2003 Ford F-350 SD: loss of power steering

Filed Sep 12, 2006 · Electrical · 37,000 miles · OR

2003 ford f-350 diesel stalling. Vehicle stalls without warning. Condition started within the first 7000 miles. Dealer seemed to remedy as the condition never recurred until 37k miles; now, 42k miles. Commenced stalling in feb 2006 and has stalled 6 times from feb 2006 to august 2006. The second time it stalled, we were in freezing rain in 4x4 driving my wife to work (she didn't want to drive in those conditions) the vehicle stalled on top of tall bridge 300 ft over the willamette river in ice conditions. Lost steering, had to shift to neutral while still moving and re-start the vehicle to re-gain control. Normally, the vehicle simply stalls in the middle of the road, and while this is a major distraction, I've managed to re-start without incident. Dealer/ford has been excruciating reluctant to remedy. Even though they have recalled 180,000 2004-2005 vehicles under recall 05v27000 7/22/05 for the exact same symptom, engine, vehicle model, they claim to be unaware of the above recall. The vehicle has been in for repair numerous times (6 times) since february 2006. A flight recorder has been installed twice to record computer data. Once they indicated it was an egr problem and presumably remedied. Still stalls. Got another stalling incident recorded on the flight recorder (twice now) but apparently no good reading. I have contacted ford customer service (regional) three times now and they have seemed to be moderately helpful, but I don't know if the service department and customer service communicate effectively. As it stands now, the dealer/ford service is ignoring the recall exists for similar vehicles (my vehicle is an f-350 6.0 diesel with the exact same symptoms, but it is a 2003 model). They want me to leave the vehicle with the dealership to connect the flight recorder yet a 3rd time and allow them to drive the vehicle around the 700 or so miles it takes to get a reading (probably a month) and I'm responsible for any liability.

Filed Apr 22, 2005 · Steering · 45,000 miles · SC

While pulling out of a parking space the consumer heard a loud popping noise and then lost steering control. The consumer inspected the vehicle and found the coupling that held the tie rods had broken. The vehicle was towed to the repair shop.

Filed Dec 23, 2004 · Engine · 22,450 miles · MI

I was driving my 2003 f-350 srw 6.0l psd for about 15 minutes after starting when I stalled without warning. I was traveling on the highway around 45mph when the truck just shut off and due to no power steering I was unable to pull of to the side of the road. Also the temp at the time was around 20 degrees f. After many attemps to restart the engine I was helped to push the vehicle off to the side of the road where it sat for about 45 minutes and after a final attempt it started as normal and has been running fine since. I took it to the dealer the next day and they said there was no problem with the truck. I am now afraid to drive thinking that it may stall again in heavy traffic and cause a crash.

Filed Jul 8, 2004 · Steering · 9,970 miles · OH · crash

I was driving my ford f-350 and making a turn. When I went to straighten the truck out, I had no steering and went into a ditch and knocked 2 evergreen trees down and rested against a utility pole. Too much damaged was done during the accident to find out the cause of the accident. There was no steering. The truck was totaled out.

Filed Apr 17, 2003 · Engine · IA

Consumer states intermittently loose the brake. No power steering. Dealer notified. Please provide further information.