Steering Rack And Pinion problems of the 2018 Ford F-150

My 2018 f150 began having steering assist failure at approx 50,000 miles. There have been two ocassions where while driving steering assist goes out and the steering wheel gets stiff almost causing me to collide with other vehicles. I contacted Ford about the issue and as they are aware the only solution was to replace the rack and pinion at my expense. At 63,000 miles my pick up has no power steering.

Driving the f150 I noticed a popping noise when turning. Shortly after the popping noise when negotiating a turn the rack and pinion locked up. Truck went into on coming traffic. Now the power steering completely failed and a trouble code was displayed. Rack and pinion is bad and needs to be replaced not covered under warranty. Rack and pinion on national back order through Ford motor company. This was a extremely dangerous situation especially with how the electric motor assist steering took the wheel from my hand and jolted in one direction or the other at highway speeds.

Steering pulls to left and right steering wheel needs constant input to drive straight this will occur at city or highway speeds on any road conditions. Rack and pinion has been replaced at 2900 miles truck had 2 alignments tire pressure checked different tires were tried but did not resolve the problem. Called Ford Nov. 2018 made a complaint about the problem they gave me a case number but have not heard anything from them. Ford needs to find a solution and get the problem fixed before somebody has to die in one.