Ten problems related to power steering pump have been reported for the 1998 Ford Windstar. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I have replaced the rack and pinion steering twice and the power steering pump once on my 1998 Ford Windstar.
Rack and pinion steering was replaced at 50,000 miles at dealer for a cost of $1,500, and it failed again. Steering rack should not malfunction in such a short period of time. Also, boot leaks caused power steering pump to malfunction.
Rack and pinion assembly began leaking power steering fluid. Had to replace rack-and-pinion assembly and power steering pump.
Right hand side of power steering pump has rusted through, resulting in difficult steering. Dealer has been contatced. Please provide further details.
While driving the van all of a sudden there was no steering at all. Driver could hardly get the van to the side of the road. Van was towed to the dealerhship. Broken steering: power assist belt was replaced. Please provide any further information.
Van started to make loud grinding noises when turning wheels and also getting hard to turn. I took it in to the dealer, but was told by service dept. That there was no recall on this van. As I was leaving I spoke to another employee there and was told that there was such a problem with that year van. I then replaced the power steering pump and that did not fix the problem I then took it to another Ford dealer and was told that the problem was in the rack and pinion steering and the price to fix it was about 1000. 00 I was not able to afford it so I have driving it , however now the van will sometimes shut off when you proceed to make a turn in either direction. I have come very close to having someone hit me from behind. I took it to another mechanic and we are going to have to have it fixed at our expense. I feel that we should not have to pay for a problem that came from the Ford motor CO. I also took it today 1-4-2000 to see if the dealer would look at it but was told by a man named jerry in the service dept. That they would not do anything .
Power steering pump pully assembly failed.
At 35 thousand miles power steering went out. Mechanic replaced steering pump at 38-39 thousand miles, power steering went out again. Mechanic researched problem, found out that tie rod end rods were too tight, putting extra strain on power steering.
Power steering pump was noisy.
Power steering pump failed. Yh.