2011 FORD F-250 Complaints

LOUD METALLIC RAPPING SOUNDS EMANATING FROM ENGINE DURING COLD WEATHER START-UPS. UNKNOWN MECHANICAL DEFECT IN MOTOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED UNTIL THE SHAKING BECAME VIOLENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE WHEELS WERE BALANCED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

AT 55 MPH, IF YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END SHAKES, JUMPS ACROSS THE ROAD. VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN. THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. WE HAD THE VEHICLE AT FORD SEVERAL TIME AND THEY FOUND NOTHING! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT END SHIMMERED SEVERELY WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES WHO REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS AND STABILIZER ARM BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

OVER THE LIFE OF VEHICLE 45MPH TO 47 MPH STARTING APPROX 6000 MILES HAS HAD A HOP OR VIBRATION THAT YOU CAN FEEL THROUGH THE FLOOR, SEAT AND STEERING. AT 35500 NEW VIBRATIONS IN STEERING WHEEL WILE GOING AROUND CORNERS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALSO STEERING WHEEL SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN HITTING SEVERAL CLOSE TOGETHER BUMPS, RIPPLES, EXPANSION JOINTS. *TR

TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AND HIT A SLIGHT BUMP AND A VIOLENT SHAKING STARTED. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND I MANAGED TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE SHAKING CONTINUED UNTIL THE TRUCK STOPPED. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, FINDING NOTHING WRONG, I CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION. AN INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THE REPORTS I READ MOST CONSIDER IT A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND SAT IDLE FOR TEN MINUTES WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE CONTACT THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR WINDOW GLASS HAD FALLEN FROM THE VEHICLE AND SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER TOOK PICTURES OF THE SHATTERED GLASS AND SENT THEM TO THE MANUFACTURER. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER, HE WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD COVER A PERCENTAGE OF THE REPAIRS TO THE REAR WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 8,100. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD TO THE SHOULDERS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO REPAIRS AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

I DROVE OVER A BRIDGE ON AN INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. IT FELT AS THOUGH ALL FOUR TIRES BLEW OUT AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER STEERING WHATSOEVER. I HAD TO SLOW ALMOST TO A STOP AND PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP WHEN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE STEERING STABILIZER AND FRONT END SHOCKS WERE REPLACED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED WHENEVER DRIVING OVER A ROAD BUMP OR POTHOLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,848.