Suspension Noise Problems of Ford F-150

While driving there is a noise coming from the from suspension around the wheels that sounds like running over rumble strips. It is an ongoing problem that occurs on and off all the time. The mechanic says it is something in the 4 wheel drive components.

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Makes clunking noise when making left turns, especially when steering wheel is turned fully to the left. It doesn't matter if its going forward for reverse. Seems like noise and vibration is coming from right suspension.

Constant squeaking noise coming from the rear suspension. Dealer has tried several solutions and cannot repair problem. Dealer thinks that the suspension springs are defective from Ford because the age of the vehicle is way too new to have this problem to occur. Ford does not have a recall on this item at this time.

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I hear a thunking noise under the front suspension over bumps in the road. My first reaction is it's a brand new truck. It sounds exactly like a bad sway bar link. So I took the truck to my friends mechanics garage and noticed front tires are cupped badly, an unusually wear for a new truck. We rotated the tires and checked suspension. We noticed what we thought was a bad inner tie rod cause there was loose unusual movement side to side with the tire on driver's side. So I went home and started to read on f150 forum. Com and found many people with 2011-2013 f150 year truck is having the same issue of thunkin noise. It turns out it is not tie rods, it is a bad steering rack and pinion. I read alot of information and a video of a truck that sound like mine. I have read where a service writer mentioned that 2 trucks lost steering but there was no accident and the steering racks were replaced. I have called Ford service recently and they said they know nothing about bad steering racks. Many owners of these trucks have posted in the forum that Ford knows of these so called contaminated steering racks that were made. I would like a TSB or a service bulletin that would get these bad racks off these trucks. Thank you.

My truck that I bought brand new is a 2002 Ford f150 supercrew that I take very good care of. The truck has just over 64,000 miles on it. On occasion I do use the truck like a truck and tow a 19' boat with it and I use it to pick up lumber etc. . . Three weeks ago I began to hear an odd metallic sound from the back of the truck while going over bumps in the road. I climbed underneath and grasped different components of the suspension and drive train and pushed and pulled on them expecting to find something loose. I didn't find anything. The next day I was driving down the road and I heard a very loud boom! I pulled over and again looked at the rear end of the truck and found that the mount that holds the rear leaf spring to the frame body had broken rather violently and sent the end of the spring with half of the mount thru the underside of the truck bed. I was able to limp home. I brought the truck to the local body/ frame shop and the owner told me that he has been seeing alot of these lately and it is a common problem. After inspection he found the other side was equally rusted and ready to let go, which concerned me since that is the side with the gas tank on it. In his expert opinion he believes that Ford had underbuilt the leaf spring mounts and that is why they are begining to fail on trucks that are around the age of mine. The frame is safe and solid enough but the mounts for parts of the suspension appear not to be. I am fortunate that I was not towing my boat, or that the bed was not loaded and I was not driving more than 35 mph when the mount let go. I don't know what might have happened if I was on the highway at 65 mph. The repair cost $659 and in my opinion it is something that should not have failed considering the age, condition and the low miles I have on the truck. If this truly is a common problem that Ford f150's like mine possess than it is only matter of time before the failure of these parts cause a bad accident.

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The contact owns a 2000 Ford f150 xl 4x4. The contact stated that the rear suspension on the vehicle failed due to the rack and pinion. Before the vehicle was diagnosed, he heard a grinding sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was repaired at that time. He stated that other Ford F-150 owners have experienced the same issue. The contact does not want to drive the vehicle while hauling something and the rear suspension fails and causes a major crash. The current mileage was 117,000 and failure mileage was 116,900.

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: the contact stated at various speeds, there was a whining noise under the driver side floor board. The noise sounded as though it was coming from the suspension. The dealership was unable to determine the problem.

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The rear end suspension is going out per the dealership. Vehicle makes a loud humming noise at 50 mph. On 2 separate occasions, while driving on the interstate on a smooth surface road, vehicle made a loud clung noise that felt like the suspension dropped. Dealership has serviced the vehicle 3 times for this issue, and replaced the bearings and other suspension components. A factory engineer also inspected vehicle for this problem and indicated that there' was no solution this issue, and to extend the warranty.

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The vehicle experienced extreme shaking from the suspension, and sounded like the wheels were falling off. Owner had a difficult time controlling the steering wheel when b driving around 50 mph. Manufacturer was contacted by consumer.

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Front end suspension makes loud cluncking/knocking noises when driving at 25-50mph, dealer cannot duplicate the problem.

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