Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | |||||
| 951515 | 07/01/1995 | 45943 | Steering gear-replacement of bendix, steering gear with new ross steeering gear. *sd | 04/25/1996 | |
| STEERING - LINKAGES - LINK - DRAG - CONNECTION | |||||
| BC0321972301 | 01/23/1997 | 51431 | Pop/clunk from steering linkage over bumps. *jd | 06/27/1997 | |
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||||
| BC0321970201 | 01/02/1997 | 51120 | Pop/clunk from steering linkage over bumps. *jd | 06/27/1997 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 09/02/1993 | 61000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns 1993 ford f-250. while driving 60 mph the vehicle started to 'shimmy violently. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. after 4 days the technician concluded that the tire pressure was high; however, he speculated that the tires were not the cause of the failure. there are numerous complaints regarding the shimmy on severak year, make, and models, of the f-series. the current and failure mileage was 61,000. | |||
| 03/30/1994 | 6 | 05/08/1993 | |
| While starting up truck drive belt fell off. also, there were no brakes or steering when this happened. consumer had to replace drive belt six times. consumer indicated if going down a hill vehicle would have crashed. neither dealer not manufacturer provided any help. *ak *ml | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 11/12/2001 | 2 | ||
| While driving 30-40 mph power assist belt has come off twice, leaving vehicle without power or brakes. ford had a safety campaign but it has expired according to consumer.*ak *tt | |||
| 04/01/1993 | |||
| Steering belt tensioner assembly wore out, causing loss of power to brakes & steering. *ak | |||
| 02/02/1995 | 2 | ||
| Poly v-belt broke, causing loss of power steering/brakes/belt cut starter solenoid/stripped cold weather engine. *sd | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 08/24/1993 | 1 | ||
| Power steering slips on/off during turns. *ak | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - LINK - DRAG - CONNECTION | |||
| 02/28/1995 | 3 | 02/28/1994 | |
| While driving vehicle under normal conditions front vehicle springs have worn out, causing vehicle to bottom out. also premature failure of drag link and tie rod ends. *ak | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 02/28/1995 | 3 | 02/28/1994 | |
| While driving vehicle under normal conditions front vehicle springs have worn out, causing vehicle to bottom out. also premature failure of drag link and tie rod ends. *ak | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 04/15/2000 | 1 | 06/01/1997 | |
| I considered it to be highly unusal that my steering should fail like this. my steering column bearings failed. i would like to know if this has occurred in other vehicles or if there has been any fatalites. i would like to be reimbursed by ford moter company. *ak | |||
| 12/01/1999 | 1 | 07/01/1993 | |
| The incident with the serpentine belt tensioner,again resulted in loss of steering, and braking effectiveness due to the vacuum pump being run by the accessory drive belt. the vehicle was difficult to stop, and steering was extremely hard. if my wife were driving the vehicle, there would surely have been an accident, especially at higher highway speeds. this is the third time that this unit has been replaced on this engine. ford has not come up with a suitable engineering design to correct the problem associated with this failure. i expect that this will again fail sometime in the future, i hope not with disasterous results. the dampener, shock absorber failed causing premature wear, and subsequent failure of the tensioner. the recall which was done on this vehicle was not as effective as you were led to believe. the defroster also fails to go into the defrost mode once the vehicle is extremely cold, and the blower motor is making a grinding, squeeling noise. i expect that these will stop completly in the near future. | |||
| 08/14/1997 | 1 | 08/01/1993 | |
| Steering column failed. | |||