2001 Ford F-250 SD Steering Problems

“We had traveled aproximately 450 miles and on the last leg of a trip in the mountains. The driver noticed on the last 150 miles of the trip the steering wheel had changed position where the center of the wheel normally was horizontal, was now 45 degrees off and vertical. The vehicle was parked on arrival to destination. The next day the vehicle needed to be moved and unloaded when this was attempted the steering wheel just turned with not control of the wheels. So we were unable to move the vehicle. …”

“I currently own a 2001 f250 7.3 diesel truck. I along with many other people in this country are scared to drive their trucks. I have had several incidents, but the most recent was in august 2011. I was driving down the highway at 65 MPH ( the speed doesn't matter for the failure). The truck is very hard to keep control of, it shakes violently and walks back and forth. It is very difficult to keep the truck in one lane. It got so bad that I couldn't keep control of it and began going from one side to the other trying to get control. …”

“I was making a sharp left turn, from a stop, when I heard a snapping noise, then I noticed my steering wheel turning freely, I just continued forward with no steering since I was kind of crossed on the middle of the road, and had cars coming at me at a high rate of speed, I was able to go over onto the side walk crossed, I stopped the truck and when I looked saw the shaft at the steering box had sheered in half. I am a retired law enforcement officer and consider this a very delicate matter, have I being traveling at a high speed this could have being a situation with very tragic results. …”

“I own a 2001 Ford f250 super duty 4x4 truck. After purchasing truck used, I replaced all steering components with o.e equipment specifications at certified repair facilities. All facilities certified all steering parts in original specification form. Despite all this, the truck would shake violently upon hitting any kind of rough roads or potholes. After reading other complaints, I realized this is defect with the truck even going to 2007 model year. This truck is dangerous!! Dangerous!! Dangerous!!!!!!!!. Needs to be recalled and fair market value given to the buyers. Someone will get killed. …”

“I have a 2001 Ford f250 sd crew/4x4 and there is something wrong with the front end steering system. Today was the second time that my truck began to shimmy and shake so hard that at 55mph by the time I got the truck slowed to about 15mph I was over into the lane of the on coming traffic (luckly no one was there). The other day with my wife in the truck we turned a corner and the truck started to shimmy really hard and I lost some response control of the truck the steering became somewhat unresponsive, and I was forced to allow the truck to track into the baily post office parking lot. …”