WHILE DRIVING AT 30-40MPH, I WAS DECELERATING AND CROSSING OVER A MERGING LANE APPROACHING A RIGHT TURN NEAR MY HOME. BEFORE I COULD COMPLETE MY MANEUVER, A LOUD AUDIBLE ALARM SOUNDED AND IMMEDIATELY ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND MY WHEELS LOCKED AND TURNED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. I WAS SENT INTO A 180 DEGREE SPIN DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND LOCKING OF MY WHEELS. MY VEHICLE WAS THROWN INTO NOW ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE MERGING LANE. IN A PANIC, I TRIED TO STEER MY VEHICLE AND MANEUVER OUT OF THE ROAD, BUT EVEN WITH THE FULL FORCE OF MY UPPER BODY, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO VERY SLOWLY TURN THE WHEEL. MY PASSENGER, FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT, ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST MY EFFORTS TO STEER AND IT TOOK THE BOTH OF US TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL TO AN ANGLE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET THE CAR OUT OF THE ROAD. I'VE DRIVEN VEHICLES WITHOUT POWER STEERING BEFORE, AND I CAN CLEARLY ATTEST THAT IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A LOSS OF POWER STEERING THAT WAS HAMPERING MY ABILITY TO STEER. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED THAT THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING. I'M POSITIVE THAT MY WHEELS WERE ESSENTIALLY LOCKED BECAUSE I WAS OVERCOMING NOT ONLY A POWER-STEERING LOSS, BUT ALSO THE EXTREME RESISTANCE OF THE FAILED POWER STEERING MOTOR. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT ABSOLUTELY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO KILL SOMEBODY. I SEE THAT FORD RECALLED THE 2011 FUSION AND SIMILAR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THIS POWER STEERING UNIT BECAUSE OF THE SAME FAILURE. I ALSO SEE