Steering Tie Rod Assembly problems of the 1999 Ford F-150

The contact took vehicle to have it inspected. The vehicle would not pass inspection due to the tie rod ends being defective. He was told the tie rods ends were corroded and worn out.

Prior to this incident I had no indication of a problem with the steering or suspension system. On the evening of June 9, 2005 as I was braking and attempting to make a right turn into a parking lot I noticed that my truck seemed to skid. At first I thought it was the abs system since the road was wet. There was a vehicle in front of me, but I was able to stop without running into any other vehicle. Because I did not realize what the problem was at that time I continued into the parking lot, and made another right turn into the parking space. At that time the truck did the same thing; it felt as though it was skidding. When I got out of the vehicle I noticed that the front driver and front passenger tires were pointed in different directions, so I knew that a tie rod had come detached. After towing the truck home I inspected it, and realized that the passenger inner tie rod had separated at the ball joint. Inspection of the joint revealed that both pieces were significantly rusted. I have replaced the inner and outer tie rod ends on both sides as a precaution, since I did not know if the others would do the same thing.

Both tie rods broke on the 1999 Ford f150 after 48000 miles.

Dt consumer states while driving his vehicle the left tie rod broke, causing him to lose control of steering. The manufacturer did issued a letter in December, 2004, stating that the tie rods needed to be checked in the vehicle. Comsumer states the tie rods appeared to be fine at that time.

Tie rod broke at ball joint while traveling at slow speed. (5 mph).

I have a 1999 Ford expedition. On Saturday Jan 15, 2005 my wife and I was driving and I felt the truck pulling to the right. I got out and sure enough, the left tie rod was broken. This is after replacing the right one 6 months ago. I know I should have had both replaced at the same time but I have less than 60,000 mile and don't really drive it that much. I don't drive it on rough roads or off road. I am amazed at how many others have had this same problem and there is no recall.

While driving at 25 mph front passenger side wheel fell off. Vehicle was towed to the independent shop, where the mechanic determined that tied rod separated from the wheel.

Potential tie rod problems.

The driver's side tie rod broke while backing out of his driveway.

While driving 35 mph vehicle vibrated uncontrollably. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. Vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection and mechanic determined that the tie rods needed to be replaced. The failure of the tire rod end caused loss of steering control. The passenger side front wheel turned all the way to the right which caused the vehicle to go in that direction. The consumer indicated that the manufacturer uses rod ends with no grease fittings.

Right tie-rod failure 1999 Ford F-150 pickup.

While moving the vehicle from the driveway consumer heard a noise coming from the front end. The consumer exited, looked under the truck and saw that the left front tie road fell off to the ground. Dealer was notified.

While driving 25 mph, tie rod failed. The consumer managed to pulled over and had vehicle towed to the dealer. The mechanic determined that tie rod needed to be replaced due to worn out parts. The tie rod failure was sudden and without warning. There were no warning signs such as the front shimmy or any other control problems prior to the failure. The dealer found the remaining three ends to be bad and advised the consumer to replace them as well.

1999 Ford f150 - driver side tie rod end failed - vehicle had less than 50,000 miles at the time - I am the original owner, nothing ever happened to vehicle that should have provoked such a failure - tie rod end snapped off suddenly and without warning while I was turning a corner at relatively low speed - because of low speed, I was able to maintain vehicle control and get vehicle off road - entire front suspension was inspected only 5,000 miles earlier when I had tires replaced, nothing was loose or showed unusual wear at that time. At the time, I was not aware that this was such a widespread problem with these vehicles and thought my occurrence may have just been a fluke. After I got the letter from Ford, I realized that this must be more common than I thought. I don't believe that the inspection recommended by Ford is adequate since it didn't stop my occurrence from happening. I am filing this complaint because I believe that Ford should be made more accountable for this and I was offended by the letter that basically told me they had a problem but they didn't feel the need to do anything about it.

While driving 20 mph right tie rod failed, causing the driver to drift to the side of the road. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealership, and mechanic determined that right upper and lower ball joints had failed, and they will be replaced. Failure occured happened 2 more times.

Ford F-150 , 1999 - tie rod to drivers side front tie rod joint separated while attempting to back out of parking spot.

Tie rod end failure when taking left hand turn at low speed. Vehicle only had 44,000 original miles! dealership (drum hill Ford) and manufacturer (Ford) refuse to accept responsibility since the vehicle is off warranty and the repair was done by a non-dealer (emergency repair). Customer wants Ford to inspect part, pay for repairs, and replace other tie rod end. Dealer and manufacturer refused since they apparently don't care about customer safety. Customer is very disappointed with quality of vehicle and lack of safety consideration by dealership and manufacturer.

Premature wearing on front end components - ball joints,excessive squeaking, break calipers, abs sensor replaced, repair broken starter wire, ball joint replaced - broken tie rod on August 18, 2003 at 59,000 miles - concerns over saftey of vehicle -.

When pulling out of my driveway, my lower tie rod on driver side broke. No prior warning could be felt.

While backing out consumer heard a loud noise from front end. Dealer determined tie rod end had broken on driver side of vehicle.

While traveling on highway and without prior warning inner tire rod broke . Dealership is aware of problem.

Since 74,000 miles two front tie rod ends have failed within five months. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified. Feel free to provide any further information.

While pulling into parking lot vehicle was hard to steer, mechanic determined the inner tie rod had broken. Nlm.

Vehicle's tie rod sheared off on 1999 Ford F-150. The driver's side tie rod sheared off at the steering knuckle ball joint with the tie rod socket still attached to the ball on the wheel. This resulted in loss of steering control and caused the two front wheels to point in different directions.

Defective tie-rods a component of the steering linkage on 1999 Ford truck, requests a defect investigation.

Request assistance in getting Ford to recall the defective tie rod in 1999 Ford F-150 truck.

The tie rod failed, which made the vehicle difficult to steer.