Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11372755November 2, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
IN HIGHWAY OR EXPRESSWAY DRIVING WITH SPEED LIMITS OF 55 OR MORE, AFTER DRIVING OVER A ROAD CRACK, BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, OR A SMALL BUMP THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND LOOSES ABILITY TO STEER. ANY CHANGE IN SPEED WORSENS IT AS WELL AS BRAKING. CONDITION CONTINUES UNTIL TRUCK REDUCES SPEED TO AROUND 30MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11372546November 1, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
TRUCK TAILGATE OPENS RANDOMLY. THIS WAS A PROBLEM ON OVER 20 OCCASIONS BEFORE THE FORD SUPERDUTY TAILGATE RECALL WAS IMPLEMENTED. HOWEVER, SINCE THE RECALL FIX WAS IMPLEMENTED ON MY TRUCK IN MARCH 2020, THE TAILGATE HAS OPENED ON IT'S OWN AT LEAST 6 MORE TIMES! USUALLY I DISCOVER THE TAILGATE HAS OPENED UPON REACHING A DESTINATION, BUT OF THE SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS OPENED AND I'VE HEARD THE THUNK, IT SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE TRUCK IS AT REST AND I HAVE JUST SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE, DRIVE TO REVERSE, REVERSE TO DRIVE, ETC. MOST RECENTLY ON 10/26/2020.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11372532November 1, 2020
STEERING
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80 OUTSIDE OF RENO, NEVADA AT APPROXIMATELY 72 MPH WHILE TURNING SLIGHTLY LEFT I ENCOUNTERED A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD FROM A BRIDGE TO ASPHALT TRANSITION. MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF TRUCK. I COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL AS THERE WAS A SEMI TRUCK IN THE RIGHT LANE BESIDE ME. I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND SLOW THE TRUCK TO UNDER 20 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. PLEASE RECALL THIS ITEM AS FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLAW IN THEIR VEHICLES. I AM AFRAID TO OPERATE THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11372478October 31, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
TRUCK EXPERIENCED UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WOBBLE AFTER TRAVELING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH. APPLYING BRAKES MADE THE WOBBLE WORSE UNTIL UNDER 20 MPH. TRUCK WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING FOLLOWED BY DRIFTING INTO ONCOMING LANE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11372405October 30, 2020
STEERING
WHEN DRIVING ON I95 (INTESTATE) AT A NOMINAL 65-70 MPH SPONTANEOUSLY, THE TRUCK STARTS SHAKING AND AS TIME PROGRESSES IT GETS SO BAD IT MAKES THE TRUCK VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. DURING THE EVENT THE FIRST REACTION IS TO HOLD THE TRUCK IN A LANE WHILE BRAKING. THAT EXACERBATES THE VIOLENCE OF THE SHAKING UNTIL BELOW 30 MPH. THIS HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORST OVER A WEEKS TIME. MOST RECENTLY IT ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION WITH A LARGE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE TRUCK WAS NEW AND THE DEALER REPAIRED SOMETHING AT NO COST UNDER WARRANTY. NOW I MUST PAY FOR A REPAIR FOR SOMETHING I BELIEVE IS A SIGNIFICANT DESIGN PROBLEM AND SAFETY HAZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11372474October 30, 2020
STEERING
TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND YOU HIT A BRIDGE SEPARATOR OR A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 25MPH TO GET CONTROL BACK. FORD HAS REPAIRED IT 3 TIMES WITH A NEW STEERING DAMPENER IN 6 MONTHS TIME. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK FASTER THAN 45 MPH FOR FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11367033October 29, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHACKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE TRUCK. I HAD THIS ISSUE PRESENT ITSELF OVER 6 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING IT IN SEPT. 2016. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK BRAND NEW FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP. FIRST AND SECOND INSTANCE WERE IN LATE 2017WITH LESS APPROXIMATELY 18K MILES. ALL INSTANCES HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO SHAKE AND THEN CONTINUES TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND THE ENTIRE CAB IS SHAKING. LOSE OF STEERING CONTROL. ONLY STOPPED AFTER FORCIBLY SLOWING DOWN TRUCK TO BELOW 25 MILE PER HOUR CAUSING POSSIBLE COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLES OR BARRIERS. HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP AFTER THE SECOND INSTANCE AND THEY SAY FORD IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE ISSUE AND COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. IN MAY OF 2020, THE DEALER DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR WAS AN ISSUE AND THEY REPLACED STEERING DAMPER UNDER WARRANTY BUT AFTER 4 MONTHS THE ISSUE CAME BACK MORE VIOLENTLY THAN BEFORE. ON OCT. 28TH, 2020, IT OCCURRED 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING WITHIN A 40 MILE DISTANCE. THIS TIME THE TRUCK SHOULD SO VIOLENTLY I HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE INTERSTATE TO MAKE IT STOP SHACKING. ROAD WERE WET AND AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE TRUCK ANYMORE WHILE THIS ISSUE PRESENT. I HAVE RE-CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND MENTIONED THE ISSUE AND SERVICE THEY PERFORMED BACK IN MAY, THEY DID NOT RETURN CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11372325October 29, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING 75 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY, RAN OVER A PATCH IF WAVY CONCRETE ROAD WHEN THE FRONT END OF MY F250 BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. OUT OF NOWHERE, I WAS NOT IN CONTROL OF MY TRUCK AND SIMPLY ALONG FOR THE RIDE. THANK GOD FOR ALERT TRUCK DRIVERS AROUND ME THAT GAVE ME SPACE WHEN THEY SAW I WAS STRUGGLING TO REGAIN CONTROL. I USED 15' OF LANE, SIDE TO SIDE, TO GET MY TRUCK BACK UNDER CONTROL BUT THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED WAS TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. ONCE I REACHED 35 MPH, THE SHAKING CEASED AND I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. IMEDIATELY AFTER GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I CHECKED THE TIRES AND REMOVED THE HUB CAPS TO CONFIRM EVERY WHEEL LUG WAS TIGHT AND SECURE. NO PLAY IN THE WHEELS SIDE TO SIDE NOR ANY VISIBLE IRREGULARITIES ANYWHERE. WITH RELUCTANCE, I DROVE ON THE SERVICE ROAD AND THE TRUCK RAN SMOOTH. I EASED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRUCK RAN SMOOTH. WHEN I RESEARCHED MY EVENT ON THE WEB THIS EVENING, I FOUND THE ISSUE OF "DEATH WOBBLE". I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW, BUT BASED ON WHAT I'VE READ FROM NUMEROUS REVIEWS AND COMMENTS, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PROBLEM, NOR SHOULD I EXPECT AN ADMISSION FROM FORD OR EXPECT THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ISSUE. IT SURPRISES ME THAT AN ISSUE THIS GRAVE AFFECTS 2005-2017 YEAR MODELS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REMEDY THE DEFECT. IT APPEARS THAT FORD IS PLACING THE BLAME BACK ONTO THE CUSTOMER'S MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND TIRE ALIGNMENTS. HOW CAN THIS PROBLEM WHICH BEGAN IN THE 2005 MODEL STILL PLAGUE MY 2012 MODEL? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE AND PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHERS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366906October 28, 2020
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING FROM TWENTY-NINE PALMS CA. TO LAS VEGAS NV. ON THE MORNING OF THE 27TH OF OCTOBER 2020 AT ABOUT 0530 IN THE MORNING IT WAS VERY DARK OUTSIDE. I WAS ON A 2 LANE ROAD. WHILE DRIVING ALONG ON AMBOY ROAD, WHICH RUNS THRU THE DESERT, AT 55 MPH I DROVE OVER SOME ROUGH PAVEMENT AND MY RIGHT SIDE FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE GAS WHILE LIGHTLY TOUCHING THE BRAKE AND LETTING TRUCK SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN. AFTER IT STOPPED SHAKING I CONTINUED TO DRIVE BUT WAS WARY OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I DISCOVERED THAT THIS WHAT IS CALLED FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, THE DEATH WOBBLE. I PURCHASED MY F250 IN APRIL 2017. LATER IN THAT YEAR I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MORONGO GRADE IN MORONGO CA. IT WAS NOT AS VIOLENT SO I KIND OF DISMISSED IT BACK THEN. BUT THE OTHER DAY ON AMBOY ROAD WAS DIFFERENT. I HAD MY WIFE, MY NEPHEW AND HIS NEW BRIDE WITH ME. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. MY 3 AND A HALF YEAR OLD 2017 FORD F250 XLT 4X4 IS IN OUTSTANDING SHAPE. IS THE NHTSA AND FORD DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OR ARE WE DRIVERS AND FAMILY'S JUST EXPENDABLE ?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366618October 27, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD MAKES NO DIFFERENCE ON LOCAL ROAD OR HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCKS SHAKES TO THE POINT THAT I ALMOST LOSE ALL ABILITY TO STEER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366622October 27, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IN 2018 FORD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON THEIR DEF HEATERS. THE WARRANT INCLUDED 2011, 2012 F250 THRU F550. THE WARRANT ALSO INCLUDED 2013, 2014, 2015 F 450 AND F 550 BUT EXCLUDED THE F250 AND F 350. IN RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, I SEE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THIS EXACT ISSUE WITH THE 2015 F 250 AND F 350. ALL OF THESE VEHICLES USE THE EXACT SAME 6.7 POWER STROKE DIESEL MOTOR AND I WOULD THINK THE DEF SYSTEMS ARE SIMILAR IF NOT IDENTICAL. FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE THE 2013, 2014, AND 2015 F 250 AND F 350 IN THE WARRANTY THEY EXTENDED TO 11 YEARS. I HAVE OWNED TWO 2015 F 250 DIESEL TRUCKS AND BOTH HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE DEF SYSTEMS. MY TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 74,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366705October 27, 2020
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FORD F-250 TRAILERED TO A 2019 FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD TRAVEL TRAILER, EQUIPPED WITH LIONSHEAD TIRES, TIRE LINE: CASTLE ROCK, TIRE SIZE: ST225/75/R15, DOT: 1MT14118. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRAILER WAS SWAYING BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE TIRE AND TOOK IT TO A TIRE SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRE TREAD BELT HAD SLIPPED AND THAT THE TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TRAVEL TRAILER WAS 850.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366379October 26, 2020
STEERING
LOST POWER STEERING WHILE PULLING A CAMPER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366398October 26, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
MY TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR GROOVE. I AM BARELY ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND IT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366440October 26, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DEATH WOBBLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366568October 26, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 73 MPH THE TRUCK BEGAN A VIOLENT SHAKING THAT NEARLY RIPPED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM MY GRASP. THE SHAKING CEASED AFTER I SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO 40 MPH. I SLOWED DOWN IN THE CENTER LANE OF 3 BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO DO MORE THAN KEEP THE VEHICLE IN THE LANE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366297October 25, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS AT SPEED 60 MPH OR OVER. IF ONE TINY BUMP IS HIT WHILE ON A HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE SPEEDS DROPS TO AROUND 40 MPH. IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPING MORE FREQUENTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366312October 25, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING, SUSPENSION
I WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE CAUSED THE TRUCK TO BEGIN TO RAPIDLY AND HARSHLY SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO SLOW ALMOST TO A STOP TO ALLOW THE TRUCK TO STOP SHAKING. I SLOWED DOWN AND SWITCHED LANES. A FEW MILES AHEAD AT 60 MPH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366315October 25, 2020
SUSPENSION
DEATH WOBBLE OR STEERING OSCILLATION. HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT OR BUMP OR 45 CAN CAUSE THE FRONT END TO WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT AT THE SAME SPEED BEFORE MY APPT. WITH THE DEALER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD FOR REPAIR. THE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER BUT DID NOTHING ELSE. THE PROBLEM THEN OCCURRED AGAIN APROXIMATELY 1 MONTH LATER. I HAVE ANOTHER APPT. WITH THEN NEXT WEEK. THEY WANT ME TO RIDE WITH THEM. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T BELIEVE ME THAT IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366215October 24, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
FRONT END WOBBLED VIOLENTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER A SERIES OF SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, WOBBLE DIDN'T NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWED TO AN ALMOST COMPLETE STOP.INCIDENT HAPPENED ON RT 452 IN CHICHESTER PA.UPON DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM IT IS APPARENTLY A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. HAS SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH THE ALIGNMENT AND STEERING MECHANISM AND STABILIZERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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