2011 FORD F-250 Complaints

DRIVING DOWN A 6 LANE HIGHWAY IN MID DAY TRAFFIC. HAD JUST LEFT MY HOUSE NOT 2 MINUTES EARLIER. LIGHT COMES ON SAYS STOP SAFELY NOW. I START TO SWITCH LANES AND THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. I AVOIDED A NEAR COLLISION AND SWERVED INTO A TURN LANE. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT EVEN TURN OVER. CALLED THE DEALER AND AFTER I EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED THEY STATED OH YOU HAVE A BAD EGT EXHAUST SENSOR IT SHUTS THE VEHICLE DOWN AND WAS INFORMED IT IS A REGULAR THING. WHEN I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE IS NO FIX OR UPGRADE JUST CHANGE THE SENSOR. THEY ALSO SAID THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO GO OUT. THEY EXPLAINED WHEN ONE OF THE FOUR SENSORS GOES BAD IT READS A HIGH TEMP READING AND THAT TRIGGERS THE SHUT DOWN. ASKED WHY THEY DON'T CHANGE THE SOFTWARE TO GIVE WARNING WHEN ONE SHOWS HOT AND SHUT DOWN WHEN A MINIMUM OF 2 OR 3 SHOW HOT. I MEAN IF THERE ARE 4 SENSORS AND ONE SHOWS 2200 THE OTHERS SHOW 200 SOMETHING TELLS ME THE SENSORS THE ISSUE. I AM THANKFUL THIS OCCURRED WHEN IT DID INSTEAD OF A MINUTE EARLIER W HEN I INITIALLY PULLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF A DUMP TRUCK. IF IT HAD HAPPENED THEN IT WOULD HAVE KILLED ME OR SOMEONE ELSE HAD THE DUMP TRUCK BEEN FORCED TO SWERVE. THIS IS A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN. I RESEARCHED IT ON LINE AND SEE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. THIS IS A DIESEL TRUCK. *TR

MY TRUCK IS A 2011 FORD F-250 SD DIESEL. DEATH WOBBLE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TRAVELING ON A STREET AND HIT A BUMP AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE FRONT END STARTED TO SHIMMY TO THE POINT I HAD TO SLOW ALMOST TO A STOP TO GAIN CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 MORE TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH, I HAD TO SLOW TO AT LEAST 25-30 MPH TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHILE OTHER VEHICLES ARE STILL TRAVELING AT THE POSTED HIGHWAY SPEED. I HAVE CHANGED THE STEERING STABILIZER, ALL FOUR SHOCKS AND HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED. I HAVE HAD TWO MECHANICS LOOK AT THE FRONT END. THEY BOTH HAVE SAID THE FRONT END IS TIGHT AND HAS NO PROBLEMS THAT THEY CAN SEE. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 41000 MILES ON IT TO DATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE DEF FLUID WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE NITRIC EXHAUST FILTER WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 11/2/13*CN THE TRUCK WOULD ONLY GO TO 55 MPH AFTER 200 MILES OR SO. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND IT STOPPED ON THE WAY HOME, AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY KEPT IT FOR 10 DAYS. NOW, SMOKE EMITS FROM THE EXHAUST. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. UPDATED 11/5/13

2011 F -250 SD4X4 HAD 08 KING RANCH NEVER A PROB IN 87K MILES.THE 11 IS DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!! THIS TRUCK WILL BE DOING FINE ON THE ROAD, HIT A BUMP OR ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD AND TRUCK GOES INTO (DEATH WOBBLE MODE ) THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTS BOUNCING AND SHAKING AND VILOENTLY WOBBLING. HAVE HAD IT BACK TO FORD STORE 4 TIMES. THEY REPLACED STEERING STABLIZER SHOCKS AND BALL JOINTS AT MY EXPENSE DUH!!! FIRST 3 TIMES THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.IT KEPT DOIN IT . I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY DID THE REPAIRS I STATED. WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED ...WRONG, 22 MILES AFTER REPAIR IT DID IT AGAIN IN A CURVE,, I COULDNT CONTROL THE WOBBLE AND ENDED UP GOIN THRU A FENCE INTO A FIELD..HAVE TERRIBLE CUT ON LEGS AND FACE....FILED LAWSUIT YESTERDAY..WILL KEEP YOU POSTED...FORD HAS A MAJOR ENGINEERING PROB. THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE,,,I INTEND TO GET THEIR ATTN,,,,,JC *TT

AFTER DRIVING OVER A SERIES OF SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD ON THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY, SEVERE SHAKING/ VIBRATION. I HAD TO DECELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPG TO STOP THE VIOLENT SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE THAT TIME. I HAD THE TRUCK SERVICED FOR THE PROBLEM AND IT HAS HAPPENED ONCE SINCE BEING SERVICED. *TR

WAS GOING OVER A BRIDGE THAT HAD UNEVEN PAVEMENT WITH A SLIGHT BANK TO THE LEFT AND THE STEERING AND ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO THE NEARBY FIELD AFTER RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. I CONTACTED FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED TO CHECK TIRE AIR PRESSURE (AIR PRESSURE WAS FINE-STOCK TIRES AND RIMS). FRONT STEERING STABILIZER WAS CHECKED AND THAT WAS FINE. TRACK BAR AND TIE ROD CHECKED AND THOSE TOO WERE FINE. A LOCAL FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SHOP INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE QUITE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND AT 31000 MILES THEY RECOMMENDED CHANGING THE TIE ROD, DUAL STEERING STABILIZERS, AND ANOTHER ALIGNMENT. MOST OFF ROAD DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN SAY TO ADJUST THE CASTER TO A POSITIVE 4 TO CORRECT. AS SEEN ON THE INTERNET, THIS BEGAN AROUND 2005 WITH STRAIGHT AXLE AND COIL SUSPENSION. FORD MUST RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM! *TR

FEDERAL 35X12.50R20 COURAGIA M/T TIRES, BOUGHT A SET OF 4 TIRES AT TIRE 59, IN HOUSTON TEXAS, AND 2 OF THE 4 TIRES WITHIN A MONTH GREW BUBBLES AND WERE GOING TO BLOW, ON 2 DIFFERENT INSTANCES. I CAN UNDERSTAND MAYBE ONE OF THE TIRE POSSIBLY HAVING A PROBLEM BUT 2 OF THEM WHICH WERE PURCHASED AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE, THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END OF MY 2011 F250 FX4 DIESEL BEGAN VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO PULL ONTO THE MEDIAN AND SLOW TO LESS THAN 20 MPH TO MAKE IT STOP. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM, AND, ALTHOUGH I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, CHANGING THE SHOCKS AND STEERING STABILIZER, I STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. *TR

THE 2011- CURRENT FORD F-250'S HAVE NUMEROUS KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH CREATE SITUATIONS WHERE THE TRUCK WILL HESITATE AUTOMATIC SHIFTS BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. IN MY CASE IT DID SO AS I WAS PULLING ONTO A BUSY ROAD, STALLED, AND CAUSED ME TO SIT WITH NO POWER LONG ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER DRIVER TO NOT REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH AND RUN INTO ME. *TR

I HAVE HAD REPEATED ISSUES WITH THE STEERING OF MY TRUCK. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET THIS RESOLVED. THE ISSUE IS KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". I WAS UNAWARE OF HOW COMMON THIS ISSUE WAS UNTIL I STARTED READING FORMS WHERE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME COMPLAINT. I HAVE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK WAY TOO MANY TIMES. *TR