Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11301487January 23, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NUMBER TWO BATTERY TERMINAL CORRODED. FORD MAINTENANCE INDICATES THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THE HARNESS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 60 DAYS AND THE PART IS STILL UNAVAILABLE. THIS DEFECT RENDERS THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301500January 23, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
FIRST OCCURRENCES WERE LATE 2018.2017 FORD F250 LARIAT FX4 WITH APPROXIMATELY 14000 MILES & ZERO MODIFICATIONS.. WHILE TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP OR BRIDGE/OVERPASS TRANSITION VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. SHAKING OR "DEATH WOBBLE' CONTINUES UNTIL VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO SPEEDS BELOW 40 MILES PER HOUR. ABILITY TO STEER OR KEEP VEHICLE IN LANE IS SEVERELY COMPROMISED. AFTER A SERIES OF OCCURRENCES IN LATE 2018 VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP JANUARY 2019. STEERING STABILIZER WAS REPLACED. THE ISSUE DID NOT RESURFACE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS/10000 MILES LATER. IN DECEMBER 2019 AFTER HAVING ONE PREVIOUS DEATH WOBBLE EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING ALONE A MONTH OR TWO PRIOR I EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE 4 TIMES IN A SINGLE DAY WHILE TRAVELING WITH 5 PASSENGERS. AT THIS TIME AND IN THE FIRST OCCURRENCES WHILE TRAVELING WITH PASSENGERS I WAS ABLE TO INSTRUCT THEM TO RECORD THE VIOLENT SHAKING ON THEIR PHONE AND HAVE RECORDINGS OF 3-4 SEPARATE DEATH WOBBLES.THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AND AS OF 1/23/20 I'VE BEEN TOLD THE ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT STABILIZER IS ON BACKORDER/UN-AVAILABLE/DISCONTINUED & THE NEW REPLACEMENT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MID-LATE FEBRUARY. INTERNET RESEARCH SUGGEST THIS IS A LARGER ISSUE AND MANY NEWER F-250'S EXPERIENCE IDENTICAL ISSUES. SAFETY TO THOSE TRAVELING IN AND AROUND THESE VEHICLES IS OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301145January 22, 2020
STEERING
WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. ONLY SLOWING TO BELOW 40 MPH WILL STOP THE VIBRATING. IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE "DEATH WOBBLE" BUT PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. THEY TELL ME THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301262January 22, 2020
STEERING
60 TO 70 MPH, HIT BUMP AND STRONG WOBBLE VIBRATION IMPACTING STEERING. HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR IT TO STOP. THIS IS KNOWN AS DEATH WOBBLE (TSB 18-2268) FROM WHAT I CAN DETERMINE FROM INTERNET. TRUCK HAS ABOUT 27,000 MILES. APPT TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP FEB 4 2020. WISH FORD WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AS IT APPEARS THEY ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT. INSTEAD THEY WAIT FOR OWNERS TO REPORT ISSUE BEFORE FIXING. POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE TYPE TRUCKS USUALLY PULL TRAILERS OR CAMPERS AS DO I. NOT SURE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS PULLING MY 5TH WHEEL WHEN THE TWO INCIDENTS HAPPENED. ONE WAS AT ABOUT 70 MPH AND THE OTHER 60 TO 65 ENTRANCE RAMP TO HIGHWAY ON ONE AND EXPANSION JOINT BUMP ON BRIDGE THE OTHER TIME. BOTH TIMES FELT LIKE TIRE WAS LOOSE AND ABOUT TO FALL OFF. VISUAL INSPECTION ON SIDE OF ROAD FOUND NOTHING ABNORMAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301263January 22, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
VEHICLE STARTED SMALL SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS SIX MONTHS AGO. TODAY WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH, SMALL BUMP LEAD TO SUCH VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END I HAD TO SLOW TO 35 MPH ON INTERSTATE. NEW SMYRNA DEALERSHIP INDICATES THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. TIRE PRESSURE IS NORMAL. TIRES ROTATED WITH EACH OIL CHANGE . 31,000 MILES. SCHEDULING APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP ASAP. THIS MAY REPRESENT A SERIOUS DESIGN OR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION PROBLEM. MANY REPORTS OF THIS NATURE ON INTERNET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301003January 22, 2020
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
MULTIPLE EPISODES OF SEVERE FRONT END SHAKING AND INSTABILITY THAT OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN DRIVING OVER MINIMAL BUMPS OR OTHER ROAD IMPERFECTIONS. RECENTLY THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN IT OCCURRED ON A FREEWAY NOT KNOWN TO HAVE ICE SPOTS AT 50 MPH. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISRUPT THIS IS TO QUICKLY REDUCE SPEED TO BELOW 40 MPH WHICH IS ALSO DANGEROUS ON THE FREEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301028January 22, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
DEATH WOBBLE STARTED AT HIGHER SPEED. HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. EVERYTHING IS TIGHT IN THE FRONT END. CHANGED BALL JOINTS BOTH WHEEL BEARINGS TRACK BAR AND BUSHING AND STEERING DAMPENER AND NOTHING HAS HELPED. HAPPENED ON 2 SETS OF TIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301037January 22, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
ON 1/21/2020 I WAS DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON SH225, WENT UNDER BW8, AND THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. IT FELT AS IF THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS GOING TO SHAKE APART. I WAS ALMOST IN A WRECK BECAUSE THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP SHAKING AND THE STEERING WAS IMPACTED. THE DASH, MIRRORS, SEATS, AND LITERALLY EVERYTHING ON AND IN THE TRUCK WAS VIOLENTLY VIBRATING AND SHAKING. HAD TO REDUCE SPEED TO ABOUT 30MPH AND THE SHAKE FINALLY SUBSIDED, AFTER MULTIPLE CARS COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS WRONG AS WELL - AND THEY WERE SEEING THIS HAPPEN FROM OUTSIDE THE TRUCK! THIS HAS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY, TO A LESSER EXTENT IN DECEMBER WHICH CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD AND THE ISSUE SUBSIDED QUICKER THAN THIS TIME. NOT SURE WHAT THE ISSUE IS BUT IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED ME OR OTHER DRIVERS DUE TO A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE DROPPED MY TRUCK OFF AT MAC HAIK FORD IN PASADENA, TX. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY - ABOUT 25K MILES ON THE TRUCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301053January 22, 2020
SUSPENSION
AT FREEWAY SPEEDS MY TRUCK HAS STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY FROM THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. IT HAS NOW DONE THIS TO ME 5 TIMES. I HAVE FOUND OUT THIS IS KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11301079January 22, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND HIT A POT HOLE IN THE ROADWAY. EXPERIENCE THE DEATH WOBBLE. VEHICLE BEGAN VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND HAD TO SLOW VEHICLE SPEED TO UNDER 50 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. 1ST TIME WAS ON I 70 TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AND THE SECOND WAS ON HIGHWAY 25 IN KANSAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300950January 21, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A 2017 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 4X4 THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END THE SALESMAN THAT I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM CALLS THE PROBLEM A DEATH WABBLE THE TRUCK HAS 53000 MILES ON IT BUT TOMBALL FORD WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE OUT OF THE PARTS THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM NATION WIDE .*BF*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300676January 21, 2020
STEERING
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (ROUGHLY 75MPG) THREE TIMES I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGIN SHAKING VIOLENTLY NEARLY ELIMINATING DRIVER CONTROL. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER AND THE SHAKING CONTINUED UNTIL I WAS NEARLY STOPPED. THE NEXT TWO TIMES IT HAPPENED THE VIOLENT BACK AND FORTH (20 DEGREES +/-) TO EITHER SIDE IT SUBSIDED ONCE I SLOWED TO AROUND 40 MPH ON THE SHOULDER. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER PRIOR TO THIS TO DIAGNOSE WHAT I FELT LIKE WAS A FAULTY STEERING STABILIZER BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE A JITTER WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS. I WAS INFORMED THE TSB FOR A NEW STEERING STABILIZER WAS ON BACKORDER. I HAVE A 20 SECOND VIDEO OF THIS HAPPENING (I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO TAKE ONE THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED) BUT IT IS TOO BIG TO ATTACH. PLEASE TELL ME WHO I CAN SEND IT TO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300689January 21, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
VEHICLE DEVELOPES A SEVERE VIBRATION,WOBBLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD..I LOSE ALL STEERING CONTROL TILL I CAN BRAKE TO A LOWER SPEED.VERY DANGEROUS.FORD DEALERSHIP HAS WORKED ON THIS PROBLEM FOR ME 4 TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300740January 21, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 45MPG I HEARD A VERY LOUD SOUND LIKE A GUNSHOT OR A HUGE ROCK HITTING MY TRUCK. WHEN IT WAS SAFE I PULLED OVER TO CHECK FOR ANY DAMAGES. NONE WHERE OBSERVED. THE NEXT DAY I HEARD WIND NOISE AND NO WINDOWS OPEN. I STARTED TO OPEN THE SUNROOF AND HEARD GLASS BREAKING. I GOT HOME AND LOOKED ON ROOF AND SAW A HUGE HOLE IN PANORAMIC PORTION OF SUNROOF AND 1000'S OF PIECES OF GLASS BEING HELD UP BY LINER. NO VANDALISM OR ACCIDENT CAUSED THIS. IF ANYONE IN BACKSEAT THEY COULD HAVE SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE CUTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300748January 21, 2020
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING 35 MPH AND TOWING A TRAILER WITH HIS ATV ON, A VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT THAT WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED 125 FEET DOWN THE ROAD, CROSSED OVER TO THE OPPOSITE LANES, CRASHED INTO SOME TREES WHERE IT EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION FROM HIS FACE HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL DURING THE IMPACT, MUSCLE NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES WHICH RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER DRIVER SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY GEICO TO THE CONTACT RESIDENTS WHERE AN ADJUSTER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NO RECALL WAS UNDER THE VIN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. NO DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11300806January 21, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
CURRENTLY HAVE 53K MILES. PROBLEM RARE, STARTED AT 10K OR LESS. WITH OUR WILTHOUT PICKUP CAMPER LOADS: AT 60MPH OR HIGHER WHEN HITTING BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS OR RR TRACKS (PARTICULARLY AT ANGLES) IN WHICH ONE WHEEL STRIKES IRREGULARITY FIRST, A VIOLENT WHEEL AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE BEGINS. MUST IMMEDIATLY SLOW VEHICLE TO STOP IT. COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHEN ACTIVE. TOTAL OF PERHAPS 6 OCCURRENCES. CURRENTLY IN SHOP FOR INVESTIGATION. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300803January 21, 2020
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER FAIR OAKS FORD LINCOLN LOCATED AT 2055 W OGDEN AVE, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540, (630) 250-5750, AND THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED ORE REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. *BF*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300830January 21, 2020
STEERING
2018 FORD F-250 SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT APPROX 70MPH. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING OF THE TRUCK UNTIL I GOT IT SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 15 TIMES AND I'VE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES FOR REPAIR. WITHOUT THE PROBLEM BEING RESOLVED. I'VE SEEN COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT ON THIS ISSUE, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE I. THE ROAD IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND FOR NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300817January 21, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING, SUSPENSION
STARTING AT 15,500 MY TRUCK STARTED THE SO CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" FORD HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH. THIS IS MY SECOND NEW TRUCK IN 2 YEARS WITH IT AND THE PROBLEM DOESN'T GET FIXED. WHEN HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP MY TRUCK BECOMES UNSTEARABLE DUE TO VIOLENT SHAKING. FORD OF UNIONTOWN HAS SEEN THE VIDEO OF MY TRUCK DOING IT, THEIR SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED IT AND THE ONLY ANSWER I GET IS " BE CAREFUL" AND ONE SERVICE TECH SAID WHEN HE DROVE IT HE WAS AFRAID FOR THE PEOPLE NEXT TO HIM. I NEED A TRUCK, I HAVE A BUSINESS, I NEED THIS RESOLVED AND NOT AT MY COST AGAIN. NOR THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY OR SOMEONE ELSE. I HAVE VIDEO IF I CAN UPLOAD IT SOMEWHERE TO SHOW YOU.. PLEASE HELP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300849January 21, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
WHEN TRUCK HITS A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY IN A LEFT HAND CURVE AND DOWN HILL SLOPE, IT STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT BECOMES HARD TO STEER AND BRAKING HARD ONLY MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE. YOU CAN ONLY LEFT OFF THE GAS AND SLOW DOWN HOPING YOU CAN KEEP IT ON THE ROAD UNTIL IT STOPS. IT HAPPENED TWICE ON OUR FAMILY VACATION WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS IN THE TRUCK. THEY FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES. AFTER THAT TRIP THE DUAL STEERING STABILIZER, 2"LIFT AND ADJUSTABLE TRACK BAR WERE INSTALLED.IT TOOK 6 MONTHS OF REPLACING DIFFERENT PARTS, ALIGNMENTS, BALANCING TIRES, MODIFYING SUSPENSION TO FINALLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT A COST OF OVER $2,600.00.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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