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2008 Torque steer sensor

Old Mar 29, 2018 | 06:32 AM
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2008 Torque steer sensor

My wife has a 2008 escape that she had the steering wheel start to shake one day and about a week later the power steering went out.I looked it up and found a recall but it wasn't for her escape.So I bought the sensor from ford and installed it myself cause they quoted me $1750 to do it.I did it for $200.But now the car still doesn't have power steering and ford says it needs to be reprogrammed through IDS.

Does that sound right to you guys?
 
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Old Apr 4, 2018 | 08:45 AM
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Disconnect the battery and let the thing re-boot from scratch. I understand the system disables the assist if it detects a failure, and leaves it disabled to avoid having the condition of power steering ON and then OFF, and back to ON. It would be disconcerting to drive in that condition.
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