2006 FORD F-250 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STRUCK AN OPPOSING VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND REPAIRED. ON APRIL 10, 2009, THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AGAIN. THE DRIVER WAS UNINJURED, BUT HIS VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE BODY DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER AFTER BEING TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. HOWEVER, THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INSPECTED AND REPAIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURES HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 05/18/09. *LJ UPDATED 05/20/09.*JB

I HAVE A 2006 F250 SUPERDUTY THAT HAS NUMEROUS ISSUES. LATEST IS WHEEL SHAKE AFTER HITTING A BUMP, POWER STEERING BOX HAS OVER 3" OF STEERING WHEEL PLAY, AND BALL JOINT JUST HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOT TO MENTION DIESEL ENGINE ISSUES AND EXCESSIVE AIR NOISE. I AM BEING TOLD THIS IS COMMON PROBLEMS IN FORD DIESELS DO TO ENGINE WEIGHT. *TR

THE COMPLAINT I HAVE IS REGARDING THE F-250 SHIMMY. I HAVE BATTLED THIS FOR 2 YEARS. THE VIOLENT RATTLE OF THE TRUCK IS GOING TO GET MYSELF OR SOMEONE HURT IF NOT CORRECTED. I WOULD INVITE ANY DOUBTERS TO DRIVE MY TRUCK. AT SPEEDS OF 65-70 MPH, YOU HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN-ORDER FOR THE VIBRATION TO STOP. ON INTERSTATE TRAVEL, IT IS NOT EASY TO GET PULLED OVER WITH TRAFFIC BEARING DOWN. THE LETTER FORD DISTRIBUTED YESTERDAY IS VERY TELLING, THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX, OR DO NOT WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR A RECALL. THIS VIOLENT VIBRATION IS A DANGER, AND CONTINUES TO WORSEN. PARTICULARLY WITH THE TERRIBLE SHAPE OF TODAY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. PLEASE HELP FORD OWNERS ASAP. *TR

2006 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK AFTER GOING OVER ROUGH AREA IN ROAD, HAD SEVERE SHIMMY, SHAKING & JUMPING IN FRONT END. TRUCK PULLED OVER CENTER LANE IN ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIE RODS, BUSHINGS, AND BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING OUT. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SENT HIM A LETTER STATING THAT IT WAS NOT A RECALL NOTICE. INSTEAD, THE LETTER STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE DRIVES OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, IT WILL SHIMMY UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR THE FAILURE TO CEASE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPAIR THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE ON HIS OWN, WHICH WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

THE SHIMMY ISSUE ON MY 2006 FORD 250 PICK UP HAS NEVER BEEN RESOLVED. I SPENT APPROX 6 MONTHS WORKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE . THEY EVENTUALLY TOLD ME THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT FORD TOLD THEM TO DO . THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO TIRE PRESSURE. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NONSENSE. AFTER THE SECOND SET OF FRONT TIRES BEFORE 10000 MILES THEY STARTED TO CUP SEVERELY AFTER 1000 MILES. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY PUT NEW TIRES ON ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND THEN I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE. THE SHIMMY IS SO SEVERE AT TIMES IT WILL ACTUALLY SHIMMY ACROSS THE CENTER LINE. *TR

I WAS TAKEN BY EXTREME SHOCK WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED, CROSSED A PAVING JOINT ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH, IT FELT LIKE THE TIRES WERE SHAKING OFF, NO CONTROL FOR A FEW MOMENTS. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AT A SAFE LOCATION TO CHECK THE LUG NUTS...THEY WERE TIGHT. NOW THESE OCCURRENCES ARE HAPPENING AT GREATER FREQUENCIES AND AT LOWER SPEEDS (45MPH) THE SHAKING IS SEVERE AND UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL YOU CAN SLOW DOWN ENOUGH FOR IT TO STOP. I ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION THIS LAST WINTER. THE SHIMMY STARTED ON DRY PAVEMENT THEN WENT TO AN ICE PATCH. I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS FIRST DIESEL I'VE OWNED AND I'LL TELL YOU I NEVER IMAGINED THE LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN DRIVING A VEHICLE AS I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS ONE. I AM NOT A NOT A NEOPHYTE TO OWNING AND DRIVING TRUCKS, 4 WHEEL AND 2 WHEEL DRIVE, THIS ONE HOWEVER, IS A SCARY RIDE. LIKE MOST OF EVERYONE I KNOW, DISPOSABLE MONEY IS TIGHT AND I HAVEN'T GONE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I ASSUMED WHATEVER WAS WRONG WOULD COST ME FAR MORE MONEY TO FIX THAN I COULD AFFORD. I WAS GLAD TO SEE A LETTER ARRIVE YESTERDAY TO ASSURE ME THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON OUT HERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR FORD TRUCK. I HOPE THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE. *TR

MY F-250 SUPER DUTY, HAS A SEVERE FRONT END SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MY WIFE AND I COULD HAVE DIED IN ONE INSTANCE,WE HAD TO MOVE ACROSS TWO LANES TO THE SHOULDER AS THE TRUCK BOUNCED UNCONTROLLABLY. I THOUGHT THE TIE RODS WERE GOING TO SNAP . THIS DID NOT HAPPEN JUST ONCE, BUT NUMEROUS TIMES. EVERY TIME I APPROACH A BRIDGE DECK, BUMP OR POT HOLE I'M AFRAID THE TUCK MAY HAVE A UNCONTROLLABLE SHIMMY AND LOSING CONTROL! YOU NEVER KNOW IF THE TRUCK WILL HAVE A SLIGHT,OR SEVERE SHIMMY,SOMETIMES THERE IS NO SHIMMY AT ALL. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE RECTIFIED!!! JUST SO YOU ARE MADE AWARE MY TIRES ARE FINE AS IS MY SPEED. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 F-250 SUPER DUTY WITH ONLY 17,000 MILES, FROM THE DAY I PICKED IT UP NEW AT THE DEALER I NOTICE THAT EVERY TIME I HIT A RUT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD THERE WAS HUGE VIBRATIONS IN THE REAR END AND VERY NEAR LOSING CONTROL. RECENTLY I WAS TRAVELING ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FRONT END FELT LIKE BOTH WHEELS WERE COMING OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY I NEARLY LOST CONTROL. I WAS BESIDE AN 18 WHEELER AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE MY LAST DAY BUT SOMEHOW I GOT IT BACK UNDER CONTROL. CAN'T TELL YOU HOW NERVOUS I WAS BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE. I CALLED OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER TODAY AND HE SAID SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS WRONG, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS. EVERYTHING I'VE READ ON THIS SAYS FORD DOESN'T THINK THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, FROM THE STORIES OUT THERE I DISAGREE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, IF YOU HIT A POT HOLE OR ROUGH AREA ON THE PAVEMENT THE 2006 F250 WILL SHAKE VERY BAD AND YOU MUST SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND COME TO A FULL STOP TO GET CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. IT IS EVEN WORSE WHEN TOWING A TRAILER IN CORNER. *TR