Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11430745August 27, 2021
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-250. The contact stated that the door failed to lock securely. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V652000 (Latches/Locks/Linkages) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was diagnosed and repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11430776August 27, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
While driving at highway speed (60-65MPH) on interstate highway, upon entering upon a bridge or overpass (and crossing over a small bump at the beginning of same), the front-end began to shake violently; said violent shaking only stopped after brakes were slammed on and speed was reduced to a crawl. This happened three times on a recent trip. Vehicle has been properly maintained, last serviced at Ford Dealer on 7/14/21. I experienced "death wobble" as described in hundreds of other complaints. Fortunately, I grip the wheel tightly and did not run off the road. This condition (apparently well-known to Ford) put my life and my wife's life in danger, as well as that of anyone driving behind me. Why hasn't NHTSA recalled this vehicle when this exact problem has been documented hundreds of times?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11430598August 26, 2021
STEERING
Death wobble. This has happened several times now. I was driving down the highway, hit a bump, and the truck started to violently shake. I had to reduce speed to 30 mph before 8 could get it back under control and the shaking to stop. My service center replaced the tie rods, stabilizer bar, shocks and struts. None of this has resolved the issue. And it seems random as to when it happens. I can hit all kinds of potholes and bumps in the road and nothing happens. But when it does happen, you lose complete control of the vehicle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11430631August 26, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
Experienced what I would characterize as a life threatening experience in my 2019 Ford 250 pickup. While passing another vehicle on AZ 77 my steering went into a violent shuddering causing me to lose control of the vehicle and causing me to have to reduce my speed ASAP immediately in front of the vehicle I had just passed. I managed to safely pull to the shoulder/ditch and inspect the truck. I did resume my trip as I could not find obvious damage to my truck. I decided to see if I could replicate the shaking but at a much lower speed and I was able to do so. First incident was at about 70 mph and second was at about 55 mph. I looked on the web for reports of this happening to other owners of Ford 250 trucks and it was rife with reports. The phenomenon even has a name. “The Death Shudder” Aptly named I would say. All required maintenance has been performed on the truck but FMC has not agreed with it being a design issue. Numerous blogs exist suggesting fixes but none from the manufacturer.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11430556August 25, 2021
SUSPENSION
I was driving the truck on the highway and out of nowhere the front end and steering wheel began violently shaking with me nearly losing control in traffic. I had just purchased the vehicle used 1 month ago. It has 76k miles and is out of warranty. In doing some research it seems Ford is well aware of this issue and has not issued a recall. The issue is exactly what is shown in you tube videos being called the death wobble
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11430091August 23, 2021
STEERING
My vehicle was included in the recall for the steering damper. In May of 2021 I had the Ford dealership inspect my vehicle and they changed the steering damper as well as the drag link. On 22 Aug 2021 I experienced the well known death wobble while driving approximately 70 mph. I had limited control of the vehicle and attempting to brake increased the initial shake. All I could do was ride out the shake, fortunately traffic was very light and not a factor on the interstate. Until I was below 40 mph I did not feel it was safe to even attempt to change lanes and pull over to the break down lane. Had there been more traffic and I been required to brake I do not believe that would have been possible, or had I been in a turn at the time of the incident I do not think I would have been able to maintain my lane or stay on the paved surface.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11430185August 23, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
This is the second 2015 Ford F-250 we have driven with the death wobble. The first one was a test drive before we purchased the one we have. We were driving it on the interstate and hit a bump and it started shaking profusely and was very scary. I could see this causing a very bad accident. We figured this one had something severely wrong with it and wasn't in the best condition. It has 60K on it. The we have now has 150K on it and about 5K ago it did the same thing. We took it in for repairs and they replaced the components in the steering that seemed to be of issue. The issue is better but still has a bad shake in the front end when hitting a bump. This seems to be very common with these trucks up to model year 2019. Ford should issue a recall and fix the problem with these trucks.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11429822August 20, 2021
STEERING
Driving down highway at approx 70MPH, hit a slight bump in road and violent shaking started in steering column. Had to slow to 30MPH to stop it. Slowly accelerated again, got up to highway speeds, hit another slight bump in road and violent shaking started again. This happened 1 more time. All in 3 times in a space of 10 minutes.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11429623August 18, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The RPM revved up. The brake pedal was applied however, the vehicle was slow to respond and decelerate. Additionally, while reversing the vehicle accelerated without warning. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer on multiple occasions where it was diagnosed with a reprogramming needed and turbo adjustment. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was next taken to Benson Ford, Inc (4701 Calhoun Memorial Hwy, Easley, SC 29640, (864) 855-5383) and diagnosed that the transmission valve body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The contact mentioned that he was concerned about driving the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 1,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11429212August 16, 2021
SUSPENSION, STEERING
I experienced a severe front end wobble while driving my vehicle under normal roadway driving conditions.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11429216August 16, 2021
POWER TRAIN
The vehicle transmission hesitates engaging in reverse or drive when parked on a slight slope resulting in increased motor rpm’s followed by a “clunking” sound when the vehicles computer finally engages.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11429341August 16, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
At high speeds after hitting bumps, repairs in highway. front end severely shakes "death shake" as described by other Ford owners. This is very scary and very dangerous. A major re-call should happen. It happened with grand children in truck (they screamed)---also towing horses ---and a couple of other times.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11429008August 13, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Experienced extreme steering wheel oscillation at 45 mph on freeway on-ramp. Oscillation was so extreme I had to pull off freeway and stop to regain normal steering control. Went to Ford dealership and they informed me I experienced the “Death Wobble “ That was the first time I had heard of the Death Wobble. Dealer replaced front steering dampener and recommended other linkage components be replaced. Steering Stabilizer was replaced under warranty 20NO4. Truck had 17429 miles. So after doing research on this I have found that it is a common problem from 2005-2019 Ford trucks and there has been no recall. This is a huge safety problem. Talk to a dealer service manger and explain you had extreme steering wheel oscillation on your Ford truck and they will say you have the “Death Wobble “. Not sure what would happen while towing a 10,000 lbs fifth wheel rv.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11429029August 13, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
There is what I would call violent shaking of the vehicle which causes loss of control and difficulty steering. One specific instance this week caused our F250 to jolt into the opposite lane. Thank goodness there was no oncoming traffic. This has been happening for about a month now at any time and under typical driving conditions and speed. Of course we just past our 36,000 mile warranty. This is of great concern for fear it may cause an accident and hurt us, as well as others on the road. Ford should issue an immediate recall for all trucks affected.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11428841August 12, 2021
SUSPENSION
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at an unknown speed over a bridge, without warning, the vehicle began to shake uncontrollable. The contact took his foot off the accelerator pedal, coasted the vehicle to the shoulder of the road, and engaged the brake pedal which stopped the vehicle from shaking and the vehicle resumed normal driving. The dealer was contacted and informed the contact that the failure needed to be diagnosed, and to bring the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact mentioned NHTSA Campaign number: 20E090000 (Steering, Suspension, Equipment) as a possible solution to the failure however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11428650August 11, 2021
SUSPENSION:FRONT
Traveling at highway speeds of 70 mph, this f250 has had 3 occurrences of uncontrollable, uncommanded violent death wobble steering wheel shakes. We have had to stomp the brakes and slow to 30mph for the steering to recover.......unsafe to drive!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11428340August 9, 2021
STEERING
On interstate highway, hit a bump in the road and vehicle vibrated, shook violently and was difficult to steer. The vehicle had to slowed down to 50 mph from 70 mph to regain control by hard braking. This action put my life at risk in rush hour traffic. I will not drive this vehicle until this issue is resolved. This happened at 7 am in the morning.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11428367August 9, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
While driving at highway speeds ~60-65mph through Arkansas on interstate 30 south bound hauling a Palomino - Puma 6,868 lbs. dry weight RV had wife and 3 young kids with me. I was in the left hand lane, I passed over a rough stretch of road and at this point the front end started to violently shake. The steering wheel was uncontrollable, I lost control of the vehicle and was pulled into the other lane. Thankfully no one was in that lane and I was able to apply breaks and bring the vehicle to a safe stop on the side of the highway. I checked the tires thinking I had a blow out but everything was ok on the vehicle. After finding no issues I attempted to take off again catching back up to traffic although a little slower as that was a very scary previous experience. I was driving for a few minutes ~55-60mph when I again hit a rough section of the road and the same thing happened. This time I was in the right lane and the vehicle was pulled uncontrollable into the left lane. Again thankfully no one was around me as I had just hit a open section of traffic. I was finally able to bring the vehicle to a stop again on the shoulder and found no issues with the truck. After this I continued to drive much slower back to Texas to get home. I researched the issue and came across the Ford "death wobble" issue and after watching a few videos on youtube of this problem, i realized this was exactly what I experienced except for the fact that I was also hauling an RV during the issue. I am very lucky to be alive given that I was hauling an RV and had just entered a open stretch of traffic in both cases or I would have taken myself and at least 1 or 2 other drivers off the road. I am currently attempting to get the vehicle into the Ford service center. No initial warnings the onset of the incident happened very quickly.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11428398August 9, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
Today, while my wife was exiting my F250, the passenger A pillar handle failed and my wife fell to the ground. She sustained injuries to her hand and leg.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11428431August 9, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
4 times in the past month I have experienced the "Death Wobble" at highways speeds in my vehicle. All 4 times have been travelling around 70MPH and is set off from hitting a pot hole or where road construction was going on so there were imperfections in the pavement.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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