Problems with 2003 Ford E-250 STEERING

Loss of instruments in 2003 f250 diesel with 50,153 miles. fuse replaced by service center and instruments came on. 3 days later they went off while in 4 wheel low and the the engine stopped (battery's dead). i had no control over steering and went off the road. repair of damaged wiring in steering column fixed problem. this is a well documented problem on the web and known to the service centers i have contacted. if wiring is worn in a 50,000 mile truck i would think it probably will occur in similar models. the truck could have sustained severe damage and possibly resulted in injury. why no recall or at least notification of owners. *kb

A ford 2003 van, with 30,000 miles experiences a steering failure, when the pitman arm broke off the bottom of the steering box. it cleanly sheared off a shaft of metal which is 1 1/4 inches of solid steel.*ak since the driver was operating at low speed on the ramp of miami international airport, he struck a barrier with minimal sheetmetal damage. the driver reported that the steering wheel was spinning freely in his hands at the time of impact. i reported this to ford, who's staff determined that the shaft did not fail due to manufacturing defect. had this vehicle been at highway speed on a major roadway, the cause of the accident would not have been so clearly obvious. and surely a fatality would have been involved. i retained the broken part. i believe this is an incident which should be reported. ford determined that striking the barrier caused the metal to fail. however the impact was minimal and though a centered impact on the front of the vehicle the airbag did not even deploy.

When driving 55 mph or more steering vibrated violently. *ak