2008 Mercury Sable Steering Problems

“Beginning about the first of march, 2012, I noticed a problem with my steering feeling stiff, jerky and hard to turn. The first incident involved turning right onto the highway from a side ride and feeling the front of the car jerk slightly to the left. Since then, I've noticed the steering remains stiff.”

“Steering froze up and could not turn to left / was hard to steer and then when trying to turn left could not do it, had to make right hand turns. Took it to the ford dealer I bought the car from (2015) they said there was no recalls and had to replace the steering gear/ cost ,me $600.00 there were no complaints on the car fax of trouble. .bought the car in nov 2015 and had to have steering fixed in june of 2016. Today I went to see if there was any recalls lately and found 51 complaints about this car and a lot of them were for steering and power train. Don't you think this should be a recall. …”

“While driving last week my wife noticed that when turning into a parking spot the steering stiffened up and had to make a sudden stop as to not hit the vehicle to her left . I checked the car out and noticed it is mostly affected at low speed while making turns either left or right this had no warning and could be very dangerous.it is just luck that a walker or jogger were not on the streets at the time .this needs immediate attention I will attempt at repair myself as it is out of warranty possible rack and pinion also transmission slippage at times.”

“Recently I wrote you about my 2008 Sable it has only 16,000 mile on it and I was having problems with the steering stiffens up while driving. I did some investigating and had it diagnosed by a reputable person. It was the power steering pump and racket pinion bar. I did not go to the dealer because it was out of warranty. You in turned sent my complaint to ford and they wrote back saying they were sorry and I should of taken to a dealership so they can document it. I just felt since it was out of warranty I would go to someone reputable because it wouldn't so costly to have repaired. …”

“Steering wheel was difficult (very hard) to turn. Took the car to a ford service agent and the diagnosis was that the steering rack was loose. A new rack was installed and retested. Ford service told me that the car was hazardous and it had to be repaired right then and there. Asked ford manufacture to be reimburse and was denied. Repair was done on december 31, 2012.”