B2278 - Power Steering Fault - Ford Escape
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2023
- Replacement of the steering torque sensor on 2008-2012 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariners can be tricky. If you don't follow the instructions and line the sensor up perfectly you'll end up wrecking the brand new sensor. This video shows the step-by-step process of replacing this steering sensor properly and worry-free.
Great video. Anyone that's struggled with this job or wants more details on what can go wrong and how to fix it read this. It's a long comment. I'm trying to cover everything. I'm going off of what was in this video and adding more info to help. For starters a good set of big snap ring pliers are a must. Without them this job is extremely difficult. I've done it with needle nose pliers before. Possible but a huge pain. It's a hefty snap ring in there. You don't need a helper to do this job. You don't need someone to bump the tire. You can jack the front end up and twist the steering shaft inside the car until you see the hole line up. Make sure your steering wheel is straight before you jack it up. If your alignment is off doing this then it's gonna be a little different. I'll explain both. Proper alignment with the wheel straight you're gonna have to twist the shaft a LITTLE! to the left inside the car until you see the hole line up. If you go past it just go back the other way until you get right in the center. I'm sure you'll pass it. That hole passes you quick! The 11 o'clock position when reinstalling the wheel and steering column is important. You have to have the entire column at the 11 o'clock position (with a proper alignment) for it to slide in. It's tricky and be gentle. Don't force it. It's supposed to slide in like butter. If it doesn't slide right in at the 11 o'clock position your wheels aren't in the correct spot or you don't have the column positioned right. Like I said it's tricky and you gotta be just right. Wheels should look like they're turning slightly left. Check them before you try to slide the column and wheel in. If it's all set right the splines will line right up. Push it in quite a bit then twist the column to the right until you can get your bolts in. Sometimes you push it in to far. Just pull it back out till the bolt holes line up. The splines on the steering shaft are plastic. You can easily mess them up. If you do mess them up not a big deal. Take a file and clean up the slots you messed up. It'll slide in eventually with precision. Just don't keep forcing it over and over and destroy the plastic splines. They can take a little abuse but not a caveman in there raming them over and over. For an alignment that's off just make you sure your wheels are straight when you start. Same steps as above. Then when reinstalling the wheel and column remember where your steering wheel was orignally. Take a picture if you need to. If your wheel was at the 7 o'clock position, when reinstalling the wheel and column you'll wanna be at the 6 o'clock position. Just make sure it's clocked back 1 hour from where you were orignally. Study that old clock on your wall. And Lastly if you get it all back together and still have no power steering it isn't the end of the world and you don't have to immediately buy a new sensor Sometimes you need to clear the code with a scan tool or recalibrate the sensor with a scan tool to get your power steering back. I hope you have one or know someone with one. If it still doesn't work after all that then you aligning everything was wrong. This is where it can get tricky and confusing to describe in a comment. But easy to do in person. You need to reset/realign the sensor. There's 2 tabs on both center plastic gears of the sensor that need to be in line. Pull the sensor back out and you'll wanna hold the top gear of the sensor on one hand while you twist the bottom gear with your other hand until those tabs are in line. Once you get both tabs in line on the gears your hole will be off. Then turn both gears simultaneously until you see the hole line up in the slot then put your pin back in. Make sure that pin drops all the way down. You'll feel it sliding through both gear holes. May have to slightly wiggle it to get it to seat. Then reinstall everything the same way. If it still doesn't work after all those steps then you bought a bad sensor. I've had 4 cheap junk torque sensors that customers brought me. 2 didn't work right out of the box and 2 got them power steering back but failed a couple weeks later. Don't cheap out on your parts people! For this sensor avoid Amazon, carparts, ebay, parts geek and rockauto. You don't always have to go oe with everything but with this sensor you really do. Buy one from
The worst part about the whole job is that snap ring
You've gotta love how ford says it's a 1.6 hour job yet he does it in less than 30 minutes!
Did everything in the video and still nothing, what should I do now??
What’s the name of part
2006, different problem, just fyi
Sensors, that's what makes new cars a nightmare! They have sensors for every little thing, like they have lights at every intersection! You get a little liquid, moisture, dirt or corrosion between contacts & you got faulty problems showing up on dashboard problems that mechanic shops are notorious of over charging customers for replacement for parts that are $100-$?.?? When all that needed to be done was some electric cleaner & air hose & boom, no more dash lights! Sensors are the problem to begin with! A few understandable, but the amount on newer cars is just ridiculous! Not to mention the equipment you need to read them, the industry knows how to complicate things in which what use to be so easy to do with a screw driver & a little adjustments!
Ok I followed the instructions you gave and when I started the car, the wheel didn't move (you said if the sensor is installed incorrectly it could make the wheel jerk left or right to the stop) but the power steering still isn't working. I made sure the installation tool or guide was on with no binding. One thing I did was on the old sensor, I tried to put the dot in the window...and when I removed the old sensor and went to install the new sensor, the dot wasn't in the window. I looked at the guide tool and saw that it has a notch that goes in the groove in the steering shaft. This groove was on the opposite side of where it was supposed to be. I got out and turned the wheel to what I believe to be the 11 o'clock position and my spotter said the groove was lined up with the arrow and the dot was in the window. I removed the old sensor and installed the new sensor and again everything appeared to be in its correct position. I pulled the pin and observed the dot in the window. I reinstalled the steering wheel and connected all the wiring plugs (yes I attached the plug for the sensor). I turned the key and the steering wheel didn't move. I started the car but I can tell the wheel is still tight even with the front tires off the ground. I'm at a loss for what to do ni tried to Google the problem and someone said I needed to "learn" the new sensor to the car. But your video said nothing about that. It just said I may need to learn it to center the wheel. Again I'm at a loss for what to do now
I'm never going to own this vehicle or do this job myself - but I know fantastic content when I see it. Bet a lot of home mechanics will be grateful for this!
For the steering column plastic shroud, finding a 5.5 mm socket is about impossible. Just use 7/32.
Fantastic video- I followed it exactly as shown and fixed my steering wobble- saving so much $$$!
Just did this repair. Video helped a lot. Snap ring can be a pain. Quick trip to the store for larger 12 Inch Snap Ring Pliers made it go in 1st try. Also putting the steering wheel back on I needed to turn the whole column toward the 11 O’clock position, not just the wheel. Then everything slide together nicely. Not that bad of a job.
Great video! Saved me a bunch of time trying to understand the instructions. I’m a visual learner and you made this very simple.
Your teaching skills, Mike, are exemplary! I can’t think of any channel on TH-cam that’s more important to the technician/diagnostic industry.
Great video Thanks for sharing Guy's👍
Good video. Thanks for sharing. I like your video. I like how you have step by step instructions on how to fix the power steering👍
Ford likes to party made the whole video for me 😂.
Nice fix Mike!
Excellent work. Heading out with confidence to do it now!
Very informative video. Explain in a simple way. 👍👍👍