10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 2 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 7,500 miles
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The steering wheel locks up for about 2-3 second on random occasions during normal and highway speeds. During parking lot manuvers, the steering feels "heavy".
- Rockville, MD, USA
Failures intermittent
- Brampton Ontario Canada, NY, USA
Power steering fails while slowing down at off ramps after driving on the highway. Other people have seen this problem with the Probe: See www.fordprobeparts.com/ubb/ubbhtml/forum1/html/000032.html for accounts from other people.
- Attleboro, MA, USA
There have been several people throught the us that have had similar to exact problems with the steering locking up.
- Tulsa, OK, USA
Power steering fails when vehicle decellerates from speeds around 50 mph to 15 mph.
- Irvine, CA, USA
Power steering fails when rpms are greater than 3500 for more than five minutes. Remains inoperative until 10-20 seconds when idle engine speed is encontered, at which time it works well until next 3500 rpms for more than 5 minutes is reached.
- Woodbridge, VA, USA
Power steering failed, causing accident.
- Dubuque, IA, USA
- Kansas City, MO, USA