2000 Ford F-250 Steering

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OWNER'S ATTORNEY, ERIC G. KRAFT, OF KLENDA, MITCHELL, AUSTERMAN & ZUERCHER, L.L.C., PH. (316)267-0331, FAX (316)267-0333. PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION/DETAILS. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS DENIED THAT ANY SUCH DEFECT EXISTS. OWNER'S INSURER HAS DETERMINED THAT SUBJECT COMPONENT IS DEFECTIVE AND REFUSES TO COVER THE LOSS OF THE COMPONENT, ALTHOUGH HAS COVERED OTHER LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLISION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING LOCKING UP WHEN BRAKING HARD. *AK

SPLINED SHAFT FROM GEARBOX THAT PITMAN ARM ATTACHES TO SNAPPED AT BOTTOM OF GEARBOX, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND TRUCK RAN INTO EMBANKMENT. *AK

WHEN HOLDING THE BRAKES ON LEVEL GROUND OR A STEEP HILL WHLE STANDING STILL, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL UNTIL THE BRAKES ARE RELEASED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY ON STEEP INCLINES. FORD DEALER SAYS IT'S DUE TO STEERING GEOMETRY BUT YET IT IS WORSE WHEN ENGINE COMES OFF FAST IDLE AND POWER STEERING PUMP IS TURNING SLOWER DUE TO LOWER ENGINE SPEED. ON A RECENT TRIP I WAS IN A FRIENDS RATHER STEEP DRIVEWAY IN THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS AND IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AS I COULDN'T HOLD THE BRAKES AND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT THE SAME TIME TO STEER OUT ON TO THE MAIN DRIVE. HAD I RELEASED THE BRAKES I WOULD HAVE CRASHED THROUGH A RETAINING FENCE AND WENT DOWN THE THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTIAN. IT IS OFTEN NECESSARY TO TO POSITION THE WHEELS WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKE AT A STANDSTILL, ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FORD NEEDS TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY FORD DEALER HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS CONDITION AND IT IS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION ON MANY ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS SO IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT PECULIAR TO MY TRUCK ONLY. *AK

VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING ON OCCASIONS OF SIMULTANEOUS HEAVY USE OF BRAKES AND STEERING. I PRAY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEEDS OR IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT IF STEERING WHEEL IS HELD LOOSELY OR NOT AT ALL. SPEED IS NOT A FACTOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO CORRECTIVE SOLUTIONS. *AK *ML

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT TURN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND STOPPED.*AK

WHILE COMMING OUT OF A TURN STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT TURN TO THE LEFT, PASSED THE CENTER. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER IS TRYING TO PARK ON A HILL AND APPLY THE BRAKES FULLY, CONSUMER CANNOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. SERVICE BULLETIN #99-19-04 WAS ISSUED WHICH STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, AND NO REPAIRS WOULD BE NECESSARY. *AK *YC