2006 FORD F-250 Complaints

I HAVE A 2006 FORD F250 4X4 CREWCAB WITH A SHORTBED THAT HAD PROBLEMS WITH VIOLENT FRONT END OSCILLATION. SEE ODI RESUME INVESTIGATION EA 08-007. AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT ON 8/2/2006, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER ON 8/5/2006. THIS WAS NOW THE SECOND TIME VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST DEALERSHIP REQUIRED THAT I REPRODUCE THIS PROBLEM FOR THE TECH WORKING ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS SECOND DEALERSHIP HAD MY TRUCK UNTIL 8/11/2006 AND SAID THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED. I WAS TOLD SOME METAL BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED IN THE FRONT END AND THAT CHAMBER OR CASTER WAS WAY OFF. I WAS ALSO TOLD TO MAKE SURE AND ROTATE TIRES AT SUGGESTED INTERVALS AND TO KEEP TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED. I NOTICED WHEN I LEFT THAT THE TRUCK HAD A CHOPPY BOUNCE TO THE RIDE AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS FROM THE TIRE WEAR. THE ODOMETER READING AT THAT TIME WAS 22065. AFTER DRIVING THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT 3000 MILES, I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. THEY ROAD TESTED THE TRUCK, THEN REBALANCED ALL 4 TIRES AND REINDEXED THE REAR TIRES. THESE ARE THE TIRES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ON THE FRONT AND ROTATED AT THE SECOND DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE A CHOPPY BOUNCE II THE RIDE, WHICH NOW I WAS TOLD WAS NORMAL OR ACCEPTABLE. IF THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE RODE THAT WAY WHEN I PURCHASED IT, I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED IT. I WENT FROM HAVING A SMOOTH RIDING TRUCK THAT ON OCCASION HAD A SEVERE OSCILLATION IN THE FRONT END AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 65 AND HIGHER, TO ONE THAT BOUNCES ALL THE TIME. THE BOUNCE IN THE RIDE WAS NOTICEABLE TO A FRIEND WHO OWNS A 2005 F250, THAT HAS HAD NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS, ALTHOUGH OTHERS HAVE WITH THAT YEAR ALSO. TURNING TO FORD IN THIS MATTER HAS PROVED POINTLESS IN THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ADMIT A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE OR THEIR OWN ENGINEERING FLAWS. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO HAVE AN ENGINEER FROM FORD LOOK AT THIS VEHICLE. *TR

VEHICLE LOOSES POWER,STALLS SPARKPLUG FAILURE/BREAKAGE SPARKPLUGS REPLACED AT CUSTOMER EXPENCE. HAVE OLD PARTS. *TR

LARGE INACCURACIES ON THE SPEEDOMETER,SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK AT ALL SOMETIMES STUCK ON ONE SPEED. NEVER THE RIGHT SPEED.*TR

I CURRENTLY DRIVE 84 TOYOTA PICKUP BECAUSE I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE MY 06 F250 4X4 SD. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH AND HIT THE SMALLEST BUMP IN THE ROAD, IT WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE SO HARD IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO CHANGE LANES AND YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL YOU STOP HARD WITH THE BRAKES. MY FAMILY IS NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE NO MATTER WHAT. THE DEALER STATES THAT IT IS THE DAMPENER AND TIRE PRESSURE. OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT VIOLENT SHAKING IS...IT IS NOT THE DAMPENER AND TIRE PRESSURE....THE TRUCK WILL LITERALLY BOUNCE OUT OF ITS LANE OR OFF THE ROAD. IF FORD DOES NOT RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, I AM SURE THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE WHILE DRIVING THESE. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW AND REFUSE TO DRIVE IT......GUESS YOU GOT YOUR MONEY THOUGH, DIDN'T YOU FORD. *TR

I OWN 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. AT SPEEDS OVER 65MPH I GET A VIOLENT SHAKE IN MY STEERING WHEEL,SO BAD THAT I HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. I HAVE GONE ON LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE SAD PART IS NOTHING SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IN 2005 MODELS AND NEWER THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IN 2005 FORD REDESIGNED THE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM .PLEASE LOOK INTO. *TR

I PURCHASED THE TIRES (4) IN APRIL 2008 THROUGH A WHOLESALER FRIEND. I HAD THE TIRES INSTALL AND LIKED THEM. ON AUGUST 23, 2008 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND ABOUT 6 OR 7 MILE FROM THE HOUSE I FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK (06 FORD F250). IT GOT A LITTLE WORSE THAN THERE WAS A SCRAPING NOISE THAN BOOM AND THE TREAD FLIES OUT FROM THE RIGHT OF THE TRUCK. I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OUT AND COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT I SAW. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS TO MY RIGHT AS THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. THE TIRE WAS ALMOST GONE, THE RIM WAS DAMAGED THE RIGHT FENDER AND DOOR DAMAGED AND ALL THE PLASTIC PARTS WERE GONE. THIS WAS ON A SATURDAY EVENING AND I PULLED THE TRUCK INTO A BUSINESS SO IT WAS THE TRUCK WAS OFF THE ROAD. THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND SOME OF THE PLASTIC PIECES ABOUT 75 FEET FROM WHERE THE TIRE BLEW. WE TOOK PICTURES AND HAD TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO FIND OUT WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN. MONDAY MORNING I CONTACTED THE WHOLESALER AND HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO COOPER TIRE. I CALLED AND THEY TOOK DOWN INFORMATION AND SAID I WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER EXPLAINING WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO FILE A CLAIM. THAT AFTERNOON I WAS TRAVELING HOME WITH MY SON AND JUST BEFORE WE TURN ON OUR ROAD I START FEELING ANOTHER VIBRATION AND AS I SLOW TO TURN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LETS GO AND LUCKILY THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC NOTICED AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE LEFT. IF THE TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DID NOT NOTICE SOMETHING WAS WRONG MY SON AND I WOULD HAVE GONE HEAD ON INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THIS TIME THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND WE WERE BOTH ALIVE PRAISE THE LORD. NOW I WAS ON THE PHONE A SECOND TIME TO COOPER TIRE AND TURNING IN A SECOND CLAIM. THIS IS MONDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 25, 2008. WE GOT THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD AND I REMOVED ALL THE REMAINING TIRES AND REPLACED THEM. REMEMBER THESE TWO TIRES SEPARATED ABOUT 48 HOURS APART. I JUST GOT A LETTER FROM COOPERS INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY CLAIM I CAUSED THE TIRES TO SEPARATE SO THEY ARE NOT REPSONSIBLE. *TR

MY 2006 F-250 SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN I TRAVEL AT BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. I PUT ON NEW TIRES AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING. I'VE TAKEN THEM TO GET BALANCED AND IT STILL HAPPENS. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME IT'S THE TIRES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 63 MPH, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A SMALL DIP IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE CONTACT WANTS THE VEHICLE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, ADVISED HIM TO FOLLOW THE TSB INSTRUCTION TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

WHEN TRAVELING OVER MILDLY ROUGH ROADS AT SPEED (45 AND ABOVE) THE TRUCK STARTS SHAKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATES TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS HARD TO HOLD ON TO IT. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO STEER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT ABRUPTLY OR SLOW TO 30 MPH OR LESS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIED SEVERELY. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A TECHNICIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. RECENTLY, THE STEERING WHEEL GEAR BOX FAILED. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND STILL HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.