What 1,717 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Ford F-150 Regular Cab

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE DRIVING: WE CAME FROM A WATER FEST THAT AFTERNOON BUT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER WE HAVE TO PACKED AND GO HOME. MY MOTHER, 8 YEARS OLD SON IS WITH ME AND MY DOG. WE ARE HEADING HOME IN A TWO LANE STREET. IT'S WAS RAINING AND THERE IS A LOT OF CARS. IN A SUDDEN BLINK OF AN EYE I WAS SURPRISED THAT MY STEERING WHEEEL OF MY TRUCK IS NOT MOVING. IT WAS LOCKED IN 11 O'CLOCK ANGLE HEADING TO ON COMING. I TRIED TO CONTROL IT NO TIME IT'S JUST SECOND, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HIT AND ALL COME OUT IN MY VOICE IS MAMA. THE TIME AFTER ACCIDENT I'M ALL SHAKEN. I'M SO TERRIFIED MY FRIEND TOLD ME I WAS IN SHOCKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE. WHEN I GAIN CONSCIOUSNESS, I SAW MY FRIEND HUBBY TRYING WAKE ME UP. I LOOKED FOR MY BOY. I SAW MY MOM IN PAIN, CAN'T MOVE OUT OF MY CAR. I FEEL NUMB AND MY LEGS ARE SHAKING. SEING MY BOY OUTSIDE AND MOM MAKES ME HAPPY. BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE CAR THAT HIT. I CNT WALKED THAT FAR UNTIL UNBULANCE TOOK US ALL.

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MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON LA 3033 WHEN SHE BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE STEERING RESPONSE WAS ERRATIC AND SLOW, PULLING A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT AND HARD TO TURN IN CORNERS. THIS STARTED ABOUT 3 MILES BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG BUT CONTINUED AHEAD. SHE REACHED A RIGHT HAND CURVE ON A LOCAL LAKE LEVEE AND NOTICED IT STILL HARD TO TURN BUT MADE IT OKAY. THE NEXT CURVE WAS A LEFT HANDER AND WHEN SHE STATED INTO IT THE STEERING REFUSED TO RESPOND. THERE ARE HARDLY ANY SHOULDERS ON THIS HIGHWAY AND SHE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN THE LEVEE EMBANKMENT AND HIT A TREE AND INTO THE WATER. THE TRUCK IS BADLY DAMAGED BUT SHE AND THE TWO GRANDCHILDREN ARE OKAY. I AM PUTTTING THIS ON THIS SITE BECAUSE I KNOW FORD IS GOING TO DENY ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. NOW I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN TO US OR SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

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