NHTSA Complaint #10565403 — 2014 FORD FOCUS

STEERING SOMETIMES WANDERS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN PROBLEM OCCURS THE WHEELS SEEM TO WANDER LEFT OR RIGHT AND SMALL CORRECTIONS ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THE CAR GOING STRAIGHT IN THE LANE PROPER LEVEL OF CORRECTION IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE. AS YOU CORRECT IN ONE DIRECTION YOU NOW ARE WANDERING IN THAT DIRECTION. THIS CAUSES THE PROBLEM TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE RESULT IS THE CAR "PING-PONGING" IN THE LANE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, PROBLEM IS MORE PRONOUNCED AT HIGHER SPEEDS PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR 40+ MINUTES PROBLEM IS NOT "TORQUE STEER", THE PROBLEM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THROTTLE INPUT WIND SEEMS TO BE UNRELATED TO WANDERING SENSATION ROAD SURFACE QUALITY SEEMS TO BE UNRELATED TO ISSUE WHEN MAKING MINOR CORRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY: IF I ATTEMPT NOT TO OVERCOMPENSATE THEN I WILL VEER TOO FAR IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE CAR WAS WANDERING IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOU CAN'T NOT OVERCOMPENSATE WITH THE WAY IT BEHAVES. IT'S LIKE YOU EITHER DON'T COMPENSATE AT ALL OR YOU OVERCOMPENSATE, NOTHING IN BETWEEN. *TR