Steering A 2023 Mack Anthem At Highway Speeds

I can credit truckingtruth.com for helping me finally, after years of dragging my feet, to get my CDL. Thank you. I have so far stayed with my employer as a dock worker; once I got my CDL my employer put me into 'the company' training program. So, here I am, got my cdl class a, hazmat etc, and been an active driver for 6 months to date as a P&D driver in a major metropolitan area. Trafffic is insane. Backing is equally insane if not more so, given that people park/double/triple park anywhere, docks are clearly designed for short truck bodies perhaps what was most common in the 1950's, backing a 53' trailer into a dock designed for a 22' box truck - insane!

I can credit truckingtruth.com for helping me finally, after years of dragging my feet, to get my CDL. Thank you. I have so far stayed with my employer as a dock worker; once I got my CDL my employer put me into 'the company' training program. So, here I am, got my cdl class a, hazmat etc, and been an active driver for 6 months to date as a P&D driver in a major metropolitan area. Trafffic is insane. Backing is equally insane if not more so, given that people park/double/triple park anywhere, docks are clearly designed for short truck bodies perhaps what was most common in the 1950's, backing a 53' trailer into a dock designed for a 22' box truck - insane!

I seem to have missed my own point. So my employer put me into a brand new, day cab , Mack Anthem. A bit tighter than the freight liners I had gotten used to, granted maybe a bit nervous because it is brand spanking new, common knowledge knows i ripped up the trim of more than one freightliner over the last few months, lol.

anyway.

So i move in, get my gear set up, put the plates on, yes, make sure all my paper is in order, get my route for the day, and off I go after a very extensive pre-trip.

On the interstate , approaching 50mph, the front end starts moving to the left, to the right, OMFG its all over the place.

long story short, my first day out with this mack anthen day cab, the steering is all over the place, starting at 40mph pm a 2 lane road, very dangerous, ... and on the interstates? i did 20mph UNDER the speed limit, and still did not feel safe.

What is wrong with the steering on the Mack Anthem 2023? that I am literally afraid to report to work in the morning?

I can credit truckingtruth.com for helping me finally, after years of dragging my feet, to get my CDL. Thank you. I have so far stayed with my employer as a dock worker; once I got my CDL my employer put me into 'the company' training program. So, here I am, got my cdl class a, hazmat etc, and been an active driver for 6 months to date as a P&D driver in a major metropolitan area. Trafffic is insane. Backing is equally insane if not more so, given that people park/double/triple park anywhere, docks are clearly designed for short truck bodies perhaps what was most common in the 1950's, backing a 53' trailer into a dock designed for a 22' box truck - insane!

So, I was in a freightliner for the first 8 months of my employment as a CDL driver, then a dozen new Mack Anthems appeared in the yard, opposite the dozen or so Freightliner cabs we currently use.

Turns out I became the new guinea pig. So a few days ago i report to work, and I am assigned a different trailer, AND a different tractor. I was assigned a new Mack Anthem. I was not assigned a new EZpass key so i got to figure that out on my own. Other things such as the key itself, was not ironed out. I was out of my comfort zone.

BUT, one I had the keys, it fired right up. I did the pre trip extensive version, it passed. I got under way, it seemed ok overall.

It was not until I approached highway speed that i said to myself, OMG the front end is all over the place!!

it really scared me. I spent the rest of my first day with this tractor, being afraid of it.

Tomorrow is my 2nd day, with this assigned tractor.

That sounds like factory alignment. The toe is out of whack on the steers.

Report this. Don’t drive until it is fixed and verified by a road test. Stand firm on this if you don’t feel safe.

Hope you got this looked at.

I also drive a 2023 Mack Anthem daycab. It too had steer axle alignment issues causing it to pull left and right. My slip seater and I insisted it be sent out for an alignment, and the alignment solved the pulling issue.

Now if only the dealer could solve the persistent ABS system errors...