Crown Vic steering failures 2005-2011 MY

[mcpd2025]

Apparently our department has had two instances of the steering column failing on our 2005-2011 Crown Vics since July. They inspected a couple of Fords today, apparently including mine, and there were "indicators of steering problems" on multiple cars. I was notified this morning that my car was ready after routine maintenance, then they called me back a couple hours later and advised my car was NOT ready, it had to go to the dealership.


As of today we were notified that ALL our Crown Vics of those years are to be returned immediately to our maintenance shop for inspection. This is NOT a Ford recall at this point, but apparently is a potential problem within our fleet.


Has anyone else heard of this? I strongly encourage officers to pay close attention to any steering related issues and perhaps have your mechanics check them as soon as possible.

 

[Vriez]

The upper knuckle on my steering shaft broke, thank God it was while i was backing out of a parking spot... That was an 04 i believe FWIW

 

[mcpd2025]

Apparently it is part of the lower steering arm that crushes in the event of an accident. It is too close to the exhaust manifold and the heat is prematurely wearing the plastic. It would be near impossible to find in a wreck, because it is designed to break, so if it broke and caused the wreck, there would be no proof. Apparently NHTSA is involved and looking at our vehicles. They found about 20 or 30 cars that were on the verge of breaking just within our fleet of a couple hundred Crown Vics...

 

[FireEMSPolice]

Feds probe Ford police cars after complaints about defective steering | Fox News

 

[Citabria7GCBC]

Thanks I'll keep an eye on my 05!

 

[Citabria7GCBC]

Thanks I'll keep an eye on my 05!

Just got my recall notice last week.

 

[FireEMSPolice]

I got a recall notice for my 06. Unfortunately, I traded it in over 2 months ago and it has a new owner. Hope they get notified.