Ford Taurus, Mks, Flex, Mkz, Fusion, Mkt. Published by Transport Canada as 2015224 on 27 May 2015. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, a fault in the Electric Power Steering (EPS) system could result in an immediate loss of power steering assist without warning to the driver. This would unexpectedly increase the steering effort force necessary to steer the vehicle at lower vehicle speeds, which could increase the risk of a crash …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2015224, dated 27 May 2015. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 15V340, dated 2 June 2015. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 15S18.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2015224 | 15V340 |
| Dated | 27 May 2015 | 2 June 2015 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Ford | |
The two registers are 6 days apart: the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 15V340, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Ford TAURUS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford TAURUS is named on 15 American notices and 1 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The European register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2015224
- Recall date
- 27 May 2015
- Make
- Ford, Lincoln
- Models
- Taurus, MKS, Flex, MKZ, Fusion, MKT, Police Interceptor Sedan (taurus)
- Model years
- 2011 to 2013
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 25,195
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, a fault in the Electric Power Steering (EPS) system could result in an immediate loss of power steering assist without warning to the driver. This would unexpectedly increase the steering effort force necessary to steer the vehicle at lower vehicle speeds, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will affect repairs as necessary and will reprogram the EPS controller with updated software. In the event that an EPS fault occurs, this updated software would allow for continued EPS function while displaying visual and audible warnings to the driver until the end of the drive cycle.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2015224.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2015223 · 27 May 2015 · Mustang · Fuel System
- 2015232 · 28 May 2015 · GT, Mustang · Airbag
- 2015231 · 28 May 2015 · Ranger · Airbag
- 2015196 · 12 May 2015 · F-150 · Steering
- 2015278 · 23 June 2015 · Transit Connect, Escape · Lights And Instruments
- 2015177 · 28 April 2015 · MKZ, Fusion, Edge · Steering
- 2015175 · 24 April 2015 · Fiesta, MKZ, Fusion · Structure
- 2015298 · 2 July 2015 · Focus, Escape, C-Max · Engine
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2015207 · 15 May 2015 · Universal, Titan Ii LF, Titan Ii · Steering
- 2015196 · 12 May 2015 · F-150 · Steering
- 2015177 · 28 April 2015 · MKZ, Fusion, Edge · Steering
- 2015303 · 6 July 2015 · Cruze · Steering
- 2015314 · 16 July 2015 · TD925 · Steering
- 2015315 · 17 July 2015 · SQ5 · Steering
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Ford Police Interceptor Sedan, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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