Ford Police Interceptor Sedan

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED WITH NO WARNING . PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO CHECK THE ISSUE. TURNED IT BACK ON, AND WARNING LIGHT CAME UP AGAIN SHOWING THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE EFFORT.

ME AND MY SISTER BOTH OWN 2013 TAURUSES, MINE A INTERCEPTER, HERS A SELF, BY 100000 BOTH TOE LINKS WERE CRACKED AND JOINTS BROKE, REPLACED LINKS ON BOTH CARS. PLUS MY FUEL MODULE WAS UNDER RECALL AND NOT HERS, BUT HERS FAILED AND MINE DID NOT. SHE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR HER MODULE, AND MINE WAS FIXED UNDER RECALL.

I TOOK MY 2014 FORD TAURUS POLICE INTERCEPTOR TO BOGGUS FORD IN HARLINGEN, TX. FOR A RECALL ON A FUEL PUMP SENSOR WHICH THE DEALER SAID WOULD COST NOTHING TO REPLACE. I HAD TO BUY THE PART AND INSTALL IT TO GET THE VEHICLE THERE. DUMB, I KNOW, BUT IT WAS CHEAPER THAN A TOW TRUCK AND I WANTED IT CORRECTED BY THE DEALER FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. DURING THE DRIVE THERE I NOTICED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SO I REPORTED IT. I ALSO REPORTED TO THEM THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATES, OR JERKS, WHEN DRIVING AT LOW…

POWER TRANSFER SEALS LEAKING-(PTU)--COMMON PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS ON 4WD FORD VEHICLES. SAFETY RELATED AS LEAKING TRANSMISSION AND GEAR OIL LEAK ONTO HOT EXHAUST MAKES SMOKE THAT ENTERS CABIN THRU HVAC SYSTEM. SHOULD BE A CAMPAIGN OR RECALL ACTION!!!!!

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK MERGING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AS I WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL FROZE UP AND BECAME HARD TO TURN I ALMOST DROVE INTO THE WALL MY CAR ONLY HAS 26 THOUSAND MILES ON IT

TL* THE CONTACT DRIVES A 2013 FORD TAURUS POLICE INTERCEPTOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT STEEL CABLE SNAPPED IN HALF WHEN THE OFFICER TRIED TO SECURE HIMSELF IN THE VEHICLE BEFORE DRIVING. THE CABLE FLEW UP AFTER BEING SNAPPED IN FROM THE BASE OF THE ATTACHMENT TO THE VEHICLE'S FLOOR. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,670.

ON THE WAY HOME AFTER BEING ON DUTY, A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THAT READ SERVICE ADVANCETRAK LOW. I RESET THE MESSAGE AND IT APPEARED AGAIN. I DEACTIVATED THE TRACTION CONTROL AND IT APPEARED TO BE FINE, PRIOR TO THAT THE STEERING WAS VERY UNRESPONSIVE AND APPEARED TO BE SLUGGISH. THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON I GO TO GET IN CAR AND MESSAGE CAME ION DASH STATING STEERING FAILURE AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CAR IS BEING TOWED ON MONDAY OCTOBER 29 TO CLOSEST FORD DEALER. I HAVE BEEN…

MY CAR'S POWER STEERING SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A FAULT, SHOWING MESSAGE ON DASH STOP SAFELY NOW ALONG WITH A SIMULTANEOUS MESSAGE ABOUT SERVICING ADVANCETRAC. STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. STEERING STILL WORKED, BUT CAR BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN (I AM NOT A SMALL MAN, AND IT WAS STILL DIFFICULT). I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (I WAS ON A LARGE CITY STREET TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH) AND STOP WITH SOME DIFFICULTY. POWER STEERING SEEMS TO HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED SPONTANEOUSLY.

2-14-17 WITH MILEAGE AT 86,257 , STARTED NOTICING STEERING PROBLEMS. UPON MODERATE TO HARD ACCELERATION, CAR STEERS RIGHT BUT STEERING WHEEL MOVES LEFT. IT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE ON DECELERATION. SINCE THEN NUMEROUS STEERING AND SUSPENSION PARTS REPLACES, SOME MORE THAN ONCE BY OUR OWN MECHANICS AND LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. NO IMPROVEMENT, IN FACT PROBLEM BECAME WORSE OVER TIME. 3-21-18, MILEAGE 112039, STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. BACK TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AGAIN MORE PARTS REPLACED, NO IMPROVEMENT.…

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE RUPTURED CAUSING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND LITTLE TO NO BRAKE OPERATION. VEHICLE WAS SLOWING FROM 25 MPH TO A STOP SLOWLY. AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THERE WAS A POP AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.