2011 FORD F-150 Steering Problems

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...

STEERING BECAME LOCKED AND COULD NOT AVOID HITTING THE MERGING CURB. THIS RESULTED IN BLOWING BOTH TIRES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND CHIPPING BOTH RIMS BEYOND REPAIR. WHILE NO ONE WAS INJURED THIS TIME I AM DEFINITELY SURPRISED A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

SCREECHING IN RACK AND PINION AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING. TOOK FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR EMBEDDED IN THE RACK. ENTIRE RACK HAS TO BE REPLACED. TRUCK IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH 52,000 MILES. NEW RACK AND PINION IS OVER $1500. *TR

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LOCK! AND SEND ME TO THE SIDE WALK, THANKS GOD NOBODY WAS THERE. *TR

MY 2011 FORD F150 -WITH ONLY 39000 MILES- HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE RACK MOUNTED ELECTRIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING MODULE WHICH PROHIBITED IT FROM BEING DRIVEN. THE FAILURE CAUSED AN INCREASE IN STEERING EFFORT (NO POWER ASSIST) OF THE VEHICLE WHICH NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. FORTUNATELY, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING DRIVEN AT THAT TIME AND WAS PARKED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, A DRIVER ALERT WAS OBSERVED THAT INDICATED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK HAD FAILED AND WARNED TO SERVICE THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESET THE SYSTEM BUT THE MESSAGE RETURNED AGAIN AFTER RESTART AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. TOTAL REPLACEMENT COST WAS IN EXCESS OF $1500.00. THE VEHICLE...

LOUD SOUND AND POPPING WHEN TURNING WHEELS SHARP. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A WHILE AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC MESSAGE DISPLAYS AND THEN TURN SIGNALS NO LONGER WORK. EVENTUALLY WARNING WOULD DISAPPEAR BUT WOULD COME BACK ON WHEN TURNING SHARP AGAIN. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AND PROBLEM BECAME SO BAD THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN. HAVING TO REPLACE RACK AND PINION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AS I STEERED INTO A LEFT HAND CURVE IN THE ROAD WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IN ABOUT THE 10 O'CLOCK POSITION THE STEERING "LOCKED" INTO THAT POSITION. THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF THE WHEELS HAD ENTERED A RUT IN THE ROAD. THE AUTOMATIC RETURN TO CENTER FUNCTION DID NOT WORK AND I HAND TO MANUALLY APPLY FORCE TO BRING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO CENTER. THIS MALFUNTION CONTINUED TO OCCUR WHENEVER THE ABOVE CONDITIONS WERE MET. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST STEERING SYSTEM "RACK". FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS A TSB (#11-08-18) IN EFFECT TO ADDRESS IT. THE TSB HAS THE PROBLEM NARROWED DOWN THE THE YEAR, MODEL, PLACE OF MANUFACURE, AND DATE OF MANUFACTURE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS...

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ON RAMP TURNING LEFT AND MY STEERING WHEEL STAYED STUCK IN THE TURNED POSITION. MY TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FLIP AND THE WHEELS WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT UNTIL I TURNED THEM BACK. IT HAS ALSO CAUSED MY TRUCK TO PUT UP WARNING ABOUT MY STABILITY CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME A NUMBER OF TIMES AND SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS WARM OUTSIDE. I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE IT COULD BE A SERIOUS RISK OF ROLLING OVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SIX OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 10/24/14*CN

WHEN MANEUVERING IN THE PARKING LOT, THE EPAS UNIT FAILED CREATING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE EXTREMELY HARD TO MOVE. THIS ISSUE WAS SO BAD I COULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE TRUCK BACK DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. I AM HAVING THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE SERVICE ADVANCEDTRAC INFORMATION DISPLAY APPEARED ON MY DASH AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC POWERSTEERING ASSIST SYSTEM FAILURE. WHEN TURNING AS FAR RIGHT AS POSSIBLE THE TRUCK WOULD MAKE A REALLY LOUD METAL TO METAL NOISE. THIS TRUCK IS NO LONGER ABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY, HOPEFULLY FORD WILL TAKE ACTION TO FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. OTHERWISE, I AM STILL GOING TO HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET AROUND $1200-1500 TO HAVE THIS FIXED. *TR

LUCKILY, THERE WAS NOT AN INCIDENT IN MY CASE. I HAD A REAR SLIDING WINDOW SWITCH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. I ALSO HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND MY BATTERY TERMINALS CLEANED BY THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO DRIVE OFF, I NOTICED A WARNING DISPLAYING THE MESSAGE "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC". I THEN LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AGAIN. WHEN THE SERVICE ADVISOR CONTACTED ME TO TELL ME WHAT THE TECHNICIANS DIAGNOSED, HE SAID THAT THE TRUCK NEEDED A NEW ELECTRIC STEERING RACK. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VITAL PART IN STEERING FUNCTIONALITY. I ALSO READ THAT IF THIS PART FAILS WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF ACCIDENT. I'M THANKFUL THAT MY TRUCK WASN'T MOVING WHEN THIS STEERING RACK WENT BAD. BUT...

SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT COMES ON WHEN REVERSING WITH WHEEL FULLY TURNED, SLIGHT GRINDING NOISE HEARD. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND TOLD NOT A CONCERN -- THE NEW SYSTEMS "DO THAT". MENTIONED AT NEXT SERVICE APPOINTMENT AND TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG. NOISE GETS INTERMITTENTLY WORSE, BUT DEALERSHIP IS "UNABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEM" BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES IN MARCH 2014. IN JULY 2014 (26,000 MILES), THE SAT LIGHT COMES ON WHENEVER THE WHEEL IS FULLY TURNED IN FORWARD, REVERSE, AND PARK, AND A LOUD GRINDING METAL ON METAL SOUND OCCURS. THE DEALERSHIP COULD HEAR IT THIS TIME AND DIAGNOSED STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY FAILURE. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STATED ON JULY 18, 2014 THAT THE SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT INDICATES THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE INJURIES OR DEATHS OCCUR DUE TO STEERING FAILURE. *TR

THE STEERING ON MY TRUCK HAS STARTED TO STICK AND IS GETTING WORSE ALL OF THE TIME. IT STARTED HAPPENING AT LOW SPEEDS AND HAS SINCE STARTED TO STICK ON THE HIGHWAY. IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT I HAVE TO PULL THE WHEEL TO GET THE TRUCK BACK IN LINE. *TR

LACK OF STEERING WHEEL RETURN ABILITY ON LEFT TURNS. MUST BE MANUALLY CORRECTED. *TR

POWER STEERING BECAME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER OR CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FORD DEALER WHERE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED STEERING RACK, RACK WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE NOW OPERATES NORMALLY. THE SUDDEN POWER STEERING FAILURE COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. *TR

VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 40,000 MILES ALL HIGHWAY. VEHICLE IS 4WD. VEHICLE HAS NEVER TOWED, HAULED OR BEEN OFF ROAD. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A/C SERVICED (WHICH WAS NOTED HAVING PROBLEMS DURING WARRANTY, BUT TECHS NEVER FOUND ISSUE NOR RAN DIAGNOSTICS) DURING THE DIAGNOSTICS THE SERVICE TECH STATED THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING GEAR. *NOTE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN OUT OF OWNER'S POSSESSION AND AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING A/C SERVICE FOR 4 DAYS. OWNER STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO STEERING ISSUES OR WARNINGS DISPLAYED IN THE VEHICLE AND HAD BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP STATES THAT WHEN THEY FINISHED THE A/C SERVICE THAT THE STEERING CEASED UPON BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SERVICE AREA. OWNER ASKED WHY THE STEERING GEAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THIS ISSUE IS A COMMON ISSUE THAT IS BEING...

ON THE NIGHT OF DEC 20, 2013, I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON I81 NORTH OF SYRACUSE NY. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NOT VERY GOOD. A BLOCK OF ICE FELL OFF A TRUCK AHEAD OF ME, EVASIVE ACTION WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO ICE AND TRAFFIC VOLUME. THE ICE STRUCK THE ALTERNATOR WHICH IS CLEVERLY POSITIONED ABOUT 10" OFF THE GROUND ON THE LOWER LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM BY SYSTEM. I CANT RECALL THE EXACT SEQUENCE, AS IT WAS ALL HAPPENING PRETTY FAST. EVENTUALLY, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM LOST POWER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON THIS VEHICLE, YOU LOSE ALL STEERING CAPABILITY. ITS NOT LIKE ITS JUST MANUAL STEERING, THERE IS NO STEERING OTHER THAN THE ABILITY TO SLIGHTLY ALTER COURSE BY PULLING EXTREMELY HARD ON THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE HAD NO LIGHTS, THE SHOULDERS WERE UNPLOWED, STOPPING WASN'T A GOOD IDEA. AS...

STEERING LOCKS WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS AND THEN STRAIGHTENING OUT.

THE SUBJECT PICK UP TRUCK WAS SOUTHBOUND ON I405 BETWEEN ORANGE AVE AND CHERRY AVE IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE FAST LANE OR THE LANE ADJACENT TO THE FAST LANE. SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE WITH ALL LANES MOVING AT FREEWAY SPEED. WITHOUT WARNING, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SOUND OF A SKIDDING TIRE, THE VEHICLE PULLED VIOLENTLY AND ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT, OUT OF CONTROL, AND CROSSED ALL TRAFFIC LANES OF THE FREEWAY AND THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. JUST PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE ROADWAY, ENOUGH CONTROL WAS REGAINED TO AVOID HITTING A FREEWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGN IN THE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN. THE TRUCK ENTERED THE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN AND CAME TO REST FACING SOUTH, PARALLEL TO THE FREEWAY. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES PASSED BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED DURING COLD WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

WHEN TURNING LEFT SOMETIMES THE STEERING LOCKS UP. WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING IF I WERE TO TAKE MY HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL THE TRUCK WOULD CONTINUE LOCKED IN A LEFT TURN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I MUST FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO NEUTRAL POSITION. IF ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE THIS APPEARS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. HAVE TAKEN TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND HAS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS WELL AS AT SLOWER SPEED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WITH A 5,500 POUND CAMP TRAILER IN TOW THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT VIBRATION AND FEED BACK FROM THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM CAME ABOUT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20K MILES ON THE TRUCK. I WOULD NOTICE IT PRIMARILY OVER JOINTS IN THE ROAD AND ANY ROAD IMPERFECTIONS ALSO NOTICE IT AND HEAR A CLUNKING WHEN OFF ROAD ON DIRT ROADS. THE CLUNKING IS INTERMITTANT BUT IS THERE. IT FEELS AS IF THERE IS A LOOSE COMPONENT IN THE STEERING ASSEMBLY WHICH THEN CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I CAN NOTICE BOTH WITH TRAILER AND WITHOUT MORE WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE HIGHER SUCH AS 80 DEGREES OR MORE. NOT SO MUCH WHEN COLD BUT I AM STILL ABLE TO GET ROAD FEEDBACK IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT LOWER TEMPS JUST NOT AS BAD. YOU CAN ESPECIALLY NOTICE THE VIBRATION/FEEDBACK IN COLDER TEMPS IF HOLDING THE STEERING WHEEL AT ITS LOWEST POINT...

SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING. IT IS GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE AND NOW IT IS STOPPING WORKING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TURNING EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT. THE LAST EVENT I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN PULLING OUR OF A PARKING PLACE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SNAPPED BACK WHILE I WAS TURNING IT HURTING MY ARM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AS THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WORKED MOMENTARILY. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE MILES LATER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE GEAR IN THE POWER SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE GEAR REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT TO THE LEFT. WHEN THE CONTACT WOULD STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT IN ORDER TO STRAIGHTEN THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WILL DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AND INTO THE NEXT LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FUNCTION WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5490.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ADVANCED TRACK SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE TURN SIGNALS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY MODULE MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,487.

I HAD MY TRUCK SCHEDULED TO HAVE A LEVELING KIT AND NEW TIRES PUT ON. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SIMPLE INSTALL MY TRUCK GAVE AN ALERT ON THE INFORMATION SCREEN SAYING "ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST STEERING FAULT. TOOK THE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD TO NEAREST FORD DEALER AND AFTER THEY RAN DIAGNOSTIC IT SHOWED IT NEEDED A COMPLETE NEW RACK AND PINION. $1278.00 WORTH WITHOUT ALIGNMENT. THE MECHANICS SHOP WHO INSTALLED THE KIT IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS FINE BEFORE I TOOK IT TO GET KIT + TIRES, HOWEVER, I HAVE READ NUMEROUS STORIES ONLINE SIMILAR TO MINE THAT SHOW THE EPAS GOING OUT OR THAT THERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. FORD HAS HAD SEVERAL UPDATES TO THE EPAS MODELS I'M AWARE, HOPEFULLY THE NEW ONE GOING IN WILL WORK AND I WON'T RIDE AWAY ONLY TO HAVE A CLUNKING NOISE TO DEAL WITH IN MY FRONT END...

BACKED UP FROM PARKING SPOT AND PUT IN DRIVE AND THE STEERING QUIT WORKING. FAULT CODES APPEARED FOR STEERING ASSY FAULT. TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE STEERING GEAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,300.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A SLIGHT YET CONSISTENT KNOCK FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, PRIMARILY WHILE GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS OR CRACKS IN THE ROAD. IT FEELS AS THOUGH SOMETHING IS LOOSE OR WORN-OUT IN THE STEERING OR SUSPENSION. THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT THE TRUCK ON 9/23/2013 AND SAID EVERYTHING IS FINE. THIS IS A GRAVE CONCERN AS A FAILURE IN THE STEERING SYSTEM CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE BY APPLYING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR AND THE RACK & PINION SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL THE STEERING WHEEL BACK INTO ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AND OFFERED TO PAY A PERCENTAGE OF THE REPAIR COST TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ELECTRONIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING (EPAS) ON 2011 FORD F150 ECOBOOST SHIMS/KNOCKS/VIBRATES AT SPEEDS UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS (55 MPH). NOT SURE IF IT IS SAFE OR NOT? BUT STEERING IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE. I DID NOT FEEL TOTALLY SAFE AS FORD HAS HAD SOME ISSUES WITH PAST VEHICLES THAT POSSIBLE PRONE TO ACCIDENTS THAT INVOLVED STEERING. IT ONLY OCCURS AT TEMPS ABOVE 75 F. TOOK VEHICLE IN COUPLE TIMES, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. ONLY WHEN TEMPS ROSE ABOVE 75F AND TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE ISSUE. LOCAL DEALER STATED IT WAS STRUTS, BUT AFTER SEVERAL VISITS TO THE F-150 BLOG SITE, THE ISSUE WAS DESCRIBED AS THE EPAS RACK THAT CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE COMPUTER CHANGES WHILE TEMPS ABOVE APPROX 75F. THE REPLACEMENT PART #DL3Z3504BE GEAR ASSEMBLY EPAS (THIS IS THE 4TH VERSION OF THIS COMPONENT FORD HAS USED IN THEIR F150S) WAS...

KNOCKING FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. GETS WORSE AS OUTSIDE TEMPS GET ABOVE 80 DEGREES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO KNOCK, CLUNK AND VIBRATE BADLY, TO A POINT IT BECOMES HARD TO HOLD ONTO THE WHEEL AS THE SENSATION IS OVERLY DISTURBING TO YOUR HANDS. IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE IN THE STEERING SYSTEM AND IT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. HEAT IS A MAJOR COMPONENT. THE HOTTER IT IS OUTSIDE, THE WORSE THE KNOCKING GETS, TO A POINT SOME PLAY CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING. ON A 90 DEGREE DAY IT IS EASILY REPRODUCED, AND IS STARTING TO EVEN MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AS IT CAUSES THE WHEEL TO VIBRATE OUT OF ONES HANDS, OR CAUSES A PERSONS HANDS TO GET TIRED OR COMPENSATING FOR THE PLAY AND KNOCKING AND NEED TO LET GO OF THE WHEEL. DEALERSHIPS WANT TO SAY WE HAVE NOT ADJUSTED TO THE NEW ELECTRONIC STEERING BUT THAT IS ABSURD....

WHEN DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS, THERE IS A KNOCKING/ POPPING FEELING THAT IS FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS BEING GENERATED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND MAKES THE TRUCK FEEL LIKE THE WHEELS ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. THIS SEEMS LIKE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *TR

TWO ISSUES HERE. FIRST ISSUE. WHEN MAKING TURNS THERE IS A CLUNK SOUND FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AFTER THE TURN AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS RETURNED TO FORWARD POSITION. HAPPENS INTERMITTENT. CANNOT FEEL THE CLUNK IN THE WHEEL, BUT THE SOUND IS LIKE METAL ON METAL. SECOND ISSUE: REAR SUSPENSION CLUNKS AND SQUEAKS A LOT. (LIKE IT IS 20+ YEARS OLD.) STANDING ON THE BUMPER OR PUSHING SIDEWAYS ON THE FENDER MAKES THE REAR-END SQUEAK. I TOOK IT TO FORD FOR REPAIR AND THEY STATED THERE WAS A TECHNOTE THAT TOLD THEM TO 'LUBE' THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS. FOR A FEW MONTHS IT MADE THE SOUND GO AWAY, BUT MADE THE BACKEND FEEL LOOSE OR LIKE IT WAS SLIDING SIDEWAYS ON CORNERS. AT THIS SAME VISIT THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE CHANGED NOTICEABLY. ACCELERATION WAS SMOOTHER AND DID NOT HESITATE AS MUCH. (THEY SAY THEY DID NOTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED FROM ONE LANE TO ANOTHER. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS ADVISED THAT THE STEERING SYSTEM COMPUTER REQUIRED UPDATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, ALL OF WHICH ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOT A STEERING COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

OCCASIONALLY WHEN STEERING THE TRUCK TO THE LEFT, THE STEERING WILL FEEL LIKE IT IS STICKING. IT BECOMES HARD TO TURN TO THE LEFT AND WHEN THE TURN IS COMPLETE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER. ON ONE OCCASION WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING PLACE, I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AT ALL. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF THEN RESTARTED AND THE SAME THING. ON THE SECOND TIME I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF THEN RESTARTED, I COULD TURN THE WHEEL NORMALLY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING OR SOME MECHANISM OF THE STEERING. *TR

THERE IS A POPPING AND JOLTING MECHANICAL FEEL FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT END OR STEERING SHAFT IS LITERALLY ABOUT TO COME APART. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AT NORMAL SPEEDS AT ANY SPEED ON STRAIGHT ROADS THAT ARE PAVED NORMALLY WITHOUT DEFECT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE THE HIGHER THE TEMPERATURE IS OUTSIDE. IT FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS LOOSE. I THOUGHT THE TIRE WAS LOOSE - IT WASN'T. *TR

I HAVE A 2011 FORD F-150 4X4 ECOBOOST AND HAVE HAD ONE STEERING RACK REPLACED ALREADY. IT WAS REPLACED DUE TO POPPING IN THE STEERING AS WELL AS BUMP STEER AND WANDERING. THE INITIAL REPLACEMENT WAS 6-1-12 AND AS OF THIS POST (1-26-13) AND ROUGHLY 12K MORE MILES, IT IS STARTING TO HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT REQUIRED THE INITIAL REPLACEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT SUSPENSION IN GENERAL SEEMS LOOSE AND THE LEFT SIDE SQUEAKS OVER BUMPS AND SEEMS WEAKER IN THE SPRING THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

WHEN YOU ARE GOING OVER BUMPS THERE IS RATTLES AMD CLUNKS IN THE STEERING AND THE STEERING IS LOOSE.THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND IT FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS LOOSE. THANKS *TR

STEERING HAS A LOOSE FEELING. IT FEELS LIKE THE TRUCK IS GOING TO FALL APART AND THE WHEELS ARE LOOSE. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT HASN'T FIXED IT. MY TRUCK IS ON IT'S 3RD STEERING GEAR AND ALL OF WHICH HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE FEELING CAN BE FELT AT LOW SPEEDS (5-10MPH) TO HIGH WAY SPEEDS (55-70MPH). *TR

THERE IS A VERY BAD RATTLE COMING THRU THE STEERING. SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE EPAS. *TR

I OWN A 2011 F-150, 5.0, CREW CAB, 4X4. I STARTED NOTICING A POPPING OR CLINKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE HAS BEEN GETTING WORST AND IS VERY ANNOYING AS WELL. I NOTICE AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN DRIVING DOWN OUR GRAVEL ROAD. I TYPED THIS ISSUE IN AS WELL ON THE F-150 FORUM AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS POST WITH SAME ISSUE! MANY ARE SAYING IT HAS TO DEAL WITH ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST STEERING. I WILL BE TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER, TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. I JUST HOPE THAT FORD WILL STEP UP AND FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE ALIGNED. AS A RESULT, THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CAMBER POLE WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

THERE IS A POPPING AND JOLTING MECHANICAL FEEL FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT END OR STEERING SHAFT IS LITERALLY ABOUT TO COME APART. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AT NORMAL SPEEDS AT ANY SPEED ON STRAIGHT ROADS THAT ARE PAVED NORMALLY WITHOUT DEFECT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE THE HIGHER THE TEMPERATURE IS OUTSIDE. IT BEGAN AT AROUND 3K MILES AND HAS STEADILY GROWN WORSE UNLESS THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 80 DEGREES. THE STEERING BEGINS TO FEEL LOOSE AND UNSTEADY AT ANY SPEED. AT ITS WORST YOU CAN HEAR THE POPPING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE LONGER THE VEHICLE OPERATES THE MORE PRONOUNCED THE SENSATION COMING THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. I FEEL AT ANY MOMENT THAT THE STEERING MAY JUST COMPLETELY FAIL. *TR

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW FORD F 150 IN AUGUST OF 2011. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING BANGING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS AN AUDIBLE NOTE AT LOW SPEEDS AND HIGH SPEEDS. ALWAYS WHEN THE TRUCK IS COASTING STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANY INPUT IN THE STEERING. I HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE WITH THE PURCHASE DEALER....APPLE FORD IN COLUMBIA MD. I AM TAKING IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WITH HOPES THAT THEY WILL GIVE A [XXX] AND TRY AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE!!!! MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN.......IT IS THAT BAD. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL NOT LOSE THEIR LIFE IN ORDER FOR FORD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WOULD TRADE THE TRUCK TODAY IF I COULD TAKE, ON THE CHIN, THE $10000+ LOSS ON...

CPSC#I270250A. 2011 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST. CONSUMER STATED HIS TRUCK HAS BEEN POPPING AND CLUCKING IN THE STEERING. HE ALSO HAS TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *LN THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE NOISE WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC FOR THE EPAS RACK AND THEY REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING FELT LOOSE WHEN THE POPPING OCCURRED.