Power steering pump failed on 12/26/03. Unit was replaced with a re-manufactured pump. This pump failed on 1/2/04. Car serviced on 1/6/04. Told that the replacement pump was defective before we picked up the car that evening. The pump was replaced with another re-manufactured unit on 1/7/04. I picked up the vehicle that evening. This pump failed on 1/9/04 while my wife was driving the car. Luckily, it did not fail on the highway. The car was towed to the dealership where we had had it repaired the previous times. The pump was replaced again with, yes, you guessed it, another re-manufactured power steering pump. Can't we get a new pump? I hope that ford is not putting re-manufactured parts into your new cars.
2001 Ford Taurus steering complaints
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Consumer states that when moving the steering column brake lights would not work. Dealer notified.
While driving under rainy conditions steering wheel locked up. Cause unknown.
While performing a visual inspection under the hood, consumer states' there was a pool of power steering fluid down on frame of vehicle. Took to dealer and dealer stated the power assist pump needed replacing. Five months later consumer noticed same type of leak again. Cause is unknown. Please provide any fruther information. Ts
A squealing sound made when making a turn. Vehicle taken to dealer, and informed consumer that rack and pinion needed to be replaced. Feel free to provide any further infromation.
While driving off a lot steering wheel statrted making a whining noise. Dealer replaced rack and pinion twice, but problem still exists.
While parking wheels locked up, and smoke was coming from under dash/ and flames from under hood. Vehicle was totalled. No injuries. 2 days prior, vehicle had been at dealership for power steering repair.
Power steering failed, causing loss of control. Vehicle drifted from left to right. Contacted dealer. Please add VIN.
Vehicle experiences hesitation and is sluggish on take off, there is a buzzing noise in the engine when putting in park position, dealer tightened bolts and motor mount to alleviate grinding noise in engine.
Vehicle is experiencing intermittent vibration in the steering wheel at highway speeds, when braking or accelerating, tires were balanced and the front tire was found to be out of round, which still did not correct the problem.
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