Steering Tie Rod Assembly Problems of Lincoln Navigator

: the contact stated while driving on the highway 75 mph the driver's side tie rod snapped. As a result, the vehicle shook and the contact lost control of the steering. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic who determined the driver and passenger side tie rods needed to be replaced. Updated 10/17/2006 - the passenger's side tie rod was loose.

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I was driving on a straight stretch of road through riverside, PA doing 35 mph when I experienced violent shaking in the front end of the vehicle. I had extreme difficulty maintaining control of the vehicle and almost hit 3 people walking alongside the road. When I was able to stop the vehicle I discovered that the inner tie rod had broken and that the right front passenger wheel was completely turned inward. The inner tie rod and associated mechanical parts were replaced. (old parts not available).

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The contact owns a 1999 Lincoln Navigator. The contact was entering a highway at 50 mph when the vehicle lost all steering capability. The vehicle crossed over three lanes before he was able to maneuver the vehicle safely off the highway. The contact then discovered that the tie rod had become fractured. The two front tires were protruding in opposite directions. The vehicle was towed to a local repair facility where the tie rod was replaced. The vehicle was not under recall. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000 and the current mileage was approximately 300,000. Updated 01/06/lj updated 03/30/11.

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2001 Lincoln Navigator. The contact stated the passenger side outer tie rod broke while driving on the road. The vehicle was slowing from 60-45 mph when this occurred. The contact was able to pull the vehicle over. Also, this broke the inner belts of the passenger side front tire. The vehicle was towed to the dealership at that time. The dealership did not have a reason why this occurred. The contact spoke with Lincoln about the incident. The dealership replaced the outer tie rod end, and realigned the vehicle at the consumer's expense. The contact had to replace the passenger tire, and chose to replace the other tires as well. Updates 1/11/2006 -.

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I visited my father who lives 22 miles away. I made it there and back fine. I just got back into my hometown when I crossed a set of tracks that are on a turn. I was traveling approximately 35 mph. After crossing them I straightened my wheels and my Navigator began to shake with extreme violence. I immediately braked and turned down a side alley to get off the street. That's when I seen the broken passenger side tie rod.

Consumer believes the manufacturer is trying to avoid recalling the vehicles steering linkage and tie rods.

While driving 15 mph the left front wheel turned opposite to the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent shop, and technician determined tie rod popped off the steering column. Dealership was not notified.

While driving 20 mph front tie rod collapsed, causing consumer to lose control of the vehicle. Vehicle was towed to the dealership for inspection.

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Fax fm archie bice (PA) re defective tie rod on his wife's 1998 Lincoln Navigator. While driving over a speed bump the front of the vehicle jumped sideways in a violent manner. The consumer drove over another speedbump and the same thing happened. The consumer's husband checked the vehicle when she got home and noticed that the tie rod broke off at the end (the ball separated from the socket). The consumer contacted the manufacturer and was told that this failure was not a common problem therefore no they would not provide any assistance.

Vehicle's tie rod broke on 1998 Lincoln Navigator. While driving over a speed bump the front of the vehicle jumped sideways in a violent manner. The consumer drove over another speedbump and the same thing happened. The consumer's husband checked the vehicle when she got home and noticed that the tie rod broke off at the end (the ball separated from the socket). The consumer contacted the manufacturer and was told that this failure was not a common problem therefore no they would not provide any assistance.

While making a right turn off on an exit, the vehicle went out of control, the front driver's tire rolled off, then the tie rod snapped and the consumer was trapped. The consumer hit a guard rail. No other vehicles or people were involved. The consumer stated that tire or tie rod was so hot that as it rolled into the grass it caught on fire. Tire was retrieved. Problems with rear differential prior to the accident. The vehicle was regularly serviced. The consumer was slightly injured in the accident. Police report filed.

Wife and 2yo daughter driving down road and totally lost control of steering. Went off side of road and managed to stop vehicle. Upon inspection of vehicle, I saw that the tierod outer joint sheered at the bolt. Dealer only replaced the tie rod end.

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This is a two part complaint. The first incident occurred in December of 2002. My wife was in a parking lot of a major shopping center and while she was driving down a parking lane, she found an open spot in which she started to turn to the left. As she turned, she heard a popping sound, then she was unable to move the car. When I arrived, I noticed that the sway bar pin and the tie rod on the passenger side were disconnected from the wheel. I inspected the area around the car and found no pot holes or curbs close to the vicinity of vehicle. It was towed to the local Lincoln dealer and the replaced the parts under warranty without much explanation other than my wife must have hit a curb. They only replaced the damage components and reported that the other side was inspected but looked fine. The second incident just occured a week prior to this complaint. My wife was traveling to her job and was moving at a speed of approx. 20 miles an hour. She was in the left lane when the car began to violently shake and bounce. She was pulled into the left lane of oncoming cars, so she did not stop the car, but rather let the car take her into a side street. A police officer witnessed the incident and when I arrived we found the sway bar pin and tie rod to be disconnected on the drivers side. We had a tow truck pick up the truck and had the entire front suspension and wheels checked for any other damage. My wife and I have 3 kids in which we drive in this vehicle and it has considerably shaken our confidence. Luckily, in both instances, nobody was hurt and the speeds involved were low. After searching your archives I did find other defect investigations into tie rods for Ford-made vehicles such as the f150, expedition and Navigator.

I purchased a 2000 Lincoln Navigator from laurel-Ford dealer in mississippi on August 21, 2003. After asking the dealership if all necessary maintenances were done on vehicle my family and I left for new york. I still had the original mfr warranties and I purchased an extended warranty plan. While traveling on the interstate on August 25th the brake lights came on and suddenly the left rear tire exploded. My family and I feared for our lives. It turned out that the brakes were faulty, no emergency brakes, no stablizer, heavily rusty links, and etc. The tow truck had to tow us twice. After ariving in new york, a dealer, told me that the vehicle was never serviced. They explained in detialed in wrting. We could have been killed. I was on vaction with my twin boys and wife. I very angried with the laurel-Ford dealership in ms and its owners. The tires seem dry rotted and corrosion was very visiable under the SUV. Since then, I spent over $5000 getting this Navigator fixed and got very little satisfactin from the owner and his dealership.

The tie rod assembly failed. The consumer was at a stop sign and just completed a right turn when it appeared that the left tie rod had broken. Scc.

The vehicle displayed poor performance, consumer was informed the make and model was under investigation for the tie rod ends which may have caused the vehicle to act poorly.

Total loss of steering due to failure of left outer tie rod. Repaired under extended warranty, recurred. The second loss of steering occurred while the consumer back out of the garage.

Vehicle was going 35-40mph and the front end started violently shaking due to tie rod breaking. Vehicle was very hard to control at a low speed due to wheels locking in a turning position with the steering wheel still spinning. Vehicle was just in for repair a week before to replace the sway bar. Dealer notified. The consumer stated that the service manager at dealer stated that they have had similar problems with the Navigator.

Without any warning while backing the truck up, the front right wheel laid sideways. The truck was towed to the dealership for examination. The technician replaced the tie rod end and the pitman arm. Both tie rods failed.

Consumer states that the tie rods broke off while the consumer was doing 70 mph and then when the consumer was doing 25 mph. Contacted dealer.

While driving, the left tie rod separated, which almost caused an accident. While driving, the right tie rod separated. (all parts were replaced by the dealer) the consumer was able to stop the vehicle without causing an accident because both failures occurred at a low speed. When the tie rod broke, along with the inner binding, the reaction was extremely violent and difficult to control. The left inner and outer tie rod end were replaced. The sway bar link had broken. (the right tie rod end and sway bar link was replaced).

We were siting in the parkinglot when we heard a loud bang and the front left side of the Navigator dropped I got out to see what had happend and look under the car and saw the end of the rod hanging down. It faild right where it would conect to the front suspension I have never seen a tie rod fail before. And too fail whill we were not driving was nice. I had just pulled into the parking lot and had been parked for about ten minutes when it just failled.