There are 17 stored owner reports matching the steering leading-label group for the 1987 Ford Taurus in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Loaded 17 of 17 matching reports.
Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN DOING FIVE MPH, RACK PINION STEERING BROKE, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING FLUID TO LEAK OUT, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. *AK
DRIVING AT 5 MPH THE STEERING WENT OUT, AND CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE JUST STOPPED.*AK
WHEN DRIVING IT FELT AS IF THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, ALSO MOTOR VIBRATED. HAD TROUBLE STEERING AND DRIVING, AND REAR ENDED A TRUCK. FRONT END DAMAGE, MOTOR WAS TILTED AND STILL VIBRATED. RADIATOR EXPLODED. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK
ENGINE FAILURE; ALSO REPLACED TRANSMISSION/STEERING RACK/ALTERNATOR/POWER LOCKS. *AK
OWNER NOTES THAT STEERING BUSHINGS CAME APART, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING, OR TOTAL STEERING FAILURE. *AK *JB
STEERING COLUMN LOCKS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *SD
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE STEERING AND DASH BOARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE START TO SMOKE PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
THE STEERING , BRAKES, AND SEAT BELTS ALL FAILED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND INJURY TO OCCUPANTS. TT
REPLACED LEAKING STEERING RACK. *AK
POWER STEERING RACK FAILED, CAUSING PUMP TO FAIL AND FLUID TO LEAK CONTINUOUSLY. *SKD
TIE ROD SNAPPED IN HALF AND MOTOR MOUNT WENT BAD. TT
DEFECTVE INNER TIE RODS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIMMY, ALSO MISALIGNMENT/PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. *AK
FRONT RIGHT SIDE OUTER TIE ROD BROKE TAKING OUT POWER STEERING SYSTEM/RACK AND PINION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED 3 TIMES DUE TO LEAK. *SD
TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE. GAS HAND NOT WORKING. RACK AND PINION BROKE UP. SEAT BELTS FELL APART.
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE VEHICLE, CAUSED THE WIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN TO BURN WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE LEFT REAR END AND THE STEERING COLUMN ARE MAKING NOISE . TT
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
NHTSA source checks for this vehicle year
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Vehicle import recorded: May 4, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.