Summary:
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles manufactured February 3, 2012, to March 20, 2015, and 2015 Ford Edge vehicles manufactured February 26, 2015, to February 28, 2015, and originally sold, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. In the affected vehicles, snow or water containing road salt or other contaminants may corrode the electric power steering gear motor attachment bolts.
What should you do:
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will apply sealer and replace the steering gear motor bolts as required. If one or more of the steering gear motor attachment bolts are broken or missing, a new steering gear will be installed in the vehicle. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on June 24, 2015. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 15S14.
"Recently discovered that coolant was leaking into 2 of the cylinders and were told we need a new engine and were quoted $6400 by the dealer. This was just a few months after spending over $1500 on a new serpentine belt and water pump. We havent driven it much since to prevent it from completely failing until we decide how to proceed. After doing more online searches, I found out that this is a common problem with 2013-2019 1.5 liter engines in this car. Extremely disappointed as we owe quite a bit on the car still. The car had 114,000 miles on it."
Anonymous, WI (2014 Ford Fusion SE 1.5-L 4 Cyl turbo)