Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Ford F-150 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 5 MPH, THE TIE ROD FRACTURED, AND THE CONSUMER LOSS THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *JB DURING THE PAST EVENTS/INSPECTION, THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT FAILURE WOULD OCCUR. *SCC
WHILE PULLING OUT THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER STEERING, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LOWER SHAFT PITMAN HAD MALFUNCTIONED. NLM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
I WAS SHIFTING MY TRUCK OUT OF PARK AND IT SNAPPED ,LEAVING ME STUCK.BUT, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS DRIVING AND NEEDED TO TO PUT IT IN NUETRAL TO SLOW QUICKLY,AND THEN IT SNAPPED? ALSO, JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME I START IT I HAVE TO STEP ON THE GAS .IS THERE A DANGER OF IT CATCHING ON FIRE FROM TO MUCH GAS? OR JUST TOTALLY RUIN MY TRUCK?
COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT THE VEHICLE AFTER MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 5 TO 8MPH BECAUSE BOTH BALL JOINT BEARINGS BROKE. THE BALL JOINT EARINGS AND STEERING COLUMN HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
TRANSMISSION REPLACED.
BOTTOM OF STEERING COLUMN PLASTIC HAS SHARP EDGE WHICH CONTINUALLY CUTS DRIVERS LEG AS HE EXITS TRUCK. *DSH
STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER. *DH
IGNITION KEY DOES NOT ALWAYS TURN TO START TRUCK. *SD
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .