Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Ford F-150 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 25 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
THE RIGHT FRONT RADIUS ROD BUSHING MOUNT FAILED. THIS RESULTED IN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE MOVING REARWARD, LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. HAD IT OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED, SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED.
THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT RADIUS ARM BUSHING FAILED ON MY 1995 FORD F-150 RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF STEERING. THE VEHICLE HAD 74,900 MILES AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED AT COURTESY FORD IN SYRACUSE AT A COST OF 549.21. THE REASON I WAS GIVEN FOR THE FAILURE WAS ROT. I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER AN INTERSTATE AND HAD THIS FAILURE OCCURRED THEN IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. SINCE THIS IS A ITEM THAT IS CRUCIAL TO SAFETY I FEEL THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. ALSO, WHEN BEING REPAIRED, THE DRIVER SIDE BRACKET WAS ALSO REPAIRED AS IT WAS ABOUT TO FAIL ALSO. *NLM
STEERING LINE RUSTED OUT, MAKING IT HARDER TO STEER. ALSO, THERE IS A LOUD NOISE WHEN DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE IN REVERSE TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL . CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
WHILE IN REVERSE TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
STEERING PUMP STARTED GROWLING WHEN STEERING WAS CORRECTED DUE TO THE STEEL PART OF STEERING HOSES BEING RUSTED, AND ONE OF THEM HAD RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING FLUID TO SPRAY OUT UNDER PRESSURE. THEREBY EMPTYING POWER STEERING RESERVOIR, AND CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. BRAKES REPAIRD DUE TO FAILURE.*AK
PITMAN ARM CAME LOOSE ON STEERING GEAR, MAKING VEHICLE VIBRATE AND SHAKE WHILE DRIVING.*AK PITMAN ARM WAS LOOSE DUE TO SPLINES BEATEN OFF OF GEAR IN STEERING BOX, THE NUT WAS NOT LOOSE, GEAR WAS MADE OUT OF SOFT MATERIAL CAUSING PITMAN ARM TO BE LOOSE AND RATTLE. *SLC
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY STEERING GEAR BOX WENT OUT AND CONSUMER HAD TROUBLE KEEPING THE VEHICLE ON TRACK. CONSUMER STILL HAS STEERING GEAR BOX WITH HIM. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER KNEW ABOUT PROBLEM .*AK THE STEERING GEAR BOX WAS REPLACED WITH RE-MANUFACTURED GEAR BOX, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE VEHICLCE WAS UNSAFE ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER. *YH
WHEN PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AT ABOUT 5 MPH GEARBOX LOCKED UP, WHEEL DID NOT TURN. *AK *SLC
THERE ARE EXTRA HOLES IN THE BACK OF STEERING WHEEL, AND KEYS GOT STUCK INSIDE, CONSUMER ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER'S STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP TOO. *AK
ORIGINAL DRAG LINK BALL STUD FAILED/SEPARATED, CAUSING THE STEERING ECTOR SHAFT ARM TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE RIGHT WHEEL SPINDLE. I BELIEVE A VERY RARE OCCURANCE. ALTHOUGH THE ACTUAL FAILURE HAPPENED AT A VERY SLOW SPEED, THE RESULT OF THIS FAILURE OCCURRING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS COULD VERY LIKELY RESULT IN MULTIPLE FATALITIES. THIS FAILED COMPONENT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND ADDRESSED EXPEDITCIOUSLY BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS 3 YEARS 4 MONTHS OLD WITH LESS THAN 55,00 MILES.
WHILE DRIVING STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT DUE TO THE PITMAN ARM BEING LOOSE. DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. OCCURS AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE WAS NOT IN ACCIDENT. TOOK DEALER, REFUSED TO REPAIR DUE TO BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS A WRECK AND THE DEALERSHIP SOLD IT AS NEW. THE STEERING IS OFF, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE NO LONGER WORKS AND FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR IT. **AK
VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT WHEN DRIVING AND BRAKING.
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE WARPED FROM BEING HOT. HAVE BEEN TURNED ONCE AND REPLACED ONCE.*AK (OWNED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY, FISHERIES DEPT. AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL 36849) CONSUMER STATES HE NOTICED THE BRAKES WOULD PUMP WHEN MAKING A STOP, MECHANIC ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THE METAL ALLOY IN THE ROTOR MIGHT BE THE CAUSE, THE ROTORS WERE TURNED BUT PROBLEM CAME RIGHT BACK, AND THE NEXT TIME THEY WERE REPLACED, ALSO VEHICLE SHIMMERS IN THE FRONT END WHEN CONSUMER HITS A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE ENTIRE FORNT WOULD VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT SHOCKS WHICH HELPED FOR AWHILE, LATER THE STEERING BOX WAS REPLACED AND THAT SEEMED TO HAVE HELPED THE PROBLEM.*JB
4 WHEEL DRIVE HUBS FAIL TO DISENGAGE PROPERLY, MAKE BAD RATCHET NOISE.
MISALIGNMENT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO LEFT. *SD
WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT THERE IS A POPPING NOISE DEALER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM . TT
POWER STEERIN FAILURE. *AK
VEHCILE HAS STEERING FAILURE, WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL OVER CORRECTS, BRAKE FAILURE LOCKS UP AND PULLS VERY HARD TO THE LEFT. TT
THE FRONT DISC BRAKES ARE ALWAYS WARPED AND THERE IS UNSTABLE BRAKING.TT CONSUMER STATES THERE IS GRINDING NOISE ON RIGHT FRONT BRAKE, WAS ADVISED TO WAIT UNTIL IT GOT WORSE, ROTORS AND PADS WERE FINALLY REPLACED THE ORIGINAL ROTORS WERE WARPED, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO HAVE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED FOUR TIME DUE THEM BEING WARPED, WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE GETTING A NEW TRUCK, BUT HAS HEARD NOTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT CONSUMER ALSO STATES FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING AND ALSO POWER STEERING NOISE, WINDSHIELD WIPER SKIPS WHEN THERE IS LIGHT RAIN AND NOISY, PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE HAAS A POOR FIR, EXHAUST SYSTEM IS LOOSE, AND REAR SWAY BAR BUSHINGS INOPERATIVE, TEMPERATURE GUAGE ALWAYS LOW, SHIFT INDICATOR IS OFF, HEAD LAMP IS TOO HIGH.*JB
THE STEERING ROD BROKE AND THE TRUCK LOST CONTROL AND A TIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, STEERING SHAFT SECTOR BROKE. TT
TIE ROD COME OFF VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO NUT HOLDING IT. TT
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