Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#11180814February 18, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
2017 F250 WITH 35K. FIRST TIME HAULING MY 3 HORSE BUMPER PULL TRAILER. WENT OVER THE BUMP ONTO AN OVERPASS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 AND THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE SEATS AND STEERING WHEEL WERE SHAKING. IT WAS TERRIFYING. I SLOWED TO 55 AND IT STOPPED. IT DID IT TO ME TWICE YESTERDAY WITH SOPHIE IN THE CAR. I GOOGLED 2017 F250 SHAKING. IT'S A DEATH WOBBLE. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE ISSUE.
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#11180846February 18, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CODE P20BA, REDUCTANT HEATER IN DEF TANK. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT FORD DID NOT INCLUDE MY YEAR MODEL IN THE WARRANTY RECALL. $1050.00 TO REPAIR. I SEE ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING.
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0
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#11180864February 18, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
TAILGATE LATCH GETS STUCK AND ALSO DROPS WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING. THE TAILGATE DROPPED INVOLUNTARILY WHEN I WAS HAULING MY HORSE TRAILER AND DAMAGED BOTH MY TRUCK TAILGATE AND MY TRAILER JACK. I HAD TO CLOSE THE TAILGATE AGAIN TO GET MY HORSES OFF THE ROAD AND NOW THE TAILGATE IS STUCK AND I CANNOT UNHITCH MY TRAILER.
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0
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0
#11180566February 17, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (55+) THE HOOD BEGINS TO SHUDDER AND SHAKE TO THE POINT WHERE THE ALARM WILL COME ON SAYING HOOD IS NOT CLOSED COMPLETELY. PROBLEM HAS CONSISTENTLY GROWN OVER TIME. WHILE GOING INTO A HEAD WIND VIA MOTHER NATURE OR A SEMI, HOOD APPEARS TO BEGIN TO OPEN ALL THE WAY UP.
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No
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0
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0
#11180595February 17, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, SUSPENSION
AS I WAS ENTERING FREEWAY I DROVE OVER AN EXPANSION GAP AT 50-55 MPH WHILE CHANGING LANES AT WHICH TIME MY TRUCKS FRONT END STARTED WHOBBLING AND VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL FRONT END AND TRUCK ALL TOGETHER. I STARTED TO BRAKE AND MY TRUCK WENT INTO ANOTHER LANE WHERE I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE 41,000 MILES, ORIGINAL RIMS, TIRES AND SUSPENSION.
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No
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0
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0
#11180670February 17, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THE "DEATH WOBBLE" HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I GOT MY SPEED UP TO 55MPH ON A STATE HIGHWAY, THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY, I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 30 BEFORE REGAINING CONTROL. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD HAS TO ADDRESS!!
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11180468February 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHEN DRIVING THE 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION HAS A TERRIBLE SHIFT FROM 3 TO 4 AND WHENEVER YOU ARE DRIVING AT HWY SPEEDS IN 6TH GEAR AND PUSH THE GAS PEDAL TO GO A LITTLE FASTER IN WILL SOMETIMES DOWNSHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11180281February 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND OFF. NO ONE WAS IN VEHICLE. VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES BY ITSELF.
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11180327February 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN
SHIFTS TO WHILE DRIVING
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No
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No
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0
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0
#11180349February 15, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE REDUCTANT HEATER AND SENSOR ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND THE REMOTE START TO BECOME DISABLED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED UPON ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS GENERALLY DRIVEN IN HIGH-TRAFFIC SITUATIONS AND THE DANGER WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE VEHICLE TO ENTER LIMP MODE THEREBY CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAFFIC HAZARD. BASED ON A FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BULLETIN (UPLOADED), WE CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA TO SCHEDULE A REPAIR. THE REPAIR INVOICE HAS BEEN UPLOADED WITH PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING DATA REDACTED. THE ORIGINAL IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11180381February 15, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY FORD F-250 EXPERIENCED A SEVERE "DEATH WOBBLE" ON 3 OCCASIONS CAUSING THE NEED TO SLOW DOWN FROM 65 MPH TO 25 MPH ON THE FREEWAY DURING NORMAL TRAFFIC. ON ONE OCCASION, THE SHAKING WAS SO BAD IT WENT TO THE ADJACENT DRIVING LANE WHILE ON AN ON-RAMP AND WAS COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP NOW AND HAVING THE STEERING SHOCK REPLACED BUT THE SERVICE REP STATED THEY ARE JUST TRYING THIS AS A SOLUTION BUT DO NOT KNOW THE ROOT CAUSE. THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING THAT I PAY FOR AN ALIGNMENT AS ANOTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTION. THE TRUCK HAS ROUGHLY 20K MILES ON IT AND IS COMPLETELY STOCK (LESS A CAMPER SHELL). I DO NOT FEEL SAFE PUTTING MY 2 YEAR OLD, 7 YEAR OLD, OR WIFE IN A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE WHILE HAVING TO WORRY IF THE TRUCK WILL CAUSE A WRECK DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11179986February 14, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
STOCK, AS DELIVERED BY THE DEALER, 2017 F250 SUPERDUTY 4X4 FX4 WITH 20,XXX MILES. THREE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED SO FAR.. AT SPEEDS AROUND 55MPH THE FRONT END STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING BUMP.(DEATH WOBBLE). THE BUMP THAT INITIATED THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE TRUCK AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WERE NOT MAJOR BUMPS AND ON STATE HIGHWAYS. YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING THE TRUCK UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS BELOW 25MPH. FOUND NUMEROUS REFERENCES OF THIS OCCURRING WHEN SEARCHING ISSUE ON LINE. DEALER SAYS IT AN KNOWN ISSUE AND WOULD REPLACE A STEERING COMPONENT BUSHING UNDER WARRANTY. ASKED IF THIS WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE. WAS TOLD TO TRY AN AFTERMARKET DUAL STABILIZER. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THEY COMPONENT THAT WAS DAMAGED WOULD BE REPLACE BUT THE CAUSE OF THE COMPONENT FAILURE WOULD NOT BE RESOLVED.
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11180015February 14, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
DEATH WOBBLE - AT ABOUT 55-60 MILES PER HOUR WITH AN EMPTY TRUCK, I EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE ON THE FREEWAY. MY TRUCK SEEMED TO GO OVER A VERY SLIGHT POTHOLE IN THE ROAD AND BEGAN THIS JUMPING. THE FREEWAY WAS CROWDED AND I WAS IN LANE#3. THE TRUCK SWERVED VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES AND GET TO THE SHOULDER. THE DEATH WOBBLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL I SLOWED TO ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED ONCE MORE THE SAME DAY. IT TOOK FORD A WEEK TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN THEY ONLY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER WITH THE SAME TYPE AND DID A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. TRUCK STILL WANTS TO JUMP AROUND ON ROAD SURFACES AND I FEEL THE DEATH WOBBLE COULD HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT. THE SERVICE MANAGER ACTED LIKE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD HEARD OF THIS ISSUE, UNTIL I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND MANY DISCUSSIONS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT OTHER 2017 SUPER DUTY TRUCKS DOING THE SAME THING. THEN THEY ADMITTED TO SEEING IT ON OTHER VEHICLES. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO CRASH AT ANY MOMENT.
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11180094February 14, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WITH ONLY 15,000 MILES, MY FORD F250 4X4 SUPER DUTY TRUCK (ALL STOCK) WOULD WOBBLE VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR DIP ON THE ROAD, TYPICALLY AT SPEEDS OVER 45MPH. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AS THIS OCCURS FREQUENTLY. FORD REPLACED SEVERAL STEERING PARTS AND ADMITTED TO WHAT THEY CALL A "DEATH WOBBLE". WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THAT THE WOBBLE WAS SO BAD, IT FORCED ME INTO THE MEDIAL OF THE INTERSTATE AND NEARLY CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. MY FEARS ARE MORE TOWARD THAT IF I HAD MY 17 YEAR OLD DRIVING THE TRUCK, MUCH WORSE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AS IT TOOK ALL I HAD TO MANEUVER THE TRUCK OFF THE HIGHWAY AND DOWN TO A SAFE SPEED TO BRING THE TRUCK BACK UNDER CONTROL. THE WOBBLE OR SHIMMY WAS SO EXTREME THAT I FELT IT NEEDED REPORTED. WHEN I ASKED IF THE PARTS REPLACEMENT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM INDEFINITELY, THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME A GOOD ANSWER. SO MY FEARS AGAIN ARE "WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND WHAT IF MY TEENAGER IS DRIVING". I DON'T FEEL THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED AND NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT, OR WORSE.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11180146February 14, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN DEC. 2017 WITH 17,000 MILES ON IT, AND IT NOW HAS 30,000 MILES ON IT. ON FEB 11,12 WHILE DRIVING IN AKRON OHIO AT AROUND 65 MPH I HIT A BUMP AND THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING SO FIERCELY I COULD HARDLY CONTROL THE TRUCK. MY WIFE WAS WITH ME AND WAS TERRIFIED. IF SHE WAS DRIVING IT SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND WOULD PROBABLY BEEN INVOLVED IN A HORRIBLE AND MOST LIKELY A FATAL ACCIDENT. MY PROBLEM IS THAT I'M FINDING OUT THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A WHILE NOW AND FORD ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT OR AS MY DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID WHEN I DROPPED IT OF THIS MORNING, DOESN'T THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS TRUCK HAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE 13,000 MILES SINCE I'VE OWNED IT. I'VE HAD IT LOOKED AT EACH AND THE PLACE I TOOK IT TO CAN'T FIND ANYTHING LOOSE, HOWEVER THE ONE TIME THEY REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND THAT SEEMED TO HELP FOR A LITTLE WHILE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THIS CANNOT SIMPLY BE A TIRE INFLATION ISSUE WHICH BY THE WAY I'M PRETTY RELIGIOUS ABOUT CHECKING ON A REGULAR BASIS. THANK YOU [XXX] ('PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11179897February 13, 2019
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN EXTENSIVE 'DEATH WOBBLE' UPON DRIVING OVER UNEVEN ASPHALT. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL WITH FORCE TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS STABILIZED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. SOUTHLAND FORD (801 NORTH ST, ASHBURN, GA 31714, (229) 567-3301) DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED SOME FRONT END PARTS, INCLUDING THE TIRE STABILIZER, BUSHINGS, DAMPENERS, AND RESET THE CAMBER CASTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEATH WOBBLE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.
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No
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0
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0
#11179919February 13, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SOME TIMES THE FIRST GEAR LIGHT WILL COME ON DURING DRIVING NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHY
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11176500February 12, 2019
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING IN SPEEDS BETWEEN 55-70 AND DRIVING OVER A BUMP, BRIDGE OR POTHOLE, MY FRONT END WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY; RESULTING IN NEARLY LOSING CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I WOULD NEED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO END THE VIOLENT SHAKING. THIS HAPPENED NEARLY 15 TIMES WHEN DRIVING EASTBOUND ON I-40 BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND KNOXVILLE TN. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY SHOULDER AND LIGHT TRAFFIC OR ELSE IT MAY HAVE CAUSED A DEADLY ACCIDENT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND MOST CALL IT 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND IT IS CAUSED BY THE CASTOR ANGLE OF FORDS FRONT END SUSPENSION. IT IS KNOW TO RAPIDLY WEAR BUSHINGS, JOINTS AND BEARINGS THAT COULD ULTIMATELY CAUSE LOSS OF TOTAL CONTROL OF A HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE. MULTIPLE TSB HAVE BEEN ISSUES FOR OTHER YEAR OF SUPERDUTY TRUCKS AND ALL HAVE STATED TO REPLACE WORN TRACK BARS, TIE ROD ENDS, STEERING STABILIZERS AND ADJUST THE CASTOR ANGLE.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11176506February 12, 2019
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 55-70 MPH WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP OR UNEVEN TERRAIN THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK INCLUDING THE STEERING COLUMN WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL YOU BRAKE AND BRING THE SPEED BELOW 40 MPH. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
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0
#11176652February 12, 2019
VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY REAR WINDOW SHATTERED ON A COLD MORNING WITH NO IMPACT. I SUSPECT THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS FAULTY. GLASS GUY SAID HE REPLACED THIS WINDOW ALL THE TIME WITH THAT COMPLAINT.
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No
Injuries:
0
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