Steering Assist Fault - Service required

[RJV15]

Anyone run into this issue?
Started fine in the morning, stopped to get coffee , turned the car back on and was greeted with that warning.
Car drove fine, no issues, no limp node, error hasn't came back.

Interestingly enough, the car did not start in quiet mode that time eventho it was during the time frame where its supposed to.


Running coil overs and wheels.

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[justinmiles]

Mine did that once. Restarted the car it went away and has never come back that’s been 2 months ago.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Anyone run into this issue?
Started fine in the morning, stopped to get coffee , turned the car back on and was greeted with that warning.
Car drove fine, no issues, no limp node, error hasn't came back.

Interestingly enough, the car did not start in quiet mode that time eventho it was during the time frame where its supposed to.


Running coil overs and wheels.

Hey! I can take a closer look into your steering fault concerns should you need further assistance. Just send us a PM with your VIN and the dealership name/location and I'll be happy to see what I can do to help. To send a private message, just click on our username and select "Start Conversation".

 

[YamenGT650]

I think you kind of answered your question with the last sentence.

Mods + sensor driven systems = unpredictable errors

 

[Zig]

drove to town (13 miles oneway 50/50 highway/town). Ate lunch, upon startup to leave we got the ‘steering assist’ fault and then the ‘what’s new’ update message (now on 6.3.2 - confirmed also got the classic gauge). Seems my garage is as good as a faraday cage. Tucked away in the garage works for fordpass status but for some reason we’ve only received updates after being out and about. Couldn’t change drive mode using the steering wheel (steering status was just - -). Got through town found a secluded spot (off the side of a side road - didn’t want to be the traffic jam, in case), did a quick restart and no errors and drive/steering modes returned. Dash was reporting 14.5 volts before we pulled over and restarted, tbh i forgot to look when we got going again. The rest if the return trip was error/incident free.

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

drove to town (13 miles oneway 50/50 highway/town). Ate lunch, upon startup to leave we got the ‘steering assist’ fault and then the ‘what’s new’ update message (now on 6.3.2 - confirmed also got the classic gauge). Seems my garage is as good as a faraday cage. Tucked away in the garage works for fordpass status but for some reason we’ve only received updates after being out and about. Couldn’t change drive mode using the steering wheel (steering status was just - -). Got through town found a secluded spot (off the side of a side road - didn’t want to be the traffic jam, in case), did a quick restart and no errors and drive/steering modes returned. Dash was reporting 14.5 volts before we pulled over and restarted, tbh i forgot to look when we got going again. The rest if the return trip was error/incident free.

What did you do when you did the quick restart? Do you mean you turned off the car and started it back up or is there a way to restart the electronics as in a reset?

 

[Zig]

What did you do when you did the quick restart? Do you mean you turned off the car and started it back up or is there a way to restart the electronics as in a reset?

Apologies, correct - my quick restart in that instance was ignition off set 5 seconds ignition on.

some have been (not sure if forced or fortunate is correct however) able to reset by disconnecting the negative lead from the battery for 30-90 seconds.

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

Apologies, correct - my quick restart in that instance was ignition off set 5 seconds ignition on.

some have been (not sure if forced or fortunate is correct however) able to reset by disconnecting the negative lead from the battery for 30-90 seconds.

Thank you

 

[Joe B]

I also experienced the "steering assist fault, service required" message on my 24 GT Premium today. 516 easy miles on the vehicle. Wary of wonky electronics, I pulled over, shut her down, fired her back up and the message ? Gone. If it comes back, I guess I'll have to call the dealer. Stiff steering and modes disabled while fault was active. Possibly other features as well. Car has never been wet.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

I also experienced the "steering assist fault, service required" message on my 24 GT Premium today. 516 easy miles on the vehicle. Wary of wonky electronics, I pulled over, shut her down, fired her back up and the message ? Gone. If it comes back, I guess I'll have to call the dealer. Stiff steering and modes disabled while fault was active. Possibly other features as well. Car has never been wet.

Hi Joe B! I can look into your Mustang's error message concern on my end. To get started, could you please send a private message over with the name/location of your local Ford dealer and your Mustang's VIN?

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