2005 FORD F-250 SD Problems & Recalls
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Icon Vehicle Dynamics, LLC (Icon) is recalling all 05-UP FSD 2.5 Centerline Stabilizer Kits with part number 65050. The kits were sold as an accessory for certain 2005-2021 Ford F-250 4X4 and F-350 4...
FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 RANGER TRUCKS BUILT FROM JANUARY 25, 2011, THROUGH APRIL 25, 2011 AT THE TWIN CITIES ASSEMBLY PLANT, AND SERVICE PARTS DISTRIBUTED TO DEALERS FOR CERTAIN 2004...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACT...
Mileage: 220,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS AN ONGOING FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND TO BILLINGSLEY FORD LINCOLN ...
Mileage: 35,000
WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKES WHILE DIRECTIONAL IS ON THE DIRECTIONALS STOP FUNCTIONING WHILE IN MOTION AND TURNING WHICH IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD IM WONDERING WHY NHTSA 11V352000 IS ALLOWING FORD TO ONLY REPAIR CERTAIN VINS ESPECIALLY WHEN MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL ARE SPECIFIED IN THE SUMMARY.WITH THE S...
Mileage: 43,000
WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKES WHILE DIRECTIONAL IS ON THE DIRECTIONALS STOP FUNCTIONING WHILE IN MOTION AND TURNING WHICH IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD IM WONDERING WHY NHTSA 11V352000 IS ALLOWING FORD TO ONLY REPAIR CERTAIN VINS ESPECIALLY WHEN MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL ARE SPECIFIED IN THE SUMMARY.WITH THE S...
Mileage: 43,000
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MY F250, SUPER DUTY 6.0 DIESEL BECAME SLUGGISH AND GAS MILEAGE SUFFERED IMMENSELY. THEN, WITH ONLY 53,000 MILES, MY LEFT REAR DISK BRAKE CALIPER WAS DRAGGING AND STARTED SMOKING. AT MY COST AND ON THE LEFT REAR, I HAD FORD REPLACE THE CALIPER, PADS, BRAKE LINE AND RESURFACE THE...
Mileage: 54,000
TIRE BEGAN TO SHIMMY, PULLED OVER FOUND NOTHING WRONG, 25 MILES LATER TIRE BLEW AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSING LOSE OF CONTROL. TIRE BELTS DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. SAME TIRE AS NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 15T-061 BUT MANUFACTURED 4 MONTHS PRIOR TO EARLIEST RECALL PRODUCTION DATE.
Mileage: 133,600
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FICM FUEL INJECTION CONTRO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART AND WAS PUSHED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. T...
Mileage: 141,000
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, JUST LEAVING TOWN I HIT 50 MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE TILL I SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH. I GOT THE NOTICE FROM FORD TELLING ME IT ALL HAD TO DO WITH TIRE PRESSURE. I INFLATED THE TIRES TO THE REQUIRED PRESSURE AND IT ONLY MADE THINGS...
Mileage: 112,000
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, JUST LEAVING TOWN I HIT 50 MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE TILL I SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH. I GOT THE NOTICE FROM FORD TELLING ME IT ALL HAD TO DO WITH TIRE PRESSURE. I INFLATED THE TIRES TO THE REQUIRED PRESSURE AND IT ONLY MADE THINGS...
Mileage: 112,000
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, JUST LEAVING TOWN I HIT 50 MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE TILL I SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH. I GOT THE NOTICE FROM FORD TELLING ME IT ALL HAD TO DO WITH TIRE PRESSURE. I INFLATED THE TIRES TO THE REQUIRED PRESSURE AND IT ONLY MADE THINGS...
Mileage: 112,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAI...
Mileage: 138,576
WHEN SPEED CONTROL IS ENGAGED--SOMETIMES WHEN THE DECREASE BUTTON IS PUSHED THE SPEED OF VEHICLE INCREASES. VEHICLE IS 6.0 L DIESEL. THE SAME EVENTS OCCURRED WITH ANOTHER '05 F 250 DIESEL. *TR
I WAS HEADING DOWN MY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST BEFORE THE STREET BENDS TO THE LEFT MY TRUCK STALLED AND I LOST MY POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. DOING THE BEST I COULD I TURNED THE WHEEL JUST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE CAR PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET THEN I PROCEEDED TO RUN THROUGH MY NEI...
Mileage: 344,000
I WAS HEADING DOWN MY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST BEFORE THE STREET BENDS TO THE LEFT MY TRUCK STALLED AND I LOST MY POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. DOING THE BEST I COULD I TURNED THE WHEEL JUST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE CAR PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET THEN I PROCEEDED TO RUN THROUGH MY NEI...
Mileage: 344,000
I WAS HEADING DOWN MY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST BEFORE THE STREET BENDS TO THE LEFT MY TRUCK STALLED AND I LOST MY POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. DOING THE BEST I COULD I TURNED THE WHEEL JUST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE CAR PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET THEN I PROCEEDED TO RUN THROUGH MY NEI...
Mileage: 344,000
I WAS HEADING DOWN MY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST BEFORE THE STREET BENDS TO THE LEFT MY TRUCK STALLED AND I LOST MY POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. DOING THE BEST I COULD I TURNED THE WHEEL JUST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE CAR PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET THEN I PROCEEDED TO RUN THROUGH MY NEI...
Mileage: 344,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TURNING SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, REVERSE LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE MA...
Mileage: 95,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10 AND 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V270000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MI...
Mileage: 182,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE CAUSE...
Mileage: 105,669
CRANK, NO START. NUMEROUS CODES. FICM FAILED VOLTAGE TEST, POWER BALANCE TEST. REPLACED FICM W REMANUFACTURED MODULE, ENGINE CONTROL (EEC). INSTALL CAC TUBE. REPLACE SERPENTINE BELT, ATO FUSE, CAE FUSE, AIR INLET CONNECTION AND AA CLAMP. COST $1294.68 WHY WASN'T THIS UNDER WARRANTY, SINCE SO...
Mileage: 86,526
CRANK, NOT START. HIGH PRESSURE OIL SYSTEM LEAK. PUMP FITTING LEAKING AND IPR DAMAGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED HP OIL PUMP, QUICK CONNECT AND IPR. COST $1380.29 AFTER ONLY 705 MILES, MORE REPAIRS NEEDED, OF COURSE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AGAIN. WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE TO FORCE FORD TO PAY ...
Mileage: 87,231
LOSING WATER AND OIL FROM EXHAUST, WHITE SMOKE. VEHICLE LOSING COOLANT FROM EXHAUST PIPE. HARD START. ACTS LIKE HIGH PRESSURE OIL, BLOWS LOTS OF WHITE SMOKE OUT OF EXHAUST. INSTALLED IDS/ COMPUTER AND INSTALLED COOLANT PRESSURE GAUGE IN LINE ON COOLING SYSTEM. MONITORED ECT/EOT AND COOLANT PRES...
Mileage: 102,234
LOSING WATER AND OIL FROM EXHAUST, WHITE SMOKE. VEHICLE LOSING COOLANT FROM EXHAUST PIPE. HARD START. ACTS LIKE HIGH PRESSURE OIL, BLOWS LOTS OF WHITE SMOKE OUT OF EXHAUST. INSTALLED IDS/ COMPUTER AND INSTALLED COOLANT PRESSURE GAUGE IN LINE ON COOLING SYSTEM. MONITORED ECT/EOT AND COOLANT PRES...
Mileage: 102,234
HARD TO START. REPLACE BRACELET KIT. UNDER WARRANTY BY FORD OF WALLA WALLA. GOOD COMPANY. REPLACED BY LEGACY. NO MORE WARRANTY WHEN DEALERS CHANGE?. *TR
Mileage: 17
CHECK GAUGE LIGHT CAME ON. TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALMOST TO TOP. TOWED FROM ONTARIO, OR., TO BAKER, OR. FOR REPAIRS. REPLACED COOLANT CAP, STILL NOT RIGHT. SAND DEGAS BOTTLE AND RETEST, STILL FAILED. REMOVE TURBO ASSEMBLY AND INTAKE. PRESSURE TEST. EGR COOLER FAILS. REPLACE EGR COOLER AND INSTALL...
Mileage: 67,047
STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, ACCELERATED TO MAKE LEFT TURN,HIT EITHER A BUMP OR PATCH OF SAND WHEN STEERING TOOK TO LEFT THEN RIGHT AND COULD NOT GET BACK. HIT A GUARDRAIL AND LANDED IN DITCH. MY TRUCK IS TOTALED BUT LUCKILY I WAS NOT SEVERELY INJURED. *TR
Mileage: 140,000
WHEN EVER THE TRUCK GOES OVER SOMETHING LIKE AN BULGED EXPANSION JOINT OR A POT HOLE WITH SPEED IN EXCESS OF 40-45, IT WILL REACT VIOLENTLY. OFTEN THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE OVER A FOOT OR TWO(DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK) IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE BOUNCING/SHAKING OF THE FRONT WHEELS IS OVER ...
Mileage: 10,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILUR...
Mileage: 160,000
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ST, GOING ABOUT 35 MPH...WHEN I HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ALSO SHAKING VIOLENTLY , I HAD IT DIAGNOSED AS THE DRAG LINK BALL JOINT AND AN UPPER BALL JOINT BOTH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT...I GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM FORD JUST...
Mileage: 111,000
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ST, GOING ABOUT 35 MPH...WHEN I HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ALSO SHAKING VIOLENTLY , I HAD IT DIAGNOSED AS THE DRAG LINK BALL JOINT AND AN UPPER BALL JOINT BOTH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT...I GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM FORD JUST...
Mileage: 111,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATED AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO LET IT COOL DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATE...
Mileage: 115,500
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM, AND REPORTED THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. . BROUGHT TO FORD DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT THE CALIPERS WERE SEI...
Mileage: 53,000
I NOTICED THAT WHEN I HIT A BUMP THE BED OF MY TRUCK BOUNCES ABOUT TWO INCHES, WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK I NOTICED ALL THE SUPPORTS UNDER THE BED WERE COMPLETELY ROTTED. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. IN LESS THAN 90,000 MILES I'VE REPLACED THREE BRAKE CALIPERS, TWO ROTORS, TWO SETS OF...
Mileage: 84,465
I NOTICED THAT WHEN I HIT A BUMP THE BED OF MY TRUCK BOUNCES ABOUT TWO INCHES, WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK I NOTICED ALL THE SUPPORTS UNDER THE BED WERE COMPLETELY ROTTED. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. IN LESS THAN 90,000 MILES I'VE REPLACED THREE BRAKE CALIPERS, TWO ROTORS, TWO SETS OF...
Mileage: 84,465
I NOTICED THAT WHEN I HIT A BUMP THE BED OF MY TRUCK BOUNCES ABOUT TWO INCHES, WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK I NOTICED ALL THE SUPPORTS UNDER THE BED WERE COMPLETELY ROTTED. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. IN LESS THAN 90,000 MILES I'VE REPLACED THREE BRAKE CALIPERS, TWO ROTORS, TWO SETS OF...
Mileage: 84,465
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WAS CRACKED ON THE OUTER RIM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE PREVIOUSLY AND THE WHEEL WOULD CAUSE THE TIRE TO LOSE PRESSURE. THE CONTACT HAD TO R...
Mileage: 48,000
FAILURE TO START, NO WARNING, NO CODES , TURNS OVER BUT NO FURTHER INFO. SENT TO THE DEALER FOR EVAL, FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL MODULE (FICM). FAILURE , AFTER REPLACING OF THE WIRELESS FOOT ASSEMBLY PEDAL 2 WEEKS AGO. JUST ANOTHER ONGOING ISSUE RELATED TO THIS 6.0 , WHICH PRIOR STALLS WITHOUT WARNING ...
Mileage: 90,000
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, HIT A SMALL POTHOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE SUSPENSION STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE THE TRUCK ALONG WITH SEVERE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATIONS. NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL I COULD GET SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH TO STOP THE OSCILLATIONS. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON MY TRUCK MULTIPLE T...
Mileage: 700
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, HIT A SMALL POTHOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE SUSPENSION STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE THE TRUCK ALONG WITH SEVERE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATIONS. NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL I COULD GET SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH TO STOP THE OSCILLATIONS. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON MY TRUCK MULTIPLE T...
Mileage: 700
BOUGHT VEHICLE USED IN NOV,2011. ABOUT 4 MONTHS LATER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE POWER. WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM WOULD NEED TO REBUILD ENGINE, SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY (INVOLVED EGR, GASKETS AND BENT HEAD BOLTS). CALL FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY PEOPLE. ...
Mileage: 90,000
BOUGHT VEHICLE USED IN NOV,2011. ABOUT 4 MONTHS LATER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE POWER. WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM WOULD NEED TO REBUILD ENGINE, SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY (INVOLVED EGR, GASKETS AND BENT HEAD BOLTS). CALL FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY PEOPLE. ...
Mileage: 90,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE STARTER FLUID WAS DISPENSED INTO THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE C...
Mileage: 130,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN FAILED TO...
Mileage: 76,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER THIRTY MINUTES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER F...
Mileage: 80,000
IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD CRANK MY TRUCK AND ONCE IT WAS STARTED IT SMOKED BADLY BUT DID EVENTUALLY CLEAR UP. IT SPIT AND SPUTTERED ON THE WAY TO WORK SO I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE MECHANICS SHOP. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED IT AND THE FUEL INJECTOR MODULE WAS BAD. I RESEARCHED THE RECALL LIST...
Mileage: 283,000
IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD CRANK MY TRUCK AND ONCE IT WAS STARTED IT SMOKED BADLY BUT DID EVENTUALLY CLEAR UP. IT SPIT AND SPUTTERED ON THE WAY TO WORK SO I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE MECHANICS SHOP. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED IT AND THE FUEL INJECTOR MODULE WAS BAD. I RESEARCHED THE RECALL LIST...
Mileage: 283,000
IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD CRANK MY TRUCK AND ONCE IT WAS STARTED IT SMOKED BADLY BUT DID EVENTUALLY CLEAR UP. IT SPIT AND SPUTTERED ON THE WAY TO WORK SO I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE MECHANICS SHOP. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED IT AND THE FUEL INJECTOR MODULE WAS BAD. I RESEARCHED THE RECALL LIST...
Mileage: 283,000
IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD CRANK MY TRUCK AND ONCE IT WAS STARTED IT SMOKED BADLY BUT DID EVENTUALLY CLEAR UP. IT SPIT AND SPUTTERED ON THE WAY TO WORK SO I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE MECHANICS SHOP. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED IT AND THE FUEL INJECTOR MODULE WAS BAD. I RESEARCHED THE RECALL LIST...
Mileage: 283,000
2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY, STARTED AT @ 25,000 MILES IN 2008 AND STILL HAPPENS TODAY. HAPPENS WHEN TRAVELING OVER 60 MPH, WHEN YOU HIT ANY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ON THE FREEWAY. TH...
Mileage: 25,000
2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY, STARTED AT @ 25,000 MILES IN 2008 AND STILL HAPPENS TODAY. HAPPENS WHEN TRAVELING OVER 60 MPH, WHEN YOU HIT ANY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ON THE FREEWAY. TH...
Mileage: 25,000
WHILE DRIVING ON PA INTERSTATE 81, MY 2005 F250 EXPERIENCED SEVERE DRIVING LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN THE FRONT SUSPENSION TRAVELED OVER AN AREA OF THE ROAD THAT WAS UNEVEN. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCKS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS S...
Mileage: 43,500
WHILE DRIVING ON PA INTERSTATE 81, MY 2005 F250 EXPERIENCED SEVERE DRIVING LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN THE FRONT SUSPENSION TRAVELED OVER AN AREA OF THE ROAD THAT WAS UNEVEN. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCKS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS S...
Mileage: 43,500
WHILE DRIVING ON PA INTERSTATE 81, MY 2005 F250 EXPERIENCED SEVERE DRIVING LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN THE FRONT SUSPENSION TRAVELED OVER AN AREA OF THE ROAD THAT WAS UNEVEN. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCKS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS S...
Mileage: 43,500
THE TRUCK STALLED AND SKIPPED ON THE INTERSTATE ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION ON I 85. ACCORDING TO THE TECH THE FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE GOES BAD IN ALMOST EVERY FORD F250 6.0 DIESEL ENGINE WHEN YOU HIT THIS MILEAGE. NOT SURE HOW WE CONTINUE TO GIVE FORD A PASS ON THIS COMMON ISSUE. *KB
Mileage: 117,000
I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON A 3 LANE INTERSTATE, IN THE LEFT LANE. I WENT OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I CHECKED TO SEE WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE SHAKING AND FOUND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE, AND SO PROCEEDED WITHOU...
Mileage: 71,000
I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON A 3 LANE INTERSTATE, IN THE LEFT LANE. I WENT OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I CHECKED TO SEE WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE SHAKING AND FOUND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE, AND SO PROCEEDED WITHOU...
Mileage: 71,000
THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AT APPROX. 65MPH ENGINE WENT INTO IDLE MODE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID OTHER VEHICLES ON THE INTERSTATE AND COASTED TO A STOP . THE ENGINE REMAINED IN IDLE MODE AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED THE ENGINE DID NOT INCREASE IN RPMS. I TURNED THE OFF THE ENGINE...
Mileage: 104,000
MY 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP TRUCK VIBRATES VIOLENTLY WHEN I CROSS A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT IS BOUNCING SO MUCH THAT THE STEERING AND BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. SO FAR THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED DURING TRAVELING ON A STRAIT STRETCH. IF IT WHERE ON ...
Mileage: 10,000
MY 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP TRUCK VIBRATES VIOLENTLY WHEN I CROSS A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT IS BOUNCING SO MUCH THAT THE STEERING AND BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. SO FAR THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED DURING TRAVELING ON A STRAIT STRETCH. IF IT WHERE ON ...
Mileage: 10,000
UPON HITTING A BUMP AT 30 TO 40 MPH , STEERING VEERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE"VERY UNSETTLING TO SAY THE LEAST,AFTER SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT OTHER FORD 4X4 OWNERS HAVE THE SAME THING. I FOUND A COMPANY THAT SAYS THE STEERING GEOMETRY IS WRONG AND HAVE...
Mileage: 25,000
UPON HITTING A BUMP AT 30 TO 40 MPH , STEERING VEERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE"VERY UNSETTLING TO SAY THE LEAST,AFTER SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT OTHER FORD 4X4 OWNERS HAVE THE SAME THING. I FOUND A COMPANY THAT SAYS THE STEERING GEOMETRY IS WRONG AND HAVE...
Mileage: 25,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE...
Mileage: 100,000
WHILE ON VACATION TRUCK STARTED LOSING POWER THEN STARTED BLOWING COOLANT FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. CALLED AAA HAD TRUCK TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME TRUCK HAD BAD EGR COOLER. NOT ONLY THAT BUT MY TRUCK WAS 8 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED TRUCK, COST WAS OVER $2,500. NOT ON...
Mileage: 69,000
BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 40-65MPH TRUCK WILL GO INTO "DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE, ROUGH SPOT IN ROAD, OR DIPS ( EX. OVER PASSES, BRIDGES). TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK. ONCE THIS HAPPENS I HAVE TO LET OFF GAS APPLY BRAKE SLOWLY TILL TRUCK STOPS THE SHAK...
Mileage: 52,500
BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 40-65MPH TRUCK WILL GO INTO "DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE, ROUGH SPOT IN ROAD, OR DIPS ( EX. OVER PASSES, BRIDGES). TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK. ONCE THIS HAPPENS I HAVE TO LET OFF GAS APPLY BRAKE SLOWLY TILL TRUCK STOPS THE SHAK...
Mileage: 52,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN LEAKING. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE ON TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE LEAK HAD CAUSED ...
Mileage: 105,000
PAINT STARTING TO PEEL FROM BUMPER. *TR
Mileage: 25,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER MADE THE CONTACT AWARE OF THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V270000 (COMPONENT: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEH...
Mileage: 135,000
THIS 2005 FORD F250SD I BOUGHT 3 YEARS AGO HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. IN THE FIRST 2 MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE THE OIL SENSOR SWITCH WENT BAD LEAVING ME STRANDED TWICE. I FINALLY TALKED FORD INTO REPLACING THE SWITCH SINCE IT HAD ONLY BEEN 2 MONTHS FROM PURCHASE. THEN A YEAR LATER THE FUEL CON...
Mileage: 197,000
RE ODI REPORT 10319552 : SOLUTION FINALLY REACHED REGARDING MY 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH LACK OF ACCELERATION . IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL THIS DEVICE IS APPARENTLY FAULTY AS YOU RESEARCH IT IS COMMON ON ALL FORD 5.8L ENGINES BUT FO...
Mileage: 30,000
RE ODI REPORT 10319552 : SOLUTION FINALLY REACHED REGARDING MY 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH LACK OF ACCELERATION . IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL THIS DEVICE IS APPARENTLY FAULTY AS YOU RESEARCH IT IS COMMON ON ALL FORD 5.8L ENGINES BUT FO...
Mileage: 30,000
REGARDS 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY VIN:[XXX] THE REAR AXLE BACK PLATE / DUST SHIELD HOLDS THE HOLDING PINS FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS RUST OUT AROUND THE PINS AND RENDERS THE BRAKES USE LESS. WHICH CAUSES THE PADS TO D...
Mileage: 63,285
REGARDS 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY VIN:[XXX] THE REAR AXLE BACK PLATE / DUST SHIELD HOLDS THE HOLDING PINS FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS RUST OUT AROUND THE PINS AND RENDERS THE BRAKES USE LESS. WHICH CAUSES THE PADS TO D...
Mileage: 63,285
MY HUSBAND WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEP INTO HIS TRUCK WHEN HIS RUNNING BOARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE IN HALF WITH HIM AND CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE TRUCK, SENDING HIM TO THE GROUND. AS HE IS DISABLED, THIS WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION. I FEEL IF THERE IS A SHELF LIFE OR WEIGHT LIMIT ON THESE RUNNING BOARDS...
Mileage: 46,844
TRUCK BECAME HARD TO START THEN STARTED STALLING. SOON AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO FORD DEALER WHERE IT WAS COMPUTER TESTED AND INSPECTED. THE FICM (FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL MODULE) WAS REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED THE MODULES AT A COST OF 1,253.67. *TR
Mileage: 56,751
BOTH REAR BRAKES BURNING, THEN LEFT FRONT. LOSS OF BRAKING. BROUGHT TO DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED. AFTER HAVING IT REPAIRED ( NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED OR OTHER WARRANTY AND SPENDING $1100.00) I WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO NOT DRIVING THE TRUCK ENOUGH. DROVE THE TRUCK THE NEXT DAY AND THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE ...
Mileage: 33,499
2005 F250 DIESEL. TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT ONTO REVERSE BUT WOULD BACK UP. TOOK IT TO FORD THEY TOLD ME REVERSE SNAP RING BROKE AND CRACKED TRANSMISSION CASE. 3900 TO FIX. FORD HAS A RECALL ON SNOW PLOW PACKAGES BUT MINE IS NOT JUST HAS THE EXACT SAME TRANSMISSION. *TR
Mileage: 85,000
2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY, 69,000 MILES. TRAVELING APPROX 65 MPH, HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I VERY NEARLY LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CORRECT AT TH...
Mileage: 69,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY START WHEN FUEL WAS ADDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTORS BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTE...
Mileage: 115,000
2005 FORD F-250 SUPER CAB SUPER DUTY WOBBLE DANGEROUSLY WHEN DRIVING OVER THE SLIGHTEST RIPPLE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD OVER 50 MPH. EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL AND HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THE FRONT TIRES ARE SO OUT OF CONTROL AND WOBBLING. THE WHOLE TRUCK IS LIKE IT IS IN AN EARTHQUAK, WINDSHIELD CR...
Mileage: 93,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE T...
Mileage: 100,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SQUEALING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE THEN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE DRUM WAS RUSTED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVIS...
Mileage: 94,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCING FUEL SYSTEM FAILURES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS IN WHICH THE FUEL I...
Mileage: 80,000
FRONT ENDS STARTS TO WOBBLE STEERING WHEEL JERKS, IF HANDS AREN'T TIGHT ON STEERING WHEEL COULD PULL YOU OFF ROAD OR INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ANYTIME YOU HIT UNEVEN ROAD OR BUMPY ROAD, TO CORRECT SLOW SPEED WAY DOWN IT WILL STRAIGHTEN UP. *TR
Mileage: 22,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SD. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND HAD NO RELATED RECALLS SO THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO...
Mileage: 85,000
TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH SNOW PREP PACKAGE. REVERSE FAILED WHILE PLOWING. TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT FOR OVER $2,500, MECHANIC SAID THE CASE HAD A CRACK IN IT AND THE SNAP RING/REVERSE PLANETARY FAILED. RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE: "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 05B27". THE FOR...
Mileage: 32,000
2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY, WITH 6.0L POWERSTROKE DIESEL ENGINE. OWNED SINCE NEW. TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 89,700 MILES ON ORIGINAL ENGINE. HAD TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE IN MAY 2010. HAD MAJOR ENGINE WORK DONE, TO INCLUDE NEW HEAD GASKET, EGR COOLER, OIL/FILTER CHANGE, AND FUEL FILTERS CHANGED. IN EARLY OC...
Mileage: 82,000
MY 2005 FORD F250 DIESEL TRUCK STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS 2 WEEKS AFTER WARRANTY WENT OUT. THE STC(SNAP-TO-CONNECT) FITTING IN THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP(HPOP) HAS WENT OUT. IN THE STC FITTING AN O-RING BLOWS IN ALL THE 2005-2007 VEHICLES WHICH WHEN ENGINE IS WARM, IT WILL NOT START. AND MUST COOL DOWN...
Mileage: 86,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT WHEEL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. THE VIBRATION WAS CONSISTENT AND WOULD OCCUR EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN USE. ALSO, AS THE CONTACT WOULD INCREASE T...
Mileage: 82,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER AND AUTHORIZED DEALER WERE NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT TH...
Mileage: 114,356
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-250 6.0 DIESEL PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY 2005. OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO THE TRUCK HAS INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER. THIS MOSTLY OCCURS DURING TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. IT HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR CRASHES DUE TO FALTERING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE NHTSA HAS A RECALL FOR THI...
Mileage: 55,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-250 6.0 DIESEL PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY 2005. OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO THE TRUCK HAS INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER. THIS MOSTLY OCCURS DURING TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. IT HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR CRASHES DUE TO FALTERING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE NHTSA HAS A RECALL FOR THI...
Mileage: 55,000
I PULLED INTO MY SHOP AND WAS ON CELL PHONE WHEN A PERSON CAME UP YELLING (VERY UPSET) AT ME THAT I ALMOST MADE THEM CRASH,THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING ME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND MY TRUCK SPRAYED THEM WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HE TRIED TO CLEAR HIS WINDSHIELD, BUT THE WIPERS JUST SMEARED IT, I...
Mileage: 116,325
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE EGR COOLER FAILED AND...
Mileage: 37,000
THE TRUCK ENGINE DIED AND WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. WAS TOLD THAT THE STC FITTING ON THE OIL PUMP HAD FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, WHEN ROAD TESTED THE IGR VALVE FAILED. HAD TO BE RESCUED BY THE BORDER PATROL. *TR
Mileage: 94,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL MODULE WAS ...
Mileage: 103,000
I HAVE HAD 3 INCIDENTS OF WHAT I HAVE FOUND TO BE CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IN MY 2005 F-250 4 DOOR CREW CAB 4 WHEEL DRIVE PICK UP TRUCK WHERE THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE GOES INTO A VIOLENT BOUNCING AND SHUDDERING AFTER PASSING OVER A BRIDGE JOINT OR SIMILAR UNEVEN SPOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVEL...
Mileage: 52,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH OVER A SLIGHT BUMP, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. THE CONTACT APPLIED HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE SHAKING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED; THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT ...
Mileage: 39,600
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HE SHIFTED INTO CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH, HE THEN NOTICED THAT THE SPEED WAS INCREASING. HE ATTEMPTED TO DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. HE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WHICH HAD NO ...
Mileage: 31,000
2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY / CREW CAB, 6.0 L DIESEL / 61,264 MILES. LACK OF PERFORMANCE(18MOS), INTERMITTENT ENGINE STUMBLING(6MOS), INTERMITTENT WHITE SMOKE DURING START-UP, HARD TO START DURING COLD TEMPS(12MOS), BLACK SMOKE DURING POOR PERFORMANCE AND STUMBLING(2MOS) AND FAILURE TO START. ENGINE D...
Mileage: 61,264
ON MY 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY TRUCK WITH ONLY 31000 MILES, THE FOUR CAB ENERGY SUSPENSION MOUNTS ARE DETERIORATING. ONE LOWER PART OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE MOUNT IS GONE CAUSING THE CAB TO BOUNCE. *TR
Mileage: 31,000
ON ABOUT FEB 22 2009 MY TRUCK DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE CALIPER FROZE UP CAUSING THE ROTOR TO GET EXTREMELY HOT. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. TRUCK ONLY HAD 22600 MILES ON IT. OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF YEAR, THEREFORE COSTING ME OVER $400.00. *TR
Mileage: 22,600
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EGR COOLER WAS FAILING AND BLOWING COOLANT THROUGH THE ENGINE AND THROUGHOUT THE EXHAUST. THE EGR COOLER HAS PARTS COMING OFF OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND IT CONTINUED TO BLOW ARTICLES THROUGH THE ENGINE WHICH ...
Mileage: 61,000
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON A FORD F 250 SUPERDUTY TRUCK FAIL TO SHUT OFF. SAFETY ISSUE, THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION IS TAKEN AWAY FROM DRIVING TO MANIPULATING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROLS IN AN EFFORT TO TURN OFF THE WIPERS OR THE DRIVER WILL REMOVE THE FUSE AND THEN THERE ARE NO WIPERS WHEN NEEDED. THI...
Mileage: 60,000
I OWN A FORD 2005 CREW CAB SUPER DUTY, THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY THROUGH THE FRONT END, HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO FORD DEALERSHIP FOR "REPAIR" BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 45,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT TRIED TO STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITH THE FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE. THE LOCAL MECHANIC REFERRED HER TO THE DEALE...
Mileage: 36,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH AND UP OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT WHERE THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS GRIP OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN IN REG...
Mileage: 75,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY WERE ...
Mileage: 60,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE TOWING A TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. DURING THE FAILURE WHITE FUMES WERE SEEN COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE EGR COOLER WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER THE...
Mileage: 73,000
DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS , THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP . THE ISSUE IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A DEATH WOBBLE . YOU SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 45 MPH OR SLOWER & IT STOPS . YOU CAN THEN RESUME YOUR TRIP . *TR
Mileage: 90,000
DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS , THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP . THE ISSUE IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A DEATH WOBBLE . YOU SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 45 MPH OR SLOWER & IT STOPS . YOU CAN THEN RESUME YOUR TRIP . *TR
Mileage: 90,000
THIS EVENT HAD NO WARNINGS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE AND WAS DEBILITATING. MY 2005 FORD F250 (6.0 DIESEL) SUFFERED A LEAK IN TWO ORINGS AND A CRACK IN AN OIL LINE IN THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL SYSTEM. THE RESULT WAS A VEHICLE THAT DIED AND WOULD NOT START. THIS VEHICLE ONLY ...
Mileage: 42,000
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A FORD 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, I HIT AN UNEVEN SPOT ON THE ROAD THAT CAUSED THE FRONT END TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY. I FELT I COULD NOT CONTROL THE TRUCK AND HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS NEARBY. WHEN ...
Mileage: 71,200
FORD F-250 WITH THE 6.0L DIESEL MOTOR HAS A RECURRING ISSUE OF A FAILING EGR COOLER. THE FAILURE OF THEIR COOLER CAN RESULT IN COOLANT ENTERING THE ENGINE AND CREATING A MOTOR FAILURE. AT 99,000 MILES I HAD A EGR AND OIL COOLER REPLACED. AT 113,000 MILES I HAVE HAD ANOTHER FAILURE. THE COST TO THE C...
Mileage: 113,000
I'VE EXPERIENCED A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE CALIPERS ON MY 05' FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. IT'S AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF A CALIPER HANGING UP OR NOT RELEASING AFTER BRAKING. THE CALIPER HEATS UP, THE TRUCK SHAKES, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY AND BRAKING ABILITY IS DIMINISHED. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK BRAN...
Mileage: 19,000
I OWN A 2005 FORD F-250 4X4. AT SLOW SPEEDS AS TAKING OFF FROM A STOP THE FRONT END SHIFTS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT SO HARD I CANNOT STEER THE TRUCK. I MUST STOP AND MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT TO RIGHT A FEW TIMES BEFORE STARTING TO MOVE AGAIN. ITS LIKE THE STEERING PUMP IS PUSHING THE STEERING WHEEL LE...
Mileage: 105,374
MY 2005 FORD F-250 PICKUP TRUCK HAS A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE WHEN IT HITS EVEN A NORMAL SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD TRAVELING AT SAFE HIGHWAY SPEED. THE TRUCK NOW HAS ONLY 20,000 MILES ON IT, BUT IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW. IT IS DEALER MAINTAINED AND THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND FILLED...
Mileage: 20,000
FRONT SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT TIMES ON MY 2005 FORD F-250. FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS SHAKING APART. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FOUND TO STOP IT IS TO DRASTICALLY SLOW DOWN MY TRUCK, WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD WHEN OTHER VEHICLES ARE FOLLOWING BEHIND ME. I SOMETIMES HAVE TO SLOW FROM 55 ...
Mileage: 126,823
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS OPERATED, HE COULD SMELL EXHAUST FUMES IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WOULD PERSIST WHETHER DRIVING OR SITTING IDLE. WHEN SITTING IDLE, THE SMELL WAS OVERWHELMING. THE CONTACT AL...
Mileage: 60,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS OPERATED, HE COULD SMELL EXHAUST FUMES IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WOULD PERSIST WHETHER DRIVING OR SITTING IDLE. WHEN SITTING IDLE, THE SMELL WAS OVERWHELMING. THE CONTACT AL...
Mileage: 60,000
TRANSMISSION UPPER HOUSING CASE HAS DEVELOPED CRACK NOT NEAR BOLT FLANGES BUT ON TOP OF HOUSING..CAUSING FLUIDS TO LEAK ON EXHAUST SYSTEM...NOT DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF HOUSING...NO ABUSE.. *TR
Mileage: 94,543
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OVER 50 MPH, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHICH CAUSED CONTAINERS TO FALL OUT OF THE CUP HOLDER. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, IT BEGAN FUNCTIONI...
Mileage: 60,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH OVER A ROUGH PATCH ON THE ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED AND SEEMED AS IF IT WOULD LOSE CONTROL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND ALWAYS OCCURRED ON DRY PAVEM...
Mileage: 25,000
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 6.0 DIESEL IN THE 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. *TR
Mileage: 23,940
EXPERIENCED STEERING SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY DRIVING SPEEDS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER AND WHILE NOT PULLING A TRAILER. RESULTS IN VIOLENT VIBRATION OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO THE POINT OF BEING DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *TR
Mileage: 65,700
EXPERIENCED STEERING SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY DRIVING SPEEDS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER AND WHILE NOT PULLING A TRAILER. RESULTS IN VIOLENT VIBRATION OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO THE POINT OF BEING DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *TR
Mileage: 65,700
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE FRONT END WOULD SWAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. IN ADDITION, WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH, THERE WAS A SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST CAUSING MINIMAL STEERING CONTROL. THE CONTACT WO...
Mileage: 119,091
2005 FORD F250 WITH A CRACKED TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *KB THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 44,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER STATED FORD KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH ...
Mileage: 44,000
I HAVE A FORD F-250 PICK UP. SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW, IT HAS HAD A HARD SUSPENSION. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS BEEFIER THAN THE F-150S I HAVE DRIVEN ALL MY LIFE. THE 250 HOWEVER, WILL SHIMMY AND VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP OR HIGHWAY SEAM AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50 AND 7...
Mileage: 100
I HAVE A FORD F-250 PICK UP. SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW, IT HAS HAD A HARD SUSPENSION. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS BEEFIER THAN THE F-150S I HAVE DRIVEN ALL MY LIFE. THE 250 HOWEVER, WILL SHIMMY AND VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP OR HIGHWAY SEAM AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50 AND 7...
Mileage: 100
2005 FORD F-250 CREW CAB 4X4, V-10, 56000 MILES. FRONT SUSPENSION WOBBLES AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN HITTING POTHOLES OR ANY SORT OF GOOD BUMP AT SPEEDS 30 MPH AND ABOVE. NEW LARGER TIRES, 265/75/17 ONLY AMPLIFIES THIS PROBLEM TO AN UNCONTROLLABLE STATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65+. WHEN THE PR...
Mileage: 20,000
2005 F250 4X4 SUPER CREW BOUNCES VIOLANTLY WHILE DRIVING, HAPPENS FREQUANTLY, GOING TO TAKE IT TO FORD, BASED ON FORUMS,LOOKS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST ME.
Mileage: 80,000
2005 FORD F250 DIESEL. TRUCK ENGINE ALL OF A SUDDEN DIES LEAVING LITTLE CONTROL OF STEERING AND LESSER BRAKES. SOMETIMES WILL CRANK BACK AND SOMETIMES WONT. HAPPENED 3 TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW 2 TIMES OUT OF WARRANTY. 3 OF THE 5 TIMES ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH OTHER TRAFFIC ...
Mileage: 123,389
2005 F250 4X4 SUPERDUTY 5.4L CREW CAB, HAS VERY DANGEROUS FRONT WHEEL BOUNCE ON HIGHWAY OR NEAR HIGHWAY SPEEDS(50-70)MPH, THE TRUCK WAS IN STOCK CONFIGURATION WHEN THIS STARTED, APPROX. 26,000 MILES HAVE SINCE PUT LIFT KIT ON TRUCK AND HAS HELPED BUT THE BOUNCE TENDENCY IS STILL THERE.LARGER WHEELS ...
Mileage: 30,000
2005 F250 4X4 SUPERDUTY 5.4L CREW CAB, HAS VERY DANGEROUS FRONT WHEEL BOUNCE ON HIGHWAY OR NEAR HIGHWAY SPEEDS(50-70)MPH, THE TRUCK WAS IN STOCK CONFIGURATION WHEN THIS STARTED, APPROX. 26,000 MILES HAVE SINCE PUT LIFT KIT ON TRUCK AND HAS HELPED BUT THE BOUNCE TENDENCY IS STILL THERE.LARGER WHEELS ...
Mileage: 30,000
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) [XXX]2005 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V270000 REGARDING WIRING HARNESS ACCORDING TO FORD MY TRUCK DOES NOT MEET THE RECALL CRITERIA IT MISSES VIN SPECTRUM B...
Mileage: 45,000
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) [XXX]2005 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V270000 REGARDING WIRING HARNESS ACCORDING TO FORD MY TRUCK DOES NOT MEET THE RECALL CRITERIA IT MISSES VIN SPECTRUM B...
Mileage: 45,000
2005 FORD F150 STALLED*CW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER FOUND A RECALL RELATED TO THE PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED. RECALL 05V270000. *JB
1) @50,000 MILES, NORMAL CITY DRIVING, SPEED LESS THAN 30 MPH. 2) LEFT TIEROD BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIE ROD DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL NO LONGER HAD STEERING CONTROL. THE TIE ROD LOOKS LIKE THE CASTELLATED NUT WAS OVER TORQUED CAUSING THE STUD TO BREAK OFF AND THE TAPER...
Mileage: 50,000
1) @50,000 MILES, NORMAL CITY DRIVING, SPEED LESS THAN 30 MPH. 2) LEFT TIEROD BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIE ROD DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL NO LONGER HAD STEERING CONTROL. THE TIE ROD LOOKS LIKE THE CASTELLATED NUT WAS OVER TORQUED CAUSING THE STUD TO BREAK OFF AND THE TAPER...
Mileage: 50,000
I HAVE A FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. AFTER HITTING A SMALL DIP IN THE ROAD, MY STEERING COLUMN SHOOK VIOLENTLY, BACK AND FORTH. I WAS TRAVELING ONLY 30 MI PER HOUR. TOOK TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. PROBABLY COULD BE MY TIRES. BOUGHT NEW TIRES AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER,, THE SAME THING...
Mileage: 62,000
NEAR COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING AT 55-60 MILES AN HOUR ON FLAT FREEWAY. SMALL BUMP SENT TRUCK INTO SHUTTERING WOBBLE. NO STEERING ALMOST NO BRAKES TOOK SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 10-15 MPH AND REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 60,000
OCT. 20, 2009, TRUCK DIED WHILE PULLING 5TH WHEEL UP STEEP MTN. ROAD TO KENNEDY MEADOWS, CA. BAD SITUATION. AFTER 3 WEEKS IN FORD GARAGE, IN RIDGECREST, CA. SEVERAL PARTS REPLACED ALL RELATED TO THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL SYSTEM USED TO FIRE INJECTORS ON THIS 6.0 POWERSTROKE ENGINE. JAN 26, 2010. AFTER...
Mileage: 56,934
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. HE ALSO BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF OVER 10 MPH WHEN DRIVING OVER MINIMAL BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND UNEVEN SURFACES. THE FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTA...
Mileage: 85,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THE EGR VALVE COOLER RUPTURED AND WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE FORD MANUFACTURER ADVISED THEM TO STOP REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE ESTIMATED COST WAS $2600. THERE WERE NO V...
Mileage: 51,000
WHILE DRIVING AT APROX. 70 MPH. AND HITTING UNEVEN ROAD THE TRUCK SHIMMIES VIOLENTLY. I HAVE TO SLOW TO ABOUT 40MPH. BEFORE IT STOPS. I WAS TOLD I HAVE THE WRONG TIRES ON THE TRUCK. THE TIRES ON THE TRUCK ARE THE ONES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT. *TR
Mileage: 60,000
I CURRENTLY OWN A FORD F 250 PICKUP TRUCK, WHEN I AM DRIVING 40 TO 50 MPH MY TRUCK STARTS TO SHACK VIOLENTLY. I HAVE READ MANY FORUMS ON THIS AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM . WHY HAS FORD NOT RECALLED MY TRUCK TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM? MUST SOMEBODY GET HUR...
Mileage: 50,000
I CURRENTLY OWN A FORD F 250 PICKUP TRUCK, WHEN I AM DRIVING 40 TO 50 MPH MY TRUCK STARTS TO SHACK VIOLENTLY. I HAVE READ MANY FORUMS ON THIS AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM . WHY HAS FORD NOT RECALLED MY TRUCK TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM? MUST SOMEBODY GET HUR...
Mileage: 50,000
I HAVE A FORD F250 SD DIESEL 2WD TRUCK I HAVE REPLACE THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING 4 TIME IN 137,000 MILES. THE DEALER SAYS IT IS WATER AND DIRT INTRUSION. IT HAS NOT CAUSED ANY ACCEDENTS YET BUT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. *CN
Mileage: 137,000
2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 4X4. VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER HITTING A SMALL DEFORMED PART OF THE ROAD, SLOW VEHICLE TO 10 MPH TO STOP THE SHAKING. HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE 2 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP AND NO ONE COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK AS WELL AS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT EXCESSIVELY. THE DRIVER IS FORCED TO DECELERATE TO 30 MPH TO CONTROL THE VEHIC...
Mileage: 29,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK AS WELL AS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT EXCESSIVELY. THE DRIVER IS FORCED TO DECELERATE TO 30 MPH TO CONTROL THE VEHIC...
Mileage: 29,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250 SD AND I HAVE HAD THE FRONT END SHIMMY OUT OF CONTROL ON ME 2 TIME. I HAVE STOCK TIRES ON IT TIRE PRESSURE IS AT MANUFACTURERS SPECS AND THIS IS JUST EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BUY THIS. FORD OR SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM . THANK YOU [XXX] *TR ...
Mileage: 39,459
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250, 6.0L DIESEL. THIS POWER PLANT IS USED ON SEVERAL FORD MODEL VEHICLES AND HAS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH IT'S EGR SYSTEM. WHEN THE EGR SYSTEM FAILS, THE VEHICLES LOOSES ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE. RESEND 03/05/10. *LJ ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2009, I WAS STOP AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING ...
Mileage: 38,000
RIGHT REAR PARKING BRAKE FAILED. REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY PLATE CORRODED THROUGH AND ALLOWED RETAINING STUD TO PULL THROUGH PLATE. PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY LOST INTEGRITY CAUSING BRAKE DRAG AND SQUEALING NOISE. BRAKE PART FAILED IN 65000 MILES. CONCERNED FAILURE COULD HAVE BECOME CATASTROPHIC AT FREEWAY SP...
Mileage: 65,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. HE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE TWICE WHILE DRIVING, BUT WAS ABLE TO AVOID TWO CRASHES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR HE EXPERIENCED REDUCED BRAKING CAPABILITY. HE ALSO SMELLED A BURNING ODOR ...
Mileage: 33,250
I OWN A 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY, MY TRUCK EXPERIENCES THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN EVER I GO OVER AN UNEVEN OR A POT HOLE IN THE ROAD. I LIVE IN ARKANSAS, AND OUR ROADS ARE NOT THE BEST. SO THIS HAPPENS JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE THING. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009. APPARENTLY W...
Mileage: 45,000
SEVERE FRONT END WOBBLE CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL, ALL POWER IS LOST ON THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO FORD FICM HARNESS WAS BAD THEY REPLACED IT NOW THE ABS LIGHT INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES......NO REPAIRS YET VEHICLE STILL IN SHOP. *TR
Mileage: 25,000
FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY- WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH OR HIGHER,AND YOU HIT A SMALL POTHOLE OR DIP IN THE ROAD, THIS VEHICLE GOES INTO A VIOLENT SHIMMY. THE VEHICLE IS UNCONTROLLABLE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I WON'T LET ANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS RIDE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME AND CRINGE AT THE THOUGHTS OF HAVING T...
Mileage: 100
2005 FORD F-250 TRANSMISSION CIRCLIP IS COMING OFF CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO LEAK AND ULTIMATELY FAIL. WE KNOW OF 6 PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO, NOW US. FORD HAD A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BULLETIN 05B27" THAT EXPIRED AT THE END OF 2006. WE FOUND THIS ON OUR OWN. FORD IS ABSOLUTELY NO HELP WITH...
Mileage: 42,000
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250. HE STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH OUT WARNING THE VEHICLE STARTS TO STALL AND SHUTS OFF. HE THEN HAS TO PULL THE VEHICLE SIDE AND WAIT ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN TURN THE VEHICLE BACK ON. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED BACK ON IT DRIVES FINE AFTERWARDS WITHOUT A...
Mileage: 60,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2005. WHILE STEPPING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE RUNNING BOARD, THE ENTIRE BOARD BROKE OFF THE TRUCK. THE RUNNING BOARD CONSIST OF FIVE MOUNTED PIECES AND ALL FIVE PIECES BROKE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 1...
Mileage: 17,520
I BOUGHT A 2005 F250 CREW CAB AND SINCE ABOUT 25K MILES MY TRUCK WILL WOBBLE WHEN I HIT A BUMP AT 45-60 MILES PER HOUR. THE SHACK/WOBBLE IS SO INTENSE THAT YOU FEEL THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK IS GOING TO LOOSE THE TIRES. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 TIMES NOW AND I KNOW SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG BUT FORD WIL...
Mileage: 20,000
FRONT END WHEEL SHIMMY. *TR
Mileage: 5,000
2005 FORD F250 FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN ROAD INCLUDING SPEED BUMPS, AT ANY SPEED. SHAKES SO BAD THAT VEHICLE WANTS TO LEAVE THE ROAD SIDEWAYS. SHAKES LIKE A DOG WAGGING OFF WATER. REPLACED STEERING STABILIZER, SHOCKS, TIRES AND HAD FRONT ENT CHECKED. STILL SHAKING. GETT...
Mileage: 60,000
2005 FORD F250 FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN ROAD INCLUDING SPEED BUMPS, AT ANY SPEED. SHAKES SO BAD THAT VEHICLE WANTS TO LEAVE THE ROAD SIDEWAYS. SHAKES LIKE A DOG WAGGING OFF WATER. REPLACED STEERING STABILIZER, SHOCKS, TIRES AND HAD FRONT ENT CHECKED. STILL SHAKING. GETT...
Mileage: 60,000
DRIVERS DOOR FLEW OPEN AND WOULD NOT SHUT. *TR
Mileage: 60,000
DRIVERS DOOR FLEW OPEN AND WOULD NOT SHUT. *TR
Mileage: 60,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. IT HAS JUST OVER 29,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME DEVELOPED A SEVERE SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS JUST OVER 70. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. NOW, WHEN I HIT A BUMP OR BRIDGE JOINT, THE SEVERE SHAKIN...
Mileage: 29,000
TURBO CHARGER FAILURE, FULL OVERHAUL (TWICE) BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED MAY 30, 2009 AT 46131 MILES, AND NOV. 13, 2006 AT 17362 MILES
Mileage: 46,131
I HAVE A 2005 FORD SUPER DUTY 4X4 WITH ONLY 12900 MILES ON IT WITH NO MODIFICATIONS EXCEPT A WINCH.BOUGHT TRUCK NEW.I LIVE IN CT.THIS HAPPENED 2 TIMES ONCE LAST YEAR ONCE THIS YEAR,BOTH IN MASS.GOING 70 MILES PER HOUR ON INTERSTATE 91 HIT A BUMP LAST YEAR SLID OVER TO THE OTHER LANE BECAUSE OF SEVER...
Mileage: 12,900
I OWN A 05 FORD F250SD TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AROUND 50 AND UP WHEN I RUN OVER A POT HOLE OR ROAD ROUGHNESS THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY.I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN VERY QUICKLY UNTIL IT STOPS AND THEN I CAN PROCEED. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE TIRES. I BOUGHT N...
Mileage: 25,000
I OWN A FORD 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY FX4 PICK UP. WHEN THE TRUCK GOES OVER A BUMP OR UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE THE FRONT END BECOMES SHAKY AND THE VEHICLE HAS A SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT , THIS IS MORE EVIDENT IF IT OCCURS WHILE ROUNDING A CURVE IN THE ROAD. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ON...
2005 FORD F250 BOUGHT NEW MAY 2005. THE BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE SO CLOSE AND SAME HEIGHT IF YOUR FOOT IS OVERLAPPING GAS PEDAL AS YOU APPLY BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATES DANGEROUSLY.THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW.THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY GARAGE DOOR TODAY. FORTUNATELY NO ON...
Mileage: 31,000
I HIT A SMALL POTHOLE TRAVELING ON I-295 AT 65 MPH. THE TRUCK BOUNCED OUT OF CONTROL AND DRIFTED INTO THE LEFT LANE. I BRAKED TO 35 MPH AND IT STOPPED. A SHOP MECHANIC SAID IT WAS OK. THE SAME THING OCCURRED RECENTLY ON I-64. HIT A ROAD PATCH AND BOUNCED TO A STOP. MY WIFE WAS HORRIFIED AT THE...
Mileage: 62,500
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE ACCELERATING, THE MANUAL LEVER ON THE DASHBOARD THAT WAS USED TO LOCK THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED TO NOT HAVE TRAILER BRAKES WHEN DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MPH. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MA...
Mileage: 52,000
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 65 AND 80 MPH AND WHILE GOING OVER ROAD BUMPS, THE FRONT-END WILL BEGIN TO VIBRATE TO THE POINT THAT ENTIRE TRUCK WILL SHAKE. AFTER SLOWING TO 45 MPH, THE SITUATION WILL SELF-CORRECT ONLY TO BEGIN AGAIN AFTER CROSSING ANOTHER BUMP OR CONCRETE BRIDG...
Mileage: 61,150
FORD F250, 2005 SUPERDUTY - FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROAD IMPERFECTION (BRIDGE TRANSITIONS, BUMPY ROADS ETC..) I'VE BROUGHT IT BACK NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER THE FIRST STEERING SHIM RECALL AND MADE CALLS BUT HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE. THEY TOLD ME TIRE PRESSURE , BUY NEW TIRES AND THERE ...
Mileage: 15,000
FORD F250, 2005 SUPERDUTY - FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROAD IMPERFECTION (BRIDGE TRANSITIONS, BUMPY ROADS ETC..) I'VE BROUGHT IT BACK NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER THE FIRST STEERING SHIM RECALL AND MADE CALLS BUT HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE. THEY TOLD ME TIRE PRESSURE , BUY NEW TIRES AND THERE ...
Mileage: 15,000
FORD F250, 2005 SUPERDUTY - FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROAD IMPERFECTION (BRIDGE TRANSITIONS, BUMPY ROADS ETC..) I'VE BROUGHT IT BACK NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER THE FIRST STEERING SHIM RECALL AND MADE CALLS BUT HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE. THEY TOLD ME TIRE PRESSURE , BUY NEW TIRES AND THERE ...
Mileage: 15,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250 SD PICKUP TRUCK THAT HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. I HAS BEGUN TO EXPERIENCE A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN GOING OVER EVEN THE SMALLEST OF BUMPS. YOU NEED TO ALMOST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY TO MAKE IT STOP. THE DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY PRO...
Mileage: 24,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250 SD PICKUP TRUCK THAT HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. I HAS BEGUN TO EXPERIENCE A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN GOING OVER EVEN THE SMALLEST OF BUMPS. YOU NEED TO ALMOST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY TO MAKE IT STOP. THE DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY PRO...
Mileage: 24,000
FRONT END INSTABILITY, EXTREME VIBRATION, LOSS OF STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AFTER HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT. HAVE HAD VIBRATION AND BOUNCE IN FRONT END SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW DEC 2004. REPEATED RETURN TO DEALERSHIP BUT UNABLE TO FIND POINT CAUSE. APRIL 25, 2005 CRUISE CONTROL AT 75MPH ON I4 FL...
Mileage: 59,000
FRONT END INSTABILITY, EXTREME VIBRATION, LOSS OF STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AFTER HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT. HAVE HAD VIBRATION AND BOUNCE IN FRONT END SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW DEC 2004. REPEATED RETURN TO DEALERSHIP BUT UNABLE TO FIND POINT CAUSE. APRIL 25, 2005 CRUISE CONTROL AT 75MPH ON I4 FL...
Mileage: 59,000
UNPREDICTABLE AND UNCONTROLLABLE SEVERE FRONT END VIBRATION AND OSCILLATION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. OCCURS RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. HAS RESULTED IN RUNNING ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY AND SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS WITH OTHER VEHICLES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPE...
Mileage: 27,880
THE VACUUM HUBS ON A FORD F250 ARE STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. MAKES TRUCK JUMP FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE NEXT. I HAVE TO FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL TO STAY IN MY LANE. IT STARTED ONLY WHEN I TURN SHARP IT WOULD STICK THEN BRAKE FREE AFTER A I STOP , AND NOW I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE WITHOUT GOING FRO...
Mileage: 65,000
VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN GOING FASTER THAN 55 MILES AN HOUR AND HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. HAVE TO SLOW DOWN IN ORDER FOR THE TRUCK TO STOP SHAKING PUTTING ALL PASSENGERS IN DANGER ON THE HIGHWAYS. *TR
Mileage: 45,000
I OWN ON 2005 F-250 SUPERDUTY DIESEL 6.0 TRUCK, AND I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH AN APPROX. SPEED OF 45, AND MY VEHICLE STALLS FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS, I STARTED TO PANIC AND THEN, IT STARTED RUNNING AGAIN AFTER BLOWING A BIG PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE. I TRAVELED ON AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OKAY, WEL...
2005 F250 SD DIESEL 6.0 PICK UP _ CHRONIC ISSUES WITH FRONT END SHIMMY, NEAR UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES. DLR SAYS BUY NEW STEERING STABILIZER, AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES, ETC. TSB IS IN PLACE, BUT DLR STATES NOTHING WRONG? 2 TURBOCHARGERS, UNGODLY AMOUNT OF EGR REPLACEMENT, OIL PUMP ISSUES, OIL LEAKS. BAD ...
Mileage: 50,000
THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO A COMPLAINT I FILED ON 4/14/09 COMPLAINT # 10265310. I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS MATTER AND FOUND OTHER CASES. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. HERE IS A LINK WITH MORE INFORMATION. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD-F-250-SUPER-DUTY/TOHP1M75VBFBFT9IL. *TR
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY 4X4. I HAVE EXPERIENCED FRONT WHEEL SHIMMY 3 TIMES . I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY PUT ON A NEW FRONT STEERING SHOCK ABSORBER BUT IT OCCURRED AGAIN AFTER THE REPAIR. *TR
Mileage: 650,000
MY 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY POWERSTROKE DIESEL CREW CAB PICK UP TRUCK SHAKES AND SHIMMIES VIOLENTLY WHEN THE FRONT END HITS A POT HOLE OR TRAVELS OVER A ROAD SURFACE VARIATION. I HAVE HAD 4 INCIDENTS WHERE ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING AND SHIMMYI...
Mileage: 37,134
MY 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY POWERSTROKE DIESEL CREW CAB PICK UP TRUCK SHAKES AND SHIMMIES VIOLENTLY WHEN THE FRONT END HITS A POT HOLE OR TRAVELS OVER A ROAD SURFACE VARIATION. I HAVE HAD 4 INCIDENTS WHERE ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING AND SHIMMYI...
Mileage: 37,134
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SD. WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON THE INSIDE LEFT LANE, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. AFTER SHAKING FOR 3 TO 5 MINUTES T...
Mileage: 50,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SD. WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON THE INSIDE LEFT LANE, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. AFTER SHAKING FOR 3 TO 5 MINUTES T...
Mileage: 50,000
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OVER 55 MPH, I HIT A SMALL HOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK SHOOK TO THE POINT THE WHEEL CAME OUT OF MY HANDS. I SLOWED DOWN TO RE-GAIN CONTROL AND STAYED AWAY AS WELL AS I COULD FROM POTHOLES. I SPOKE WITH FORD A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND THEY DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED AN ALIGNMENT WHIC...
Mileage: 61,000
LOSE OF STEERING DO TO POOR DESIGN OF FORD F-250 AND F-350 SOLID FRONT AXLE WITH SPRINGS. FROM 2005 TO PRESENT. I HAVE NEW TIRES AND RIMS,BALANCED,HAD FRONT END CHECKED FOR ALIGNMENT, MY TRUCK LIKE SO MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING SEVER FRONT END SHIMMY DO TO THE POOR DESIGN ON FORD TRUCKS. I HAVE CONTA...
Mileage: 46,000
LOSE OF STEERING DO TO POOR DESIGN OF FORD F-250 AND F-350 SOLID FRONT AXLE WITH SPRINGS. FROM 2005 TO PRESENT. I HAVE NEW TIRES AND RIMS,BALANCED,HAD FRONT END CHECKED FOR ALIGNMENT, MY TRUCK LIKE SO MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING SEVER FRONT END SHIMMY DO TO THE POOR DESIGN ON FORD TRUCKS. I HAVE CONTA...
Mileage: 46,000
LOSE OF STEERING DO TO POOR DESIGN OF FORD F-250 AND F-350 SOLID FRONT AXLE WITH SPRINGS. FROM 2005 TO PRESENT. I HAVE NEW TIRES AND RIMS,BALANCED,HAD FRONT END CHECKED FOR ALIGNMENT, MY TRUCK LIKE SO MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING SEVER FRONT END SHIMMY DO TO THE POOR DESIGN ON FORD TRUCKS. I HAVE CONTA...
Mileage: 46,000
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE, EVEN WORSE IF I HIT A BUMP IN A CORNER. HAVE TO STOP FOR IT TO GO AWAY. *TR
Mileage: 30,000
I OWN A FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY[2005] WITH 14,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HIT A SERIES OF SLIGHT BUMPS TRAVELING ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH. THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY, I THOUGHT THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK DIS-ENGAGED FROM THE REST OF THE B...
Mileage: 14,000
VERY SEVERE UNCONTROLLABLE FRONT END SHIMMY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND NO TROUBLE WAS FOUND. SERVICE ADVISOR ADVISED TIRE BALANCING AND ALIGNMENT. I PAID FOR THAT SERVICE OUT OF POCKET AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. I THEM REPLACE THE TIRES OUT OF POCKET. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. I THEN REPLACED...
Mileage: 35,000
DRIVING AT SPEED. 2005 FORD F-250 VIOLENT FRONT END DEATH WOBBLE, DEALER SAID IT NEEDED ALIGNMENT, THEN SAID IT WAS MY TIRES,WITH NEW TIRES IT STILL DID IT. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS OKAY. NOTHING WRONG. UNTIL YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING TO INTER FREEWAY,AT 45MPH SLIGHT ROUGH ROAD SENT MY FORD TRUCK INTO ...
Mileage: 46,977
DRIVING AT SPEED. 2005 FORD F-250 VIOLENT FRONT END DEATH WOBBLE, DEALER SAID IT NEEDED ALIGNMENT, THEN SAID IT WAS MY TIRES,WITH NEW TIRES IT STILL DID IT. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS OKAY. NOTHING WRONG. UNTIL YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING TO INTER FREEWAY,AT 45MPH SLIGHT ROUGH ROAD SENT MY FORD TRUCK INTO ...
Mileage: 46,977
FRONT END BOUNCES UNCONTROLLABLY AT HI WAY SPEEDS UNTIL YOU STOP , IF STILL ON THE ROAD. *TR
Mileage: 25,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE WEEKS; HOWEVER, IT STILL HESITATES SLIGHTLY WHILE IN OPE...
Mileage: 60,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE WEEKS; HOWEVER, IT STILL HESITATES SLIGHTLY WHILE IN OPE...
Mileage: 60,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. SPORADICALLY, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A NO START CONDITION. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP, TANK, AND INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ...
Mileage: 23,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. SPORADICALLY, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A NO START CONDITION. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP, TANK, AND INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ...
Mileage: 23,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, BUT THE BATTERIES AND OTHER LIGHTS IN THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE...
Mileage: 153,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, BUT THE BATTERIES AND OTHER LIGHTS IN THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE...
Mileage: 153,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A DIFFICULT TIME STARTING. THE FAILURE USUALLY OCCURS IN THE MORNINGS. ONCE IT STARTS, IT IDLES ROUGHLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL FOR THE SAME YEAR, MAK...
Mileage: 108,000
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 60 MPH I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, A NORMAL SEAM IN THE MACADMN. MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD VERY LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING, AND THE BRAKING WAS ALSO VERY POOR. THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BAD THAT IT IMPAIRED MY VISION ALL I COULD DO WAS L...
Mileage: 34,000
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 60 MPH I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, A NORMAL SEAM IN THE MACADMN. MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD VERY LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING, AND THE BRAKING WAS ALSO VERY POOR. THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BAD THAT IT IMPAIRED MY VISION ALL I COULD DO WAS L...
Mileage: 34,000
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 60 MPH I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, A NORMAL SEAM IN THE MACADMN. MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD VERY LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING, AND THE BRAKING WAS ALSO VERY POOR. THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BAD THAT IT IMPAIRED MY VISION ALL I COULD DO WAS L...
Mileage: 34,000
WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH I LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK DUE TO VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT END. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND LET SPEED DECREASE TO 20 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN A 2 MILE PERIOD. I THEN DROVE ON SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AT 20 MPH TO GET HOME. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT PR...
Mileage: 29,000
I HAVE A 2005 F-250 THAT HAS A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE AT AROUND 60MPH AFTER HITTING A RUT OR SMALL POTHOLE, PROBLEM DOES NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN. TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY: "INSTALLED UPDATED STEERING DAMPENER AND BRACKET PER 07-10-10 RETORQUED SUSPENSION FASTENERS.... R&R LONG AND SHORT DRAG...
Mileage: 30,500
I HAVE A 2005 F-250 THAT HAS A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE AT AROUND 60MPH AFTER HITTING A RUT OR SMALL POTHOLE, PROBLEM DOES NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN. TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY: "INSTALLED UPDATED STEERING DAMPENER AND BRACKET PER 07-10-10 RETORQUED SUSPENSION FASTENERS.... R&R LONG AND SHORT DRAG...
Mileage: 30,500
SEVERE SUSPENSION AND STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY AFTER HITTING UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, DOING ABOUT 55MPH. THE SHAKING IS SO BACK IT THROWS THINGS OUT OF THE VISOR AND STUFF OFF OF THE SEAT ON TO THE FLOOR. TODAY WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. THIS IS A 2005 F250SD WITH 20789 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS J...
Mileage: 20,789
OUR COMPANY HAS 3 2005 F-250 WORK TRUCKS AND THE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ,WHEN YOU REACH APPROX. 55MPH YOU GET A VIOLENT SHAKE FROM THE FRONTEND,AND OR IF YOU HIT A POTHOLE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, LIKE YOUR GOING TO LOSE CONTROL DUE TO THE SHAKING AND NOBODY CAN FIND A TOTAL FIX TO THE PROBLEM,I THI...
OUR COMPANY HAS 3 2005 F-250 WORK TRUCKS AND THE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ,WHEN YOU REACH APPROX. 55MPH YOU GET A VIOLENT SHAKE FROM THE FRONTEND,AND OR IF YOU HIT A POTHOLE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, LIKE YOUR GOING TO LOSE CONTROL DUE TO THE SHAKING AND NOBODY CAN FIND A TOTAL FIX TO THE PROBLEM,I THI...
VIOLENT SHUDDER AND STEERING OSCILLATION. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AFTER DRIVING OVER A SLIGHT DROPOFF AT ABOUT 60MPH AND THE WHOLE TRUCK SHUDDERED SO VIOLENTLY I HAD TO BRAKE AND ATTEMPT TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE MEDIAN (THIS WAS HARD TO DO). THIS HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY SINCE AND HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED...
Mileage: 12,000
MY 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY HAS HAD ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE TURBO AND INJECTION SYSTEM ON THE 6.0L DIESEL. INITIALLY THE DEALER "CLEANED" THE INJECTORS, THEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILES AFTER, AT 16K MILES THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TURBO UNIT. I WAS TOLD I NEED TO DRIVE THE T...
Mileage: 16,000
I WAS DRIVING ON I-64 DOING ABOUT 65-70MPH AND CROSSED OVER BRIDGE/ROUGH SPOT IN ROAD WHEN IT THREW THE TRUCK INTO A BAD SHIMMY. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW CAMBER KIT THAT WOULD CHANGE BY 1 DEGREE. I HAD ...
Mileage: 36,200
TSB FRONT END OSCILLATION IIRC. OR AS KNOWN ON THE INTERNET AS THE DEATH WOBBLE (WHICH SEEMS VERY FITTING AS THE TRUCK GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL, IT FEELS AS IF THE WHOLE FRONT END IS COMING APART!)? SEVERE SHAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS OR ON ROUGH ROADS-JUST DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN SEVERE...
Mileage: 52,000
TSB FRONT END OSCILLATION IIRC. OR AS KNOWN ON THE INTERNET AS THE DEATH WOBBLE (WHICH SEEMS VERY FITTING AS THE TRUCK GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL, IT FEELS AS IF THE WHOLE FRONT END IS COMING APART!)? SEVERE SHAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS OR ON ROUGH ROADS-JUST DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN SEVERE...
Mileage: 52,000
2005 F250 STEERING WOBBLES WHEN HITTING POT HOLES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4-5 TIMES. WOBBLE IS SO BAD HAD TO PULL OVER TO COMPLETE STOP NEARLY CAUSED AND ACCIDENT. *TR
Mileage: 37,000
DRIVING SPEED LIMIT, ON HIGHWAY 241, ROAD BUMP/ASPHALT NEW VS OLD TRANSITION POINT, OTHER TIME MINOR POT HOLE, ONCE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT BANKED TURN ON THE 241, ANOTHER TIME WHILE DRIVING ON 57 WENT OVER A ROAD PATCH. SEVERE FRONT SHAKE UNTIL I STOP, CAUSES CARS AROUND TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY AND I AM...
Mileage: 40,000
I OWN A 2005 FORD F250 WITH 35X12.50X17 IN TIRES ON STOCK RIMS. I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON ROUTE 8 WITH MY DAUGHTER OF 30 DAYS..YES 30 DAYS OLD AND MY DRIVERS FRONT TIRE FELL APART. THIS RESULTED IN A HORRIBLE CRASH. WE WERE TORN OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY AND WENT THROUGH LOTS OF WIRE GUARD RAIL, DOWN...
Mileage: 53,000
CRACKED TRANSMISSION CASE, TOOK INTO FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR, TRUCK IS UNDER EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT FROM DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM, WITH A $100 DEDUCTIBLE. EXTENDED SERVICE CO WOULD SEND OUT INSPECTOR, HE INSPECTED IT AND SAID OK TO FIX, THE NEXT DAY HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $600. WE FINELY ...
Mileage: 25,550
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT NOTICED CORROSION AND RUST AT THE LOWER REGION OF ALL FOUR WELDED DOOR SEAMS. IN ADDITION, THE TAILGATE'S LOWER INNER/OUTER SKIN WELD SEAM PANEL WAS SEPARATING, RUSTED, AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THERE WER...
Mileage: 38,200
WE HAVE CONTINUOUS ISSUES WITH THE SHIMMY AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END OF OUR 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY (GAS). AT SPEEDS OF 55 AND HIGHER, THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY OFF THE ROAD AT THE SLIGHTEST UNEVEN OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIPS NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE ONLY...
Mileage: 46,000
WE HAVE CONTINUOUS ISSUES WITH THE SHIMMY AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END OF OUR 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY (GAS). AT SPEEDS OF 55 AND HIGHER, THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY OFF THE ROAD AT THE SLIGHTEST UNEVEN OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIPS NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE ONLY...
Mileage: 46,000
WE HAVE CONTINUOUS ISSUES WITH THE SHIMMY AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END OF OUR 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY (GAS). AT SPEEDS OF 55 AND HIGHER, THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY OFF THE ROAD AT THE SLIGHTEST UNEVEN OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIPS NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE ONLY...
Mileage: 46,000
FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING POT HOLES OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD. TO THE POINT WHERE A COLLISION IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE. *TR
Mileage: 44,000
FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING POT HOLES OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD. TO THE POINT WHERE A COLLISION IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE. *TR
Mileage: 44,000
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, GOING OVER A BUMP ON THE ROAD, THE FRONT END STARTS SHAKING VERY BAD UNTIL YOU GET BELOW 40 MPH, IT IS ALL YOU CAN DO TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL. *TR
Mileage: 10,176
I HAVE A 2005 F250 WHEN I HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGH WAY AT 50MPH OR HIGHER THE TRUCK FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
I OWN A 2005 SUPER DUTY POWER STROKE AND WHEN I HIT A POT HOLE OR WHEN I'M TAKING A TURN TO THE LEFT FROM 40 MPH TO 50 MPH MY TRUCK GETS THE DEATH WOBBLES UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKES AND GET DOWN TO ABOUT 15-20 MPH. I DON'T EVEN LIKE DRIVING IT CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S KIND OF...
Mileage: 58,000
I OWN A 2005 SUPER DUTY POWER STROKE AND WHEN I HIT A POT HOLE OR WHEN I'M TAKING A TURN TO THE LEFT FROM 40 MPH TO 50 MPH MY TRUCK GETS THE DEATH WOBBLES UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKES AND GET DOWN TO ABOUT 15-20 MPH. I DON'T EVEN LIKE DRIVING IT CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S KIND OF...
Mileage: 58,000
TWO PROBLEMS. SHIFTING LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK EVEN THOUGH BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DEACTIVATE WHEN BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. DEALER REPLACED NEW SWITCHES TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 17,607
TWO PROBLEMS. SHIFTING LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK EVEN THOUGH BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DEACTIVATE WHEN BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. DEALER REPLACED NEW SWITCHES TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 17,607
2005 F-250 SHORT BED 4X4 SUPER DUTY 5.4 V-8. TRUCK SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL AT HIGH SPEED WHEN ROUGH ROADWAY IS PRESENT. HAS DONE THIS SINCE 18,000 MILES AND GETS WORSE WITH AGE. FORD REFUSES TO FIND THE PROBLEM, AS THEY ONLY DRIVE TRUCK AROUND TOWN. HAVE ASK THEM TO TAKE ONTO INTERSTATE, BUT THEY DON'...
Mileage: 17,000
WHEN TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY FROM SPEEDS RANGING FROM 50-70 MPH IF UNEVEN ROAD IN ENCOUNTERED (POTHOLES, ROUGH ROADS, OBJECTS IN ROAD..ETC) VEHICLE GOES INTO VIOLENT FRONTEND SHAKE. WHEN THIS SHAKING OCCURS IT IS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO NOT ONLY PERSONS IN VEHICLE BUT IN ANY VEHICLES SURROUNDING OUR ...
Mileage: 55,000
WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 65MPH FRONT END OF TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE AND BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER UNTIL SPEED IS REDUCED TO 35MPH (WHICH CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE) THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED I HAD THE TIRES BALANCED THINKING THAT WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM,BUT TH...
Mileage: 45,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN A STATIONARY POSITION, THE BRAKE CONTROLLER DID NOT DETECT THE TRAILER BEING ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. THIS INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE F...
Mileage: 28,000
FORD F250 FRONT END SHAKING WHEN YOU HIT ROUGH SPOT ON FREEWAY AT 65 MPH IT 2005 F250. *TR
Mileage: 32,000
FORD SD F250 4WD - LIKE OTHERS, SEVERE SHIMMY, ESPECIALLY ON EXPANSION JOINTS ON FREEWAYS. CAN AND DOES SPOOK THE DRIVER. SCARY MOMENTS. DEALER CHECKED, AND SAID STEER STABILIZER SHOULD BE REPLACED?? AT 61,000 K - NO WAY. OTHERS ARE SAYING SAME THING, INCLUDING BALL JOINTS BEING WORN OUT??? *TR
Mileage: 25,000
FORD SD F250 4WD - LIKE OTHERS, SEVERE SHIMMY, ESPECIALLY ON EXPANSION JOINTS ON FREEWAYS. CAN AND DOES SPOOK THE DRIVER. SCARY MOMENTS. DEALER CHECKED, AND SAID STEER STABILIZER SHOULD BE REPLACED?? AT 61,000 K - NO WAY. OTHERS ARE SAYING SAME THING, INCLUDING BALL JOINTS BEING WORN OUT??? *TR
Mileage: 25,000
WHILE TOWING OUR HORSE TRAILER THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND THE ENGINE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED UNDER FORD WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE AND I SHOULD WRITE IN. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE IS A SNAP ...
Mileage: 41,900
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOVE 50MPH THE FORD 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOOSING CONTROL. THEY ONLY WHY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND FORCE ANY FOLLOWING TRAFFIC TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TOO. THE ITEMS THAT BRING ON THIS SHAKE (OSCILLATION)...
Mileage: 47,000
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOVE 50MPH THE FORD 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOOSING CONTROL. THEY ONLY WHY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND FORCE ANY FOLLOWING TRAFFIC TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TOO. THE ITEMS THAT BRING ON THIS SHAKE (OSCILLATION)...
Mileage: 47,000
MY FORD F 250 TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS UPSET ON HIGHWAY. NORMALLY OCCURS AT OR ABOVE 65 MPH, THE WAY TO RE-GAIN CONTROL IS SLOW CONSIDERABLY. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH FACTORY AND REPLACEMENT TIRES. FORD STATED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT THAT IT D...
Mileage: 45,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE. THE CONTACT LOST PARTIAL CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND THE VEHICLE SWAYED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE...
Mileage: 42,000
2005 FORD F-250 TRUCK FRONT END WOBBLE. HAS DONE IT SINCE ABOUT 20,000 MILES. DRIVING 55+ MILES PER HOUR, TURNING TO THE LEFT, FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. *TR
Mileage: 93,000
2005 FORD F250 4X4, 4 DOOR, AUTO, 5.4L GAS, APPROX. 39K MI. TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEED, IN A SWEEPING LEFT HAND CURVE, CROSSING ROUGH PAVEMENT, A SEVERE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE AND FRONT WHEEL SHIMMY COMMENCED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, INVOLUNTARY RAPID LANE CHANGE AND NEAR ACCIDEN...
Mileage: 39,000
WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND TRAVELING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES OR BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEED OVER UNEVEN SURFACES THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHIMMY/OSCILLATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS IS OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY. *TR
Mileage: 41,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THICK SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE REAR EXHAUST PIPE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING WHILE EN ROUTE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED...
Mileage: 95,246
2005 FORD F-250 SD SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES ON HIGHWAY. WE WERE OUT OF THE STATE WORKING FOR 10 DAYS AND DEPENDED ON THIS VEHICLE SO THE FOLLOWING DAY WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER AND ALL THEY HAD TO SAY WAS THE TIRES NEEDED 80 POUNDS OF AIR. AS SOON AS WE RETURNED HOME WE...
Mileage: 12,000
WHEN TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, TRAVELING OVER BRIDGE/OVERPASS EXPANSION JOINTS WILL CAUSE THE FRONT AXLE/STEERING TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS SEEMS TO SET UP SOME KIND OF WEIRD HARMONIC VIBRATION THAT THE FRONT END CANNOT RECOVER FROM. EVEN AFTER THE ROAD SMOOTHES OUT, FRONT AXLE WILL CON...
Mileage: 24,000
MY 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY HARLEY DAVIDSON VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED TO ME WITHOUT THE MANDATED LATCH CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM, FORD WILL NOT CORRECT THIS, PLEASE ADVISE. *TR
Mileage: 22,000
MY VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHIMMIES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN I HIT A ROUGH SPOT ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT 60-70MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE SLOWED 15 TO 20 MPH IMMEDIATELY TO REGAIN CONTROL. *TR
Mileage: 15,000
WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS A DEFECT OR UNEVEN PORTION IN THE ROADWAY SUCH AS A POTHOLE OR BUMP OR AN EXPANSION JOINT ON AN OVERPASS CAN CAUSE THE FRONT END TO START SHIMMYING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE SLOWED OR EVEN STOPPED TO MAKE THE SHIMMY STOP WHICH IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON ...
Mileage: 21,000
THIS MORNING I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 F250 4X4 ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN IT STARTED A DEATH WOBBLE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I LOOKED AT THE TIRES TO DETERMINE IF I LOST A BALANCE WEIGHT. I THEN PROCEEDED ABOUT A HALF MILE AND STOPPED AT A LOCAL STORE. WHEN I LEFT THE DEATH WOBBLE STARTE...
Mileage: 66,400
MY FORD F250 SD 2005 HAS A VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END. THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AS THE TRUCK GETS OLDER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND STOP. *TR
Mileage: 2,000
MY FORD F250 SD 2005 HAS A VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END. THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AS THE TRUCK GETS OLDER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND STOP. *TR
Mileage: 2,000
I HAVE A FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCK THAT EXHIBITS WHAT HAS BEEN NAMED THE DEATH WOBBLE AS WELL AS THE 40-50 MPH REAR END BOUNCE OR SHAKE. NEW TIRES, SHOCKS, BRAKES, ETC HAVE NOT CORRECTED THIS ISSUE. I'VE READ ONLINE WHERE MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCE THIS SAME ISSUE AND MANY HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FORD THAT THEY...
THERE IS VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH. YOU FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END IS GOING TO FALL OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SLOW TO @35MPH IT WILL STOP. AT TIMES THE SHAKING IS SO VIOLENT THAT THE VEHICLE WILL CHANGE L...
Mileage: 71,000
RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING FROM THE DEALERSHIP, I HIT A SMALL BUMP/EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD THAT CAUSE THE FRONT TIRES TO BOUNCED UNCONTROLLABLY. I WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 65 MPH AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE SHOOK COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL TO THE POINT THAT I COULD NOT CONTR...
FUEL INJECTORS. *TR
Mileage: 7,763
2005 F-250 HAS DANGEROUS SHAKE IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE, TO THE POINT OF LOOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. TRUCK BOUNCED OVER FOUR LANES OF HIGHWAY BEFORE GAINING CONTROL OF IT. SPEED WAS ABOUT 55-60MPH. IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THERE WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. IF IT HAD BEEN IN ...
Mileage: 19,000
2005 F-250 HAS DANGEROUS SHAKE IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE, TO THE POINT OF LOOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. TRUCK BOUNCED OVER FOUR LANES OF HIGHWAY BEFORE GAINING CONTROL OF IT. SPEED WAS ABOUT 55-60MPH. IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THERE WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. IF IT HAD BEEN IN ...
Mileage: 19,000
VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER HITTING POT HOLES OR EXPANSION JOINTS ON HIGHWAYS AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 55 TO 75MPH. THE SHAKING CAUSES A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SLOWING BELOW 40MPH. AFTER READING SEVERAL POSTS ONLINE I SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND ...
Mileage: 25,000
VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER HITTING POT HOLES OR EXPANSION JOINTS ON HIGHWAYS AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 55 TO 75MPH. THE SHAKING CAUSES A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SLOWING BELOW 40MPH. AFTER READING SEVERAL POSTS ONLINE I SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND ...
Mileage: 25,000
VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER HITTING POT HOLES OR EXPANSION JOINTS ON HIGHWAYS AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 55 TO 75MPH. THE SHAKING CAUSES A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SLOWING BELOW 40MPH. AFTER READING SEVERAL POSTS ONLINE I SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND ...
Mileage: 25,000
TRUCK SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL WHEN HITTING SMALL POT HOLES ON THE FREEWAY . ONLY RESOLUTION IS TO HOLD ON TIGHT AND BRING THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP. TAKEN IT TO BOB BOYD AND THEY HAD NO RESOLUTION. IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AND WILL CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. SAME PROBLEM ...
Mileage: 34,000
2005 FORD F-250 WITH SPARK PLUGS LODGED IN CYLINDER. CONSUMER STATES UNDER A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE VISIT FOR SPARK PLUG CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS BROKE OFF LEAVING PIECES LODGED IN THE CYLINDER. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE MECHANIC HAD TO REMOVE THE CY...
VEHICLE STARTS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP (POTHOLE, BRIDGE CONNECTOR) AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (50-70 MPH). VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AND STEERING IS SOMETIMES UNRESPONSIVE UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN BELOW 40 MPH. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER TO THE LEFT ACROSS...
Mileage: 22,000
2005 FORD SUPER DUTY DIESEL 6.0 WAS UNABLE TO REREGISTER MY VEHICLE WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, UNLESS I RETURNED MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A RECALL/FLASH MEMORY RE FLASHED. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DO THIS, OTHERWISE THE DMV WOULD NOT RENEW BY REGISTRATION. DEALER STATE...
FICM HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER MANY REPAIRS TO MY F250 FORD PICK UP 6.0 DIESEL NHTSA#05V270000 RECALL MY TRUCK BROKE DOWN ON THE FREEWAY I PAID $1,115.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY PROBLEM ALL THOUGH MY TRUCK HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME PLEASE ADVISE. *...
Mileage: 17,000
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE TRAVELING OVER SPEEDS OF 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY IF YOU HIT A FLAW IN THE ROAD, SUCH AS A BUMP. IT HAS CAUSE MYSELF AND WIFE TO NEARLY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES CLOSE AS ON ONE OCCASION THE TRUCK CHANGED LANES W...
Mileage: 25,500
AS I HIT SPEEDS OF 65+ MPH, IF I HIT ANY ROUGH SURFACE, BRIDGE ABUTMENT, OR SMALL POT HOLE THE TRUCKS FRONT END WOULD PROCEED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY OUT OF CONTROL ONLY STOPPING AFTER I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY. GOT BACK ON HIGHWAY AND EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED 1.5 MILES...
Mileage: 36,500
MY F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK STALLS WHILE DRIVING, SPECIALLY AFTER TURNING CORNER. ALL 3 TIMES THE COMPLETE FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED , 5/15/07, 12/15/07 & 8/15/07. HAD FUEL TANK CLEANED AND FOUND RUST REMAINS IN BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK. THE COMPUTER AND WIRE HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED 12/15/07....
Mileage: 95,000
MY F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK STALLS WHILE DRIVING, SPECIALLY AFTER TURNING CORNER. ALL 3 TIMES THE COMPLETE FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED , 5/15/07, 12/15/07 & 8/15/07. HAD FUEL TANK CLEANED AND FOUND RUST REMAINS IN BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK. THE COMPUTER AND WIRE HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED 12/15/07....
Mileage: 95,000
MY F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK STALLS WHILE DRIVING, SPECIALLY AFTER TURNING CORNER. ALL 3 TIMES THE COMPLETE FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED , 5/15/07, 12/15/07 & 8/15/07. HAD FUEL TANK CLEANED AND FOUND RUST REMAINS IN BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK. THE COMPUTER AND WIRE HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED 12/15/07....
Mileage: 95,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SURGED TO 60 MPH WITHOUT WARNING AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE FAILURES WERE INTERMITTENT. AS OF DECEMBER 12, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAIL...
Mileage: 64,045
1. ANNUAL VIRGINIA STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. 2. FRONT BALL JOINTS FAILED INSPECTION, 2005 FORD F-250 4X2 SUPER DUTY PICK UP WITH 50,000 MILES. 3. BALL JOINTS REPLACED. *TR
Mileage: 50,364
1. ANNUAL VIRGINIA STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. 2. FRONT BALL JOINTS FAILED INSPECTION, 2005 FORD F-250 4X2 SUPER DUTY PICK UP WITH 50,000 MILES. 3. BALL JOINTS REPLACED. *TR
Mileage: 50,364
A SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS WHILE OPERATING ON THE HIGHWAY. ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED DIMMING OF LIGHTS AND REDUCTION OF WINDSHIELD WIPER SPEED AND AN INCREASE IN RPMS NOT INITIATED BY THE OPERATOR. *TR
Mileage: 55,240
2005 F-250 SUPERDUTY LARIAT 4 DOOR 4X4 VIOLENT SHAKING WHEN HITTING ROUGH ROADS. *TR
FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER BUMPS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR
Mileage: 15,000
SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY AT VARIOUS TIMES AND SPEEDS WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR UNEVEN SURFACE. USUALLY OCCURS AT 60-75 MPH. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY! DEALER BLAMES TIRES WHICH ARE ALMOST BRAND NEW. *TR
Mileage: 29,775
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY WHICH I BOUGHT IN JULY OF 2005 (OWN IT FOR 27 MONTHS) BRAND NEW. RECENTLY (3 MONTHS AGO) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND THAT THEY RESET THE COMPUTER. AT THAT TIME MY VEHICLE WAS ...
Mileage: 40,100
2005 FORD F250 SD, GAS, FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING SUCCESSIVE POTHOLES AT HIGHWAY SPEED, VERY DANGEROUS, MUST SLAM ON BRAKES TO GET TRUCK TO COME BACK UNDER CONTROL. *TR *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR
Mileage: 30,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE JAN OF 2206 I BROUGHT IT IN FOR AN UPDATE AND IT HASN'T RUN RIGHT SINCE THEN. IT FIRST STARTED WITH SPEED BUCKING. SO BROUGHT IT BACK THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED ON MY WAY HOME IT STARTED AGAIN THEN IN HAS NO POWER THA...
Mileage: 22,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE JAN OF 2206 I BROUGHT IT IN FOR AN UPDATE AND IT HASN'T RUN RIGHT SINCE THEN. IT FIRST STARTED WITH SPEED BUCKING. SO BROUGHT IT BACK THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED ON MY WAY HOME IT STARTED AGAIN THEN IN HAS NO POWER THA...
Mileage: 22,000
TRUCK HAS HAD MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES SINCE I PURCHASED IT. TRUCK ALSO HAS A TERRIBLE BOUNCE WHEN IT HITS A POTHOLE. *JB
Mileage: 12,000
TRUCK HAS HAD MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES SINCE I PURCHASED IT. TRUCK ALSO HAS A TERRIBLE BOUNCE WHEN IT HITS A POTHOLE. *JB
Mileage: 12,000
MY FORD F-250 WAS BROKEN INTO VIA THE DOOR HANDLES. MY TRUCK IS A CREWCAB AND THE THIEVES ENTERED FROM BOTH SIDES. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THIS IS ONE OF THE EASIEST VEHICLES TO BREAK INTO. A CRIMINAL CAN MAKE ENTRY IN SECONDS. I BELIEVE A VEHICLES LOCK SHOULD HOLD UP LONGER THAN THAT. IF THIS VEHIC...
Mileage: 36,000
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY FX4 PICKUP THAT I PURCHASED TODAY. ON THE WAY HOME, AT ABOUT 65-70MPH, I HIT A BRIDGE JOINT WHICH SENT THE FRONT END INTO AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT WOBBLE. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20MPH FOR IT TO GO AWAY. WHEN I GOT HOME, I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET,...
Mileage: 30,220
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY FX4 PICKUP THAT I PURCHASED TODAY. ON THE WAY HOME, AT ABOUT 65-70MPH, I HIT A BRIDGE JOINT WHICH SENT THE FRONT END INTO AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT WOBBLE. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20MPH FOR IT TO GO AWAY. WHEN I GOT HOME, I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET,...
Mileage: 30,220
THIS FAILURE IS ON A FORD, F250, 4X4 WITH THE 5.4L GAS ENGINE. AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WHEN HITTING A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE GOES IN TO AN OSCILLATION (DEATH WOBBLE) THAT CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY DRASTIC REDUCTION IN SPEED. THE OSCILLATION IMPACTS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE V...
Mileage: 19,230
TIRE BLOW-OUT. *TR
Mileage: 32,040
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE SHAKING WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND...
Mileage: 22,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE AND SHIMMY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAVE DONE ALL THAT THEY COULD DO. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000. THE VIN NUMBER APPEARED TO BE INCORREC...
Mileage: 18,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE LOSES CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP OR A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE UNEXPECTEDLY AND BECOMES DIFFICULT TO STEER. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ONCE, BUT THEY WERE U...
Mileage: 16,000
BOUGHT 2005 FORD F 250 4X4 CREW CAB WITH GAS ENGINE. 25000 MILES ON TRUCK DURING TEST DRIVE I DROVE ACROSS RAILROAD TRUCKS AT 60 MPH TRUCK BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL BROUGHT TO COMPLETE STOP. DROVE TRUCK OVER RR TRACKS AGAIN AT SAME SPEED TRUCK DIDN'T REACT THE SAME TRIED IT AGAIN STILL TRUCK WO...
Mileage: 255,050
I HAVE A 2005 F-250 4WD CREW CAB W/5.4 LITER V-8. IN THE LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT SHAKING FROM THE FRONT END AFTER HITTING POTHOLES, PATCHES, EXPANSION JOINTS, RAILROAD TRACKS, ETC. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SLOWER SPEEDS ARE JUST ANNOYING BUT AT HIGHER SPEEDS (60 AND UP) THE SHAKE...
I WAS DRIVING THE 2005 F-250 WITH 12000 MILES AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HIT SOME BUMPS AND THE TRUCK WENT IN TO A VIOLENT SHAKING WITCH MADE IT VERY HARD TO STEER AND STOP. THE SHAKING WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I COULD GET INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND COME TO A STOP. THE NEXT DAY I BROUGHT VEHIC...
Mileage: 12,227
WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE-CONTROL SET AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHUTTER AS IF A TIRE HAD BLOWN , AND WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE UNTIL AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS. AFTER A COMPLETE STOP THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. THIS OCCURRED TWICE. *AK
Mileage: 19,500
THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING POTHOLES OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS AT HIGH SPEEDS - MUST STOP OR SLOW WAY DOWN TO CORRECT. FORD HAS CHECKED THE FIRST TIME STEERING DAMPER . SECOND TIME CHANGED TIRE PRESSURE. THIRD TIME REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, AND REPLACED TIRES. *A...
Mileage: 5,000
THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING POTHOLES OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS AT HIGH SPEEDS - MUST STOP OR SLOW WAY DOWN TO CORRECT. FORD HAS CHECKED THE FIRST TIME STEERING DAMPER . SECOND TIME CHANGED TIRE PRESSURE. THIRD TIME REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, AND REPLACED TIRES. *A...
Mileage: 5,000
THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING POTHOLES OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS AT HIGH SPEEDS - MUST STOP OR SLOW WAY DOWN TO CORRECT. FORD HAS CHECKED THE FIRST TIME STEERING DAMPER . SECOND TIME CHANGED TIRE PRESSURE. THIRD TIME REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, AND REPLACED TIRES. *A...
Mileage: 5,000
2005 FORD F-250 FRONT END SHAKES AND CAUSES LOSS OF CONTROL ON HIGHWAY AFTER HITTING A BUMP.*AK
Mileage: 17,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEATS FROM AN ONLINE DISTRIBUTOR THAT ARE CURRENTLY SEPARATING FROM THE FRAME. HE HAS MADE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE DISTRIBUTOR. THEY INITIALLY AGREED TO ACCEPT THE SEATS, HOWEVER, ...
VIOLENT SHAKING IN FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL UNTIL SLOWING UNDER 45MPH. *TR
Mileage: 24,500
2005 FORD F250 4X4 CREW CAB SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING POTHOLE AT BETWEEN 45-50 MPH UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN. LOOKING INTO THIS, I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 30,000
SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING, WHEN TRAVELING OVER 55 MPH, AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. WHEN I BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND MENTIONED THIS EPISODE. THE SERVICE MANAGER ACTED AS THOUGH IT WERE AN ANO...
Mileage: 30,300
FRONT END WOBBLES SHAKES AND SLIDES ESPECIALLY IN A ROUGH CURVE AND DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NAME IS BORDELON FORD IN OPELOUSAS, LA. AND ADVISED COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. *NM
WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, AFTER DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE JOINT OR POT HOLE, THE BOUNCE OFTEN CAUSES THE FRONT END TO GO INTO A VIOLENT HARMONIC STEERING OSCILLATION THAT ONLY STOPS WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN. YOU HAVE SEVERAL SECONDS TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 35 MPH BEFORE THE OSCILLATION CAUSES LOSS OF CO...
Mileage: 30,000
WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, AFTER DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE JOINT OR POT HOLE, THE BOUNCE OFTEN CAUSES THE FRONT END TO GO INTO A VIOLENT HARMONIC STEERING OSCILLATION THAT ONLY STOPS WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN. YOU HAVE SEVERAL SECONDS TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 35 MPH BEFORE THE OSCILLATION CAUSES LOSS OF CO...
Mileage: 30,000
THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 2007 THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY WERE NOT CHARGING. THE DEALER TESTED THE SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD OVERCHARGED THE SYSTEM AND BURNT THE MAIN HARNESS COMING OUT OF THE ALTERNATOR. THE DEALER SAID THE ENTIRE HARNESS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ALTERNATOR...
Mileage: 33,690
THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 2007 THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY WERE NOT CHARGING. THE DEALER TESTED THE SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD OVERCHARGED THE SYSTEM AND BURNT THE MAIN HARNESS COMING OUT OF THE ALTERNATOR. THE DEALER SAID THE ENTIRE HARNESS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ALTERNATOR...
Mileage: 33,690
THE TRUCK IS LEAKING WATER, OVERHEATING, THE TURBO HAS BEEN REPLACED. I CAN NOT FIND THE LEAK, TURBO IS MESSED UP AGAIN IT WAS IN THE SHOP TWO TIMES FOR THIS AND IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING. ALSO LEAKING ANTI FREEZE. *NM
Mileage: 25,000
THE TRUCK IS LEAKING WATER, OVERHEATING, THE TURBO HAS BEEN REPLACED. I CAN NOT FIND THE LEAK, TURBO IS MESSED UP AGAIN IT WAS IN THE SHOP TWO TIMES FOR THIS AND IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING. ALSO LEAKING ANTI FREEZE. *NM
Mileage: 25,000
THE TRUCK IS LEAKING WATER, OVERHEATING, THE TURBO HAS BEEN REPLACED. I CAN NOT FIND THE LEAK, TURBO IS MESSED UP AGAIN IT WAS IN THE SHOP TWO TIMES FOR THIS AND IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING. ALSO LEAKING ANTI FREEZE. *NM
Mileage: 25,000
2005 FORD F250 CREW CAB SUPER DUTY V10 TRITON. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED ABOVE 30 MPH AND HITTING SOME BUMPS ON THE ROAD THE TRUCK WILL GO INTO A VIOLENT OSCILLATION WHERE ALL THE WHEELS HOP UP AND DOWN CAUSING ME TO NEARLY LOOSE CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FOUND TO STOP THIS SEVERE WHEEL HOP IS T...
Mileage: 22,000
(1) POSSIBLY TRIGGERED BY A MINOR BUMP IN THE ROAD (2) SEVERE STEERING AND/OR FRONT AXLE OSCILLATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE OSCILLATION WAS MUCH MORE SEVERE THAN THE COMMON "DEATH WOBBLE" FROM OUT OF BALANCE OR OUT OF ROUND TIRES, AND APPEARED TO INVOLVE NOT JUST THE FRONT TIRES...
Mileage: 16,500
SEVERE RAPID VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AFTER HITTING SMALL CHANGES IN SURFACE PLANE - ACKNOWLEDGE SPEED 70-80 - POSSIBLE UNBALANCED SUSPENSION FOR ELEVATION OF CHASSIS? VERY DANGEROUS, VERY REAL PROBLEM. *JB
Mileage: 200
PURCHASED 2005 F250 6.0 DIESEL NEW SEPT. 2004. ON JULY 29,2006, (16,000 MILES), TRUCK BEGAN TO LOSE POWER ON HILLS IN TOW MODE (5,500 LBS. TRLR.). THE ENGINE RPM INCREASES,THE ACCELERATOR IS ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN AS IF THERE IS SLIPPING IN THE DRIVELINE. TOOK IT TO T...
Mileage: 16,200
I HAVE A 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY THAT I PURCHASED USED WITH 10K MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTESTATE BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH AND DROVE OVER SOME ROUGH ASPHALT IN THE FREEWAY, IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND IS NOT TO BAD. HOWEVER, MY NEW TRUCK BEGAN TO SHIMMY SO BAD I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE T...
Mileage: 12,000
I PURCHASED A 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY TRUCK WITH CAMPER PACKAGE. I COULD NOT LOCATE THE CAMPER CERTIFICATE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE SELLING DEALERSHIP AND FORD THROUGH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE E-MAIL. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE CERTIFICATE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR MY VEHICLE AND I CANNOT GET A COPY. I AM THE OR...
I HAVE A 2005 F250 DIESEL TRUCK. I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 WHEN I NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM BEHIND MY CAB. I QUICKLY PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND TRIED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT IT WAS TO LATE. THE FIRE BURNED THE TRUCK COMPLETELY. *NM
Mileage: 37,000
I HAVE A 2005 F-250 SD CRW CAB LONG BOX, I HAVE EXPEREINCED A SEVERE SHAKING AND PULLING WHILE TRAVELING AT 70-75 MPH. I HAD THE SMALLER FACTORY TIRES AND WHEELS CHANGE TO THE BIGGER 265'S BUT IT DID NOT HELP. THIS IS GOING TO HURT SOMEBODY SOON.
Mileage: 70
DRIVING 2-LANE HIGHWAY 55-70 MPH WHEN CHANGE IN ROAD SURFACE (BUMP, FROST HEAVE, ROAD BED SURFACE MATERIAL CHANGE) CAUSED FRONT END TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. ONLY WAY TO STOP SHAKING WAS TO SUDDENLY DECREASE SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 35-50 MPH IN TRAFFIC ON RAIN-SLICK ROADWAY...
Mileage: 1,340
DRIVING 2-LANE HIGHWAY 55-70 MPH WHEN CHANGE IN ROAD SURFACE (BUMP, FROST HEAVE, ROAD BED SURFACE MATERIAL CHANGE) CAUSED FRONT END TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. ONLY WAY TO STOP SHAKING WAS TO SUDDENLY DECREASE SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 35-50 MPH IN TRAFFIC ON RAIN-SLICK ROADWAY...
Mileage: 1,340
THE ELECTRIC BRAKES ON THE CONSUMER'S 2005 FORD F-250 WON'T ENGAGE . *KB THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE BUILT IN ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER THOUGHT HE HAD A BRAKING PROBLEM WITH HIS TRAILER BECAUSE HE WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE WHILE SITTING STILL. AFTER CHECKING T...
Mileage: 7,000
I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IN SEPT. 2005 I LEASED A F250 AND SINCE IT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. EXHAUST PROBLEMS (3 TIMES FOR THAT) INJECTOR FAILED, MANY LITTLE BUGS THAT THE DEALER CANT FIX. ON 6-24-06 ON I-94 DOING A 65-68 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATES FOR A SECOND THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS LOC...
Mileage: 4,869
I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IN SEPT. 2005 I LEASED A F250 AND SINCE IT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. EXHAUST PROBLEMS (3 TIMES FOR THAT) INJECTOR FAILED, MANY LITTLE BUGS THAT THE DEALER CANT FIX. ON 6-24-06 ON I-94 DOING A 65-68 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATES FOR A SECOND THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS LOC...
Mileage: 4,869
I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IN SEPT. 2005 I LEASED A F250 AND SINCE IT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. EXHAUST PROBLEMS (3 TIMES FOR THAT) INJECTOR FAILED, MANY LITTLE BUGS THAT THE DEALER CANT FIX. ON 6-24-06 ON I-94 DOING A 65-68 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATES FOR A SECOND THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS LOC...
Mileage: 4,869
HELLO, MY NAME IS [XXX]. I HAVE A CO WORKER, [XXX], THAT HAS EXPERIENCED AN ACCIDENT IN HIS F-250 FORD PICK UP ABOUT A MONTH AGO. BASICALLY, IT WAS A ACCIDENT WHERE HE WAS HIT, SLID INTO ANOTHER CAR, AND THEN INTO A DITCH. THE CATCH IS HIS AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS TRAVELING AT HI...
MY 2005 FORD F-250 HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, THERE IS A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER, THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES GO TO 0 AND THE CRUISE CONTROL IS SHUT DOWN AND THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALERS 5 TIMES FOR REPAIR. *NM
Mileage: 54,000
MY 2005 FORD F-250 HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, THERE IS A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER, THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES GO TO 0 AND THE CRUISE CONTROL IS SHUT DOWN AND THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALERS 5 TIMES FOR REPAIR. *NM
Mileage: 54,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE CHECKING THE OIL, WATER WAS NOTICED ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE HOOD. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE INNER COOLER. THEN, AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER 1500 MILES THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE HEADS OR HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, ...
Mileage: 126,000
F-250 SD 4X4 SHORT BED PU 5.4L GAS ENGINE 4.10 REAR END LACKS POWER TO TOW A 5TH WHEEL (7800 LBS.) UP GRADES ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS. VEHICLE STRUGGLES AT 45 MPH TO MAKE THE HILLS ENGINE REQUIRES OVER 4000 RPM TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE SPEED. VEHICLE GETS 6 MPG WHILE TOWING. *NM
Mileage: 3,400
5/13/06 I CAME HOME FROM ABOUT A 75 MILE DRIVE, PULLING A HORSE TRAILER IN MY 2005 F250 6.0 POWER STROKE. I WENT IN THE HOUSE AND LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER, MY GIRLFRIEND ASKED WHY IS YOUR TRUCK STEAMING? I COULD TELL IT WAS SMOKE. I WAS ABLE TO GET A FEW ITEMS OUT AND NOTICED THE PAINT BUBBLING...
Mileage: 7,500
BROKEN STEERING BOX ON A 2005 FORD F-250 HAS 28,500 MILES, DENIED WARRANTY. *NM
Mileage: 28,371
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND THROUGH INTERSECTIONS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE MALFUNCTIONS. AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE CONTINUES AT THE SAME SPEED OR LOOSES SPEED RAPIDLY AND STALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FOUR OCCASION...
Mileage: 4,000
THE FORD ELECTRIC BRAKE CONTROLLER IN MY 05 FORD SUPERDUTY F250 STOPS WORKING WHEN I ENCOUNTER ROUGH PAVEMENT. IF I AM COMING TO A STOP, AND THE INTERSECTION IS ROUGH, THE LED INDICATOR ON THE BRAKE CONTROLLER DROPS TO ONLY ONE LIGHT ILLUMINATED OUT OF TEN POSSIBLE, AND THE TRAILER BRAKES STOP WORK...
Mileage: 57,500
WHEN TRAVELING AT 70+ MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND ENCOUNTERING A CHANGE IN ROAD SURFACE SUCH AS AN OVERPASS OR CULVERT BRIDGE THE STEERING WHEEL SEVERELY JERKS BACK AND FORTH. THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM IS TO SLOW TO ABOUT 45 MPH OR LESS (CAN BE DIFFICULT IN TRAFFIC). I HAVE HAD THE WHEELS ROT...
Mileage: 4,000
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE F...
Mileage: 2,141
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE F...
Mileage: 2,141
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE F...
Mileage: 2,141
BLOWN SPARK PLUG. TRASHED HEAD. TRUCK IS UNDRIVABLE. *NM
Mileage: 157,100
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH AS I HIT BUMPS IN THE ROADWAY THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE THE FRONT WHEELS ARE HOPPING. ON 5 OCCASIONS I WAS TRAVELING OVER AN OVERPASS WERE THERE IS A SEEM FROM THE 2 DIFFERENT ROADWAY SURFACES. THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY FEELING AS IF THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO LO...
Mileage: 800
ABOUT 1700 HRS ON 21 NOV 05, MY 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY WAS BROKEN INTO AND I HAD OVER $2500 DOLLARS WORTH OF THINGS STOLEN IN 3 ITEMS. I HAD A CELL PHONE, OVER 226 CD'S, AND MY KIDS PORTABLE DVD PLAYER WITH 2 7" SCREENS STOLEN. ALL THEY DID WAS POPPED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR KEY CYLINDER, CRACKED MY ...
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY REPROGRAMMED A CHIP, AND PUT THREE SHIMS IN DRIVESHAFT. ALSO, THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THERE HAS BEEN VIBRATION WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE PUR...
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY REPROGRAMMED A CHIP, AND PUT THREE SHIMS IN DRIVESHAFT. ALSO, THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THERE HAS BEEN VIBRATION WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE PUR...
CONSUMER'S 2005 FORD F250 SHOOK WHEN IT HIT A BUMP. *TS WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING THE CONSUMER COULD NOT MAKE IT STOP UNTIL HE LOWERED HIS SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR REMEDY THE...
Mileage: 13,244
STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVS UP TO 1500 RPM"S FOR 2 OR 3 MINUTES. THIS SHOULD NOT OCCUR AT AN OUTSIDE TEMP OF 80 TO 85 DEGREES. MY DEALER SAYS THE PCM CANNOT BE RE CALIBRATED AND FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM
Mileage: 400
DT: LEFT FRONT TIRE THAT WAS LOW. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TO THE VEHICLE TIRE SHOP. THE TIRE SERVICE CENTER NOTED THE ALUMINUM WHEEL HAD TO CRACKED ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL ITSELF. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY URGED THE CONSUMER TO BRING THE WHEEL FOR THEIR FORD REPRESENTATIVES ...
Mileage: 8,900
I TAKE MY TRUCK TO DEALER: SALINAS VALLEY FORD WITH ADDRESS ON 1100 AUTO CENTER CIR SALINAS ,CA FOR THE RECALL POSTED ON YOUR AD WITH # 05V270000 AND DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE COMPUTER DON'T SHOW ANY RECALL OR JOB ABOUT THIS AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT RECALL POSTED ON WEB P...
Mileage: 4,980
F250, SUPER DUTY, 3/4-T, 4X4, 4WD, SHORT BOX. ALL SPEEDS IT IS NOTICEABLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (75+ MPH), ENCOUNTERING BUMPS, SEVERE SHIMMY IN FRONT END, NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FLEET OF 7 TRUCKS ALL EXPERIENCE SAME, SOME WORSE THAN OTHERS. DEALER HAS DONE ALL POSSIBLE TO REMEDY...
F250, SUPER DUTY, 3/4-T, 4X4, 4WD, SHORT BOX. ALL SPEEDS IT IS NOTICEABLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (75+ MPH), ENCOUNTERING BUMPS, SEVERE SHIMMY IN FRONT END, NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FLEET OF 7 TRUCKS ALL EXPERIENCE SAME, SOME WORSE THAN OTHERS. DEALER HAS DONE ALL POSSIBLE TO REMEDY...
DT: WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER.. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME. WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. IT HAD TO BE TOWED OFF AN INTERSTATE BRIDGE, TO SIDE OF ROAD OUT OF WAY WHERE AFTERWARDS CONSUMER CALLED FORD. WAITED FOR 2 HOURS FOR A TOW TR...
Mileage: 17,000
FUEL PUMP FAILURE FOR THE 4TH TIME; LOOSE BOLTS IN FRAME; UNABLE TO FUEL AT NORMAL RATE,
Mileage: 1,189
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY DIESEL. WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED AND THEN IT STOPPED ACCELERATING. WHILE DRIVING FURTHER, THE CONSUMER TRIED TO SPEED UP ...
DT: THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER IS BUILT RIGHT INTO THE TRUCK. DOES NOT HAVE ANY BRAKE CONTROL IF GOING UNDER 15-20 MPH. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THIS BRAKE ONLY PUT ON 1-3 VOLTS WHICH THEY CHANGED. BUT TALKED TO DEXTER ,THEY SAID IT NEEDED 2-12 VOLTS. FORD CHANGED THIS PART...
Mileage: 2,500
DT: VEHICLE WILL GO TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, AND CONSUMER WILL NEVER FEEL STEERING WHEEL MOVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER , LINED IT UP, PUT NEW TIRES ON IT, PUT NEW CASTERS ON, AND ROTATED IT. BUT VEHICLE STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 3
DIESEL FUMES CAME OUT OF PASSENGER AIR VENTS MAKING MYSELF NAUTIOUS AND SICK FROM CO2 POISONING. BOUGHT IT IN TO THE FORD DEALER AND SERVICE MANAGER SMELLED THE PROBLEM, SAID THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE Y FLANGE ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD. CALLED BACK AND PULLED MANIFOLD AND DIDNT SEE A PROBLE...
Mileage: 653
F-250, 2004 DIESEL, FUEL MILAGE HAS DROPPED AND NOW GET SMELL FROM EXHAUST. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG.
Mileage: 8,600
CONSUMER STATES: REACHED 3,000 MILES AND THE ENGINE BLEW, OUT. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BUT CONSUMER SAID MAY BE PISTON. HOWEVER, CAM SHAFT FUSE WAS BAD. *AK
Mileage: 3,000
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION,TRUCK ACCELERATES WITHOUT DRIVER'S INPUT FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.VERY DANGEROUS.WAS VERIFIED AT THE DEALER. *AK
Mileage: 2,900
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND, EXITED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT AND TREAD WAS EVERYWHERE, AND THE RIM WAS DAMAGED.*AK
Mileage: 3,500
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO MY 2005 F250 SUPERDUTY, UNDER LOAD IT WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE FOOT FEED. THEY HAVE TRIED THREE TIMES TO CORRECT THIS AND KNOW NOTHING. I AM NOT GOING TO KEEP IT UNLESS IT IS FIXED. WE WERE TOLD FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUC...
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SWAYED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON ITS OWN. THEN, VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT A SOLUTION WAS UNDETER...
2005 FORD F-250 LURCHED FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE TRUCK ALSO STALLED ONCE WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH.
2005 FORD F-250 LURCHED FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE TRUCK ALSO STALLED ONCE WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH.
CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER PICKING IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A HEADACHE FROM A UNFAMILIAR SMELL. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC, AND HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE STALLING AND THE SMELL.*AK......REPLACED FAILED INJECTORS. *AK
Mileage: 100
CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER PICKING IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A HEADACHE FROM A UNFAMILIAR SMELL. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC, AND HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE STALLING AND THE SMELL.*AK......REPLACED FAILED INJECTORS. *AK
Mileage: 100