# 2011 FORD EXPLORER — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `2054430` · 2025-01-08 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** EXPLORER
- **Year:** 2011
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
While driving down the highway, the power steering quit working totally. Causing me to go off the road into the ditch. There was a recall on the power steering gear that ford refuses to fix. They state it was fixed with a power steering module reset that did not.
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