enigma-2 Posted August 23, 2024 Report Share Posted August 23, 2024 reconfiguring ..... reconfiguring ..... reconfiguring ..... TURN RIGHT NOW ... reconfiguring ..... wait, my bad, reconfiguring ..... ahhh, nope. no thanks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourGuide Posted August 23, 2024 Report Share Posted August 23, 2024 10 hours ago, enigma-2 said: reconfiguring ..... reconfiguring ..... reconfiguring ..... TURN RIGHT NOW ... reconfiguring ..... wait, my bad, reconfiguring ..... ahhh, nope. no thanks. Oh come on now - you need to get to Albuquerque and you end up in Topika and you could call that an involuntary vacation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnavin818 Posted September 10, 2024 Report Share Posted September 10, 2024 On 8/19/2024 at 10:18 AM, schareco5 said: OK people, i bought a loaded brand new '22 Ford Edge ST. The car is awesome but i agree with this post, there is something very wrong with the steering. My steering wheel just doesn't control the car very well when doing any decent speed on the highway. This doesn't happen all the time. Last night i was in terrible rain and i honestly had to drive super slow to stay alive. Many cars were flying by me with no stability issue. I'm not bothering to take it into the dealer because i don't believe they will find anything wrong. I'm just gonna ride it out for another 15 months, which is what is left on my lease. I replaced my Hankooks tires with 4 new Scorpion tires. On the highway when traveling 70 + MPH the ass end sways only when I'm driving on the grooved roads. I returned them and replaced the Scorpions with Michelans... the same thing is happening. I wish I would have stayed with Hankooks.😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 2019 Posted Friday at 01:35 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 01:35 AM I recently purchased a used 2019 Ford Edge. It has been fine driving until we got our first cold & snow today. It drives fine on dry roads but as soon as I got onto some slippery areas it became difficult to steer/control properly. It felt like I was sliding sideways a bit. Anyone have any ideas? I assume maybe something to do with the AWD drive or TC sensors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago Lack of traction due to the low-friction surface. First thing I'd look at are the tires. (BTW, AWD or FWD)? If are all 4 tires same tread? Good tread? Any bald spots? Are all tires set at 35 psi? (Over pressure will cause wander, even on dry roads, but will magnify on snow.) Are these a good brand of tires? (Or did the dealer slap on a set of cheap junk to make it look like it had new tires?) (All tires perform worse on snow, but cheap tires tread design will perform really bad on snow.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjunior Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago On 9/10/2024 at 11:59 AM, lnavin818 said: I replaced my Hankooks tires with 4 new Scorpion tires. On the highway when traveling 70 + MPH the ass end sways only when I'm driving on the grooved roads. I returned them and replaced the Scorpions with Michelans... the same thing is happening. I wish I would have stayed with Hankooks.😞 I almost always have this "issue" with new tires, especially Michelins. But after a couple of thousand miles, it goes away. I still stick with Michelins, as I've been using them forever, and never had any problems with them (above temporary issue noted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourGuide Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago My current edge has this problem and I am pretty sure it is a tire tread pattern issue with grooved pavement. The bridgestones I'm driving on came new with this car (used purchase) and they have three deep center channels that run the circumference of the tire. It is my theory that these channel edges catch the grooves and walk with them until they change direction leading to the 'walk back and forth' motion from the rear end. It is my belief that any tire with pronounced center channels will have this problem. I've driven the same grooved roads before with nokian tires and not experienced the same motion. This is my professional amateur pseudoscientific theory of tire drift on grooved pavement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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