Broken tie rod drivers side. Happened in parking lot when backing out. Just before 70000 miles.
1998 Ford F-150 steering complaints
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Left tie rod on my 1998 ford f150 broke while driving. I bought truck new in 1999. Mileage on truck was 29900. Had truck towed to dealer, they informed me that right tie rod needed to be replaced too along with the lower ball joints and idler arm. I was on the highway just 20 minutes before. I was lucky. Service manager told me he has needed to replace them after 15000. From the factory there are no grease fitting for lubrication. Also none on replacements. Please call or e-mail with any questions, thank you.
The tie rod assembly failed. *jb. Also, vehicle needs an alignment.
The steering failed, which caused consumer to lose control and crashed into a pole. Dealer determined the rod had completely sheared off of the steering box.
The vehicle made a lot of grinding noises and the steering was inoperable. Unbeknowest to consumer all tie rods had broken.
Pe 98 024 / tie rod end failure: consumer states while driving in heavey traffic of 10-15 MPH the tie rod end broke on the left front causing loss of steering. Dealer and the manufacturer has been notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Both tie rod ends fell off vehicle while consumer was driving. Consumer could not control vehicle. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.ak
While traveling around a corner consumer heard a noise. Consumer lost control of steering. Vehicle was serviced, technician noticed that tie rod : inner and outer needed to be replaced. *ak
While backing into his driveway, the left front tie rod separated where the ball meets the cup or socket. It appeared to consumer that the portion of the cups rim that keeps the ball in place, wore out, and caused the rod to pop out and wedge into the wheels rim. Losing the capability to steer the vehicle as well as ruining the rim.
Left front tie rod broke off while the consumer was driving, causing the tire to go sideways. Contacted the dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything. *ak consumer stated that the the front end needed replacing plus tires the estimate is $983.45.
Tie rod end came off while driving down the road at 35 MPH. When we took it to be repaired we were told both ball joints need replacing. The mechanic made the comment to us that they have had several ford f-150's with similar problems and know of other garages reporting the same. We feel fortunate we were not injured. We travel the interstate most of the time at speeds of 55-60mph and would have been injured for sure. We feel that the repairs necessary on a truck of this late model is excessive and wondered if a recall was in order. We have already replaced the head gasket which fortunately was under warranty.
Tie rod came off backing up.
After starting vehicle consumer turned steering wheel and heard something fall, steering wheel spun in circles. Dealer determined that lower steering shaft broke and fell off.
While parked noticed tie rod broke off.*akconsumer was backing up to hook on a trailer when the outer tie rod end on the passenger side fell off. Consumer automatically had both rods replaced.
Tie rod separated from linkage while pulling into a parking lot. This potentially catastrophic failure should not have occured on a such a low mileage vehicle.
Front end brake and tie rod end problems from date of purchase.
Consumer stated when vehicle was in reverse there was a noise, consumer got out to see if he had run over something, but did not see anything, he put the vehicle back into reverse and that is when he lost all steering, consumer got out the vehicle again and that is when he noticed the tie rod come off and was sticking through the wheel of the truck.*ak
While pulling out of driveway, tie rod broke on left side of vehicle.
I was pulling into a parking lot and heard a scraping noise. After I got it parked, I got out and did not notice anything. When I got ready to leave, I tried to back up and could not. So I got out and looked again and both tires were facing outward. The tie rod had snapped.*ts *jb ***dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12-12-02 cut over to artemis***763049
Consumer states while pulling into a parking lot the left front tie rod broken and causes loss of steering. Dealer and the manufacturer were notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
There is no reason a well maintained vehicle should have 3 tie rods close to failure and one fail completely. Upon contacting the dealer at first they stated that they should be recalled due to the high failure rate of the tie-rod ends it's so high they can not keep them in stock at the dealer.... Call any auto parts store downriver they will tell you that the 1997-98 f-150 have a abnornally high failure rate. Murry's autozone and a&w auto are yet to even get 1998 tie rod replacement's. They say dealer item only.... In closing I take very good care of my vehicle's I have a almost 3 year old and safety in job one when it comes to vehicle's.. Thank you ... Sal.
While driving 20 MPH vehicle dropped. Dealer determined that inner tie rod had broken.
Consumer stated while driving, the vehicle developed a steering problem, when he realized that he could not steer, he let the wheel go and the vehicle coasted to a stop, consumer got out of the vehicle and noticed the tire was flat on the left front wheel and the tie rod was jammed in the wheel rim and shredded, the inside of the rim deflated the tire, the tie rod had separated from the ball joint, the dealer replaced both outer tie rods and both lower ball joints.
Tie rod end came apart at joint while driving ,lost control of vehicle went off right side of road;then, completely across the oncoming lane before stopping. I have the part . I would like to know if this has happen before with this type of truck .
Took vehicle to dealer which is when tie rod broke in half. *ak mechanic pulled vehicle in and that is when the tie rod broke in half, consumer also states that the left ball joint broke. Jlg
Front left tie rod end broke while backing into driveway. Dealer and manufacturer were notified. *ak
While driving the tire rod end broke, vehicle started vibrating and shimmering. The tire rod fell off rim and cut a groove in rim.*jb
While driving at 20 MPH drive side tie rod broke, and the consumer could not control vehicle. Contacted dealer, and the dealer replaced all four tie rods. *ak consumer stated that the driver's side tie rod end was broken, also the passengers inner sides were loose.
Ea 02 001/steering column: steering wheel locked up while making a left turn. The steering column was replaced .the old parts are available for analysis. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
While driving 10 MPH it became difficult to steer vehicle, mechanic determined the inner tie rod had broken. Tie rod had also broken 2 years ago. Nlm
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