Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11364381October 14, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THE VEHICLE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, SOMETIMES WITH A BUMP IN THE ROAD, OR WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. VERY NOTICEABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MILEAGE AROUND 130,000, TIRES SHOWED WEAR OUTSIDE EDGE, NEW TIRES FROM THE DEALER HAD TO BE RE-BALANCED AROUND 50,000 AFTER I BOUGHT THEM, WAY OUT OF BALANCE. THE SHAKING MOVES THE STEERING WHEEL SO MUCH SO THAT I COULD EASILY LOOSE CONTROL IF I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION, VERY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364408October 14, 2020
WHEELS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAILPIPE IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO SPARE TIRE TO MELT TIRE. TIRE IS UNUSABLE. LATER VEHICLES HAVE A HEAT SHIELD IN PLACE TO PREVENT THIS. FORD SHOULD HAVE RECALLED EARLIER UNITS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364111October 13, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
10/9/2020 AM DRIVING ONTO 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH STARTING TO ENTER HIGHWAY FROM THE ON RAMP. HIT POTHOLE AT HIGHWAY JOINT AND TRUCK STARTED A VIOLENT SHAKE IN THE FRONT END. SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT I AND TO BRAKE HARD TO GET DOWN TO 40MPH FOR SHAKING TO STOP. 10/9/2020 PM DRIVING ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH (DIFFERENT HIGHWAY) . HIT ROUGH SECTION OFT HIGHWAY AND TRUCK STARTED A VIOLENT SHAKE IN THE FRONT END. AGAIN SO VIOLENT I AND TO BRAKE HARD TO GET DOWN TO 40MPH FOR SHAKING TO STOP. 1013/2020 AM DRIVING ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH. EXITING HIGHWAY TO START ON EXIT RAMP, HIT POTHOLE AT HIGHWAY JOINT AND TRUCK STARTED A VIOLENT SHAKE IN THE FRONT END. SO VIOLENT I HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO GET DOWN TO 40MPH FOR SHAKING TO STOP. ITEMS ON PASSENGER SIDE OF TRUCK SHOOK SO HARD THEY FELL TO THE FLOORBOARDS. THE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL MADE ME LOOSE GRIP INITIALLY ON EACH INSTANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364223October 13, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY (ICD) OF MY 2020 FORD F-250 RANDOMLY GOES BLACK AND PROVIDES NO INFORMATION. THE DISPLAY WILL RANDOMLY COME ON AND USUALLY GO OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. THE DISPLAY USUALLY DISPLAYS A WARNING THAT THERE IS A FAULT WITH THE BLIND SPOT WARNING SYSTEM OR CROSS TRAFFIC WARNING SYSTEM BEFORE GOING OUT. I HAVE ALSO STARTED TO RECEIVE DISPLAYS ASKING IF I WANT TO ACTIVATE THE CRAS AVOIDANCE SYSTEM, BUT I CAN'T MAKE A SELECTION EVEN THOUGH THE SYSTEM HQS ALREADY BEEN TURNED ON. I ALSO DON'T FEEL THE VEHICLE BRAKING WHEN THE CRASH ALERT WARNING ACTIVATES LIKE IT ONCE DID EVEN THOUGHT THE BRAKE ASSIST IS TURNED ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363997October 12, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ABOUT 70MPH WHEN I DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. I HELD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND SLOWED THE TRUCK DOWN TO AROUND 15MPH TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 5494 MILES ON IT AND THIS SEEMS VERY UNACCEPTABLE. THE WOBBLE ALSO HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ON THAT SAME TRIP HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364015October 12, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE POSITIVE TERMINAL OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE BATTERY CABLE ASSEMBLY MELTED. NOT CORRODED'IT MELTED. THE TERMINAL WAS LIKE GREY MARSHMALLOW. ALL REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TRUCK SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON TIME AND BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND NO ANOMALIES WITH THE BATTERY OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WERE EVER NOTED BY THE DEALERSHIP. TRUCK IS LESS THAN 36 MONTHS OLD AND THE BATTERIES WERE ORIGINAL AND OEM AND LESS THAN THEIR 36 MONTH GUARANTEED LIFE. NO DAMAGE EVIDENT TO THE BATTERY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND COULD OF POTENTIALLY STARTED A VEHICLE FIRE. EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS THIS CABLE ASSEMBLY IS ON AN EMERGENCY BACK-ORDER. THE PART IS 'HC3Z 14300 A :CABLE ASSEMBLY - BATTERY TO BATTERY' AND FORD QUOTES $2,500 - $3,000 TO FIX IT (PARTS AND LABOR) AND THEY CLAIM IT FAILED DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR WHICH IS PREPOSTEROUS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE NHTSA NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF IT. THIS COULD OF LEAD TO A DEADLY VEHICLE FIRE. AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT CORROSION OF THE TERMINAL, THIS WAS THE TERMINAL MELTING. I STILL HAVE THE BATTERIES THAT THIS SITUATION OCCURRED WITH ALTHOUGH NEW BATTERIES HAVE NOW BEEN INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364022October 12, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH FROM ASPHALT ROADWAY ONTO CONCRETE OVERLOOKING PASS, THE TRUCK HAS STARTED TO SHAKE & WOBBLE VIOLENTLY. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364025October 12, 2020
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE PAST 70 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL AND TIRES STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY. STEERING SHAKING AND WOBBLE WAS FELT PROMPTING TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364034October 12, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING 65, HIT ROUGH PART OF THE ROAD, DEATH WOBBLE STARTED (STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END SHAKING VIOLENTLY). IT SENT ME INTO THE OTHER LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND IT STOPPED WHEN I GOT DOWN TO AROUND 30-40 MPH. DID IT AGAIN LATER IN THE WAY, SAME SITUATION. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT AND IT ONLY HAS 32,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363757October 11, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL FILTER EXPLODED CONTAMINATING FUEL SYSTEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363805October 11, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT BETWEEN 65 - 75 MPH, MY FORD F-250 TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY WHEN THERE IS A SMALL CRACK OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. I LOOSE CONTROL AND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AT A VERY SLOW SPEED ON A FREEWAY. I AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD ARE BEING PUT AT RISK OF ME LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH MY FAMILY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363810October 11, 2020
STEERING
WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE 10 AND PASSING A TRUCK, I HIT A SMALL BUMP. THE TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING VERY, BADLY AND ALMOST FORCED MY VEHICLE INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK I WAS PASSING. I APPLIED THE BRAKES HARD AND HELD CONTROL TO LET THE TRUCK PASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THEN PULLED OFF THE ROAD. THE VIBRATION HAPPENED 4 TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET MY VEHICLE BACK HOME. THIS WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY CRASH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363576October 9, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE STARTS HIS TRUCK THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE SWITCHED GEARS, THE TRANSITION WAS ROUGH. THERE WERE SOME TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD REMAIN STUCK IN A CERTAIN GEAR AND THEN HAVE A DELAY IN SHIFTING THUS PUTTING A STRAIN ON THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE CONTACT USED THE VEHICLE TO TOW THE ISSUE WAS EVEN WORSE. THE DEALER (GENE MESSER FORD LUBBOCK 6000 WEST 19TH, LUBBOCK, TX 79407 (806) 793-2727) STATED THAT ISSUE MAY BE WITH THE PCM AND PTM. THEY WERE GOING TO CHECK WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND GET BACK WITH THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT TRIED TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER BUT THE CALL DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE REMAINED UNREPAIRED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FOR NOW BUT NOT TO TOW ANYTHING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363642October 9, 2020
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I AM GETTING A DEATH WOBBLE. I BOUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AROUND 50 THOUSAND MILES ON THE TRUCK AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK IN TO THIS. THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO CHANGE THE TIRES. WHICH I DID AND I ROTATE THEM EVERY 5,000 TO 10,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY TO NIGHT AT 70 MPH WHICH IS THE SPEED LIMIT. I WAS IN A TRANSITION FROM THE FREEWAY TO BRIDE AND THAT LITTLE BUMP PUT ME INTO A DEATH WOBBLE. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHICH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS BRING TO A DEAD STOP. WHICH I HAD TO DO ON THE FREEWAY ALMOST GETTING REAR ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK. THIS WAS THE FINAL STRAW. IT HAPPEN TO ME 2 TIMES MORE ON THE WAY HOME. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING IT. FORD HAS BEEN GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND. I AM AFRAID EVERY TIME THAT I HIT A BUMP ITS GOING TO HAPPEN. I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS UNSAFE FOR ROAD USE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IF I SELL IT I WILL LOSE MONEY. THIS NEEDS TO GET ADDRESSED VERY SOON BEFORE SOME ONE IS KILLED OR I AM KILLED BEHIND THE WHEEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363330October 8, 2020
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VERY VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD THE SHAKING DOESN'T GO AWAY TILL I GET VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH DOING THIS ON A INTERSTATE IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY ON 10/7/20 THIS HAPPENED AND IT SHOOK SO BAD AIR CLEANER CAME OFF AND VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STOPPED ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER. THEY FOUND THE MAF SENSOR BECAME DIRTY WHEN AIR FILTER CAME OFF SO THEY CLEAN IT TEST DROVE VEHICLE AND VERIFIED VEHICLE SHAKING. THEY SAID SUSPENSIONS LOOKED GOOD BUT HAD SLIGHT WEAR ON TRACK BAR BALL JOINT. THEY WANTED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND I SHOWED THEM THAT IT WAS REPLACED ON 10/6/20 FOR THE SAME SHAKING PROBLEM. I ASKED IF THIS WOULD REPAIR THE SHAKING THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT SURE BUT IT WOULD ELIMINATE IT AS A POSSIBILITY. I DECLINED THEIR GUESSING GAME AT MY EXPENSE. THIS SHAKING PROBLEM IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED AND FORD NEEDS TO GET A CURE FOR THIS PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363125October 7, 2020
ENGINE
WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, I NOTICE MY VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. SOON MY ENGINE HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY SPEED DROPPED FROM 65 MPH TO 20 MPH. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I SCRAMBLED TO GET THE TRUCK AND THE TRAVEL TRAILER I WAS PULLING OVER INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND MEDIAN, DOING ALL I COULD TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. ONCE I REACHED THE MEDIAN I WAS APPROX. 1/4 MILES FROM AN EXIT. I DROVE TO THE EXIT AT MY VEHICLES MAX SPEED OF 20 MPH. ONCE STOPPED I REVIEWED MY TRUCK AND NOTICED ENGINE COOLANT POURING FROM A LINE THAT HAD DISCONNECTED. UPON REVIEW THE LINE DID NOT HAVE A CLAMP PRESENT AND THERE WERE NO WITNESS OR COMPRESSION MARKS ON THE HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE DEFECT OF NO HOSE CLAMP OR THE HOSE WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AT THE FACTORY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363177October 7, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, SUSPENSION
DRIVING MY 2008 FORD F250 AT OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR AND HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD CAUSES THE CURSED "DEATH WOBBLE". IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. ONCE WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE AND MY WIFE DRIVING. ALMOST CAUSED HER TO WRECK BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE INTERSTATE. HAVE PAID FOR REPAIRS MULTIPLE TIMES, WITH THE SAME THING HAPPENING AFTER REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363021October 6, 2020
STEERING
UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WOBBLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT HAPPENED 6 TIMES ON A TRIP FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO MAINE. BUMPS AND EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE ROAD SURFACE CREATED AN UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLE THAT WOULD ONLY SUBSIDE WHEN THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK GOT BELOW 40MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11362795October 5, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE ABNORMALLY, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND INADVERTENTLY DRIVE INTO THE RIGHT LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MULLINAX FORD LOCATED AT 2317 FL-44, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32168 WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STEERING LINKAGE. THE STEERING LINKAGE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.*DT CONSUMER STATED DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED 3 TIMES. STEERING PART WAS RECALLED BUT CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. BACK UP SENSOR BEEPS BUT DOES NOT ALLOW TO DISENGAGE THE BEEPING. THE WOBBLE WAS SO SEVERE IT BLEW THE TAILGATE AND ALARM GOES OFF RANDOMLY.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11362811October 5, 2020
ENGINE
THE LOWER COOLING HOSE CAME LOOSE ON MY FORD 2020 F250 WITH1650 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE TRAVELING ON A INTERSTATE TOWING A LOAD OF APPROXIMATELY 7000LBS. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WE MANAGED TO SAFELY EXIT OF THE INTERSTATE. THE MAX. SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WAS 20 MPH WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE SAFELY, IT WAS AN INTENSE MOMENT TO GET OFF THE BUSY INTERSTATE SAFELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, AND WE ARE AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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