The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the tie rod became detached without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the tie rod needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. The VIN was not available.

- Batavia, NY, USA

While driving home from work on a two lane highway, I started to brake at around 45 mph for a slowing vehicle in front of me. The truck started bucking and shaking violently. Luckily, I managed to turn into a gas station that was right there and stop. I got out and looked to see that the passenger side tie rod was broken.

- Vestal, NY, USA

Tie rod failure, ball seperated from socket.

- Peru, IL, USA

While pulling onto the freeway this morning in rush hour traffic, the left tie rod on my 2000 F150 came apart, making it impossible to steer the vehicle. I was afraid for my life. The vehicle had just 78,670 miles on it and is used mainly by me to drive to work. On Aug. 16, 2004, with just 55,849 miles, I had to have the right and left lower ball joints replaced, which the mechanic warned me were on the verge of total failure.

- Sunbury, OH, USA

(1) due to the particular design flaw of the " tie end rods" (the tie ends do not have a grease nipple to allow critical lubrication of these parts!), the passenger side "upper tie end rod" completely separated from its normal position while the vehicle was in motion. (2) the vehicle operator was unable to steer the vehicle to a safe clearance and was forced to immediately stop on a two lane bridge and block one of the lanes. (3) all of the "tie ends rods" were replaced with new parts that have a nipple for lubrication so that the "wear" item can be maintained by applying grease. The old part is available.

- Stow, OH, USA

: the contact stated while driving 45 mph, the driver side tire started bouncing. The vehicle was pulled over and towed to the contact's residence were it was repaired by a family member. The inner tie rod was replaced on the driver side. Also, while pulling into a parking space at less than 5 mph, the passenger side tire did not respond to the steering wheel. The vehicle was again towed to the residence and the passenger side inner tie rod was replaced. The manufacturer has been alerted.

- Brook Park, OH, USA

2000 Ford F150. The consumer stated that the tie rod end let go while in motion. This occurred on October 3, 2005. The vehicle had not been taken to the dealership. The vehicle was towed to consumer's residence. The consumer had not called Ford. There was no warning but there was a small vibration in the steering wheel then the tie rod completely let go. There was no accident and no one was injured..

- Nova Scotia, 00, USA

The contact states left front tie rods separated. He was going approximately 40 mph. They both had to be changed. This happened on May 9-05. He lost control of the steering on 5-9-05. He had noticed that the steering was wandering prior to this incident. The dealer told him the alignment was perfect; they had used a new machine to determine if the alignment was correct.

- Temperance, MI, USA

As I was driving down the road I lost control of my vehicle. I was traveling aproximatly 30mph when my truck started shaking and veered off the road. I was able to stop before any damage occured. Being mechanicaly inclined I inspected the vehicle and noticed the drivers side tie rod end had seperated. This surprised me in that the truck only had 60K miles. I believe this is a major safety issue since there was no obvious indication that the tie rod end was even bad.

- Uxbridge, MA, USA

2000 Ford F150 ball joints and tie rod ends failed.** answer required***. the consumer did not give specifics about the accident.

- Unknown, DC, USA

Had problems in past with tie rod ends and was unable to keep grease on them. Consumer was at church and began to leave, and there was a popping noise. After turning the wheel followed by a dragging-this was later a piece of tie rod end. This occurred on the right side, and before the mileage had accumulated to 20,000.this occurred about a year and a half ago. This was repaired by consumer's husband. This 4th of July weekend, was exiting parking lot onto street and heard another popping noise. Almost lost control of truck but was able to make it off the road. Called husband who was a mechanic, he came and repaired vehicle. This occurred on the left side. The parts for the F150 tie rod ends were unable to pack grease which causes this failure. Has contacted Ford for the first incident. The second failure mileage was just over 50,000 miles.

- Midlothian, IL, USA

Last night, I was making a left hand turn into a parking lot when I lost control of the steering in my vehicle. Luckily, the oncoming traffic was able to manuver around me, and I just missed a utility pole. I found the inner left tie rod had completely separated. I have serarched the internet and found numerous reports and complaints of the same issue, and even a pending class-action suit. I will be replaing not only the broken tie rod, but the others as well.

- Berkeley Springs, WV, USA

Left & right outer tie rod end failure 2000 Ford F150 SC 2

- Kearney, 00, USA

Ford F150 tie rod failure--in August of 2004 received a notice from Ford to check tie rods due to change of inspection procedures inspected tie rods in September 2004, checked ok. In April of 2005 driver's side outer tie rod failed at approximately. 60,000 miles damages to vehicle included driver's side tire& rims.

- Valparaiso, IN, USA

Vehicle was going through a drive through driver noticed that there was no ability to steer the vehicle. Consumer got out of the vehicle, and noticed that the left tie rod and lower ball joints broke.

- Louisville, KY, USA

I purchased a new 2000 F150 pickup truck from van boxtel Ford in green bay wi. After putting 45000-50000 miles I had a bad experience with my vehicle. I was driving into a parking lot off the street and was turning into the second parking stall when the vehicle would not turn. I stopped and got out of the truck to see if something was wrong.the front tires were pointing in opposite directions and I noticed a hissing sound coming from the right side front tire. I looked under the vehicle and the tierod had poked a hole thru the tire and rim. The vehiclewas totally unsteerable. The repairs were 700-800 dollars which Ford did not stand behind.what would have happened had the tierod poked thru the rim and tire when iwas driving at highway speeds.I made three calls to Ford at their headquarters, nobody called or responded as requested. People could be killed with this type of incident.

- Greenleaf, WI, USA

While driving at approximately 10 mph the outer tie rod snapped off the control arm, causing the vehicle to lose steering control. Owner contacted the manufacturer, who was aware of this defect and suggested that the owner have the suspension checked often. A year later the inner tie rod snapped off the control arm at 50000 miles.

- Arcade, NY, USA

The front right tie rod failed unexpectedly while driving 5 mph and caused the vehicle to stop. Manufacturer will be contacted by consumer.

- Akron, OH, USA

Vehicle was taken to dealer for checkup and results showed that the tie rods needed to be replaced, which was affecting the ability to control the vehicle. Manufacturer was contacted by consumer.

- Campton, NH, USA

While driving 30 mph the consumer lost control of the vehicle. The front driver's side tie rod had broken and both inner tie rods were replaced.

- North Gower (Ottawa) , AE, USA