Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11255171September 12, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 33,000 MILES ON MY STOCK 2017 F250 LARIAT TRUCK WITH FACTORY 20" WHEELS AND FACTORY MICHELIN TIRES. ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO, THE FRONT END EXHIBITED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN CROSSING OVER A BUMP/EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TORSION BAR, STEERING STABILIZER, AND SOME OTHER PARTS. TODAY, WITH A TRAILER IN TOW, WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON THE FREEWAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. LATER IN THE DAY, I DROPPED THE TRAILER AND THE TRUCK'S FRONT END DID IT AGAIN AT 55MPH WHILE IN AN OVERPASS TURN IMMEDIATELY AFTER CROSSING AN EXPANSION JOINT. EVERYTHING IS STOCK EXCEPT FOR THE NEW PARTS THE DEALER REPLACED LAST YEAR. I HAVE 60 PSI IN THE FRONT AND 65 PSI IN THE REAR. I HAVE A VIDEO OF AN OCCURRENCE BUT THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO ATTACH AN MP4 FILE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254689September 11, 2019
STEERING
DEATH WOBBLE, SHIMMY, OR OSCILLATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER HITTING BUMP, BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT OR IMPERFECTION IN ROAD. VEHICLE BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE, DARTS UNTO OTHER LANE IF WOBBLE STARTS IN A CURVE. MUST SLOW TO 15-25 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254736September 11, 2019
ENGINE
TRUCK WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN LOST COMPRESSION. COASTED OFF THE ROADWAY. VEHICLE HAD BROKEN VALVE SPRING WHICH DROPPED VALVE CAUSING HOLE IN TOP OF PISTON. THIS TRUCK IS IN NEW CONDITION WITH OIL CHANGES REGULARLY NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH OR KNOCKS. ZERO INDICATIONS PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. WE OWN FOUR FORDS AND BELIEVE THIS TO BE A FAULTY PART. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR. ONLY 92000 MILES ON IT ALL HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254377September 10, 2019
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP OR POTHOLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SAWGRASS FORD (14501 W SUNRISE BLVD, SUNRISE, FL 33323, (954) 851-9000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254427September 10, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
ACCELERATING ON TO INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65MPH, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL HIT A DEPRESSION IN THE ROAD SURFACE, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SWING VIOLENTLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DISPLACEMENT BECOMING LARGER IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I BRAKED HARD BRINGING THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. NARROWLY MISSING AN 18 WHEELER TRUCK. AFTER CHECKING FRONT SUSPENSION, I GINGERLY REJOINED THE FREEWAY AND CONTINUED AT 45MPH TO THE NEXT EXIT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS KNOW AS DEATH WOBBLE IN THE F250 COMMUNITY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254063September 9, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE "LOW ENGINE POWER" AND "LOW FUEL" MESSAGES APPEARED AND THE CONTACT DETECTED A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT HEARD AN EXPLOSION COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WHICH HE BELIVED WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD AND SMOKE TRAILING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT AND UNHOOKED THE FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER THAT WAS BEING TOWED. BYSTANDERS ASSISTED THE CONTACT WITH PUSHING THE VEHICLE AWAY FROM THE CAMPER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE POLICE WAS PRESENT, BUT NO REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DAYS AFTER THE FUEL FILTERS WERE REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254084September 9, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
ON9/8 /20 I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 78 MPH I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND ALMOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK DUE TO A HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK(WOBBLY). THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THE SHAKE WAS NORMAL. NOW IT IS SO BAD CAN'T CONTROL IT WHEN IT STARTS. I FEEL THIS TRUCK IS UNSAFE AND NEED HELP TO CORRECT IT BY FORD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254134September 9, 2019
SUSPENSION
4-WHEEL DRIVE (4WD) - SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION - ABOVE 45 MPH (72 KM/H). VEHICLE IN MOTION, ON THE HIGHWAY, TOWING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. HITTING A BUMP OR SEAM IN THE ROAD CAUSES UNCONTROLLABLE SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT SUSPENSION. REQUIRES IMMEDIATE REDUCTION IN SPEED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254286September 9, 2019
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVE ON FREEWAY OR SURFACE STREET IF I DRIVE OVER A POT HOLE OR BRIDGE SEAM, TRUCKS SUSPENSION GOES IN TO A DEATH WOBBLE, HAVE TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO REGAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK. THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO KILL MYSELF OR SOME ONE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. THIS ISSUE HAPPENS AT LEAST TWICE A DAY NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254001September 8, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHIMMY'S AND SHAKES AND MAKES MY HANDS LEAVE THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND GOING OVER ROAD BUMPS, BRIDGE TRANSITIONS, ROAD DEFORMITIES. THE DEFECT LEADS TO DIFFICULT STEERING AND INTENSE SHAKING EVEN WHEN DRIVERS ARE DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. THIS IS TRIGGERED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MILES PER HOUR AND ONE OF THE TIRES HITS A GROOVE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD, THIS CAUSES A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAN ONLY BE CONTROLLED BY A SUDDEN REDUCTION OF SPEED, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A SEVERAL CAR PILE-UP ON THE FREEWAY BY ME REDUCING SPEEDS FROM 70 MPH TO UNDER 30 MPH IN THE FAST LANE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO A SAFE AREA. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST BUT NOW IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN LESS THAN 50 MILES. MY WIFE REFUSES T DRIVE THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253896September 7, 2019
STEERING
EXPERIENCED THE FIRST 'DEATH WOBBLE' IN MY F-250 WITH 18,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN THE FREEWAY AND RAN OVER A BRIDGE TRANSITION WHILE MAKING A SLIGHT TURN TO THE LEFT. VIBRATION CONTINUED UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 55MPH. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. HAPPENED AGAIN WITHIN 500 MILES, THIS TIME DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE FREEWAY WITH CRUISE SET AT 75MPH AND HIT A FEW SMALL BUMPS IN ROAD. EXTREME VIBRATION FELT IN STEERING WHEEL UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 30MPH. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE FRONT TIRES FAILED THEIR 'HIGH ROAD FORCE TEST.' THEY REPLACED THE TWO FRONT TIRES. I'M AFRAID THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AND IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WITH POSSIBLE DEADLY REPERCUSSIONS. HOW CAN TWO FRONT TIRES THAT WON'T BALANCE CAUSE A SEVERE LATERAL VIBRATION IN THE STEERING SYSTEM?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253711September 6, 2019
STEERING
TRACK BAR FAILING. CAUSING 'DEATH WOBBLE' WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DURING BRAKING AND WHEN HITTING SMALL BUMPS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253625September 6, 2019
STEERING
2018 F250 16,000MI STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AFTER HITTING A BUMPY PATCH ON THE ROAD. 12/12/18 DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRACK BAR ,STEERING DAMPENER, PROBLEM CONTINUED 2/7/19 DEALERSHIP INSTALLED ADJUSTMENT BUSHING ON BOTH SIDES PER TSB 18-2268. 4/4/18 PROBLEMS RETURNED DEALERSHIP LOOKED A THE TRUCK AGAIN SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY FAMILY IS NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE ON THE HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253186September 4, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SHORTLY AFTER STARTING AND WHILE IN MOTION, RECEIVING A BLIND SPOT SYSTEM FAULT AND A CROSS TRAFFIC SYSTEM FAULT. IT INDICATES THE DRIVER REAR TO BE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253246September 4, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
BOUGHT TRUCK CASH HAD IT 3 WEEKS BRAKE LINES WE CORRODED NEVER LOOKED AT GOT TOLD GARAGE WON'T FIND TRANNY COOLER FITTING AND THE GAS STRAP BROKE OFF AND I HAVE ONLY HAD TRUCK 3 MONTHS NOW AND DEALERSHIP WON'T HELP AND GARAGE WON'T FIX TRUCK AND GOT TURNED AWAY FROM FORD DEALERSHIP..AND I HAVE A 6 MONTH UNLIMITED MILEAGE WARRANTY ON TRUCK..THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION COMING FROM CHURCH WHEN BRAKE LINES BY ENGINE BLOCK SPRAYED ALL OVER ENGINE..WE WE DRIVING ON A STREET BEHIND OTHER CHURCH GOERS.. I NEEDED THIS TRUCK FOR HAULING AND SUCH AND HAD STRAP BREAKING AND MAY CAUSE FIRE IF TO DRIVE DOWN MAIN HIGHWAY AND IT FALL OUT..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252866September 3, 2019
STEERING
WHEN BRAKING AT 60+MPH RESULTS IN EXTREME FRONT END WOBBLE. THIS HAS OCCURRED EVERY TIME WE DRIVE AT 60+MPH AND BRAKE. SO MULTIPLE TIMES. *BF MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252877September 3, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
MY FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY STARTED WHAT MANY REFER TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AT 65,000 MILES. THE FIRST INSTANCE OF THIS OCCURRED WHEN MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK (WITH ME IN THE PASSENGER SEAT) TO VISIT COLLEGES. WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (78 MPH) WE WENT OVER A CONCRETE TO ASPHALT TRANSITION AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END STARTED VIOLENTLY BOUNCING OR WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH LIKE A SHOPPING CART WHEEL WOULD. SHE OBVIOUSLY PANICKED AND I HAD TO TELL HER TO SLOW THE TRUCK TO 25 MPH (ON A HIGHWAY) TO REGAIN CONTROL. WE ENDED UP IN MEDIAN AS THERE WAS TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL DURING THE EVENT. THIS PARTICULAR TRIP WAS FROM HOUSTON TO LUBBOCK AND I DROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP TO AND FROM EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEATH WOBBLE ANOTHER 4 TIMES. I TOOKE THE TRUCK IN AND HAD REPLACEMENT PARTS PUT IN AND CONDITION CONTINUED. RETURNED THE TRUCK TO LEGACY FORD IN ROSENBERG, TX FOR FIX AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TRUCK IS 100% STOCK WITH GOOD MICHELIN TIRES. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL YIELD HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252976September 3, 2019
STEERING
MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE INTERNET CALLS THIS THE DEATH WOBBLE AND APPARENTLY IT IS AFFECTING A LOT OF FORD F250 TRUCKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252687September 1, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHEN I WAS DRIVING I LOST POWER I PUT ON THE SCANNER GOT A CODE P0701 WHICH IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER SOLENOID I LOST ALL GEARS I RESET THE LIGHT GOT 3 AND 4 WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME BUT NOW HAVE NO GEARS WHAT SO EVER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252414August 30, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, OUR FORD F-250 STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE IN THE FRONT END AFTER GOING ONTO AN OVERPASS ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A VIOLENT WOBBLE OF THE FRONT END. IT FEELS LIKE THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION IS GOING TO SELF DESTRUCT. THIS HAPPENED ONE TIME AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH AND ANOTHER TIME AT A SPEED OF 75 MPH. IN ORDER TO GET THE FRONT END SHAKING TO STOP, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. DURING BOTH EPISODES, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT TIRES WERE WOBBLING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WAS SO VIOLENT THAT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE FIRST EPISODE OCCURRED WITH APPROXIMATELY 21,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER THAT EPISODE, WE TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND INDICATED IT WAS FIXED. THE SECOND EPISODE OCCURRED WITH ABOUT 29,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WE AGAIN TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHANGED THE CASTER SETTING ON THE VEHICLE TO AN OUT OF SPEC CONDITION AND TOLD US THAT THE FORD REGIONAL SERVICE REP TOLD THEM THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THAT SERVICE VISIT, THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 72 MPH AND 76 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE BACK AND FORTH AT A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A THIRD TIME TO ADDRESS THIS NEWEST PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS RIGHT AT 36,000 MILES ON IT AND IS AT THE END OF THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS APPROX OCTOBER 1, 2018 AND THE SECOND INSTANCE WAS APPROX MARCH 1, 2019.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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