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 1993 Ford F-350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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 AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH FORD, F350, SUPERDUTY TRUCK SUDDENLY VEERED OFF OF THE ROAD TO RIGHT AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, CAUSING $6,000.00 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. DEALER EXAMINED VEHICL, AND DETERMINED THAT LOWER STEERING SHAFT BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
STEERING GEAR BOX CAUSED RIVITS ON CROSS MEMBER OF FRAME TO STRETCH, ALSO CAUSING A SNAPPING NOISE IN FRONT END, ON CLOSER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT CROSS MEMBER OF FRAME AT STEERING BOX WAS LOOSE, FORD WOULD NOT SHARE IN REPAIR COST DUE TO VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. *SLC
THE DRIVESHAFT CAME OFF DUE THE DEFECTIVE WELDS AND BOLTS WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.*AK WHILE AFTER 2 HRS DRIVE THE POWER STEERING FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT,ALSO DIESEL FUEL WAS LEAKING. *ET
I-BEAM BOLT CAME COMPLETELY OUT IN THE RIGHT FRONT STEERING ASSEMBLY.
STEERING COLLAPSE D WHERE IT CAUSED THE WHEEL TO GO EVERYWHERE. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK
SERPENTINE BELT FRACTURES, LOSS OF BRAKING, LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TT
VEHICLES SERPENTINE BELT BROKE 2 TIMES CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING.(EA95-012). TT
STEERING GEAR BOX WENT OUT. TT
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
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