Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11302655January 28, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, SUSPENSION
TRUCK IS VIBRATING AND WOBBLING WHILE DRIVING. ISSUE IS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH COULD EASILY RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I CALLED FORD AND THEY HAD US TAKE IT IN ON 01/19/2020 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. EVIDENTLY THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK AND IS UNDER RECALL. THE TRUCK WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BUT THE VIBRATION AND WOBBLING HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY 01/28/2020 WHICH WAS SERIOUSLY SCARY. THE DRIVER HAD TO FIGHT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL TO TRY TO KEEP THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD. I CALLED FORD TODAY TO HAVE THE TRUCK TAKEN IN TOMORROW BUT I AM CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT MANY OTHERS ARE STATING THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT GETTING REPAIRED PROPERLY AND THE ISSUE KEEPS OCCURRING AFTER REPAIR HAS TAKEN PLACE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED THIS TIME. THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302299January 27, 2020
SUSPENSION
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR. HAVE TO BRAKE AND WRESTLE IT TO A STOP TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE...THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302335January 27, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
SEVERE SHAKING AND MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING SYSTEM CAUSING AN ALMOST LOSS IN CONTROL. TRUCK HAS BEEN "FIXED" ONCE ALREADY AND PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302329January 27, 2020
STEERING
WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND RUN OVER BUMPS OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS THE TRUCK WILL VIBRATE SO BAD YOU HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO STOP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO FORD DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES SO FAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302363January 27, 2020
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE RODE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, THE STEERING CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO IN BETWEEN LANES UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GUETTERMAN MOTORS, INC DEALER, LOCATED AT 2210 SYCAMORE ST, CAIRO, IL 62914, WHERE A SHOCK DAMPER WAS INSTALLED ON THE STEERING BAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE WARE OF THE FAILURE AND ISSUED A CASE NUMBER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302377January 27, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IN A FORD SOFTWARE UPDATE LATE IN 2019 THE PROFILE OF HOW THE IN CAR SYNC SYSTEM OPERATES WITH AN ANDROID PHONE HARD WIRED INTO THE SYNC SYSTEM USB PORT. WHEN THE PHONE AND THE SYNC SYSTEM ARE PAIRED SYNC USES THE GPS, PHONE AND OTHER APPS SO THEY CAN BE CONTROLLED BY THE SYNC SYSTEM WITH SIMPLE ICONS. BEFORE THE UPDATE MENTIONED THE SYSTEM WAS SEAMLESS. SINCE THE UPDATE WHEN THE RADIO IS TURNED OFF THE PHONE DISCONNECTS FOR THE SYNC SYSTEM. THIS REQUIRES A DRIVER TO RESELECT ANDROID AUTO ON THE SYNC SCREEN. ANY DRIVER WOULD NEED TO TAKE THEIR EYES OFF THE ROAD TO RECONNECT AND REGAIN THE TURN BY TURN MAP FOR EXAMPLE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES. THIS LAST TIME WAS TODAY AND THE TECH CONFIRMED THIS IS NOW A NORMAL OPERATION. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE COULD LEAD TO A DISTRACTION AND POSSIBLE ACCIDENT IN A VERY LARGE AND VERY HEAVY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302403January 27, 2020
SUSPENSION
2017 F 250 DEATH WOBBLE, IF YOU HIT A SMALL BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE, AND AT HIGH SPEEDS 55MPH OR GREATER THE FRONT WHEELS SHAKE SO BAD YOU HAVE TO ALMOT STOP TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302410January 27, 2020
SUSPENSION
EXPERIENCED 'DEATH WOBBLE' ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THEY CHANGED THE STEERING DAMPER UNDER A TSB, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TOO THE TRUCK BACK A SECOND TIME AND WAS TOLD CASTERS ADJUSTED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WAITING TO HEAR FROM SERVICE MANAGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302411January 27, 2020
ENGINE, STEERING
BOUGHT USED F250 OCTOBER 2018 WITH APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES. WENT INTO SHOP FOR P207F ON 12/10/18. INSTALLED CCV COLLAR KIT AND REPROGRAMMED PCM @ 57,104 MILES. 12/24/18 TRUCK BACK INTO SHOP FOR P207F CODE. NOX SENSORS REPLACED @ 57,473. IN JANUARY 2020, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND LIMP MODE MESSAGE DISPLAYED. NOX SENSORS REPLACED AGAIN FOR P207F CODE ON 1/17/20 @ 69.700 MILES APPROX. NOX SENSORS ONLY A YEAR OLD. PER MECHANIC, CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS SUSPECT - BUT IS ON INDEFINITE BACK ORDER WITH FORD. 1/24/20 WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD @ 60MPH THE TRUCK STARTED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". TRUCK BACK IN SHOP, BAD TRACK BAR REPLACED. WHEEL DAMPER NEEDS REPLACING, BUT THIS PART IS ALSO ON INDEFINITE BACK ORDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302415January 27, 2020
SUSPENSION
IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60-65 MPH. SMOOTH SURFACE. EXPERIENCED VIOLENT, UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING. SLOWED SPEED AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER. SHAKING STOPPED AFTER 1/2 TO 3/4 OF A MILE. THIS IS THE 3RD OCCURRENCE IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. FIRST TIME OCCURRED AFTER HITTING BUMP IN THE ROAD. NEXT 2 OCCURRENCES BEGAN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS MOST RECENT ONE THAT OCCURRED ON 1/27/2020 AT 7:00 PM WAS THE LONGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS EPISODE YET. HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY CALLED IT THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND ORDERED PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302160January 27, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING 68-70MPH DOWN FREEWAY AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO DEATH WOBBLE. HAD TO PULL OVER TO GET IT TO STOP. 2019 F250 16.9K MILES. TERRIFIED MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302172January 27, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
VEHICLE SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP ON HIGHWAY AND DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, TO STOP NEED TO LOWER SPEED CLOSER TO +-30 MPH, LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING. PROBLEM NICKNAMED DEATH WOOBLE SEEMS IT IS A NORMAL PROBLEM ON SUPER DUTY MODELS. SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301907January 26, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
LOCAL HIGHWAY DRIVING THE TRUCK SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES OR UNTIL THE TRUCK SLOWS TO A NEAR STOP. THE SHAKE WILL ALSO OCCUR WHEN HITTING A POT HOLE, GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS OR BRAKING. THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OCCURRED AT 17,000 MILES AND HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO A CURRENT 26,000 MILES. AFTER TAKING TO FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT SEVERAL TRUCKS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME AND THE PART(S) WERE ON BACK ORDER. AFTER APPROX. 30 DAYS, THE DAMPNER CAME IN, HOWEVER, THE DEFECT HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. RETURNED TO FORD SERVICE AND HAD A TIRE ALIGNMENT DONE. TO NO AVAIL, THE SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS DEFECT AND FOUND THE FORD COMMUNITY IS CALLING THIS OCCURRENCE AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301926January 26, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE STARTS TO VIOLENTLY WOBBLE, SHUDDER, VIBRATE AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH FOR UNKOWN REASONS. IT APPEARS THAT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSE CAR TO BEGIN THIS DEATH WOBBLE. ROAD, WEATHER, AND SPEED CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE AT RANDOM. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS THAT IT MUST BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THIS ISSUE HAD BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. DEALERSHIP NEEDS INSTRUCTIONS FROM MANUFACTURER ON HOW TO REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301940January 26, 2020
STEERING
DEATH WOBBLE! I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018. AROUND 20,000 MILES I STARTED EXPERIENCE A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AFTER YOU WOULD HIT A NORMAL BUMP IN THE ROAD, WHICH CAUSES YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE ISSUE WOULD OCCUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREETS. THIS CONDITION IS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT WAS REPAIRED AT 20,586 MILES, AT WHICH TIME, THEY SAID THEY ADDED A CASTER ADJUSTMENT AND REPLACED ALL THE JOINTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LOOSENED BY THE DEATH WOBBLE. THEY SAID THAT NOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT AND THE CASTER WAS FIXED, THE ISSUE WOULD NOT RETURN. THE ISSUE RETURNED A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER AT 24,929. THIS TIME WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR THE "OSCILLATING STEERING WHEEL ISSUE" (BECAUSE FORD WON'T ALLOW THEM TO SAY OR WRITE DEATH WOBBLE) ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE THE STEERING STABILIZER. OTHER F-250 OWNERS THAT I KNOW HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AND IT IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. NOW THAT I'M ON MY THIRD STEERING STABILIZER, I FEEL THE VEHICLE IS HAZARDOUS. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR AN ISSUE THEY'VE KNOWN OF FOR FAR TOO LONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301775January 25, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
EXTREME VIBRATION SHAKING THRU THE STEERING WHEEL AT 50 MILES PER HOUR ON SMOOTH ROAD. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THESE EFFECTS ON A SMOOTH ROAD WITH NO WARNING. VEHICLE HAS 10700 MILES AND IS EXCELLENT CONDITION. WAS VERY SCARY AS I HAD TO APPLY AGGRESSIVE BRAKING TO SLOW THE VEHICLE , FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN OFF THE ROAD AS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING , LIKE A WHEEL WAS COMING OFF. VERY SERIOUS ISSUE, AS THERE WAS NO WARNING OR INDICATION . AFTER THIS EVENT RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND AS AN OWNER I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOW , IT IS FAULTY AND UN SAFE , ITS NEEDS REPAIRED.. I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE WITH A THE MINIMUM A NOTICE OF A POTENTIAL ISSUE . I FELT LIKE I HAD LOST TEMPORARY CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS GOING TO CRASH, JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301815January 25, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED WHAT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AT LEAST SIX (6) TIMES AT HIGHER SPEEDS (70+MPH) AND ONCE (1) AT SLOWER IN-TOWN SPEEDS (45MPH). FORD HAS REPLACED MY STEERING STABILIZER ONCE (19,000M) AND HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THE SECOND ONE (29,000M) FOR 4.5 WEEKS. TO GET IT TO STOP THE FIRST TIME, I HAD TO SLOW TO 50MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE WHILE THE LAST TWO TIMES, IT HAS REQUIRED ME TO SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 30 REGARDLESS OF THE INITIAL SPEED (I HAD TO PULL OFF ON THE SHOULDER). IT IS NOW BAD ENOUGH I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. A LOCAL STEERING SHOP WILL EVALUATE THE F250 THIS NEXT WEEK - THEY, APPARENTLY, HAVE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WHEN REPLACING THE STABILIZER WITH AN AFTER-MARKET DOUBLE STABILIZER KIT ALONG WITH NEW FRONT SHOCKS. IT IS ALSO MY NEW UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE OTHER STEERING COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE TRACK BAR, AND TIE-RODS ..... WE'LL SEE. THE DATE OF THE EVENT IS THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED IT - IT IS NOW THE END OF JANUARY OF 2020 AND IT IS STILL ONGOING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301528January 24, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60MPH), I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY IN THE FRONT END, TO A POINT THAT I FELT I MIGHT LOSE CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET IT TO STOP WAS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW AND IS "VERY" CONCERNING. THE SECOND TIME WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED AS WELL, THIS TIME 70MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301575January 24, 2020
STEERING
DEATH WOBBLE. STEERING WHEEL SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301307January 23, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
GOT THE DEATH WOBBLE 4 TIMES. HAVE TAKIN THE TRUCK TO FORD 2 TIMES, EACH TIME THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED. STEERING WHEEL/VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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