NHTSA ODI Complaints 10163086
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Original text
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED DUE TO BINDING. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE PUMP BINDING. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND BUMPY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE SHAFT ON THE POWER STEERING UNIT HAD DETACHED. THE POWER STEERING UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED.
Source
- Source
- NHTSA ODI Complaints — Owner complaint filed with a government agency
- Reporter type
- Owner
- Source reference
- 10163086
- Country / market
- US
- Language
- en
- Document version
- Version 1 (1 held)
- Note on the source
- US federal government dataset. Complaints are unverified consumer reports, not confirmed defects.
Dates
- Incident date
- 2006-07-17
- Received by source
- 2006-07-21
- Added to the source's file
- Unknown: not returned by the source API
- Issued / published
- Unknown: not returned by the source API
- First observed
- 2026-10-05 03:45 UTC (initial bulk load)
- This version fetched
- 2026-10-05 03:45 UTC