NHTSA Complaint #10659122 — 2011 FORD F-150

STEERING BECAME SLUGGISH AND PULLED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. I THOUGHT THAT THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER PULLING OVER THE TIRE WAS NOT FLAT. PROBLEM WAS NOT PRESENT AFTER I HAD STOPPED TO CHECK TIRE. FROM THAT TIME ON WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS AN OCCASIONAL "STICKINESS" TO THE STEERING. ALSO WHILE WHEEL WAS TURNED COMPLETELY TO RIGHT OR LEFT THERE WOULD BE A THUMP AND THEN IT WOULD STICK JUST A BIT BEFORE STEERING NORMALLY. DURING THE LONGEST STRETCH OF THIS TROUBLE I HAD AN APPOINTMENT MADE TO HAVE IT CHECKED BUT IT STOPPED BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT. THEN THIS WEEK AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR IT WAS A VERY NOTICEABLE JERK TO RIGHT AND LEFT WHILE DRIVING STRAIT .GOT TO DESTINATION AND HAD TO BACK INTO A DIFFICULT AREA WHERE MAKING FULL TURNS RIGHT AND LEFT WERE NECESSARY. TURNING FROM ONE COMPLETE TURN TO THE NEXT TOOK A LOT OF FORCE TO GET STEERING WHEEL TO START BACK THE OTHER WAY. MADE IT BACK HOME JUST 3 TO 4 MILES WAS NO PROBLEM. NEXT MORNING WHILE BACKING INTO PARKING AREA HAD WHEEL TURNED ALL THE WAY TO RIGHT IT WOULD NOT COME BACK AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *TR