. They stated it was the battery, charged for battery replacement and diagnostics - $400. Drove it maybe 20-30 miles to run errands and same codes popped up and lost power steering while driving low speed over railroad tracks. Towed back to Ford - this time they want $2500 to replace the steering equipment - there has always been a clicking in the steering but Ford stated it was normal and nothing was wrong. Ford did replace the steering equipment at 40k miles under warranty, now a little over 80k miles and it has to be replaced again? Seems like there may be more to this, I shouldn't have to replace this once, let alone twice in 80k miles. This could have easily caused an accident if at higher rate of speed, an inexperienced driver or one with less upper body strength to be able to move the steering wheel. I noticed a recall for 2016 models and a lot of similar situations on the web for customer complaints. Could there be something going on with this year as well? I have not repaired vehicle yet....
The contact owns a 2017 Ford Edge. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the steering wheel stopped operating as needed and was pulling to the right. The vehicle was steered to the side of the road and turned off. The vehicle was restarted and driven to the residence. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 81,103.
The contact owns a 2017 Ford Edge. The contact stated when he started the vehicle, he noticed that the steering warning light had illuminated. The contact stated that he was able to steer the vehicle, but the steering wheel was traveling more than normal before a turn to the left or to the right was completed. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the steering gears and steering wheel needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The contact was advised by the dealer that there was a recall for older model vehicles for the loss of power steering; however, the VIN was not included. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V250000 (Steering). The failure mileage was approximately 59,000.
MY STEERIN WHEEL TIGHTENS I HAVE TO HOLD IT FIRMLY WHEN DRIVING
My 2017 Ford Edge sport is having the same known adaptive steering issues that were covered on the previous two year models. I’ve received the warning light twice now that the adaptive steering system is initializing and I have to turn the car off or Manually select the ok option to acknowledge the msg. Nothing else happened or was obviously noticeable with the first time the light came on. Couple weeks later I had parked at a gas station 5 min from my house was out of my car less than couple min back in my car there’s no lights on to warn me of Anything when I start my car but once I pulled out into the road my steering wheel was at an obvious left turn position in order to be able to drive the car forward. I was less Than .69 miles from my house once on the road I made three total left hand turns to get to my home. And home the left last left hand turn into my driveway the steering wheel did something awkward and somehow corrected it’s self while pulling into my driveway and I parked then before turning off the car it started flashing again now this was the second time total I saw adaptive cruise initializing. Ive not gotten any other warning Info at all and the car hasn’t said or displayed any service due or required on anything just initializing and that’s it. I turned the car off and it’s been two days and hasn’t repeated anything. Yet. But the characteristics of my issue are an exact description of same car same model recall but not showing recalled for 2017 that. Can find. Could my car have been built in 2016 and in that been actually affected by the recall but somehow not included as one of the cars given model year Indicator?
The adaptive steering fault light came on. There is 58k on the vehicle. I know there has been the same issue on other Ford vehicles. I do not see a recall for this year and model.
Power Steering System went out while driving. A warning light for the Advanced Traction System came on shortly before the Power Steering went out. This caused me to hit a curb creating a tire blowout. I got both problems fixed and the mechanic stated the issue with the power steering was that a wire for the system was resting on the catalytic converter, which caused the wire to melt and create the power steering failure. The mechanic replaced the wiring and replaced the mounting for the wiring to prevent it from resting on the exhaust system. The defect was only inspected by the mechanic that repaired the vehicle. No insurance or police since I was lucky enough to make it home.
Swollen lug nuts - dealership strongly advised to replace due to possible loss of control, accident or injury.
I was backing up into a driveway (very slight incline) when my power steering went out. Lights came on stating, "Steering assist fault, service required" and "service advanced trac." I could barely turn my wheel. There was no earlier warning of this issue and I had just driven 3 hours on the highway so was fortunate that it didn't fail while on the road. I tried restarting my car a few times and then I called a Ford dealer. The car was towed in for a diagnostic. This revealed that the EPAS rack failed and needed to be replaced with an estimate of over $3000. The purpose of EPAS is to enhance the steering ability for the driver, but the car is not steerable without its proper functioning which is a huge safety hazard to the driver and anyone else near them on the road.
2017 FORD EDGE TITANIUM 57000 MILES POWER STEERING HAS STOPPED AND FORD WILL NOT HELP. THE CAR STILL RUNS AND I AM DRIVING WITHOUT POWER STEERING. LOCAL FORD SAYS $ 3000.00 TO FIX. WARNING LIGHTS OF: "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE"... (NEVER HAD IT ANYWAY). "STEERING ASSIST FAULT - SERVICE REQUIRED" "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" - DASHBOARD ICON "STABILITY CONTROL OFF" - DASHBOARD ICON... THESE WARNINGS ARE ON EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE CAR.. THIS STARTED AND FIRST HAPPENED IN MID FEB. 2020. IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. AFTER A FEW FEET IT SORT OF STALLED. I RESTARTED AND NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THE LIGHTS AND LACK OF POWER STEERING. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED. $3000.00 IS A LOT OF MONEY AND I AM SURPRISED AT THE COST, LACK OF HELP FROM FORD AND THE FACT THAT IT IS STILL RUNNING. OTHER WISE IT IS A GREAT CAR ! I HAVE GONE TO YOUTUBE AND DISCOVERED SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM OTHERS BUT NOTHING SPECIFIC. ANY HELP IS GREAT. THANKS.
AFTER 37000 MILES MESSAGE STATED BATTERY WAS LOW. THEN LOST POWER STEERING. I STOPPED CAR AND IT HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF TO SIDE. ANOTHER CAR JUMPED ME AND CAR STARTED. STARTED DRIVING AND LOST POWER STEERING. CAR WAS JUMP STARTED AGAIN. DROVE SHORT DISTANCE. HAPPENED AGAIN UNTIL I GOT HOME. HELP.
WHILE DRIVING AN ALERT CAME ON THAT STATED THE STEERING ASSIST NEEDED SERVICE. I CONTINUED DRIVING AS I WAS IN A REMOTE AREA WITH NO FORD DEALERSHIP CLOSE BY. THE STEERING SEEMED A BIT "LOOSE" BUT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERABLE. I PARKED THE VEHICLE ONCE I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION WITH PLANS TO BRING IT TO MY DEALERSHIP WHEN I RETURNED FROM MY TRIP. I STARTED THE VEHICLE A FEW DAYS LATER AND THE DISPLAY SHOWED "STEERING LOSS STOP SAFELY", "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" AND "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE" THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STEERED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD EDGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING DISENGAGED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO FEEL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE STEERING RE-ENGAGED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT OVER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SAN LEANDRO FORD STORE (LOCATED AT 1111 MARINA BLVD, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94577, (510) 352-2000) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ALLOW THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS TO ADJUST THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS SOME CALIBRATION MADE TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,999. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD EDGE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO OPERATE. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN MOTION, THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, BRUISES, HEADACHES, BACK ACHES, AND CONTUSIONS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OPENED DOOR ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NEIGHBOR'S VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .