Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11426244July 24, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
The truck at highway speed started to shake violently to the point that I could not steer it. I had to slow down in traffic to a point where the shaking subsided. Very frightening experience. We were not sure if we were going to crash in heavy traffic.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11426159July 23, 2021
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL FILLER NECK ROTTED AWAY ALLOWING FUEL TO RUN DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE FENDERWELL. THE FUEL CAP LIGHT DID LIGHTUP. THIS VEHICLE HAS 25730 MILES ON IT. THE FILLER NECK WAS REPLACED BY MY SERVICE CENTER. I NOTICED THE LEAK WHILE FUELING ABOUT 200 MILES FROM HOME, AND HAD IT CHECKED UPON ARRIVING HOME.IF I HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT THIS WOULD ALLOWED FUEL TO LEAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11426200July 23, 2021
SUSPENSION
Death wobble. Very scary
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425848July 21, 2021
STEERING
When driving at highway speeds and encountering a bump in the road, the steering wheel would begin to vibrate violently, nearly causing loss of control of the vehicle. This would happen nearly every time I would drive the vehicle at highway speeds. After a few time of this happening, the steering wheel started to have continuous slight side to side vibration even while driving on smooth surfaces. After multiple repairs at my expense ( replacing steering dampener twice, track bar and drag links), the problem still exists, and the manufacturer (Ford Motor Company) refuses to even acknowledge that the problem exists, much less correct the problem and reimburse for previous failed repairs.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425850July 21, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE
I have experienced multiple occasions of issues with the power tailgate release on my 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty truck. In most cases, the problem exhibits as a failure to open when the button is pushed, but what I believe makes it a safety issue is that on two separate occasions, the tailgate has opened while driving down the highway, without the open button being pressed. This could result in items being carried in the vehicle falling into the roadway at highway speeds, which could result in serious injuries or death to other drivers on the roadway.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425611July 20, 2021
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
Severe hesitation when accelerating from a crawl. There is a definite issue with either the 10 speed trans or the throttle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425671July 20, 2021
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
there is a severe fuel leak when the fuel pump is powered on from a fitting on the top of the fuel tank. This is the second time it has happened to me. first instance was supposedly repaired at the dealership who suggested it was a freak occurrence possibly caused by some road trash kicked up but there was no hard evidence either offered or given even though I asked. When the tow truck came to pick up my truck the driver mentioned that this is not an isolated incident that is becoming more common. The potential for a fire and/or explosion is very great in my opinion.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425433July 19, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Driver hit a pothole in the road while driving at approx. 50 mph and the steering wheel started shaking violently. Driver slowed down immediately and the shaking stopped. Driver later went over a railroad track on the hwy. and reported the steering wheel started shaking violently again and the driver couldn't control the steering of the truck as it veered off the hwy. and almost hit a metal light post in the median of the hwy. The driver was able to apply brakes to stop since there was no traffic behind him. The driver and his passengers were not injured but scared (of course). There were no warning lamps, messages or symptoms of the problem prior to the incident. The earliest appointment we can get with an authorized Ford dealer is over a week away. The problem will be checked out at that time.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425472July 19, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:DRIVER MONITORING:CAMERA/SENSOR
The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the 360-degree camera had poor visibility due to fogging from the camera lenses. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer attempted to clean the camera lenses however, the failure recurred. The dealer informed the contact that the RBC cameras needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact to take the vehicle to a dealer for diagnosis and repair. The failure mileage was 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425520July 19, 2021
AIR BAGS
The Restraint Control Module (RCM) is bad and needs to be replaced. There are recalls for this same part on other Ford vehicles but not on mine. Maybe there should be if there are numerous other issues with the same type of vehicles.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425543July 19, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
On numerous occasions when trying to accelerate to merge into traffic, the throttle does not respond to the request for multiple seconds, then power is returned and truck lunges. This has caused merging traffic to not understand my intention and they overcompensate. This also happens when trying to overcome another vehicle, which could lead to inability and raises risk of not having enough anticipated lead time to overcome other vehicle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425574July 19, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicle hesitates when pressing accelerator from complete stop slow speed. Scares me sometimes when trying to cross a busy intersection. You press on the gas and vehicle either doesn't move for an instant or if rolling vehicle will actually slow down before taking off. This happens multiple time a day.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425304July 18, 2021
SUSPENSION
Vehicle travels down the road at speed and hits a bump. The steering wheel shakes uncontrollably and is very dangerous. I researched this problem and observed that this is called the "death wobble"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425259July 17, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
Rapid oscillation of the steering wheel ( death wobble ). The steering damper was replaced at 18,744 miles. This helped for a little while. When you hit a slight bump in the road, often times the seam where a bridge meets the pavement the rapid oscillation will begin. To stop the oscillation the vehicle will have to be slowed down to between 25-30 mph. This is very dangerous when traveling on a busy highway. I plan on taking this vehicle to the dealership the last week of July to have it inspected and the tailgate recall repaired. This vehicle currently has 32,454 miles on it. Thank You !
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425276July 17, 2021
SUSPENSION, STEERING
Beginning at 18,000 miles on the truck, the front end would begin to bounce and vibrate at speeds over 55 mph is I hit even minor bumps in the road. The vibrations would seem to build on themselves until the truck was violently shaking and the steering wheel was uncontrollable. By 20,000 miles this was occurring at lower speeds as well.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425302July 17, 2021
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL: PRE-HEATER
The DEF fluid heater has failed. This can cause failure or DEF delivery to the system at lower outdoor temperatures. This component has already been subject to a NHTSA recall in earlier year models of tge same truck, up to model year 2015.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425060July 16, 2021
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
While driving on the interstate between 60 to 65mph truck would experience an uncontrolled wobble of the front end. Vehicle would become unstable at speed, and immediate deceleration would have to occur to recover from this. This would occur at random times, of either hitting a bump in the road, or change in road surface. My safety and safety of others was/will be put at risk but this unexpected and uncontrollable vehicle reaction. Vehicle will be taken to dealer to be inspected for issues. Vehicle is a 2019 with only 11,000 miles on it. No warning lights, messages or symptoms before and during incidents. First appeared this week while driving on interstate. Did research about this and appears to be called "Death Wobble"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425115July 16, 2021
STEERING
Bring truck to 60 or above it starts to shake and wobble to the point I can't go highway speeds.. I have only owned this truck for a couple months.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425212July 16, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
when my headlights are on, many times my rear lights do not work. This has never been so when first turned on but they go off later (I have after market side marker lights on my truck so I can see this). If I move the headlight switch one direction or the other, they will come on, Then I can move it back and they will stay on. May not happen again for days, or may happen again in minutes. I spoke with the dealer, and they have no bulletins about this issue and can not address until they stop working all together. Since then I have been watching trucks of this body style and see them go past with headlights on, then I look in my mirror and many do not have any tail lights lit. In this week alone I have counted 17 trucks with no tail lights when head lights are on. In a standard pickup that does not have side marker lights it would be impossible to know this is occurring. I bough this truck new in June of 2019 and had noticed that pulling my trailer, that many times the trailer side marker lights would go out driving down the road. I assumed the trailer had an issue. It wasn't until April 16, 2021 that I noticed this issue. I had an after market body installed after removing the pickup bed, and the following day, I noticed this issue. I assumed a ground issue with the body install, but later that day they came on and stayed on so I assumed the ground during installation had been faulty and resolved itself. This week I came out of a store with truck running because my help was inside truck and noticed the tail lights were not on, but head lights were. Once I moved switch on notch, they came on as described above, that is when I contacted Ford Dealer to no resolve and began watching other trucks and discovered I am not alone in this issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11425217July 16, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
The steering vibrates when I go over 50mph when I hit a bump or groove. I made an appointment at the dealership to get it inspected but they found nothing wrong with it. I am putting myself, my family and others on the road when it starts vibrating beyond my control. I have to reduce my speed almost to a complete stop which makes it dangerous on the highway. I took it to another service center and they told me the problem was called “death wobble”. The vehicle has not been inspected by anyone other then the dealership service center. There was no warning lamps, messages or other symptoms prior to malfunction. Started happening out of nowhere.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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