← NHTSA complaints

1995 FORD TAURUS — STEERING

crash1 injured · 626101 · 2007-06-03

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
TAURUS
Year
1995
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
STEERING
Speed
25 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED LAST JULY. IN OCTOBER I NOTICED THAT WHEN I TOOK A LEFT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL IT TO GET IT STRAIGHT. I TOOK IT TO BE FIXED BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THEN. THREE DAYS AGO I TOOK MY KIDS OUT FOR ICE CREAM AND WE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIME THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED COMPLETELY, I COULD NOT MOVE IT AND WE SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER CAR. NOBODY BELIEVED ME, IT TOOK ALOT OF SEARCHING TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS THE BUSHINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALTHOUGH I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10192319
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown