1995 Ford Taurus Steering Problems

“This past sunday, on june 11, 2017 I was driving home from a graduation party and there was a loud pow once I accelerated from a stop. My steering was very stiff (as if I was driving an ancient large truck with no power steering, also my exhaust system at least partially came undun. I was able to get the crippled car to our regular repair shop, who told me that I had a subframe rust-collapse. I had talked to a shadetree mechanic friend, who said that it wasn't an actual subframe collapse, but the next layer up, the engine cradle whose sleeves are no thicker steel than the unibody sheetmetal. …”

“Outer tie rods gone bad at 80,000km speedometer jumps at 60,000km front power windows gone bad at 90,000km I only have 96,000km on my 1995 Ford Taurus se its now 2009.”

“I was driving along when all of a sudden a big bang car slammed pavement began to swerve. Started smoking off burned rubber tire popped an car was broke down wheel dangling.”

“I bought this car used last july. In october I noticed that when I took a left hand turn the steering wheel would stick and I would have to pull it to get it straight. I took it to be fixed but they could not find a problem. This problem has been going on since then. Three days ago I took my kids out for ice cream and we got into an accident. This time the steering wheel locked completely, I could not move it and we slammed into another car. Nobody believed me, it took alot of searching to find out that it was the bushings or something like that. …”

“The contact owns a 1995 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while reversing from a parking space, the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was advised that the under carriage needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 111,000.”