Ford F-250 Complaints

267 consumer complaints on file.

#11532817July 17, 2023
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
The contact owns a 2021 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle accelerated independently. Additionally, the contact stated that her husband had to keep his foot on the brake to keep the vehicle from independently accelerating. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline to file a complaint. The failure mileage was unknown. The contact stated the vehicle was fine and to delete the complaint. The contact stated that the vehicle is fine, and this complaint is no longer needed.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11531052July 8, 2023
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Head light housing retains moisture on the inside of the lens both headlights on truck. May be causing shortage of the wires
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11530041July 2, 2023
POWER TRAIN
Vehicle surging accelerator Acts like lake of air theb shoots off
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11529769June 30, 2023
FIRERELATED
The contact’s husband owns a 2022 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, when the contact’s husband smelled a burning odor when he then noticed smoke located near the cup holder. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact’s husband was able to veer the vehicle off the road and exit the vehicle. No injuries were sustained. No medical attention was required. The fire department was notified, and the fire was extinguished. A police nor fire report was filed. The contact stated that she was informed that the origin of the fire was the result of the connecting LDB wiring harness. The vehicle was towed to a collision lot. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 12,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11527553June 17, 2023
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
While driving, rear window spontaneously exploded. Entire glass broke out of frame. Not while hitting bump or any other unusual concussions made to vehicle. No rear defroster on. Car has under 5,000 miles. We had for over 2 years, only used rarely.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11524823June 1, 2023
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I was driving down I-64 and the sunroof suddenly exploded with a bang that sounded like a shotgun going off. Subsequently, my family and I were showered with glass pellets. Nothing hit this roof. The roof simply exploded. It caused me to swerve and almost hit the car next to me and cars behind me were swerving to avoid glass pellets that were blowing off the top of the truck. My wife and I both experienced superficial cuts to our fingers and my wife cut her toe cleaning up the glass. This is a safety issue in every way. Ford refused to stand behind the repair and I was forced to pay for the repair.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11524454May 30, 2023
STEERING, SUSPENSION
Driving about 60MPH hit a small bump on the Freeway and the death Wobble happened. Almost lost control of the truck and trailer. slowed down and it stopped, checked for a blow out and nothing, continued down the freeway again small bump and the wobble started again.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11524306May 29, 2023
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I live in a mountain area, many steep hills. When driving down a steep windy road (speed under 30 MPH) I use the exhaust brake so I don't have to ride my brakes. However, the exhaust brake keeps going off and on. Worse yet the engine throttles up increasing speed. I have to then press my brake peddle to slow the truck down. Once I release the brake the truck repeats the same process of speeding up. If I turn off the exhaust brake the issue goes away but then I need to ride the brake. If I am on a steep straight road going over 40 MPH the exhaust brake works like it is supposed to. Another issue of safety is when approaching a stop the engine RPM will not drop below 1200 RPM allowing the truck to slow down unless I push the brake harder then normal. This also happens when driving in a parking lot. The engine will stay at high idle moving the truck to fact in a parking lot situation. These issues are very consistent not just one in a while. I have had the truck into FORD and they say the computer checks out OK. I showed Ford the high idle issue in their own parking lot. They just tell me they can't find the problem. I am not confident that Ford will fix this very unsafe problem. I have now found another person with a 2021 F250 with the same issues. She said Ford will not help her either. I have checked on a few internet forums and see that other have reported the same issues. This is a serious safety issue and need to be addressed. I need to e
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11522635May 18, 2023
SUSPENSION
Shocks rear are showing licking with in one year. Of ownership.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521881May 14, 2023
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
Driving down the road. 70 degree day. Rear slider exploded. Defrost was not on.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521203May 9, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL
During towing of 10,000lb trailer, the trailer brakes cut out during heavy braking and the dash displayed "wiring fault". Also, sometimes during normal braking, the trailer brakes will cut in and out, if you watch the gain meter during these episodes, the gain meter will also cut in and out. My and my families safety was definitely put at risk and now we were fully dependent on only the truck brakes to stop our vehicle and trailer. The dealer checked the vehicle on 5/9/23 and say there is nothing wrong with the truck. There is an active safety recall (22S17) covering trailer brake controllers for Super Duty vehicles, however, it seems to be limited to model year 2022, even though my vehicle was built at the same plant during the same time period covering this recall. I intend to have the dealer perform the required repair at my expense, and hopefully this recall will be expanded to cover my model year. This is a very dangerous situation.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518699April 24, 2023
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Headlights are blinding on F-250s seems all late model Ford F-250, all models seems they always are on bright when at intersectionn across from one it's blinding to see anything else even when driving and the F-250 are coming at you blinding
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11515736April 6, 2023
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
2021 FORD F-250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO DEFECTIVE MIRRORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11514343March 29, 2023
POWER TRAIN
On 2 separate occasions (3-25-23, 3-26-23) the transmission was frozen in drive, could not bring it up to neutral ,reverse,or park. The first incident took about 10 minutes to put the truck in another gear. The second incident took about 20 minutes to engage in neutral and then another 20 minutes to engage the reverse mode. I called roadside assistance for help. But was in northern Michigan and did not have adequate cellular service to complete the request. Both times the vehicles was driven in heavy snow and slush. The second time the problem lasted almost an hour and was stuck in the woods.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11510644March 7, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES
"Trailer wiring fault" is the warning message on my information display on my Ford F-250 Super Duty Truck. The warning message appears when I have a trailer attached to my truck. When applying the brakes, the trailer brakes go on and off causing the truck to jerk wildly. The 5th wheel trailer has been in the shop 3 different times trying to find a problem with the trailer but have not found any braking problems since they pulled the trailer with another truck and had no braking issues. Ford dealers have seen the vehicle twice now and say they plugged in an instrument and do not see any problems. Ford had a recall for F-150 Trailer brake controller but not for the F-250 back in April of 2022. It seems to be a possible software problem. I have to pull a trailer but I am afraid it will cause an accident. Any suggestions on what to do next.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11509321February 27, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
The front camera has a foggy spot that triggers the front pre-collision assist and related safety devices to not function properly. It is available for inspection. t has not yet been inspected by dealer. The warning lamps and related messages do warn of problem. Fords has recalled rear cameras for fogginess, but obviously the front camera preventing collisions is a much greater safety issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11509230February 27, 2023
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Wiper blade arm has became inoperable it separates from the vehicle there fore making it difficult to see in rain which I get a lot of in my area
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11508428February 21, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL
Trailer brakes would not activate from controller going downhill. Truck was able to see trailer in system and appropriate gain from controller however trailer brakes would not respond.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11507407February 15, 2023
VISIBILITY
The contact owns a 2021 Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V250000 (Visibility) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11507133February 13, 2023
VISIBILITY/WIPER, SUSPENSION
Driven on freeway hit 65 speed start shaking every time. I have to slow down
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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