A good friend of mine had the exact same thing on HIS GT350R too. Definitely something to check.
Maybe a video of your car from the rear would be helpful. Because that van is suffering from a nearly complete lack of damping. That's what happens when your springs are still good but your dampers have lost their damping ability.
That sounds like the kind of problem that will likely go away as the dampers (and perhaps the suspension pivots) wear-in.
You are correct. Yes, the van in that video is a much more exaggerated bounce, slower and higher. The bounce that I am experiencing is definitely quicker and of a lesser amplitude. Just trying to paint a little if a picture of the motion being felt (bouncing from front to back as driving along, as opposed to being tossed side to side or anything like that).
Many cars have different part numbers for front left and right struts. Shocks are part of the strut assembly and most struts are different between left and right to fit the suspension properly. My 2014 Escape, 2016 Focus and 2020 Mustang all have different part numbers for front left and right strut/shocks. The rear shocks on the Mach E are the same.
I don't understand all the grief over this thread.
My last Ford (a Focus RS) was shipped here from Germany. It came with foam blocks wedged into all four coil springs, to keep the cars from shifting position onboard the transport ship. There were reports of some idiot mechanics not knowing to remove the blocks before delivery to the customer. Maybe train shipments also use the foam blocks? Look at your coil springs at all four corners, to be sure that the shipping blocks were removed...
I mentioned earlier in this thread that my MME suffers from the bouncing also. I really paid attention today and can confirm that my situation is just like yours. It doesn’t bounce when there are big bumps or potholes but it bounces when the road looks perfect to my eye, which makes me wonder why it’s happening at all. I’m driving on a road that looks mostly smooth but the car will bounce.
My MME bounces not with a harshness but with a gallop. It’s like it feels a tiny impact and then gallops over it upward first then down then a larger up then a settling down then back to smooth. It’s not a huge upward and downward motion but it’s big enough and rhythmic enough to both feel and see the bounce as it’s happening.
Oh, I kinda do Jonathan. The car needs to be looked at by the dealer for possible mechanical issues. So to that extent there’s not much else to discuss until there’s a report on it. Well not much to discuss without a report other than the possible causes, whether there really is a bounce, or would it be best described as an oscillation? Is it a dynamically unstable oscillation or does it demonstrate positive stability? Perhaps it’s a road issue and not car related at all? Asphalt or concrete? Is it a ride issue or a handling issue? But most importantly, is the forum ignore threads count limit set far too low? But other than that? Not much to discuss.
I've been enjoying the discussion and the ability to compare notes. I have spoken to my dealer, but the cars are so new they are not sure about so many things. I'm even looking to take it to another dealer since they seem more inclined to poke around more than mine did. This thread is a lot more on topic than most so I don't get why folks decide to come and comment about it dying when they can just avoid it like I do for a ton of other threads. I mean, commenting about a thread dying keeps the thread alive does it not? Lol.
Then don't click on it? I don't click on threads that show up on the home page if I'm not interested. Commenting on a thread you want to die kinda helps keep it alive lol.
