NHTSA Complaint #10487447 — 2008 FORD E-350

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME ABNORMALLY STIFF AND AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE TO THE ROAD SHOULDER, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LINES CONNECTED TO THE STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEMS WAS COMPLETED RUSTED AND NEEDED REPLACING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED INSIDE AND HAD NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS FOR THE LINES TO BECOME RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 17,000.