Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11308736February 12, 2020
SUSPENSION
WOBBLES VIOLENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES STARTING AT ABOUT 35,000 MILES. HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING AT 70 AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP LIKE A BRIDGE ABUTMENT. TRUCK NOW HAS 95,000 MILES, HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY AT 77 MPH AND WOULDN'T STOP UNTIL I SLOWED THE TRUCK TO 45 MPH. I'VE HAD THE TIRES AND THE STEERING DAMPER CHANGED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308872February 12, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
MID TO HIGH SPEEDS IF I HIT ANY SORT OF BUMP OR ANY SORT OF HOLE IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END STARTS TO VIBRATE SEVERELY AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND SHAKES AND I HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY DECELERATE. IT IS EXACTLY WHAT I SEE OTHER FORD USERS DESCRIBING ONLINE AS THE DEATH WOBBLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308886February 12, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND YOU HIT A BUMP THE TRUCKS STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I READ ITS CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. IT HAS DONE IT MULTIPLES TIMES, AND IT IS HARD TO CONTROL. I HAD FORD PERFORM THE TSB FOR THIS AND IT DID NOT HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308887February 12, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
DEATH WOBBLE. FRONT WHEELS VIOLENTLY SHAKE BACK AND FORTH AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON PAVEMENT. I WAS DRIVING AT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308411February 11, 2020
STEERING
WHILE IN MOTION THE VEHICLE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE OR COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES AFTER YOU HIT A BUMP. THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP COMPLETELY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE TWICE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED ISSUE THAT THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO ADDRESS. 3 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE THE SUPER-DUTY TRUCKS HAVE THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308416February 11, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I AM HAVING SOME TYPE OF SEVERE WOBBLE STEERING/SUSPENSIONS ISSUE WHERE IT FEELS AS IF I HAVE A FLAT TIRE ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED IT WAS SO SEVERE IT CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE I TRIED SLOWING DOWN FROM 70 TO GET IT TO STOP AS I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLAT TIRE. ONCE I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 25 IT STOPPED. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED I TRIED TO GIVE IT ABOUT 30-45 SECONDS TO SEE IF IT WOULD STOP BUT IT DIDN'T AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED I GOT A BIT MORE CREATIVE AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THIS GOING UP TO 85 AND THAT DID NOT WORK SO AGAIN GOT IT TO STOP BY REDUCING SPEED TO 20-25. THIS IS UNSAFE TO THE POINT WHERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON A HIGHWAY WITHOUT SHOULDERS AS IF THIS OCCURS I MAY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20-25 MPH TO GET THIS TO STOP. THIS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY (I-75 IN FL) ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 TIMES OVER THE PERIOD OF 30 DAYS. THE TIRE PSI WAS ABOUT 65-70 ON ALL OCCURRENCES WITH DEALER INSPECTED "GOOD TIRE TREAD". ALL 3 WERE ROUTINE DRIVES TO WORK AND ALL OCCURRED AT THE SAME SPEED OF 70 MPH. ALL OF THEM WERE CRUISING (NOT ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING) AND IN 6TH GEAR IN OPTIMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITH NO LOAD AND ONCE WITH A BUMPER PULL TRAILER (TONGUE WEIGHT OF ABOUT 350-500 LBS, LOAD WEIGHT OF TRAILER+LOAD AROUND 5,000 LBS). MY TRUCK HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY FORD AND AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. IT WAS PURCHASED NEW WITH ONLY 13 MILES WHEN SOLD. I NOW HAVE ABOUT 25,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK HAS 0 AFTERMARKET PARTS OR EQUIPMENT AND IS 100% STOCK AND HAS THE ORIGINAL TIRES AS WELL (CONTINENTAL W/KEVLAR).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308421February 11, 2020
SUSPENSION
DEATH WOBBLE, BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER SPACERS ON A BRIDGE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308419February 11, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE EPISODE OF DEATH WOBBLE. I HAVE HAD THE FRONT END SUSPENSION REBUILT TWICE AND HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM RETURN, MECHANICS SAY ITS THE WORSE THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE BODY MOUNTS BECAUSE THEY WERE DESTROYED BY THE VIOLENT WOBBLE. THIS HAPPENS AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MILES AN HOUR AND ONLY STOPS WHEN SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS ON THE INTERSTATE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308440February 11, 2020
SUSPENSION
BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND YOU ALMOST LOOSE CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY TO RECOVER CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IS TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP. IT IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. MY TRUCK IS STOCK FROM THE FACTORY AND ONLY HAS 56,00O MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308459February 11, 2020
SUSPENSION
DRIVING VEHICLE LAST YEAR BOTH MY WIFE AND MYSELF EXPERIENCED WHAT IS NOW KNOW AS 'THE DEATH WOBBLE' WHERE THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE WILDLY ABOVE APPROX 60 MILES PER HOUR. MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DEALER TO INSPECT/FIX THE PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED MY VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING 'DEATH WOBBLE' (SERVICE ADVISORS WORDS)COMMON TO F250'S. OVER 1400 DOLLARS WORTH OF REPAIRS WERE MADE IN JUNE OF 2018. REPORTED SYMPTOMS AGAIN TO MY DEALER WHEN TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN FOR NORMAL SERVICE. WAS ADVISE STEERING BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. OUR DRIVING HABITS ARE TO AVOID ANY POT HOLES OR OTHER ROAD ANOMALIES WE KNOW ABOUT ON THE HIGHWAYS WE DRIVE ON BECAUSE THE WOBBLE CAN STILL BE FELT. MY PLAN IS TO HAVE THE STEERING BOX REPLACED THIS WEEK WHICH WILL COST OVER 1000 DOLLARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308485February 11, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR ON A STATE MAINTAINED HIGHWAY I HIT A SMALL DEPRESSION IN THE ROAD AND THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK AND THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT I HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD DESCRIBING THE DEATH WOBBLE EFFECT. THAT DESCRIPTION IS EXACTLY WHAT I EXPERIENCED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308578February 11, 2020
SUSPENSION
"DEATH WOBBLY" THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING 70MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE THINKING MY TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT. I WALKED AROUND MY TRUCK EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE SO I'M ON MY WAY. IT DOES IT AGAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 30MPH ON THE INTERSTATE BEFORE IT WOULD STOP AT THIS TIME I HAVE TALK AROUND AND NEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE SERVICE GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO PUT NEW TIRES ON THE TRUCK THAT SHOULD FIX IT. MY TIRES WERE PRACTICALLY NEW SO I WASN'T REPLACING THEM SO HE SUGGESTED ROAD FORCE BALANCE. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME. I REALLY HOPE THERE IS A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED WITH 59000 MILES ON IT AT THE PRICE OF 40K. I WOULD PROBABLY WENT WITH A DIFFERENT TRUCK HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308394February 11, 2020
STEERING
DRIVING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON A SLIGHT RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY SCARES MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER SO BAD THEY WANT ME TO TRADE FOR A GMC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308228February 10, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO STOP EACH TIME TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE TRUCK HAD LESS THAN 6000 MILES ON IT WITH NO MODIFICATIONS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS WILL KILL SOMEONE. I USUALLY USE THE TRUCK TO TOW A 7000LB RV AND CANT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAD BEEN TOWING AT THE TIME. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY ACTED AS IF IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES WITHIN A 20 MILE DISTANCE. I WAS TERRIFIED TO CONTINUE WITH MY TRIP AND WAS NERVOUS THE ENTIRE TRIP. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS. I HEAR IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308238February 10, 2020
STEERING
DRIVING ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY IN THE LEFT LANE APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 70MPH. I WENT OVER A SMALL POTHOLE AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLABLY FOR ABOUT 40 SECONDS. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN BUT WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND AS THE ROAD WAS CROWDED. WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO 40 MILES AN HOUR THE SHAKING STOPPED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO COME APART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308251February 10, 2020
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A POTHOLE AND VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AT 30 MPH. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,204.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308292February 10, 2020
STEERING
FORD PERFORMED THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIR TO THIS VEHICLE LAST WEEK. THE REPAIR ACTUALLY MADE THE "DEATH WOBBLE" PROBLEM WORSE. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 60 MPH ON UP, AND AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN ONE TIRE GOES OVER A BUMP OR DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY SURFACE. HERE IS A VIDEO OF THE PROBLEM AFTER THE FORD FACTORY REPAIR WAS DONE. THIS VEHICLE IS STOCK AND HAS THE TIRES, WHEELS AND SUSPENSION THAT CAME FROM THE FACTORY. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO OPERATE. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/V4DJICVAY_K
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308324February 10, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THIS IS THE SECOND FORD F250 I'VE HAD IN LESS THAN A MONTH THAT HAS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION/STEERING.DRIVING ABOVE 45-50MPH AND YOU DRIVE OVER UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE,THE STEERING WHEEL WILL START TO SHAKE SIDE TO SIDE AND ALMOST CAUSE LOSE OF CONTROL. I HAD THIS HAPPEN TWICE ON TWO SEPARATE TRUCKS, BOTH 2017 F250'S.IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM,BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE CORRECT PARTS TO FIX IT. DEALER IS NO HELP.THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 21K MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11307978February 9, 2020
STEERING
EXPERIENCED A SEVERE CASE OF "DEATH WOBBLE" ON I-95 AFTER HITTING A VERY SLIGHTLY ROUGH AREA OF PAVEMENT. TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED, HAD TO SLOW TO 35 TO GET IT TO STOP AND FEARED LOSING CONTROL WHILE TRYING TO CONTROL IT. THE TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WHEELS AND TIRES AND HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED IN ANY WAY. TIRE PRESSURE IS 63 PSI ALL AROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11308029February 9, 2020
SUSPENSION, STEERING
I WAS DRIVNG INTERSTATE ACCELERATING TO ABOUT 75 WHEN MY FRONT TWO WHEELS BEGIN BOUNCING REALLY BAD. THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGIN SHAKING, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. I FELT LIKE I WAS LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, MY LITTLE GIRLS WERE IN THE TRUCK AND WITNESSED THE EVENT. I IMMEDIATELY BEING BRAKING AND WAS ALMOST RUN INTO FROM BEHIND. THE SHAKING CONTINUED TILL I SLOWED DOWN TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MILES HOURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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