Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||||
| 16515 | 01/01/2004 | 10005089 | Oil leak at high pressure pump fittings and/or plug. this includes super duty f-series. oasis. *tt | 01/29/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 10/13/2009 | 131681 | 1 | |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford 250 with general grabber at2 tires; size 235/85/16. while driving approximately 65 mph the vehicle began to drift across the roadway. he then driver reduced the vehicles speed to 50 mph. after two new tires were mounted on the vehicle the failure occurred. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. the tires at this time have not been determined as the cause of failure. the steering assembly was repaired, but the failure continued. the failure mileage was 131,681. the current mileage was 132,000. updated 12/08/09. *lj updated 12/10/09 | |||
| 06/01/2004 | 4 | ||
| While driving at 60 mph vehicle shut down. vehicle will not start right up again. one hour into driving the problem started. engine made a whistling sound. other then that there were no warnings. consumer has taken the vehicle in for the same problem a total of four times. *ak power steering and brakes shut down as a result of loss of engine power. *tc | |||
| 1 | |||
| While driving 30 mph, the consumer noticed the steering wheel being out of line. after ten minutes of driving. all the power steering was lost. this caused the consumer to run head on into a wall. this was caused by the center link falling apart. *jb | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 01/15/2003 | |||
| While traveling on the highway the steering column has a lot of play inside of the steering wheel. please provide additional information dealer is aware of the problem. ts | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 02/20/2004 | 2 | ||
| While driving and making a left turn steering wheel was hard to turn. this caused the driver to apply both hands to turn the vehicle. consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic replaced the steering hydraulic power assist pump a month ago. however, problem recurred. *ak | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES | |||
| 01/11/2006 | 6 | 04/08/2003 | |
| 2003 ford f 250 4x4 alignment 6 times... this truck eats tires.. friend has 2005 aligned 4 times... dealer says not a problem... must be as i had a 1991 for 12 years and not alignment problem. *jb | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - KNUCKLE - SPINDLE - ARM | |||
| 08/19/2005 | 21009 | 3 | 12/20/2002 |
| When traveling at highway speeds and you hit a pothole or bump in the road the front end of the vehicle shimmies to point of being uncontrollable. once you slow down the problem goes away. this has occured on at least 3 different occasions. once at approximate mileage 16,100, 20,600 and 21,009. the speed was at highway speed 60-65 mph. | |||
| 09/26/2004 | 54750 | 2 | 04/01/2003 |
| 2003 f250, upon hitting a pot hole in the highway the truck began to shake violently and uncontrollably, resulting in a quick braking and exit of highway. once at low speeds problem did not persist, only happened after impact with pot hole.*ak | |||