Steering Problems of Ford Econoline

Driving on bestbuy parking lot, went over a speed bumper heard a loud clunk coming from driver side front tire. Drove home, stopped van, got help, while turning the steering to left, loud metal clunk from that driver side, helper on floor noticed that bottom bolt holding power steering box is going in and out, rusted on front and back of frame, this box should be mounted on reinforced brackets front and back of frame then welded to frame to protect occupants from possible separation of box and frame with consequent loss of control and possible accident (could be fatal when driving the vehicle). So, with the engine on, in park, if the steering is turn to the left, driver will feel and hear the clunk.

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Please reopen NHTSA id number: 10254031. After this incident I posted a web site detailing the problem. Since then, I have received dozen of inquiries from people who have had the identical issue. The latest one came today 12/31/2013, 5 years after my event. Several have resulted in accidents. There is no doubt that people have died because of this failure, with the failure being incorrectly determined to have been caused by an accident, rather than being determined to have been the cause of the accident.

Engine - revs up while vehicle is idling, leaping forward, unexpectedly. Steering, pulls left coonstantly.

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Vehicle will not steer at a complete stop with foot on the brake. Nlm.