Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 04/22/2010 | 36000 | ||
| I was on the interstate driving 70 mph when i hit a small bump in the road which caused my truck to shake violently and lose controll of steering which took me off the road into the center median. this could have easily been a head on collision in different circumstances. | |||
| 01/05/2012 | 65000 | ||
| Driving on interstate and ran off onto rumble strips on side of road and wheel shake became extremely violent.had to bring vehicle down to 30 mph from 75 very quickly and almost was hit from behind doing so.have seen this and had it happen on older trucks that had excessive were in tie rods and worn front end parts but this truck is tight so i thought.first time for this and it was very frieghten couldn't beleive how violent shake was.ford does need to address this or offer a fix before someone does get hurt.wonder how many are out there that people have gotten rid of or never complained about it. | |||
| 09/06/2006 | 20 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 ford f-250. while driving approximately 65 mph, the contact drove over a bump and the vehicle began to immediately vibrate violently. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, where both front tie rod ends were replaced. the contact also recently received an advisory notification letter from the manufacturer in regards to steering wheel and front end vibrations when driving over bumpy road surfaces. the manufacturer advised owners to maintain proper tire inflation. the manufacturer was notified and made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 20. sm. | |||
| 01/05/2012 | 65000 | ||
| Driving on interstate and ran off onto rumble strips on side of road and wheel shake became extremely violent.had to bring vehicle down to 30 mph from 75 very quickly and almost was hit from behind doing so.have seen this and had it happen on older trucks that had excessive were in tie rods and worn front end parts but this truck is tight so i thought.first time for this and it was very frieghten couldn't beleive how violent shake was.ford does need to address this or offer a fix before someone does get hurt.wonder how many are out there that people have gotten rid of or never complained about it. | |||
| 09/06/2006 | 20 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 ford f-250. while driving approximately 65 mph, the contact drove over a bump and the vehicle began to immediately vibrate violently. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, where both front tie rod ends were replaced. the contact also recently received an advisory notification letter from the manufacturer in regards to steering wheel and front end vibrations when driving over bumpy road surfaces. the manufacturer advised owners to maintain proper tire inflation. the manufacturer was notified and made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 20. sm. | |||
| 09/06/2006 | 20 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 ford f250. while driving approximately 65 mph, the contact drove over a bump and immediately the vehicle began to vibrate violently. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where both front tie rod ends were replaced. most recently, the contact received an advisory notification from the manufacturer alerting vibration in the steering wheel and front end of the vehicle whenever encountering a bump in the road. the manufacturer advised proper tire inflation. the manufacturer was notified of the problem. the approximate failure mileage was 20. js | |||
| 12/01/2011 | |||
| When i hit a pot hole doing 50mph the front driver side starts to shack on uncontrollably.tire pressure is ok. brakes are new,what should i do to repair this ? | |||
| 10/08/2011 | 129000 | ||
| My ford f250 has a very dangerous wobble when i hit a bump on the highway. i have checked the tire presure and all four tires are fine. after doing some research i had found that this is a on going problem with the ford sd trucks. something has to be done or someone is going to get killed due to a bad accident. every dealer that i talk to has never heard of this problem but yet i see it postedall over the internet. i am very upset and i am going to take legal action. | |||
| 05/30/2009 | 34341 | 1 | |
| Ford 2005 f250 4x4 super duty ,violent shaking. on sat may 30th at approx 11:00 am pacific standard time, i was traveling on the i 280 south freeway with my daughter to a soccer tournament in my 2005 f250 4x4 super duty truck. we were in cruise control going approx 55 mph. we drove over what i believe was a large expansion joint on the freeway. immediately after we traveled over joint, the vehicle start to violently shake and vibrate. after a tense moment of complete terror as the vehicle became extremely difficult to control and continued to shake violently we came to a unsafe stop on the freeway. after the complete stop, i immediately had to speed up again to prevent being rear ended in the middle of the freeway. the rest of the trip was spent white knuckled traveling well below freeway speeds for fear of another episode of shaking . every bump in the road was a scary reminder of what might happen again. my daughter is scared to travel in the truck and my wife has demanded that the problem be addressed immediately,or sell the | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 05/31/2010 | 126417 | ||
| Extreme front end wobble on my 2005 ford f-250. feels like the tront end is going to tear itself apart. | |||
| 08/03/2009 | 50 | 1 | |
| Steering issue with my ford superduty f250. since day 1 the steering while driving in a straight line tends to wander. feels like you are driving a bumper car in traffic only hoping you do not hit anyone. ford engineer said it was a problem they suppose to have fixed. it helped for a while aprox. 21/2 years but as the truck gets older it is starting to wander more. has about 1-1 1/2 of play in the steering wheel. its like driving a 1968 ford. have read several other complaints from other ford buyers with same issue. ford sent a notification a while back and stated that when this wandering occurred while driving to just slow down. well that's all fine and dandy except my wife and i took our 2 horses to flagstaff ,az. a few weeks ago for a trail ride coming up from phoenix, az. we had to drive up through steep mountains and then come back down steep mountains. the speed limit is 75 but we were only doing 60-65 most of the time. my truck is rated to pull 12500 lbs. at one point the truck decided on its on to wander about 2 ft. to the right coming down a mountain at this point i was only doing about 60 fortunately since i was constantly having to work the steering wheel back and forth i was able to ease off the throttle and bring it back in line after awhile. again feeling like we were playing bumper cars only this time with 2 horses in the trailer which the weight was only about 6000lbs. the horses were not moving around as they were beat from the days play. the whole ordeal really rattled us.this has been an issue for a long time and is only getting worst. i know i am out of warranty but since ford supposedly fix it before i think it is a real safety issue. it all points to a bad steering box or bad front suspension. we would have been killed had i not got this truck under control and the horses were not safe then. any help would be appreciated as ford has not been much help to anyone. their little notification to all owners of this problem should be a repair. *tr | |||
| 06/13/2009 | 36000 | 1 | |
| I experienced a severe and violent shaking of the front end of my 2005 ford f-250 truck while traveling 60 mph over a slight rough patch on a highway. i lost control of my vehicle and was forced to swerve off the highway. i was almost hit by the vehicle directly behind me. this is the third time i have lost control of the truck because of this violent shaking in the last month. i have had the truck to a local inspection station and they replaced the steering stabilizer and did an alignment. this did not help. i have called the ford dealer i purchased the truck from and they said they never heard of anyone having this problem with any ford truck. obviously, they are aware of the problem. i only hope there is a recall before too many people die. *tr | |||
| 02/13/2007 | 40000 | 1 | |
| I own a 2005 ford f-250 crew cab 4x4 long bed truck all stock. when driving at speeds above 55 miles per hour i experience violent shaking from the front end which is called death wobble after doing research. ford says that there is nothing wrong with the truck and that it is fine. the wobble only stops when my speed is decreased under 40 mph or so. when this happens the truck is extremely hard to control and requires you to slam on the brakes at high speeds. i have founds hundreds of people online with the same problem with the 05-06 super duty trucks. this has happened to me dozens of times and i'm tired of it. i put a larger size tire all the way around and it didn't help any. *tr | |||