THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON BUT NOT SET (ICON WAS YELLOW AND NOT GREEN). WE CHANGED LANES AND HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROAD, PERHAPS A SLIGHT POTHOLE ON THE FREEWAY. SUDDENLY THE CHIME WAS HEARD AND THE MESSAGE SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC, THEN SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW. THE SLIDE ICON ALSO APPEARED. WE DID NOT SLOW DOWN AND DROVE AT LEAST A HALF HOUR AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WE STOPPED AND PARKED THE CAR AT WALMART. WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED, NO POWER STEERING AT ALL. MY GENTLEMAN FRIEND IS A FARMER. HE DROVE THE CAR HOME WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING, FOUGHT THE STEERING FOR MILES. WE WILL TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER TO RESET IT. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING AROUND 75 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED BUT NOT SET (YELLOW ICON, NOT GREEN). I MANEUVERED A BROAD TURN ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEED, AND THE SLIDE ICON APPEARED. THEN QUICKLY THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW MESSAGE APPEARED. I CONTINUED DRIVING FOR A MILE, EXITED THE FREEWAY AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, AND AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING SLOT, REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. LATER, WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR, NO POWER STEERING. HAD IT TOWED, AND THE FORD DEALER RESET THE COMPUTER. THIS WAS 4 MONTHS AGO. I WONDER IF THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCETRAC. CAN ADVANCETRAC BE DEACTIVATED?? *TR ## VIN FAILED ##
2012
STEERING
EARLY PART OF THE YEAR (2013) THE SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT WILL COME ON AND OFF I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND HE STATED THAT IT WAS THE STABILITY IN THE VEHICLE AND ALSO IT WASN'T NOTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT UNLESS THE LIGHT JUST COME ON AND STAY ON . FINALLY IT CAME ON AND WOULDN'T GO OFF I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $ 240 TO REPAIR THE CAR AND I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE PARTS COME IN BY THAT TIME COME TO FIND OUT THEY WAS WILL TO PAY THE $240. I PICKED THE CAR UP THE SAME DAY WHICH WAS THE FIRST DAY THE CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED SAME PROBLEMS TOOK THE CAR BACK ON THAT MONDAY THEY SO CALLED FIXED THE VEHICLE IT SEEM TO BE OKAY DROVE THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 8 DAYS THE SAME SERVICE ADVANCTRAC LIGHT CAME BACK ON NEXT SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT 15 MINS LATER THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW LIGHT CAME ON LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE HAD THE CAR TOWED BACKED TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY CHECK THE CAR AND QUOTED ME A JOB FOR $ 2,658.12 WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY. *TR