Motion Sickness

[DiscoBatman]

I’ve never had motion sickness issues previously while driving a car. I test drive three Rangers including the one I purchased. I did not have any motion sickness issues.

I bought one and here I am a day later having motion sickness issues when driving.

Will I get used to the higher softer ride of the truck? I’ve always been a sports car guy. Will this go away? If not I just wasted a lot of money.

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[Floyd]

I’ve never had motion sickness issues previously while driving a car. I test drive three Rangers including the one I purchased. I did not have any motion sickness issues.

I bought one and here I am a day later having motion sickness issues when driving.

Will I get used to the higher softer ride of the truck? I’ve always been a sports car guy. Will this go away? If not I just wasted a lot of money.

Had a Chevy once which never gave me motion sickness....No motion!!

 

[RedlandRanger]

I’ve never had motion sickness issues previously while driving a car. I test drive three Rangers including the one I purchased. I did not have any motion sickness issues.

I bought one and here I am a day later having motion sickness issues when driving.

Will I get used to the higher softer ride of the truck? I’ve always been a sports car guy. Will this go away? If not I just wasted a lot of money.

Wondering if you've verified your tires are properly inflated? The overinflated tires that most people seem to get at delivery contribute to a rather bouncy ride. That would be the first thing I'd look at.

 

[chasvs]

They are a bit bouncy. You should get over it after awhile otherwise stock up on Dramamine!

 

[DiscoBatman]

Thanks for the responses guys. One of the first things I checked thanks to this place was my tire PSI.....yep 50. That has helped. I'm sure I'll get used to the bounce from here on out. Well at least I hope so because otherwise I love this truck.

 

[Rick - Saber]

@DiscoBatman
I hope your motion sickness goes away soon and stays away. I can see where a truck would not feel as planted as the sports cars you are used to. A little more bounce in the travel. Different ride height, etc.

You said the test drives did not bother you. Does the motion sickness start after the amount of time you would have spent on a test drive? Or does it begin right away? Wondered if off gassing from new materials in the truck are affecting you. Maybe the test drive vehicles had already aired out the off gasses.

There is the change in perspective as well. I'm sure eyeball height is a good foot or two higher in the truck than a lowered sports car. Possibly making your brain have to adapt to the elevation change. Because they are lower to the ground go carts seem like they move faster than they are versus driving a bus. For example 45mph in a go cart is hella fast, same speed in a city bus seems slow moving. Perspective could be messing with your brain. <insert Twilight Zone theme music>

Maybe put a couple 50 lb bags of mulch or something in the bed over the axle to see if that smooths things out while you get used to it. Just throwing ideas at the wall to see what sticks. Be a shame to have a nice new truck and not enjoy driving it.

 

[Cape Cruiser]

I’ve never had motion sickness issues previously while driving a car. I test drive three Rangers including the one I purchased. I did not have any motion sickness issues.

I bought one and here I am a day later having motion sickness issues when driving.

Will I get used to the higher softer ride of the truck? I’ve always been a sports car guy. Will this go away? If not I just wasted a lot of money.

I had a friend that had the same symptoms and he had an inner ear issue. He was a navy man and all of a sudden he gets sea sick in the boat and motion sickness in the truck. His doctor fixed him up.

 

[mntbighker]

I had a friend that had the same symptoms and he had an inner ear issue. He was a navy man and all of a sudden he gets sea sick in the boat and motion sickness in the truck. His doctor fixed him up.

I have inner ear issues, and I can get queasy with both my Ranger and my friend's Edge. Essentially being so far above the center of gravity is the issue. I can't fault Ford for this, since it's going to be an issue with probably any vehicle of this type.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Hi Jeremy,

During Customer drives of our prototypes, we have encountered this motion sickness several times. This is not taken lightly by Ford and we tried to understand what was happening. What we found in our working with these customers is that there a few people that are sensitive to ride frequency of a vehicle. Ride frequency is low frequency...some 2 to 8 HZ, depending on the vehicle and its shocks and spring tuning. Here is what I recommend...Within the specs of the tire pressure, lower and raise the tire pressure and evaluate...You might find that a specific pressure is the cause...ride frequency is changed with system stiffness...tires are part of the equation...softer lowers the frequency, harder raises the frequency...So with your variation of pressures lower and higher you will develop a sensitive and understand which direction you need to go...softer or harder..
If this does not work...a visit to your doctor for inner ear might be in order. My only comfort to you is that your are not unique in experiencing such phenomenon. There is an affect of whether this is longitudinal or lateral...in other words, fore and aft or side to side... Good luck on your experiment...keep the forum in the loop... BTW...this will take more than an around the block evaluation...drive the vehicle for a day or two at each setting. Do not make make more than one change at a time as this muddies the data.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[t4thfavor]

In my wife's case (She gets sick as a passenger in the Ranger) it was the insane transmission (fixed by TSB),the body roll (lack of a rear sway bar), and the pulsing brakes (also a TSB).

I'll have to fit a rear swaybar in the future, but for now she's mostly OK on short trips.

 

[DiscoBatman]

Hi Jeremy,

During Customer drives of our prototypes, we have encountered this motion sickness several times. This is not taken lightly by Ford and we tried to understand what was happening. What we found in our working with these customers is that there a few people that are sensitive to ride frequency of a vehicle. Ride frequency is low frequency...some 2 to 8 HZ, depending on the vehicle and its shocks and spring tuning. Here is what I recommend...Within the specs of the tire pressure, lower and raise the tire pressure and evaluate...You might find that a specific pressure is the cause...ride frequency is changed with system stiffness...tires are part of the equation...softer lowers the frequency, harder raises the frequency...So with your variation of pressures lower and higher you will develop a sensitive and understand which direction you need to go...softer or harder..
If this does not work...a visit to your doctor for inner ear might be in order. My only comfort to you is that your are not unique in experiencing such phenomenon. There is an affect of whether this is longitudinal or lateral...in other words, fore and aft or side to side... Good luck on your experiment...keep the forum in the loop... BTW...this will take more than an around the block evaluation...drive the vehicle for a day or two at each setting. Do not make make more than one change at a time as this muddies the data.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Appreciate the reply Phil. For what it’s worth I haven’t had any issues the last few days at all. Hopefully it stays that way.

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