Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Jan 1, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAS LOSS OF STEERING WITHOUT INDICATIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Incident date: May 1, 1998

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, HEARD LOUD NOISE WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURN. STEERING LOCKED UP, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.BULLETIN IS OUT ON PART, BUT IT IS ON BACK ORDER, STEERING DAMPER WAS REPLACED PRIOR AT ABOUT 7000 MILES. *AK

Incident date: Feb 3, 1998

FRONT SUSPENSION/BRAKES AND STEERING FAILED.

ALLEGED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL FAILURE

Incident date: Sep 15, 1997

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED TO THE LEFT THE STEERING LOCKS, ASSUMES THAT IT IS THE STEERING SECTOR OR THE CENTRAL FRONT END, THE SPEED IS AT ANY LIMIT. ANY TIME THE STEERING GRABS AND PULLS WHEN DRIVING AT A LOWER SPEED, THE VEHICLE WON'T TURN AT ALL, AND IT MAY TURN IF SITTING FOR A WHILE. WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Mar 29, 1998

GOING ABOUT 45MPH, WHEN DRIVER LOST VISIBILITY & CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN SOMETHING ENTERED HER EYE. VEHICLE HIT GUARDRAIL (DRIVER'S SIDE) & FLIPPED OVER RAIL. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE CONTINUED DOWN EMBANKMENT. WINDSHIELD DID NOT BREAK, BUT CRACKED. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: May 30, 1997

POWER STEERING FAILURE.

Incident date: Sep 15, 1997

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED/BOUND-UP, RESULTING IN A ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTS SHAKING, AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING.

VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROADWAY.

NO STEERING CONTROL.

Incident date: Feb 11, 1998

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO REPAIR DEFECT THAT WAS ON LOWER CONTROL ARM RECALL. THE DEALER PUMPED AIR INTO THE BALL JOINTS. LATER THE CONSUMER DEVELOPED STEERING PROBLEMS, AND CONTACTED DEALER AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING PROBLEM WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE BALL JOINT AT 25MPH. NO ... Read more

TRANSMISSION/ABS BRAKES/SUSPENSION AND STEERING FAILED.

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. DEALER SAYS THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT IS DESIGNED. *AK

EXPERIENCING STEERING PROBLEMS.

Incident date: Jan 18, 1998

THE STEERING IS NOT RESPONSIVE ENOUGH FOR ROAD TRACKING. CONSTANTLY HAS TO ADJUST THE STEERING WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK. CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Jun 18, 1997

WHILE MAKING TIGHT RIGHT TURNS IN PARKING LOT THERE IS A POPPING NOISE AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, THEN RELEASES, TIGHTENED A RIGHT FRIONT SUBFRAME BOLT.

Incident date: Mar 12, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND THERE WAS NO STEERING IN THE VEHICLE. TRIED TO TURN THE WHEEL AND THERE WAS NO REACTION IN THE WHEEL. SO THE DRIVER TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES IN THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN. *AK

Incident date: Apr 19, 1998

STEERING FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT.

STEERING FAILED.

STEERING SENSOR CRACKED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

Incident date: Oct 10, 1997

ALARMING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, WHEN GOING THROUGH PUDDLES OF WATER AT HIGHWAY SPEED AT 60MPH.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1994

STEERING FEELS LIKE IT GOES COMPLETELY OUT. THIS FEELINGS LASTS A SPLIT SECOND, BUT GETS DRIVER'S ATTENTION REAL QUICKLY. DEALRS AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO HAVE FRONT STEERING AXLEWEIGH THAN 11000 LBS, EVEN WHEN EMPTY. THIS PLACES UNDUE STRESS ON STEERING AXLE AND TIRES. WHEN LOADED/1 HOUSEHOLD GOODS, STEERING AXLE WEIGHS BETWEEN 11500 TO OVER 12000 LBS. LEGAL WEIGHT LIMIT IS 12000 LBS.

VARIABLE EFFORT STEERING KICKS IN/OUT, CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE BACK PRESSURE OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE EFFECT INVOLVES MOMENTARY OVERSTEER AS IF SOMEONE HAS GRAPPED THE STEERING WHEEL AND MOVED IT 4-5 INCHES TOWARD INSID EOF CURVE. IF DRIVEN ON ICY ROADS, COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL.

Incident date: Oct 10, 1997

ALARMING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, WHEN RIDING THROUGH PUDDLES OF WATER AT HIGHWAY SPEED ABOUT 60 MPH.

VEHICLE SHAKES ON TURNS DUE TO DEFECTIVE SUB FRAM BOLTS THAT AFFECTS STEERING. FORD DENIES THAT IT IS PART OF RECALL.

Incident date: Apr 6, 1998

VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE IN RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL BY A GMC STAKE BODY TRUCK. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, COMING TO REST ON THE ROOF. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

1 injured

Incident date: Jan 9, 1995

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS NO STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE DRIVER COULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE. *AK

LOUD AND KNOCKING NOISE IN STEERING. ALSO REPLACED MCPHERSON STRUT. *AK

Incident date: May 21, 1991

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/COLLISION, RESULTING IN FATALITY.

1 injured

VEHICLE HAS VERY SENSITIVE STEERING WHEN DRIVING 50 MPH OR MORE.

STEERING LOCKED UP CAUSING A COLLISION.

1 injured 1 deaths

WHINING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL

STEERING DIFFICULTIES SINCE OWNERSHIP.

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

STEERING PROBLEMS.

STEERING RACK FAILED

Incident date: Mar 28, 1998

STEERING PROBLEMS CAUSED DRIVER TO RUN OFF OF ROADWAY.

STEERING IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE THAT SLIGHT MOVEMENT IN STEERING WHEEL COULD RESULT IN OVERSTEERING AND VEHICLE SWERVING /LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

Incident date: Jan 9, 1998

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WANDERS,; ALSO, STEERING IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL. WORSE WHEN WINDY OR RAIN ING. IN ADDITION, HOODE LATCH NEEDED ADJUSTMENT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERS AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM. NOTES VEHICLE IS OPERATING ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. *AK

Incident date: Mar 19, 1998

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN RAINNING, CONSUMER DROVE OVER A POT OF WATER. HE LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP TO ONE SIDE, MAKING IT HARD TO DRIVE. *AK

Incident date: Nov 5, 1996

STEERING PROBLEM NOT SOLVED, VEHICLE STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT MOST OF THE TIME AND IS GETTING WORSE, POSSIBLE DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSAXLE.

Incident date: Sep 2, 1997

STEERING WHEEL PROBLEMS.

Incident date: Mar 27, 1995

POWER STEERING MAKES NOISE DUE TO A LOOSE BOLT.

STEERING IS ERRATIC, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

Incident date: Jan 3, 1998

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE DRIVING.

1 injured

Incident date: May 1, 1997

POWER STEERING FAILED.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1995

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP.