BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW OCTOBER 2020 AND CHECKED THE OIL AFTER A MONTH HAVING THE TRUCK HAVING 1600 MILES ON IT AND THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. IT'S A 5.0 COYOTE V8. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND THEY ADDED 5 QTS OF OIL! THERE IS A TSB OUT WHERE THEY CHANGE PCM SOFTWARE AND REPLACE THE DIPSTICK. SHOULDN'T THIS BE DONE BEFORE I TOOK THE TRUCK HOME IF THEY KNEW ABOUT IT??
2020 Ford F-150 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2020 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW FRAME DETACHED FROM THE GLASS CAUSING THE GLASS TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN GLASS REPAIR FACILITY HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,400.
RATTLE IN LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING, SEVERAL FAULTS APPEAR IN DASH WINDOW,STARTING WITH "DRIVING MODE NOT AVAILABLE" AND THE ENGINE GOES INTO "LIMP HOME MODE"! AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE, THE FAULTS MAY SHOW AGAIN IMMEDIATELY OR SOON AFTER CONTINUING TO DRIVE! MY DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ON MY FIRST VISIT AND HAS ,SO FAR, BEEN UNABLE TO COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM ! PLEASE HELP ME ! THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 1500 MILES ON IT,AND THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH ,MOST LIKELY HAS DRIVING SAFETY IMPLICATIONS !!!! SINCERELY ,[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2020 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS ON, THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ROLLED WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN PARK. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THE CONTACTS DAUGHTER HEAD. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS DAUGHTER TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CONTACTS DAUGHTER HEAD REQUIRED STAPLES. THE CONTACT STATED ON A SECOND OCCASION WHEN THE CONTACTS WIFE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND PLACED THE GEAR IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE ON THE VEHICLE ROLLED, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO VEHICLE AND STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE CODES AT THE TRANSMISSION, THE GEAR SHIFTER AND THE CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO ENTERPRISE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,260.
I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW FORD TRUCK XL. F-150 ON 8/23/2020.ON 8/23/2020. THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN , AFTER A WEEK OF BEING AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY CAME TO A CONCLUSION BASED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT THE VEHICLE WAS, ALLEGEDY STRUCK BY LIGHTING WITH NO VISIBLE MARKS THE FORD DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD PUT A CLAIM IN THROUGH MY INSURANCE SINCE MY VEHICLE IS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM UNDER ACTS OF NATURE WHICH I DID. I THEN CONTACTED THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED ON 9/11/2020.AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPS AND OPENING A CLAIM THROUGH CORPORATE FORD AND THEN BEING DENIED I REACHED OUT TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY AFTER THREE INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL'S AND NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS ALONG WITH EMAILS NO ONE HAS RESPONDED TO RESOLE THIS ISSUE , IT HAS BEEN ALMOST THREE MONTHS NOW WITH NO CONCLUSION AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DENIED MY CLAIM DUE TO THE INCOMPETENCE OF THE FORD DEALERSHIP.
MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. REPLACED TWICE. REAR PARKING CAMERA MALFUNCTIOING AFTER TWO REPLACEMENTS. WHENEVER THERE IS RAIN FALL WATER LEAKS INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR. THIS HAS CAUSED MAJOR RUST BUILD UP. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 3K MILES ON IT.
BOUGHT TRUCK NEW FIRST PROBLEM. BACK UP CAMARA ...CRASH AVOIDANCE SYSTEM NOT WORKING PAINT MISSING ..TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AFTER A DISPLAY OF POWER TRAIN MALFUNCTION THEY REPROGRAMMED THE TRUCK AND SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH FORD ON THE PAINT AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING TO THIS DAY ...LEFT DEALER GOT HOME BACK UP CAMARA QUIT AGAIN ....NOW FLOOR BOARD PASSENGER SIDE GETTING WET ...IDLES FUNNY AND ENGINE SOUND LIKE IT DEVELOPED A MARATIC TICK KNOCK SOUND SO FIXING TO GO BACK TO DEALER ....VERY AGGRIVATING TO PAY THE PRICES YOU PAY FOR A TRUCK AND ALWAYS HAVE THESE PROBLEM REPEATED ...AND YET STILL PAYING EVERY MONTH WHILE ITS IN THE SHOP AND NO ONE EVER CARES ...TRUCK HAS 4,586 MILES ON IT HASN'T EVEN HAD ITS FIRST OIL CHANGE YET
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE SERVICE APPLIED FROM THE TECHNICAL BULLETIN, BUT NOT MUCH RELIEF FROM THE LOSS OF OIL. I HAVE TO ADD AT LEAST A QUART HALF WAY BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. I WOULD LIKELY LOSE 2 QUARTS OR MORE BETWEEN OIL CHANGES IN TOTAL. I HAVE BARELY 5000 MILES, 'FIX' APPLIED AT 2500 MILES. AT 5100 MILES ALREADY OVER A QUART LOW. MOSTLY CITY DRIVING. SOME PULLING OF SMALLER RV TRAILER. TRAILER WEIGHT IS 5800 POUNDS.
BACK UP CAMERA IMAGE FADES AND SCREEN BECOMES A SHIMMERING COLOR, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT.
OIL CONSUMPTION ON THE 5.0 LITER V8 ENGINE. THE ENGINE IS CONSUMING OIL WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF AN OIL LEAK. FORD HAS A TSB FOR THIS 19-2365 WHICH COVERS YEAR MODEL 2018-2020. THERE ARE OTHER TSBS FOR OLDER YEAR MODELS WITH THIS SAME ENGINE. FORD SAYS LESS THAN 1 QUART OF OIL CONSUMED IN 3000 MILES OR LESS IS NORMAL. THEIR FIX IS A LONGER AND WIDER DIP STICK AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THIS DOES NOT FIX THE OIL CONSUMPTION. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE BLOCK WITHIN THE CYLINDERS.
BACKUP CAMERA NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, SOMETIMES IT HAS A BLACK SCREEN
THE FLOOR BOARDS ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS STAYING WET AND HAS CAUSED MOLD TO FORM ON THE CARPET THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE MOLD IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
AS I WAS BACKING INTO A SPACE THE BACKUP CAMERA MALFUNCTIONED (WENT INTO STATIC LINES AND THEM BLACKED OUT) I BACKED INTO A POLE AND DENTED THE BUMPER.
RATCHETING SOUND ON DECEL WHEN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ARE COLD. SOUND OCCURS WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED BETWEEN 800-1500 RPMS ON IMMEDIATE DECEL. TSBS EXIST FOR PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS WITH THE 10 SPEED TRANSMISSION BUT NOT THE 2020.
BACKUP CAMERA NOT WORKING SINCE MARCH SIX MONTHS OF CALLING THE DEALER THEY SAY ITS ON BACK ORDER. HINES PARK FORD WILL NOT SERVICE THE RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION. GOT HUNG UP ON TWICE. VARSITY FORD SAME PROBLEM CAMERA ON BACKORDER WILL NOT SERVICE RECALL.
FAULTY BACKUP AND FORWARD CAMERA AT INCONSISTENT INTERVALS. CAMERA WILL BECOME VERY DARK AND VIEW IS DISTORTED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING FROM CAMERA VIEW. TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW IN JANUARY 2020 AND STARTED HAVING CAMERA PROBLEMS LATE THIS SUMMER. WITH COVID-19 NOT DRIVING AS MUCH AS BEFORE APRIL. THE CAMERAS ONLY WORK WHEN BACKING UP OR PULLING FORWARD AT LOW SPEED. THUS TRYING TO PARK OR EXIT A PARKING SPACE CAMERAS CAN BE OF NO HELP IF IT IS HAVING ITS SPORADIC DARK OUT.
THE REAR CAMERA IS SHOWING THE IMAGE COMPLITLY DISTORTED. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 10-03-2020 AND IN ONE WEEK LSTER THE REAR CAMERA WAS NOT WORKING ALL THE IMAGES WERE BLURRY AND DISTORTION.AT THE FULL SCREEN.
THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER CAME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COLD WEATHER AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES, THE REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. MY KIDS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT. FORD IS NOT OFFERING TO COVER THE DAMAGE UNDER THE WARRANTY OR EVEN INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE. THE TRUCK HAS 2100 MILES ON IT.
BACKUP CAMERA GOES IN/OUT. IT WILL DISPLAY A DISTORTED SCREEN AND/OR GO BLACK THEN DISPLAY MALFUNCTION HAS OCCURRED AND TO CONTACT DEALER. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE JULY 2020 AND GETTING WORSE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN .
BACKUP CAMERA APPEARS DISTORTED AND OFTEN GOES BLACK. INTERMITTENT ISSUE.
THE REARVIEW CAMERA DOES NOT WORK - INTERMITTENTLY EITHER BLURS OUT OR BLACKS OUT, SOMETIMES GOES TO A BLUE SCREEN WITH NO FUNCTIONALITY. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED IN REVERSE.
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 AT ABOUT 2:30 PM I WAS TOWING A CAMPER APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES WITH THE AUTO START STOP DISABLED BY THE BUTTON ON THE DASHBOARD. I MADE A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. WHEN I TURNED THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND A WARNING MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASHBOARD THAT SAID 'AUTO START STOP. SHIFT TO P AND RESTART ENGINE'. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT STAYED RUNNING. AS I MENTIONED, I HAD DISABLED THE AUTO START STOP FUNCTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIP IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION OR WHERE I COULDN'T HAVE STOPPED MY WIFE AND I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR EVEN BEEN KILLED. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET AND IT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT VERY LIKELY WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO BE HIT AND KILLED AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.
BACKUP CAMERA DISTORTED AND GOING BLANK WHILE BACKING UP ON HOT OR RAINY DAYS .LAST 3 MONTHS
THIS VEHICLE, WHICH IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE, WAS DELIVERED FOR LEASE WITH AN INOPERATIVE BACKUP CAMERA ON AUGUST 24, 2020. THE CAMERA IS ON BACK ORDER FROM THE MANUFACTURER. IT WAS DISCLOSED TO ME THAT MULTIPLE VEHICLES FROM THIS MANUFACTURER WERE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS BUT WERE STILL BEING SOLD AS NEW VEHICLES.
THE BACKUP CAMERA ON THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT WILL PIXELIZE; GIVE LINES; OR JUST SHOW A BLANK SCREEN WITH A CONTACT DEALERSHIP. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THAT THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ALL THEIR 2020 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES WITH BACKUP CAMERAS AND THERE IS A BACK ORDER. THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO.
THE GEAR WILL NOT GO INTO PARK AND ALLOW ME TO START. ALSO, THE DISPLAY INDICATES I AM IN THE WRONG GEAR DISPLAY SHOWS NEUTRAL BUT TRUCK IS IN DRIVE, DISPLAY SHOWS REVERSE BUT THE TRUCK IS IN NEUTRAL. THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER BACKING THE TRUCK UP IN REVERS, STOPPING AND SHIFTING TO DRIVE TO PULL FORWARD AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE. THEN I COULD NO LONGER PUT IN PARK. THE ONLY WAY TO GET INTO PARK IS TO BANG THE GEAR SHIFT FORWARD FORCIBLY. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOTEL PARKING LOT. FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED BUT THEY WERE USELESS WITH NO REMEDY.
I WAS IN FRONT END COLLISION AT APPROX 50 MPH IMPACT AND SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT STEERING WHEEL IN COLLISION
MY TRUCK IS 5 MONTHS OLD AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO HAVE THE FRONT CAMERA FIXED. THEY FINALLY REPLACED THE FRONT CAMERA AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. THE TRUCK HAS A FRONT CAMERA SIDE CAMERAS AND A REAR CAMERA. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT DIFFERENT CAMERAS NOT WORKING AND FORD JUST IGNORES IT OR REPLACED THE FAULTY CAMERA WITH ANOTHER SEEMINGLY FAULTY CAMERA. NUMEROUS REPORTS AND NUMEROUS VEHICLES HAVE BEEN TO FORD WITH THE SAME ISSUE, THE CAMERAS FAILING, FRONT SIDE AND BACK UP CAMERAS. ON A TRUCK THAT COST AS MUCH AS THEY DO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A CAMERA TO HELP PEOPLE BACK UP AND JUDGE THE DISTANCE PULLING INTO PARKING SPOTS IS PATHETIC. MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T DRIVE TRUCKS OFTEN RELY ON THESE CAMERAS AS A SAFETY FEATURE WHEN BACKING UP OR PULLING INTO SPOTS TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE MOVING 5MPH OR SLOWER FOR THE CAMERAS TO WORK AND PARKED OF MOVING THEY DO NOT WORK.
BACK-UP CAMERA MALFUNCTIONING, WORKS LESS THAN 50% OF THE TIME, GOES OUT SOMETIMES WHEN BACKING UP. I AM TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON SOME FORD VEHICLES, HOWEVER THEY DO NOT HAVE A SOLUTION. INFORMED REPLACEMENT BACK-UP CAMERA ON BACK ORDER, MAY HAVE SAME ISSUE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK, OVER 2 MONTHS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A BROAD ISSUE WITH FORD AUTO'S RIGHT NOW AND THE COMPANY IS DRAGGING THEIR FEET ON WHAT MAY BE A COSTLY SOLUTION.
PRE COLLISION ASSIST (W/AEB) THE DISPALY SHOWING IT IS ON BUT IT DOES NOT WORK IN EMERGENCY SITUATION. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS ON A CITY STREET GOING 25 MILES PER HOUR
REAR VIEW CAMERA NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR NEARLY A MONTH, NOW. OFTEN SHOWS VERY GARBLED VIEW WHEN TRUCK IS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. OCCASIONALLY DISPLAYS A MESSAGE "CAMERA IS UNAVAILABLE. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR DEALERSHIP." I FOLLOWED UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP (SOUTHGATE FORD, SOUTHGATE, MI) AND THEY INFORMED ME THEY CANNOT SERVICE THIS, AS FORD HAS NOT ISSUED THEM A FIX. THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND REFUSED ANY FURTHER REMEDIATION. THEY RECOMMENDED I CALL FORD'S CUSTOMER SUPPORT AT 800-392-3673, WHICH NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONAL, AND DID NOT ALLOW ME TO TALK TO ANYONE OR EVEN LEAVE A MESSAGE.
BRAND NEW F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 V8. CURRENTLY HAVE LESS THAN 700 MILES. ON THREE OCCASIONS UPON STARTING THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING ASSIST. EACH TIME I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTED. POWER STEERING WAS AVAILABLE UPON RESTART. IS POWER STEERING LIKELY TO QUIT WHILE DRIVING?
FORD TONNEAU TRUCK BED COVER CAME APART AT 75 MPH ON I-10 IN LA. REAR THIRD SECTION WEIGHING 10-20 POUNDS COMPLETELY SEPARATED, LUCKILY STAYED ON THE TRUCK BED. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT GO AIRBORNE AND STRIKE THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. COVER WAS FLIPPED IN ONE SECTION UP, NO SECUREMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THIS POSITION AND DIRECTIONS ARE NOT VISIBLE. VEHICLE (TONNEAU COVER) ONLY HAD 5,500 MILES ON IT.
BACKUP CAMERA FAILS TO WORK WITHIN DAYS OF TRUCK PURCHASE. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK DOES NOT ENGAGE WITH REMOTE. WORKS ONLY WITH KEY TO ACCESS OR LOCK. ESTIMATED REPAIR TIMES GIVEN ARE WEEKS VS DAYS. UNACCEPTABLE.
DROVE FROM NEW JERSEY TO BROOKLYN, OVER THE VERRAZZANO PARKED AND GUESS WHAT... TAILGATE WAS OPEN WITH MY TOOLS EXPOSED? HEADING HOME NICE DRIVER IN TUNNEL MADE ME AWARE THE TAILGATE WAS OPEN. FINISHED DRIVING THROUGH TUNNEL, PULLED OVER TO CLOSE TAILGATE FOR THE THIRD TIME ON ONE DAY. *TR
TAILGATE OPENS ON OWN EVEN WHILE DRIVING. NO WARNING THAT IT HAS OR IS OPEN. AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE TAILGATE HAS OPENED ALLOWING BED CONTENTS TO SPILL OUT! *TR
TRUCK IS BRAND NEW, ODOMETER READS 310 MILES. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BROKE FIRST TIME I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN. MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, VISIBILITY WAS EXTREMELY LIMITED. THIS WAS SUPER DANGEROUS DUE TO DRIVING CURVY COUNTRY BACK ROADS. *TR
THE BACK RIGHT PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. THE TRUCK WAS SITTING PARKED AND LOCKED. IT SHATTERED AND BOWED OUTWARD FROM THE CABIN. *TR
DRIVE MODE MALFUNCTION MESSAGE APPEARS IN MESSAGE CENTER. VEHICLE CANNOT CHANCE DRIVE MODES, SUSPENSION STIFFENS UP, AND ENGINE WILL GO INTO LOW POWER MODE OR COMPLETELY STALLS. MESSAGE HAS RANDOMLY APPEARED ABOUT 6 TIMES NOW. FIRST ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED ON FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP AT 118 MILES. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 1600 MILES. 6TH INCIDENT HAPPENED 2 DAYS AGO. *TR
BOUGHT TRUCK ON 05/25/2020 . TODAY'S 05/30/2020 . MY TRUCK HAS ONLY 355.7 MILES AND HAS A WARNING ALREADY ' CHARGING SYSTEM SERVICES NOW' . I BEEN DRIVING FROM GALVESTON TEXAS TO WEBSTER TX. AND THE WARNING KEEP POPPING OUT DRIVEN AND EVEN ON FULL STOP. *TR
AFTER 6 WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP AND 1000 MILES OF USAGE, I HAD A FEW EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION ISSUES. FIRST I HAD A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF CLUNKS WHEN BEGINNING TO DRIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER START UP. A COUPLE DAYS AGO I HAD THE WORST EXPERIENCE YET. AFTER PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT TO WAIT FOR A CURBSIDE PICKUP, I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. UPON RESTART, I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND GAVE A LITTLE GAS AS I PULLED AWAY FROM SPOT GOING FORWARD. THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK AND THE TRUCK JERKED BEFORE DRIVING NORMALLY. EVEN MY WIFE NOTICED AND MADE A COMMENT ON THE SEVERITY OF THIS INSTANCE. A LITTLE WHILE LATER, STILL DRIVING AFTER THE START UP FROM PARKING SPOT, I EXPERIENCED A HESITATION WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM STOP LIGHT AND SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A QUICK LEFT TURN. AFTER TURNING, THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE HESITATION BEFORE RESUMING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. TODAY ONCE AGAIN I NOTICED A SLIGHT HESITATION PULLING FROM A STOP LIGHT THOUGH NOT AS SEVER AS LAST TIME.
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