While driving the truck steering got locked making the truck unsafe to drive on the highway. We took it to the local ford dealer, who could not explain why this happened. The dealer also informed us that they had to replace the same part on other vehicles in guam. Also, ford has recalled 2014 f150s assembled in one plant for similar, if not same problems. We believe that this requires further research and an action need to be taken immediately before serious accidents happen causing loss of life. We did not get a satisfactory answer from the dealer. According to the dealer they brought it to the ford about this issue and informed them that they had to perform same work on other vehicles in guam. I appreciate if the federal safety agency take up this issue and investigate to avoid accidents and keep the highways safe to the citizens. Thank you very much for your understanding and time to look into this issue.
2013 Ford F-150 steering complaints
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When turning into a curve a speed 20 MPH and above the traction control light comes on and the van pulls hard to the left. Have taken it to the ford dealer several times and was told that it is not putting any error codes into the computer and that they have no idea what is causing it. Van is very dangerous to drive.
The steering wheel anchor bolt 3/4 came loose, causing the steering wheel to rock up and down when slight hand pressure was applied to the steering wheel. This first happened when the vehicle was in motion on a highway. The steering wheel also could be rocked up and down while stationary with the engine not running. The repair cost for this was $208.32 excluding tax.
Electronic power steering (eps) seems to start to go out/off intermittently when making turns or driving straight. Becomes extremely hard to control kind of like the old non-power steering cars. One minute your getting assisted turning (hard or slight), a second later manual steering, then back to assisted. When passing another car the eps seems to even not want to be consistent when I just slightly turn the wheel at high speed. Again, it is intermittent but becoming more frequent.
While making a left hand turn at an intersection the steering wheel violently turned to the right forcing my truck to swerve off the road. I had no control over the car and could not get the steering wheel to move. Immediately the advancetrac warning light came on as well as the battery warning light. I did not lose power to the truck but was on able to turn the wheel. After a couple attempts of turning off the truck and starting it again I was able to get steering back. I tried to make it off of the freeway on ramp but was only able to make it a few feet until the steering failed again and swung the car to the right. I had the truck towed to the nearest ford dealership and they said that the steering gear failed. I was quoted $1950 for the part. The truck is just short of 60k miles and being out of warranty they said all I can due is file a report. I am having to pay for the repairs until my report is reviewed. I have read numerous reports of this same problem happening to other owners with the same year and make as my truck and think this is an extremely dangerous problem. I don't think it is right that any automobile can lose steering at anytime with out the option to at least maneuver the vehicle to safety. I am filing a report with ford to try and get reimbursed.
Started having a problem yesterday with the steering catching on turns, it freezes up and is difficult to turn. Had a mechanic look at it and he said the electronic steerinig assist is going bad.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the steering column seized and it required additional effort to steer the vehicle. The failure was intermittent and occurred without warning. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 18,000.
My electronic power steering assist is not working. At a stop or lower speeds it is nearly impossible to turn the steering wheel. At higher speeds the steering wheel is still very difficult to turn or control. There have been several instances where the truck is very difficult to control and is extremely dangerous.
135,987 mi. 2013 ford f 150 econoboost powersteering assit went out! Notice a traction fault couple days ago and it went away after I shut off my truck. The steering never did this and it happened in a parking lot making a sharp left turn! And then while trying to drive out of the parking lot turning out to the intersection no power steering???? Just last year I had to replace my throttle body because my truck would go limp while driving! Why isn't there a recal on the steering for this year?
76000 miles. Power steering lost. Limped to the ford garage and after 2 hours was told the power assist needed to be replaced - $1900.00!! Really? 2014 models had the same problem but had a recall. Why not the 2013's? First time ever after owning many vehicles that I've had an expense like this. Ford? No more!! I could have got into an accident or even killed.
76000 miles. Driving home and lost all power steering. Luckily close to the dealership. Limped in and they got it right in. The advance trac light was on and they checked it for over an hour. Finally, they said the epas system has failed and it costs $1900 to replace it!
The electric power steer in my 2013 ford f150 truck is failing to work properly. It doesn't seem to be providing an power assist at all at low speeds. When taking slow speed sharp turns(90 degrees) the steer seems to lock up and I have to apply alot of force to the steer wheel to get the truck's wheels to come back straight again. This is a very unsafe situation. I purchased this f150 new from sugarloaf ford in winona minnesota in 2013.
2013 ford f-150 stx with 45k miles-- steering suddenly became difficult to turn and would briefly freeze up when city driving, moving at 20-40 MPH. I took it to woltz and wind ford and found out that the truck had electronic power assist steering.an intermediate shaft was replaced at a cost of $428.further research on this problem has shown that there are many problems with this type of steering that can lead up to total steering failure and loss of control of the vehicle. I now am questioning whether to keep this truck that could cost me $2000 to fix when the rack needs replaced or possibly even cause an accident. Other ford vehicles with this same problem have been recalled so why has the manufacturers defect in this truck not been recalled?
Steering started feeling like it was hanging up while turning. Progressively got worse over days by happening more often. Eventually to the point now where there is no power assist. The weirdest thing was at one point it started to work totally fine for about ten minutes then went back to total failure. This is equipped with the epas system. Called dealer and was quoted a new complete rack o fix it at approx $2000. This system does have a recall on 2014s but not 2013s for what seems to be the same problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the driver was involved in a crash due to the steering wheel locking. The driver was unable to steer the vehicle. The traction control indicator illuminated prior to the failure. A police report was filed. The driver was injured and received medical attention. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but the failure could not be duplicated. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified and a claim was opened. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 72,000.
Electronic steering not working correctly very tight almost like it does not have power steering . Started while I was in motion .
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the eps warning indicator randomly flashed. The dealer (bell ford, 2401 w bell rd, phoenix, az 85023, (602) 457-2144) diagnosed that the steering gear assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer had not issued a recall to provide a solution; however, there were three tsbs for the eps. The manufacturer informed the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing and repair. The approximate failure mileage was 40,216.
When driving approximately 20+ MPH and turning to the left, the steering wheel intermittently gets hung up when returning to center and takes some effort to get it to continue on. This only happens on left turns, no issue with right turns at all. The issue started being noticed approximately 8 months ago, but seems to happen more often now. Took it into the ford dealer and was diagnosed as an epas (electronic power assist steering) system that needs to be replaced. This is not a typical part that wears out and repairs are estimate at $1800. Vehicle only has less than 60k miles when problem started. In doing some research, this is not an uncommon problem with this make and model & can lead to serious injury if system completely fails while driving.
2013 ford raptor super crew 27953 miles. Oil change 2 months ago. Oil life still at 69%. I went with the recommended ford motor company synthetic and ford motor company oil filter. I was on my way home from work about 10 minutes into my drive. I went to take off from a stop light and I got through the intersection and had an immediate reduction in power the truck was stuck at 1,000 rpms and would not do anything but slowly creep forward at 5 miles an hour. I limped to a lighted parking lot about a half block away as my low oil pressure light came on and a wrench icon on the dash. I shut it off and popped open the hood. I check my oil level transmission fluid level power steering level and everything was well above tolerances. I could find no problems and when I got back in the truck and started it, it ran fine all the way home. I just scanned the system and no error codes. The stop light road was at a slight downward angle and I had just below a half tank of 93 octane fuel. K and n air filter in stock holder. No other power train or engine modifications. Loss of power, power steering and decreased braking. It would have been very dangerous had it not been later at night.
Twice in the last week the a warning to service the advance trac system came on and lost power steering. Making it almost impossible to drive home. The next morning it worked fine, no warnings. I am afraid to let my wife or kids drive it for safety reasons.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving approximately 75 MPH, the contact had to stop the vehicle suddenly and the service advance trac, power steering, and service immediately warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was driven to the dealer (randall reed planet ford in park cities, texas) where it was diagnosed that the sensor in the rack system was faulty and needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000.
Power steering went out as I was driving
I have had the ford truck death wobble, I barely missed a head on collision because of it. This has now happened several times, it starts unexpectedly when going 55 to 60 MPH and hit a slight pump or unevenness on the road the front end of the truck goes into to a severe vibration and wobble that rapidly gets worse and make the truck uncontrollable and vary dangerous. The only way to stop the death wobble is to immediately slam on the breaks and come to a complete rapid stop. I cant believe this hasn't already been taken care of by ford giving how many of us out here are experiencing this issue. When this truck goes into to this violent wobble it is vary difficult to control, I am a 240lb male and almost collided head on with an oncoming car, if my wife was driving this truck when this happened her and the people in the oncoming car would have most likely died!
'takata recall' after starting vehicle, before starting to drive, check engine light comes on and then when driving is started there is no power stirring. Occasional if you turn engine off and then restart, check engine light does not come on and power stirring is intact. This has happened on and off since 5/2015 at 40,000 miles and continues to this date 11/4/2017 at 95,000. It is happening more and more often now.
Wife made sharp left hand turn and power steering locked up! Cleared and was fine ,for few days I was driving make left hand turn got, complete power steering assist failure! Plus many other faults. Got to local shop was told was able to clear most faults, but not the assist fault! Has to go to dealer being told it will cost over 2 thousand dollars .called ford was told out of warranty! Wife could of been killed! Ford wont do anything!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 35 MPH, the steering wheel seized without warning. The vehicle was taken to len stoler ford (11275 reisterstown rd, owings mills, md 21117 (410) 356-7000) where it was diagnosed that the rack and pinion steering system needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Hard steering control
Complete power assist steering failure: while driving along a city street, I experienced complete loss of power steering, causing the driver (myself) to virtually lose all directional control.. I could only control the vehicle steering and bring it to a stop by using extreme physical strength to manually steer the vehicle.. If my wife had been driving at the time of occurrence she "would not have been able to manually steer the vehicle" and, would have almost certainly lost steering control... I had the vehicle towed to a ford dealership, who diagnosed that the steering rack needed to be replaced.... Upon researching this fault, I have found clear evidence that this is a known problem with the 2013 ford f150 and subsequent years... Ford issued a recall on the 2014 f150 for this fault, but not for 2013 vehicles... Loss of power assist steering while driving this size of vehicle is an extremely dangerous condition to find yourself in and, may have already been the cause of accidents!! My opinion is that ford are very much aware of this steering fault, due to the fact that they issued a partial recall and, they want all old steering racks that are replaced, sent back to them! I requested the old steering rack that was being replaced, be returned to me... However, ford indicated a $400 core charge would be billed to me to for keeping the old part! Ford needs to issue a broader recall regarding this fault on f150's before more people are injured or killed! This is a serious safety issue.
61,000 miles power steering failed in motion fault on steering angle sensor not sold had to replace whole steering rack $2000.00 now in motion transmission fault code p7031 first gear sync will not shift from second to first without bucking. Dealer says transmission needs to be taken apart thousands of dollars and 1500 miles out of warranty
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the steering wheel seized and the "power steering" and "default immediately service" warning indicators illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road, turned off the vehicle, waited a few minutes, and was able to resume driving. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 73,460.
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