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Steering gear: the servo motor bolts corrode and the power assist is lost

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critical

severity

not available

mileage

2

sources

2 sources next to the write-up.

The fault

How you spot it

The electric power steering motor is attached to the steering gear housing with bolts. Slush thrown up from salted roads reaches those bolts and corrodes them. If a bolt cracks or falls out, the motor can separate from the housing and the power assist is lost: the steering becomes heavy, especially at low speed and when parking.

Ford issued two campaigns, in 2015 and in 2019, both specifically for the US states where roads are salted in winter. The factory repair replaces the bolts and applies a wax sealer; if any bolt is broken or missing, the whole steering gear is replaced. The same load arises anywhere roads are salted in winter.

Which model

Who it affects

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Generations and models

1 generations.

Checklist

Steering gear: the servo motor bolts corrode and the power assist is lost

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Sources

How we know

Information, not an expert opinion

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