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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwizzleStix" data-source="post: 1600037" data-attributes="member: 32095">From your feedback on what's happened, the dealer goons have yet to do any actual diagnostics.  They are throwing parts at it hoping it will go away.  Ford "engineering" is also allowing this fiasco to progress.  There is NO magic in this, so the technicians with hands-on should easily determine the problem, if there really is one, and the fix should be easy.  Vehicle functions are basic physics, no voodoo or other magic spells.  If the problem isn't obvious in the mechanics of the front steering/drive systems, then the only thing left is the electric power steering unit itself.  The rack and the steering wheel have position sensors that provide data.  Does your truck have the reverse steering knob and the trailer "back-up" mode?  Does it work precisely?  Your situation is more common than people know.  It is all driven by the Ford flat-rate warranty work that doesn't allow time for actual diagnostics, so the majority of the technicians really don't know how the various vehicle functions work and can't perform real diagnostics.[USER=35543]@FordTechOne[/USER] may have some better insight, but I speak from 40 years of buying new vehicles and dealing with various warranty issues.</blockquote>