1987 FORD TAURUS Steering Problems
23 complaints about Steering
High Severity Issue
This component has been associated with crashes, fires, or deaths.
This Problem Across All Years
All Steering Complaints (23)
TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE. GAS HAND NOT WORKING. RACK AND PINION BROKE UP. SEAT BELTS FELL APART.
POWER STEERING IS LOW AND LEAKS FLUID.
WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN DOING FIVE MPH, RACK PINION STEERING BROKE, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING FLUID TO LEAK OUT, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. *AK
DRIVING AT 5 MPH THE STEERING WENT OUT, AND CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE JUST STOPPED.*AK
WHEN DRIVING IT FELT AS IF THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, ALSO MOTOR VIBRATED. HAD TROUBLE STEERING AND DRIVING, AND REAR ENDED A TRUCK. FRONT END DAMAGE, MOTOR WAS TILTED AND STILL VIBRATED. RADIATOR EXPLODED. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK
ENGINE FAILURE; ALSO REPLACED TRANSMISSION/STEERING RACK/ALTERNATOR/POWER LOCKS. *AK
RECALL REPAIR ON SUBFRAME LEFT STEERING COLUMN CROOKED.
THE STEERING COLUMN IS CROOKED.
STEERING COLUMN IS CROOKED.
OWNER NOTES THAT STEERING BUSHINGS CAME APART, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING, OR TOTAL STEERING FAILURE. *AK *JB
STEERING COLUMN LOCKS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *SD
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE VEHICLE, CAUSED THE WIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN TO BURN WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE STEERING AND DASH BOARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE START TO SMOKE PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE STEERING AND DASH BOARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE START TO SMOKE PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED 3 TIMES DUE TO LEAK. *SD
POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED DUE TO LEAKAGE. *SD
THE LEFT REAR END AND THE STEERING COLUMN ARE MAKING NOISE . TT
THE STEERING , BRAKES, AND SEAT BELTS ALL FAILED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND INJURY TO OCCUPANTS. TT
REPLACED LEAKING STEERING RACK. *AK
POWER STEERING RACK FAILED, CAUSING PUMP TO FAIL AND FLUID TO LEAK CONTINUOUSLY. *SKD
FRONT RIGHT SIDE OUTER TIE ROD BROKE TAKING OUT POWER STEERING SYSTEM/RACK AND PINION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
BENT TIE ROD ENDS, CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR ON TIRES/MISALIGNMENT. *SKD
TIE ROD SNAPPED IN HALF AND MOTOR MOUNT WENT BAD. TT