Otto Man Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Well am I the first to post about a problem with the steering rack (at 7000 miles I might add)? I noticed it sort of binding when the wheel is parked (at a stop) facing straight ahead. A slight turn to the left or right and it feels like I'm up against something and then it gives suddenly. The service department has no explanation other than it is bad and it will take 2 days to get another one. What a draggg. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetalmaster Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 At least you were lucky to have it fail during warranty. Did they at least comp you a rental? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Man Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Nah....cheap a$$ dealer. But they do offer a shuttle so they had me driven home for free, and will send someone to get me on Friday. I just cant figure what makes a steering rack go at 7000 when many go for 200,000 on loads of cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesterg69 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Welcome o the world of electronic steering no more power steering pumps or fluid all electric and we see at least 1 a month at our dealer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmharvey79 Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 My '13 SHO is getting a new steering rack this week, about 10k miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Huh...... Scratching my head on this one as i don't think I've ever heard anybody reporting on an issue such as this one. Weird one fo sho. markssho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Man Posted May 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I do notice a lot of folks with "clunking" noise from up front. When my rack started going it first started sounding like a 1975 LTD on speed bumps (squeeking) at each bump. Then it was a steering "clunk" at each left and at each right. I am suspecting a lot of you have bad steering racks. This might be a candidate for a bump up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmharvey79 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 The sound I'm hearing is a slight 'click' when I turn the wheel from side to side. The dealership replaced the tie rod ends, even though their tech said the original tie rod ends looked fine, but the sound was still there. They sent the issue up to Ford and Ford told them to replace the steering rack. We'll see if a new steering rack get rid of the sound later this week. This is my first domestic car, after having great luck with several foreign cars, and I hope this isn't a sign of things to come as this car actually starts to get some miles on the clock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foster6a Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 My car is sitting at the dealership right now diagnosing a bump up front. I mainly notice it when going slowly over bumps while turning. Seems to be coming from the passenger front side. I don't notice anything when turning the wheels on their own, only while hitting a bump. My car currently has 103000km's. @Otto Man - I used to own an '84 LTD with the same problems SCREEEEEEKKKK! SCREEEEEEEKKKK! Update: Just got my car back from the dealer. They ended up replacing the strut mounts which seemed to mitigate the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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