Does anyone else have this bug? When I die, sometimes I respawn and I can't turn my ship at all. It doesn't appear to be intentional behavior, because I never have a debuff on my ship that says it prevents me from turning, and I heal my ship damage when I die on Elite.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Because, as an Escort pilot, not being able to turn kind of ruins my whole strategy of point-and-shoot when I can't point my ship.

When yu respawn, are you targeting an enemy?
This happens to me at respawn. It's an odd little bug, but currently has an easy work around.
You can't turn because you have targeted an enemy and, for some odd reason, started /following that enemy. Happens to me often in Elites.
The Fix?
Stop targeting that enemy, and the auto/follow will stop.

I will try that, thanks.

I just figured there was some hidden ship injury that was causing it, or the Borg got some hidden Gravitic Anchor ability that persisted through death or something...

Hit Escape a couple of times.

had that bug last night while doing the Hive. Put the ship in reverse for a time helped me but I'll try darkstarkirian idea next time.

I was just about to show my helmsman to the airlock. I'm glad I saw this thread.

I usually just steer with the mouse for a sec to clear it up.

That's never worked for me. I'm gonna try clearing my target next time it happens.

Clears right up if you un-target whatever you're targeting, I've found.