Ford Motor is recalling 740,000 older Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner SUVs in the United States for power steering problems, reports The Detroit News.
The automaker said it is calling back 740,878 2008-2011 Escape SUVs under pressure from Canadian auto safety regulators, who have been investigating the issue since late 2011.
Ford told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it has reports of five crashes and six injuries in U.S. crashes connected to the issue.
Dealers will update the power steering control module and instrument cluster module. Ford said because of poor signal to noise issues in the torque sensor, the vehicle’s power steering system may shut off and default to manual steering, which could make it harder to steer and lead to a crash.
Ford will notify owners by July 25.
Source: The Detroit News
