2006 FORD F-250 Complaints

FORD F250 2006 VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN IT HITS A BUMP AT 40+ MILES A HOUR. YOU HAVE TO BRAKE LIGHTLY TO GET IT TO STOP. THOSE IN THE TRUCK AND AROUND THE TRUCK ARE AT RISK. *TR

1. I OWN A 2006 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK AND WHEN I HIT THE SMALLEST POT HOLE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD MY TUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VIOLENT SHAKING IS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME (6) TIMES OVER THE LAST MONTH. I DRIVE 80 MILE ROUND TRIP TO WORK ON THE INTERSTATE EVERY DAY. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK ANYMORE IN FEAR OF KILLING MYSELF OR ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY WELL KNOW ISSUE. I WILL BE CONTACTING FORD TODAY AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY FIXES. BASED ON MY RESEARCH FORD SEEMS TO BLOW OFF THIS ISSUE AND HAS NOT CAME UP WITH A FIX. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND MAY END UP KILLING SOMEONE BEFORE THEY (FORD) TAKES IS SERIOUSLY.*TR

I HAVE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HAD MY F250 SUPER DUTY 6.0 DIESEL SHIMMY VERY VIOLENTLY. THESE OCCURRENCES HAPPENED AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 65 MPH. ON ONE OCCASION ON THE INTERSTATE I ACTUALLY PULLED OVER THINKING I HAD A BLOWOUT. NOW AT 75000 MILES, IT IS STARTING TO SHIMMY ON ROUGH PAVEMENT EVEN AT SLOWER SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY APPROX. 55MPH I HIT A BUMPY PART OF THE ROAD WHICH PUT THE VEHICLE IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED WITHOUT DAMAGE BUT HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE AND COULD ONLY BRAKE. HAD I BEEN IN A CORNER I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY WAY I COULD HAVE STAYED ON THE ROAD. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER IN DAVENPORT IOWA AND WAS TOLD IT IS CALLED THE DEATH SHAKE AND THERE WAS NO KNOWN CAUSE FOR IT. I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER BUT HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THEM FIXING ANYTHING. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD STATING LOW TIRE PRESSURE COULD CAUSE THIS BUT MY TIRES WERE FINE. THERE WAS ALSO A PASSENGER WITH ME WHO HAS VERY SCARED WE WERE GOING TO WRECK. *TR

WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD MY 2006 F250 4X4 STARTS SHAKING LIKE A TIRE IS FALLING OFF. I REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER AND SHOCKS WHICH FIXED IT FOR 20, 000 MILES BUT NOW IT IS BACK TO SHAKING. IT IS TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE TO BORROW MY DADS TRUCK IF I NEED ONE TO HAUL BECAUSE I AM AFRAID THAT MY TRUCK IS GOING TO GO OFF THE ROAD OR IN ANOTHER LANE. IT JUST SITS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE AND I DON'T WANT TO SELL IT LIKE IT IS. *TR

FRONT-END SHIMMY AFTER CROSSING UNEVEN OR SLIGHT ROUGH PAVEMENT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PURCHASED TRUCK WITH 6500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. AT THIS TIME, SHIMMY SEEMED TO BE INDUCED BY ROUGH PAVEMENT AT SPEEDS FROM 62 TO 75 MPH. RECEIVED A "RECALL" THAT STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH TIRE PRESSURE. I CHECKED MY TIRES AND FOUND MY PRESSURE TO BE 65 PSI. AS TRUCK MILEAGE HAS INCREASED, THE SHIMMY NOW STARTS AT 50 MPH ON ROUGHER PAVEMENT. THE FRONT TIRES ARE WORN EXCESSIVELY ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES BUT NOT THE INSIDE EDGES INDICATING THIS IS NOT A PRESSURE PROBLEM. THE SIPES ON THE SIDE OF THE PIRELLI SCORPIONS IS ALMOST GONE INDICATING OVER A QUARTER INCHED DIFFERENCE IN THE INSIDE VERSUS THE OUTSIDE EDGES. THE SHIMMY CAN BE SO BAD THAT MY ARMS HURT AFTER IT OCCURS. I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE MY TRUCK AND HAVE LIMITED MY DRIVING TO DECREASE RISK. *TR

LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO FRONT-END SHIMMY. VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND SHAKING OF TRUCK. OCCURS AT 49MPH EVERYTIME. *TR

I OWN A 2006 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. IT HAS JUST PASSED 16,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY AND HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IT RADIATES THROUGH THE WHOLE VEHICLE AND IT BECOMES VERY HARD TO CONTROL AND YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO SLOW DOWN AND WAIT FOR IT TO PASS. I WILL NO LONGER ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO RIDE IN MY TRUCK AS I FEEL IT IS VERY UNSAFE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE. FORD SENT OUT A BULLETIN TO OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES THAT WE MUST CHANGE OUR TIRE PRESSURE TO 65 PSI, BUT THIS STILL DOES NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

HELLO; I HAVE A 2006 FORD SUPER DUTY 4X4 DIESEL. I HAVE LOW MILES 23,000 AND NO MODIFICATIONS TO TRUCK. I HAVE HAD A FEW TIMES WHERE THE FRONT END WILL SHAKE AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE OR BRIDGE BUMP. IT NOW DID THIS AGAIN ON 9/2/2009 AND WAS VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS, ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET THIS MORNING AND ITS CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND SEEMS ALOT OF FORD SUPER DUTY'S ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE ME WHAT STEPS TO TAKE AS I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED. THANKS *TR

MY 2006 FORD F250 4WD SUPERDUTY PICKUP SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHENEVER I HIT THE SMALLEST POTHOLE OR DRIVE OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. IT IS A DANGER TO MYSELF, MY CHILDREN AND ANYONE DRIVING AROUND ME ON THE ROAD. TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY DEALER AND ALMOST GOT THROWN OUT AFTER GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH BOTH THE MECHANIC AND SVC MANAGER WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK, THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND I NEED TO BUY NEW TIRES. TIRES ARE BRAND NEW WITH LESS THAN 20K ON THEM. *TR