Ford steering problems
Across all Ford models in NHTSA's complaint database, 30,061 complaints involve steering. The Fusion accounts for the largest share (19%). The single worst model year is the 2010 Fusion with 1,663 steering complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 30,061 about steering, all Ford models
- Most affected
- Fusion 19% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 19,955 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1254 and 147
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Ford models
Worst model years for steering
- 2010 Ford Fusion1,663 complaints
- 2012 Ford Fusion1,482 complaints
- 2011 Ford Fusion1,445 complaints
- 2008 Ford Escape1,133 complaints
- 2012 Ford Focus928 complaints
Steering complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 113 |
| 1991 | 149 |
| 1992 | 186 |
| 1993 | 225 |
| 1994 | 245 |
| 1995 | 537 |
| 1996 | 423 |
| 1997 | 599 |
| 1998 | 564 |
| 1999 | 718 |
| 2000 | 669 |
| 2001 | 468 |
| 2002 | 463 |
| 2003 | 332 |
| 2004 | 305 |
| 2005 | 456 |
| 2006 | 502 |
| 2007 | 256 |
| 2008 | 1,691 |
| 2009 | 1,062 |
| 2010 | 2,477 |
| 2011 | 3,499 |
| 2012 | 3,462 |
| 2013 | 2,711 |
| 2014 | 1,737 |
| 2015 | 1,156 |
| 2016 | 1,272 |
| 2017 | 1,359 |
| 2018 | 587 |
| 2019 | 1,154 |
| 2020 | 185 |
| 2021 | 148 |
| 2022 | 146 |
| 2023 | 91 |
| 2024 | 61 |
| 2025 | 42 |
| 2026 | 11 |
Among the 19,955 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 77,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.