The contact owns a 1997 Ford F250. The steering column began shaking from left to right and then locked. The contact applied force to the steering wheel to unlock it and the shaft bearing failed. The dealer stated that the trust bearing was on back order and they did not know when the part would be available. The contact stated that this was the second failure he experienced with the steering. The speed was unknown. The current mileage was 147,000 and failure mileage was 146,000.

- Oakridge, MO, USA

My son applied his brakes on a 1997 Ford F-150 and tried to avoid hitting the car in front of him, however; he claims the steering wheel "locked" prohibiting him from avoiding the wreck. He said it was like when the steering wheel locks when you don't have the key for the car. I would like to know if there are any known issues with the steering wheel locking on 1997 Ford F-150's or if this is simply a by-product of the anti-lock break feature.

- Roswell, GA, USA

NHTSA recall 03-V-196-000: On certain pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, if the intermediate shaft yoke separates from the steering gear input shaft, the steering system becomes disconnected. This vehicle has the same problem. However, it is not covered under recall due to the VIN.

- Princeton, NC, USA

Complete loss of steering, went through 3 lanes of traffic luckily there was no accident or injury. Ford motor warranty said contact garage it would be up to them to reimburse any repair cost because vehicle was off warranty, garage also said they would not contact Ford warranty to discuss problem instead gave me a number to call. However I did talk to a Ford motor rep from slc, ut he was very sorry about my problems. On approx. May 20th 2003 I was notified by a friend for motor was recalling this particular model for a steering problem the garage said it was a lower steering, Ford motor warranty said it was an intermediate steering problem quote "not upper or lower" could be either and that my problem was upper steering and would not be covered under recall. " does for motor have a much larger problem than they are willing to admit, they will not talk to me they were supposed to respond to my E-mails and I haven't heard from them what is the next step" I have contacted attorney general state of Idaho wanting for there response. Thank you.

- Idaho Falls, ID, USA

While driving the vehicle has loss of steering without indications. Dealer has been contacted.

- Burns, WY, USA