Ford F-250 Complaints (2012)

323 consumer complaints on file.

#11318537March 18, 2020
ENGINE, SUSPENSION
EGR SISTEM FAILS TO SOON AND I HAVE DEAD WOBBLE FRONT SUSPENSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11318076March 15, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
2012 F250 PURCHASED NEW AND NO MODIFICATIONS EVER. I HAVE ALWAYS RUN THE STOCK MICHELIN TIRES. BEGINNING IN OR ABOUT 2015 I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE STEERING WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE TIRES HITS A GROOVE, BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL THE VIOLENT SHAKING IS TO QUICKLY REDUCE THE SPEED AND PULLING ONTO THE SHOULDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11318004March 14, 2020
SUSPENSION
FORD F250 WITH DEATH WOBBLE. I HAVE REPLACED ALL FRONT END COMPONENTS $1,700 AND NEW TIRES $1,200 TIIRES REBALANCED AND ROTATED. 4 TIMES TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP BUT PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. DO I HAVE TO DIE IN THE VEHICLE TO GET SOMEONES ATTENTION?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317111March 9, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SEVERE SHAKING IN FRONT END AROUND 60MPH. TRUCK BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE AND VERY DANGEROUS. "DEATH SHUDDER"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309630February 17, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILE AN HOUR THE VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO DOING A DEATH WOBBLE WHEN CROSSING UNEVEN PAVEMENT OR HITTING BUMPS. THE VEHICLE SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT BECOMES HARD TO CONTROL AND HAS TO COME TO A STOP TO REGAIN FULL CONTROL. I HAVE THIS NICE TRUCK THAT I HAVE TO AVOID INTERSTATE TRAVEL BECAUSE OF FEAR OF HURTING MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. I HAVE HAD BEARINGS AND TRACK BAR REPLACED, HAD TRUCK REALIGNED AND TIRES BALANCED TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH NO LUCK. I'M GETTING READY TO PURCHASE A STEERING STABILIZER TO TRY BUT I'M RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS AND MONEY TO SINK IN TRUCK BUT IT HAS TO BE FIXED. AFTER A LOT OF RESEARCH AND TALKING TO OTHERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM IT SOUNDS LIKE FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY CHARGE PREMIUM PRICES FOR THEIR PRODUCTS BUT MINE HAS TO SET AT THE HOUSE OR TRAVEL BACK ROADS TO STAY SAFE. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309484February 16, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
MY TRUCK HAS THE DEATH WOBBLE I BROUGHT THIS ISSUE IN SEVERAL TIMES AT THIS TIME NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHAT THE ISSUES WAS OVER THE YEARS IT BECAME WORSE I FIXED SOME OF THE ISSUE AT MY OWN EXPENSE STILL HAVE ISSUES WORRIED I MAY DIE OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE WHEN THE WOBBLE OCCURS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309562February 16, 2020
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 85 AT 65MPH PASSING A VEHICLE AND ALL THE SUDDEN TRUCK STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE, MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL UNTIL WE GOT BELOW 30 MPH. FELT AS IF TIRES WERE GOING TO FALL OFF OR WE WERE GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL.
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
#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
#11307178February 5, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
GETTING THE DEATH WOBBLE, HAVE REPLACED THE SHOCKS AND DAMPER, NOT LUCK. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY SOMETIMES WHEN HIT A BUMP AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. ITS TERRIBLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11307252February 5, 2020
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY IT WILL INADVERTANTLY BEGIN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE SPEED IS ALMOST REDUCED TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES REGARDLESS OF THE TIRE TREAD WEAR. HAS OCCURRED WITH BRAND NEW TIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11307296February 5, 2020
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION AFTER DRIVING OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DURING THE FAILURE THE DRIVER WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER PARAMOUNT FORD OF VALDESE LOCATED (101 MALCOLM BLVD, VALDESE) WHO REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK AND BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACE BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11306657February 3, 2020
STEERING
TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 65 SOUTH FROM MONTGOMERY, AL HEADED HOME TO DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL, WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE THAT HAD BUMPS IN THE ROAD FROM WHAT I THINK WERE WHERE BRIDGE ROAD SECTIONS. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF A FOUR PART OF THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN I FELT THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2012 FORD F250 FX4 STARTED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK SO BAD I COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE! I THOUGHT THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK WAS COMING LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE! I COULD BARELY HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL! I REDUCED SPEED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD AS I MANEUVERED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE FAR RIGHT. THANK GOD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT! A POLICEMAN STOPPED TO ASSIST ME ONCE I HAD THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE AND I TOLD HIM I WAS ALREADY SEARCHING FOR THE NEAREST FORD DEALERS FOR HELP. LOCAL DEALERS WERE TELLING ME I WOULD NEED TO HAVE SEVERAL FRONT END SUSPENSION PARTS REPLACED, BUT WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PARTS AND BE SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD DO WORK. I GOOGLED WHAT HAPPENED AND FOUND OUT THIS WAS HAPPENING AT AN ALARMING RATE FOR A LOT OF FORD F250 AND F350 TRUCK OWNERS. IT IS CALLED THE "THE FORD F250/F350 DEATH WOBBLE"! APPARENTLY THIS IS A FORD DESIGN DEFECT THAT CAUSES THIS TO HAPPEN AT ANY MILEAGE ON VEHICLE. I DECIDED TO TRY TO SLOWLY DRIVE MY TRUCK BACK TO OUR HOME IN DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE TRUCK SEEMED TO BE OKAY AFTER THE INCIDENT AS I DROVE BACK HOME AT A SLOW SPEED. I HAVE BEEN FEARFUL SINCE TO DRIVE MORE THAN 60MPH WITH IT AND MY WIFE WIL NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK ANYMORE! FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
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
#11299981January 16, 2020
STEERING
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THIS TRUCK BETWEEN THE LINES ON THE ROAD. IT HAS ABOUT 4 INCHES OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND OVERCORRECTING THIS IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS....I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298442January 10, 2020
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TRUCK HAS WHAT THEY CALL THE DEATH WOBBLE ITS IS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS FOR COMPLAINTS OUT THE ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED IF ITS NOT ALREADY HAPPENED. IT SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AS SOON AS YOU YOU HIT A BRIDGE CONNECTOR OR A BUMP OR ANY IMPERFECTION ON THE ROAD WHEN YOU DOING TIGER RATE OF SPEED APROX 60 TO 70 MPH. AND VERY DANGEROUS WHEN Y9OUR ON THE HIGHWAYS IT ALSO CAN HAPPEN IF THE WHEELS AREA AT A CERTAIN ANGLE AND YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. YOU HA E TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 10 OR 15 MPH AND CAN TO HIT THE BRAKES.OR GAS TO GET OUT OF IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298690January 6, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WHILE TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 10 CROSSING OVER SIEGEN LANE, TRUCK PASSED OVER SMALL BUMP IN INTERSTATE AND STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE THE ENTIRE TRUCK ALMOST TO THE POINT OF NO CONTROL. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO INSPECT MY TRUCK. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND ALL TIRES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. WHEN I STARTED AGAIN THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF 12 INCIDENTS OF WHAT I HAVE COME TO KNOW FROM RESEARCH AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK THE THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO CORRECT THE ISSUE TO NO AVAIL. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AND FORD CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. THIS IS THE MOST UNNERVING EXPERIENCE. THIS WAS A $70000 VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN KEPT UP TO DATE ON ALL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN WRECKED OR EVER TAKE OFF ROAD. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN ENGINEERING AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11296691January 2, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DEATH WOBBLE ON THE HIGHWAY MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. HAVING TO SLOW DOWN RAPIDLY TO 30 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IS NOT SAFE. OUR TRUCK IS UNDER FORD'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. FIRST THEY BLAMED IT ON THE TIRES SO WE HAD THEM REPLACED AND THAT DID NOT FIX IT. NOW, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE ENTIRE FRONT END TWICE WITHOUT A RESOLUTION. THE TRUCK NOW SHAKES SLIGHTLY AT ALL TIMES NO MATTER WHAT SPEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287761December 8, 2019
STEERING
DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS OVER 60MPH. TOOK PLACE FIVE TIMES WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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