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2011, 5.0, 236k miles, 4wd crew. Rumble heard/felt above 15mph and above when driving straight ahead. When decelerating and reaching 15 mph the sound disappears while coming to a stop. Accelerating from a stop it's quiet until 15 mph then the rumble comes in. At 20 mph with the rumble I can make a hard left turn or a hard right turn and the rumble is not heard or felt during the turn and then comes back when the vehicle is straight ahead. Driving straight ahead and shifting into and out of four-wheel drive high makes no difference rumble remains.
It's not a grinding iwe due to a vacuum leak as I'm familiar with that sound from experience 4 years ago. Iwe system holds a vacuum.
It's not tire noise as I have two sets of tires and the sound remains the same regardless.
The quiet during the low speed turns kind of points to wheel bearings.
2011, 5.0, 236k miles, 4wd crew. Rumble heard/felt above 15mph and above when driving straight ahead. When decelerating and reaching 15 mph the sound disappears while coming to a stop. Accelerating from a stop it's quiet until 15 mph then the rumble comes in. At 20 mph with the rumble I can make a hard left turn or a hard right turn and the rumble is not heard or felt during the turn and then comes back when the vehicle is straight ahead. Driving straight ahead and shifting into and out of four-wheel drive high makes no difference rumble remains.
It's not a grinding iwe due to a vacuum leak as I'm familiar with that sound from experience 4 years ago. Iwe system holds a vacuum.
It's not tire noise as I have two sets of tires and the sound remains the same regardless.
The quiet during the low speed turns kind of points to wheel bearings.
@22david while I see your mileage, and empathize with the matter of your truck. I believe many of the posts on this thread are for much newer F-150's with bearings going bad WELL before any sort of reasonable duty cycle. I think we can all agree a bearing shouldn't "give way" at the mileages that I have and see from other F-150 forum members. Hope your issue gets solved bud, but I think you just need to get the bearing replaced. Other folks have had warranty repair, only to see the problem come right back.
Having very similar issues on my 2021 powerboost with 20k miles. Slightly turning right in gears 2 -4 creates a rubbing noise in the front end of the driver's side. Happening more in the colder weather (MN), I could swear it feels like my tires are too big and are rubbing on the wheel well (stock Hankook tires). Brining it to the dealership in 1.5 weeks hoping they can recreate but it's sounding like they are passing it off pretty quickly. Fingers crossed something positive comes out of the appointment. I'll send a follow up if anything occurs.
Having very similar issues on my 2021 powerboost with 20k miles. Slightly turning right in gears 2 -4 creates a rubbing noise in the front end of the driver's side. Happening more in the colder weather (MN), I could swear it feels like my tires are too big and are rubbing on the wheel well (stock Hankook tires). Brining it to the dealership in 1.5 weeks hoping they can recreate but it's sounding like they are passing it off pretty quickly. Fingers crossed something positive comes out of the appointment. I'll send a follow up if anything occurs.
@SneakinDmac5 just a heads bud. I was in the same boat. Dealership has had it and I think the parts are on back order due to many 21' f-150s with front (I believe mostly driver's side) still don't have it. And frankly I don't believe I'll get it back this coming work week.
You may want to contact Ford corporate customer relations and get a CAS ticket created. Don't expect the dealership and Ford corporate to communicate to one another.
@SneakinDmac5 just a heads bud. I was in the same boat. Dealership has had it and I think the parts are on back order due to many 21' f-150s with front (I believe mostly driver's side) still don't have it. And frankly I don't believe I'll get it back this coming work week.
You may want to contact Ford corporate customer relations and get a CAS ticket created. Don't expect the dealership and Ford corporate to communicate to one another.
I appreciate the heads up! I have been seeing many of the same issue on different forums, unfortunate it's an issue this early in the trucks life.
I appreciate the heads up! I have been seeing many of the same issue on different forums, unfortunate it's an issue this early in the trucks life.
Couldn't agree more, while I don't expect bearings to fail they are a consumable. But at those mileages I see? This really shakes my trust in Ford.
If you are familiar with the Ford Focus RS issue, I had one of them years ago, and that was super annoying. Got rid of it, I don't want to do the same here with the F-150.
Hey Folks, if you are having the same wheel bearing issue. Please do the following. CSB (Customer Service Bulletins) will not be cut by folks with newer 21' and up should there actually be a defect. Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, if you have a "new-ish" truck that is demonstrating this, and you are only talking to the dealership, you should open a CAS ticket with Ford.
After I had done so they also prioritized getting the parts needed to the dealership that I had sent my truck to. I won't share those ticket numbers, but Ford is willing to stand behind their product should you have a truck that is sitting in the dealership (now 3 weeks) like mine is. I will not mention what they are offering to help keep my business, but I will tell you this is helping my cause.
Also wanted to help you or potentially future owners if F-150s should you need to comprehend which parts are being swapped out. My Driver Front bearing is being replaced. Here are the part numbers.
Yes I know this PDF is garbage, the tech underwriter I am dealing with simply printed to PDF, when he could've just copy pasted the details into an email. Once I get someone at the dealership that can get the proper text I will come back to update.
The way that sound can transmit through the driveline, it's not unheard of for rear end issues to be misinterpreted as front end issues which is something to be mindful of. I'd bet some of you probably have a front or rear diff pinion bearing pitting since it's a very common issue on a lot of newer F150's. YouTube F150 diff bearing failure and you'll get endless hits to use as a cross reference.
I'm less inclined that 14 Gen IWE's would go out so soon since they're electronic actuated now, except for that one guy with an IWE disconnect problem. If a 14 Gen IWE failed it should be easier to diagnose and more pronounced.
The main problem with these types of threads is many of you may not have the same problem and are troubleshooting it as such.
Usually the best people to talk to about these sorts of failures are dealer service writers since they spend all day writing about these things for everybody else. IMO the knowledge of service writers is often overlooked and undervalued. When 3 service writers are responsible for 15 dealer techs they subconsciously begin to hoard knowledge of the most common failures of what's going wrong in the field.
Got the truck back and working to put some mileage on it to see if the noise comes back. I have switched it from Sport Mode (4wd) back to normal. Thus far I can't tell if the problem has been resolved. Any other thoughts on how to test this? Being honest, I am a bit shaken why a wheel bearing would just "go bad" on a truck with 12k miles.
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Usually the best people to talk to about these sorts of failures are dealer service writers since they spend all day writing about these things for everybody else. IMO the knowledge of service writers is often overlooked and undervalued. When 3 service writers are responsible for 15 dealer techs they subconsciously begin to hoard knowledge of the most common failures of what's going wrong in the field.
I don't disagree with that, but what I can state is that not every dealer has a service writer that is worth a hoot. Will definitely be taking my truck to a different dealership for sure.
03-12-2023, 02:24 PM
