2001 Ford F-150: jerking or lurching

Filed Jan 30, 2011 · Steering · 101,160 miles · MI

Driving on the off ramp on I 75 near roscommon, mi., steering wheel locked up, no movement what so ever. Correction required snappy, jerky yanks on the steering wheel to regain control. When the steering wheel broke loose, vehicle started fish-tailing because of snow covered road. Control was regained but heart rate was greatly increased by both myself and wife. This has happened only once since then. ( in driveway).

Filed Mar 23, 2005 · Electrical · 41,000 miles · OH

After being stopped at an intersection I slowly pulled away when the light turned green. It sounded as if I ran over something ,and the truck started making loud noises and jerking. I pulled off the road, parked it, and had it towed to the local ford dealer in columbus, oh. They said it had blown a spark plug and stripped the threads in the head - it only had 41,000 miles on it. This appears to be a common problem with these trucks and could be dangerous in certain circumstances. I paid the charge to put a helicoil in as a temporary fix until I can buy a new head because ford won't acknowledge this widespread problem.

Filed May 25, 2004 · Body, Electrical · NC

I had some warrant issues with ford motor corporation. Trim around windshield,faded grill and base not working on radio. The biggest problem has something to do with the AC and emissions. I turned on the AC and the truck started to run bad jerking and sputtering. Took it too ford and they replaced a sensor. This summer the first time I turn on my AC and the same problem this time its not covered by warranty. I haven't put 14k miles on the truck. Does emissions have some type of expectations set by the epa or dot. It cost $400. To get sensor replaced. I cant afford to replace a sensor ever summer I turn on my AC.

Filed Jan 20, 2004 · Transmission · TX

Transmission would not shift from a dead start. I would attempt to cross an intersection and the transmission would not engage. When it did it was with a violent jerk of the vehicle. The force of the jerk was similar to being in a rollercoaster. Took vehicle to local ford dealership and the only explanation I was given was that the transmission was running hot and ford now required an in-line cooler filter be installed on the transmission at my cost since the inline cooler filter was not original.

Filed Oct 15, 2002 · Transmission · NV

Consumer stated that while driving at any speed and no warning the manual transmission will jerk making a loud noise. Dealer replaced three times and the problem is reoccurring. Please provide further information. Mr

Filed Jun 4, 2002 · Airbags, Seat belts · FL · crash · 1 injury

While driving at 30-35mph vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and drivers seat belt did not retract, causing driver to lurch forward into dashboard.*ak and the airbag fail to deploy.

Filed Feb 27, 2001 · Wheels · OH · crash

While driving on 4- way lane highway with cruise control set on 70 MPH felt jerk in wheel/lost control, and hit cemet wall bouncing off into highway. Consumer climbed out of vehicle, and noticed front left rim was broken, and tire was lying unerneath rim.