2012 FORD F-250 Complaints

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014: ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY, TEMPERATURE 75 DEGREES. EXTREMELY DRAMATIC WHEEL WOBBLING. TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE, APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, DROVE OVER SEVERAL SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD WHEN THE SHAKING AND WOBBLING STARTED. TRUCK STARTED VEERING INTO LEFT LANE OF INTERSTATE. WE THOUGHT OUR WHEELS WERE COMING OFF DUE HOW VIOLENT THIS ACTION WAS. GENTLY APPLIED BRAKES, AND SHAKING/WOBBLING SUBSIDED AROUND 30 MPH AND PULLED OFF OF THE INTERSTATE. FIRST THING ACCOMPLISHED WAS GOING AROUND AND CHECKING EACH TIRE TO SEE IF THEY WERE LOOSE. THEY WERE SECURE. HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW MORNING, JUNE 17, 2014 AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED. TO SAY WE WERE TERRIFIED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. *TR

WE WENT TO SLOW DOWN AND THE BRAKES DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT AND WASN'T STOPPING THE TRUCK BY THE TIME WE DID STOP THE BRAKES WHERE SMOKING. *TR

WE CAME TO A RED LIGHT AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP WE HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK TO A SUDDEN STOP BY USING THE TRAILER SWITCH. WE CALLED THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP SO WE HAD TO MAKE THE REPAIRS ON A BACK ROAD WE COULD NOT FIND ANY COMPANY WILLING TO TOW TRUCK AND TRAILER SO WE GOT A RIDE TO A PARTS STORE AND GOT THE PARTS OEM BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS, PROBLEM IS THE TRUCK IS SHOWING SIGNS OF SAME ISSUE WITH 130 MILES ON REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F250 WITH MICHELIN A/T TIRES SIZE LT275/65/R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

2012 F250 WITH THE DEATH WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END. DRIVING TRUCK DOWN HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND THE FRONT END JUST START TO SHAKE AND FEEL LIKE THE FRONT END IS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT WOULD STOP SHAKING. TAKE TRUCK TO FORD TO GET FIXED AND I'M TOLD THAT IT WILL NOT BE COVER UNDER WARRANTY. THE TWO FRONT BALL JOINTS GO OUT AND THE TRACK BAR AT 39K MILES. THEY TELL ME THAT IT IS NOT COVER UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. FROM WHAT I'M TOLD FORD KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HAS NOT FIXED IT YET. *TR

DRAMATIC WHEEL AND FRONT END WOBBLE WHEN HITTING A BRIDGE TRANSITION. VEHICLE BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE AND CONTINUES TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL VEHICLE COMES TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD THIS SAME ISSUE IN MY 2005 F250 AND HAD TO CHANGE ALMOST ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE FRONT END TO FIX. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ON THE FORUMS AND STATE THAT THERE ARE TSBS THAT COVER THIS BUT THAT THE PARTS FAIL AGAIN IN ABOUT 25K MILES. I PULL A BOAT QUITE OFTEN AND IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH A TRAILER BEHIND MY TRUCK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN FATALITIES. AS IT WAS CARS WENT ALL OVER THE INTERSTATE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM ME. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND IT SEEMS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURE. I LOVE AND NEED MY 3/4 TON TRUCK AND BELIEVE THAT FORD MAKES THE BEST TRUCK, BUT THERE WILL BE DEATHS CAUSED BY THIS, IF NOT ALREADY. NOW I WILL START THE LONG PROCESS OF GETTING THE DEALER TO FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD ALSO VIBRATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE STEERING STABILIZER AND THE TRACK BAR BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED BUT THE DEFECT WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

RED FLUID FOUND ON GARAGE FLOOR. I TOOK MY TRUCK IN AND FORD COULD NOT FIND ANY LEAK. WITHIN A WEEK LATER I TOOK IT BACK AND SHOWED THEM WHERE IT WAS LEAKING. FORD BROUGHT THE MASTER MECHANIC OVER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING LOOSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE UP HIGH THEY DID NOT TELL ME WHAT IT WAS. WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AND THEY DETERMINED THE WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING THEY HAD THE TRUCK FOR 3 DAYS. AFTER PICKING UP MY TRUCK WITHIN 200 FEET FROM THE FORD DEALER THE LOW POWER ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE SYMBOL LIT UP. THEY 1ST TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE TOP OF THE ENGINE OFF TO CHECK IT OUT. A HOUR PASSED AND I GOT CALLED AND TOLD IT WAS THE DIESEL FUEL WAS GELLING UP AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT A ADDITIVE IN THE FUEL AND THAT I SHOULD ADD IT AGAIN EVERY OTHER TANK OF FUEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES, SIZE: 275/65/R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2012 I PURCHASED A NEW 2012 FORD F250 DIESEL PICKUP FROM A FORD DEALER. ON/ABOUT 1 NOVEMBER 2012 WHILE ACCELERATING (FROM APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES PER HOUR SPEED) INTO AN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC LANE THIS VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT INTO AN ENGINE NEAR STALL/LOSS OF POWER CONDITION WHICH LASTED APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FIVE SECONDS AND THEN REGAINED NORMAL ENGINE POWER. THIS WAS A VERY ALARMING CONDITION AS I WAS ENTERING INTO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AND NEEDED CAPABLE ACCELERATION WHILE ENTERING INTO TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 450 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS FIRST OCCURRED. I TOOK THIS TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 551 MILES ON IT AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK ON 27 NOVEMBER 2013, THIS SAME ENGINE NEAR-STALL EVENT OCCURRED UNDER A SIMILAR HIGHWAY INGRESS CONDITION WHEN THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 5,100 MILES ON IT. I CALLED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE HOTLINE AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER FOR A SECOND CHECKUP. I THEN TOOK THE TRUCK TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER ON 6 JANUARY 2014 WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 5,510 MILES ON IT AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. NEITHER OF THE TWO FORD DEALERS THAT I'VE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO FOR DIAGNOSIS WILL PROVIDE ME WITH A FURTHER COURSE OF ACTION TO FIX THIS RECURRING ENGINE MALFUNCTION. I WANT THIS MALFUNCTION FIXED OR A NEW PICKUP TO REPLACE IT, IT CREATES A PERSONAL SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IN THE TRUCK FROM WHEN IT WAS ONLY A MONTH OLD AND HAD 450 MILES ON IT. *TR