Stuttering at 47-52mph

[Jakester]

The only "Bad Gas" I've ever had in my Lightning was after overindulging at the White Castle drive-thru.

Mine is after mexican food LOL maybe he got some bad electric to the bad gas coomment

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[Ddefazio]

Appreciate your reply. I’m definitely not an expert in this regard so I glad to hear everyone’s perspective on addressing this issue. Has anyone noticed improvement after realignment? I’ll admit that I haven’t done this yet myself and will report back once I do.

I have had new tires put on and was charged for an alignment. The vibration is less but still very much there.
Ford has asked me form my vin, dealer etc on this board, which I had given to them, but have never heard anything back.
Annoying to spend so much and have this issue.
Have also had 2 lightbars replaced, battery sensors,some dashboard tray, etc.
Hopefully someone will recieve an answer.
I dont think it's a tire balance issue( though that is what it feels like) or an alignment issue.

 

[GoodSam]

@Ddefazio curious as to what your build date is (sticker driver's door), your model & year, and mileage on your truck? I am guessing you have a 2022. Also, what was the battery sensor issue?

 

[Citizen0]

Just an update. I have not noticed the problem lately. I have not done anything to correct the issue, but I do rotate my tires every 10k miles. Perhaps that contributed to the "fix", or perhaps a software update came down that did something.

I'll be rotating my tires again within a couple of weeks (50k miles!) and will report if the problem recurs or if things "feel" different.

 

[Adventureboy]

If it is the same stutter as mine, rotating the tires or even changing tires/rims completely has little effect. It is still very predictable just after moderate acceleration to around 45-50mph. I'm curious if anyone has been able to get the dealer to fix this other than replacing the front motor.

@Ford Motor Company, I believe it is a problem with power management around traction control. I notice it more on wet roads than dry. When the roads are wet, lighter acceleration causes the issue than when dry which leads me to believe slight traction events may be the trigger.

 

[Adventureboy]

A wheel will act like you describe if it has thrown a balance weight, or it has mud packed on the inside rim out of site. The effect will be weaker and stronger depending upon the torque and weight that is applied to the wheel involved. I have mostly only read your comments but I see others have suggested this issue. Good Luck with your dealer.

The issue is not wheel balance. It happens regardless of which wheels I have installed, including a brand new set of rims/tires. It is also very predictable following a moderate acceleration to 45-50mph or even lighter acceleration on wet roads. It smooths itself out after 20 seconds or so at speed. I also thought it might be a shifting band in the tire, but it is exactly the same vibration or pulse on my brand new set.

 

[Ddefazio]

@Ddefazio curious as to what your build date is (sticker driver's door), your model & year, and mileage on your truck? I am guessing you have a 2022. Also, what was the battery sensor issue?

Sorry for the long delay.
I have a 2022 ER Lariat.
Not sure the build date. I picked it up in October 22.

I have put on new tires, alignment.
Still the same.

 

[Ddefazio]

Sorry for the long delay.
I have a 2022 ER Lariat.
Not sure the build date. I picked it up in October 22.

I have put on new tires, alignment.
Still the same.

The battery sensor was a recall / bulletin item

 

[Grumpy 44]

Same issue - slight stuttering when accelerating between 47 - 53 mph. Had wheels balanced but no change.
2023 lariat bought in Dec 2023. Bed cap installed when new. Now 8000 miles. Will continue to watch this thread with hopes someone finds an answer.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I had this too. It's gone now.

I just rotated and balanced my tires. I did my own balancing because I've had some really bad balance jobs from the chain tire places. I didn't even do it perfectly.

This is the kind of garbage that was on the wheels from the factory. I took this photo after removing one of the 1.0 oz clip-on weights. In total, there were 2 1.0 oz clip-ons and 9 0.25 oz stick-ons. There were multiple scratched regions inside the wheel, several stick-on residue marks, and it was entirely out of balance. I removed all of the junk and replaced it with 2 0.25 oz stick-ons in the proper location. Three of the wheels had something like this.

You can get a manual tire balancer for less than $100 from Harbor Freight.

 

[Kolo rovno]

I had this too. It's gone now.

I just rotated and balanced my tires. I did my own balancing because I've had some really bad balance jobs from the chain tire places. I didn't even do it perfectly.

This is the kind of garbage that was on the wheels from the factory. I took this photo after removing one of the 1.0 oz clip-on weights. In total, there were 2 1.0 oz clip-ons and 9 0.25 oz stick-ons. There were multiple scratched regions inside the wheel, several stick-on residue marks, and it was entirely out of balance. I removed all of the junk and replaced it with 2 0.25 oz stick-ons in the proper location. Three of the wheels had something like this.

You can get a manual tire balancer for less than $100 from Harbor Freight.

That’s interesting. Glad the issue went away for you. Was it happening in that 45-52 mph range like it has been for me and others? Seems like a few folks commented that re-balancing or switching to different wheels entirely has not fixed it, which leads me to believe that at least for some it remains a motor issue. There was one person who commented a while back that Ford replaced the front motor, I think, and then the stuttering issue went away. How he/she got Ford to do that is beyond me…as the dealers really don’t seem all that interested in helping out even to this day. As for me, I’ve learned how to avoid it for the most part by not applying as much power/acceleration when at those speeds, or accelerating through out and it goes away at about 55mph. Otherwise, if I really don’t want to deal with it, I just put it in sport mode and it is far less noticeable there.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

That’s interesting. Glad the issue went away for you. Was it happening in that 45-52 mph range like it has been for me and others? Seems like a few folks commented that re-balancing or switching to different wheels entirely has not fixed it, which leads me to believe that at least for some it remains a motor issue. There was one person who commented a while back that Ford replaced the front motor, I think, and then the stuttering issue went away. How he/she got Ford to do that is beyond me…as the dealers really don’t seem all that interested in helping out even to this day. As for me, I’ve learned how to avoid it for the most part by not applying as much power/acceleration when at those speeds, or accelerating through out and it goes away at about 55mph. Otherwise, if I really don’t want to deal with it, I just put it in sport mode and it is far less noticeable there.

It was in that speed range, yes.

A new, seemingly unrelated recall has been issued for certain 23 and 24 Lightnings in which an upper control arm nut was not properly torqued. The incident report described a shudder before a dangerous loss of steering control. I don't know if the symptoms you all have been experiencing are related--mine didn't seem to be in the front. Might worth it to make sure your control arm nuts are properly torqued.

 

[TaxmanHog]

NHTSA Recall - Loss of Steering from Front Control Arm Separation (Impacting certain 2023 to 2024 builds)

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