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Has anyone else notice stiff or sticky steering while on a twisty road? Feels like my old truck when the steering shaft was seizing up.
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i have not but i have read of others feeling it. i wonder if the electric ps pump gets hot or something and overheats? there is a cooler, i believe, but it may not be enough in some situations?
 

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Every once and a while I notice it on my '24 XLT. For me I tend to notice it more on the highway, almost like the lane keep is on even though it isn't (at least it isn't supposed to be).
 

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Do you have lane centering on? Maybe your fighting it.
 
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Do you have lane centering on? Maybe your fighting it.
No,I wish it was something easy like that. I read online it may have something to do with the 2.7 engine being heavier
 

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My 24 Lariat 2.7 does it too I am going to tie a remote temp sender to the Rack control unit and see how hot dose it get
 

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my 2026 2.3 does it. Maybe 6 or 7 times in 6000 miles. It totally feels like the lane centering bullshit is on.
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