Steering Tie Rod Assembly Problems of Buick Park Avenue

My wife came home and stated this car was driving wobbly and making a noise. I inspected vehicel and found the following. Vehicle steering rack seperated from cradle. . First noticed loud noise when steering rotated lock to lock. . Visual inspection could see tie rod contacting right side unibody rail. . . Closer inspection found casting or rack housing cracked and seperated from it's mounting point on right side. . This allowed steering rack to lift up and bind against right rail or vehicle inner structure. . . Loss of steering and control when attempting to steer vehicle.

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2001 Buick Park Avenue. The consumer states that the vehicle was taken to the service department on July 14, 2005. They found that the driver's side tie rod had gone bad. The vehicle had only 33,939 miles on it. The consumer decided to have both tie rods fixed. There have been no problems with the vehicle since it was replaced.

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Took car in for allignment and was informed that front outer tie rod ends which are supposed to be lifetime lubricated had failed. Had noticed some small problems with steering which is why I took it to dealer. Learned that they have had other cars with same problem. A steering defect is serious to me and I believe someone should look in to this and see how many cars like mine may have the same problem and you don't know about it unless you take it in for an allignment.

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