{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11746687,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2025","dateComplaintFiled":"06/26/2026","vin":"1fm5k7d89fg","components":"STEERING","summary":"Total loss of Power Steering !  Warning light display: \"Steering Assist Fault\",  \"Service AdvanceTrac\",  turn signals unable to lock and release.  Hard Fault codes present: U3000 96-C8,    C200D, 49-48      C1B00, 64-48.   This problem started somewhere in the last quarter of 2025, it started with intermittent and sudden loss of power steering, while driving, which is very much a safety issue, especially when my wife does not have a lot of strength in her arms while trying to maneuver a vehicle with manual steering only. It has happened to me as well. It used to be that when you get to a save pull over point, shut vehicle off and do a restart, it would reset back to normal operation, most of the time, until it would go into fault mode again. As of about XXX, 3 weeks now, the (EPAS) steering, has been in permanent fault or fail mode and will not reset. With all my research on this, I can't believe Ford has not extended model year and or VIN's, from the previous recalls on this very same issue that the Explorer has. Again, based on research, it appears the complete steering rack would need replacing. That is a very very expense repair, that is just not in our budget. So we still drive it, because we have to, I try to drive it mostly other than my wife, but it is still a bit scary.  We have had this vehicle since new, it now has 112000 miles. Thank you for reading and accepting my compliant on this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated,   [XXX]      INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2015","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"EXPLORER","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]}]}