Problems with 2006 Ford Crown Victoria STEERING

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford crown victoria. while driving 25 mph and making a turn, the steering wheel seized and was difficult to turn. there were no warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the steering column was rusted. the manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. the dealer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 92,000.

Steering locking up and my steering pump is in good working condition no leaks

The steering is not correct, i went to get an alignment and the problem is still present. the licensed mechanic said that it was something within the steering column, and it would be best if the dealer looks at it.

Steering column was coming apart. there was a small green plastic piece on the driver floor mat. i looked at the steering column by the brake pedal and the green bushing was totally exposed.

After driving to xyz location 3 miles from my home i parked my car for a while to pick up stuff from the place. after around 30 minutes i just drove my [xxx] ford crown vic 2006 p71 an ex police car from the parking lot. just as i just accelerated and turned the vehicle towards my intended direction all of a sudden i completely lost control on my steering wheel. recently i have had a recall on a steering wheel shaft and i got it replaced at ford dealership; furthermore i presume that loosing the control of steering wheel this time is related to the previous recall repair. i left my car at ford dealership for further investigation. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford crown victoria. while making a right turn at an unknown speed, the steering wheel seized and became very difficult to maneuver. the vehicle was repaired according to nhtsa campaign number: 13v385000 (steering); however, the failure persisted. the dealer stated that the upper intermediate shaft needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford crown victoria. while driving 55 mph, the steering caused the vehicle to spin clockwise out of control and crashed into a median on the left side of the road. the contact struck another vehicle while spinning. the front passenger side of the vehicle struck the rear passengers door of an oncoming vehicle. the air bags did not deploy. a police report was filed. there were no injuries. the vehicle was driven from the scene to park ridge auto body of park ridge, illinois and repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the crash and stated that the vehicle was out of warranty, and was not caused by the repair work performed per nhtsa campaign number: 13v385000 (steering)on january 10, 2014. the failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 crown victoria. the contact stated that her vehicle was included in nhtsa campaign number 13v385000 (steering) and the recall had exceeded a reasonable time for repair. the vehicle also experienced the steering failure. the dealer advised the contact that the part was not available and they did not know when the manufacturer was going to release the part. the contact was placed on a waiting list that will also exceed several months before the vehicle will be repaired. the failure and current mileage was 191,323. rk

Steering went out of vehicle. had bad column replaced, and got vehicle back on aug 29, 2013. again steering column failed and went back out on aug 30 , 2013. vehicle was moving approximately 25 mph. fortunately we were to stop the vehicle but ran into hillside, and luckily no one was hurt. the column was replaced again and additionally this time the lower shaft was replaced. *tr

I was driving approax 25 mph when my steering wheel all of a sudden became free and my wheel just spun freely not moving my wheels, upon inspection i found that the bushing dislocated which caused me to loose control of my steering. *tr

Was driving down hwy when i smelt electrical burning and noticed smoke coming from around the steering wheel. *tr

Inspection found dislocated bushing. *tr

Inspection found dislocated bushing. *tr

Inspection found dislocated bushing. *tr

Catastrophic failure of the steering column; column separating and total failure imminent. *tr

Catastrophic failure of the steering column; the steering column retaining ring failed. binding of the lower and middle universal joints and believe it is heat related? steering shaft not traveling on a true axis and a result is the retaining ring is being worn and eventually wears out. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford crown victoria. the contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection of a steering failure. the mechanic advised the contact that the steering column bushing on the upper steering column was loose. in addition, the mechanic advised the contact of a concurrent investigation pertaining to the failure under nhtsa action number: pe12025 (steering:column). the investigation was for the same year, make and model but only included those vehicles being used as police interceptor (cvpi) vehicles. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 88,329.

Catastrophic failure of the steering column; the steering column retaining ring failed. binding of lower and middle universal joints and believe it is heat related. steering shaft not traveling on a true axis and a result is the retaining ring is being worn and eventually wears out. *tr

Catastrophic failure of the steering column; the steering column retaining ring failed. binding of lower and middle universal joints and believe it is heat related. steering shaft not traveling on a true axis and a result is the retaining ring is being worn and eventually wears out. *tr

Catastrophic failure of the steering column; the steering column retaining ring failed. binding of lower and middle universal joints and believe it is heat related. steering shaft not traveling on a true axis and a result is the retaining ring is being worn and eventually wears out. *tr

Police track training personnel are reporting momentary power steering loss/lockup when executing hard u-turns with 06/07 production ford crown vic police interceptions. in addition, we are receiving complaints from the field regarding this same issue. concern is that this steering defect could result in an accident during normal patrol responses. this defect impacts at least one third of our active patrol fleet (over 175 cars, perhaps as many as 250). we are monitoring what police fleets in arizona are currently doing per the tsb issued by ford as well as scheduling a meeting with local ford technician., who, at our track demonstrated the problem for me on may 17, 2007. *ak

In 2006 my husband was a deputy sheriff i'm mt.he was driving a 2006 crown victoria with approx 3000 miles. he was heading to an assistance call on the interstate at a high rate of speed. road conditions were good that day and no abnormalities in the road. i hired a private investigator to investigate some issues. i was informed that the air bags never deployed he was in a head on collision through a fence and then wrapped around a metal sign pole. cause severe damage to this vehicle. all windows busted out radiator came through the front of the vehicle. tires were not noted to be defected but i due question a tie rod. and at the time the investigator did run a recall check and nothing noted at that time. his report did state there was deformity noted in the stering colum. in which i have now noticed that there has been some issues with the steering colum. and this aand this accident did result in his fatality.....updated 12/05/16 *bf