1996 Eagle Vision Steering Problems

“Hello. I had a scary incident on friday, january 17 2014, and have been thinking about it and if it could have been prevented. I was driving on a state highway in pg county md when I heard a loud bang and my car suddenly swerved sharply to the left and crossed the center line into the path of an oncoming dump truck. Obviously I was able to react quickly enough and force my car back into the correct lane and then off to the side of the road. It took every bit of strength I had. …”

“I bought a used 1996 Eagle Vision tsi in 2006. Shortly, I realized there was a lot of play in the steering. I took the car to my mechanic and he said the rack and pinion steering was going. I said what do you mean going ? He said eagles were notorious for their problems with the rack and pinion and mine needed to be replaced before I had an accident. My mechanic bought and installed a new rack that lasted for 1 and 1/2 years. This time I took the car to a different mechanic and did not tell him of the rack problem before. His diagnosis: broken rack and pinion steering assembly. …”

“1996 Eagle Vision steering all over the road bad rack and pinion dangerous and seems to be ignored by everyone for years safety is of the utmost and if you guys do not do a better job then you should not be around.how many people will have to die before someone claims there is a malfunction in design there are 1000's of complaints over the years and now there is duplicated repairs because of poor design do something or get out of the consumer business.”

“1996 Eagle Vision tsi has a severe clunking noise when turning the steering wheel left or right. The bolts holding the inner tie rods to the rack are shot and close to failure. This is the second time this car has had safety related steering problems.”

“Complete loss of steering control. I was entering a parking garage when power-assisted rack and pinion failed, completely disengaging the steering wheel from the front wheels. Due to slow speed, no crash occurred.”