2007 FORD F-250 Complaints

HIT A BUMP ON THE ROAD AND MY FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE UNTIL REDUCING SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH AT WHICH POINT THE SHAKING STOPPED. NOTICE A SLIGHT SHIMMY WHENEVER MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN (NEGOTIATING RIGHT CURVES ON THE HIGHWAYS). TIRE INFLATION HAS BEEN CHECKED AND NOT THE ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN USED OFF-ROAD OR ABUSED.IT HAS A CREW CAB AND WAS PURCHASED TO TRANSPORT PERSONNEL AND SUPPLIES. *TR

GOING ALONG AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH AND RUN ACROSS VERY MILD BUMP AND THE FRONT WHEELS WILL BEGIN TO SHIMMY SO BAD IT JERKS THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH. I HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW WAY DOWN TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FEELING AND IS NOT TIRE PRESSURE LIKE FORD CLAIMS. *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY SUBMIT A COMPLAINT ABOUT OUR FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH IT AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX IT. WE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH IT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED! WE ARE EXPERIENCING TURBULENT WOBBLING WITH THIS TRUCK AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS IS NOT NORMAL! THE LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED 2 DAYS AGO ON MAY 26, 2013! I HAVE CHILDREN AND FEEL THAT OUR LIVES WERE ESPECIALLY IN DANGER WHEN WE RODE IN THIS TRUCK AS WE THOUGHT THIS ISSUE WAS RESOLVED AND NO LONGER EXISTED. AS WE WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WE DROVE OVER AN UNEVEN SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY AND OUR TRUCK SUDDENLY STARTED SHAKING DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL! THANKFULLY MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW IT DOWN, OTHERWISE WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED! THERE WAS TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH NOT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT! THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW HOURS LATER WHEN WE AGAIN DROVE OVER AN UNEVEN SECTION OF THE INTERSTATE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED ENOUGH OF THESE THREATENING EPISODES AND I AM VERY CONCERNED AS THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT NORMAL AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND PEOPLE CAN AND WILL LOSE THEIR LIVES OVER THIS IF THIS IS NOT RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY! I HAVE CONTACTED FORD HEADQUARTERS TO SUBMIT A FORMAL COMPLAINT AND THEY MERELY TOLD ME TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP THAT HAS UNRESOLVED MY ISSUE. I TRUST THAT YOU WILL TAKE THIS COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY AS LIVES ARE AT STAKE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

DRIVING MY 2007 F250 SD AND HIT A BUMP, FRONT END STARTED TO SHIMMY. SLOWED DOWN AND THE SHIMMY STOPPED. HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY GIVING INFORMATION ABOUT THE FRONT END SHIMMY. SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT, IT HAS OCCURED NUMEROUS TIMES. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT 87000 MILES AND THE SHIMMY HAPPENS NUMEROUS TIMES A DAY WHEN I HIT BUMPS/DIPS IN THE ROAD. DIESEL SHOP TELLS ME TO KEEP TIRES INFLATED PROPERLY, ROTATE AND BALANCE TIRES AS WELL AS PROPER ALIGNMENT AND HAVE THE STEERING DAMPNER REPLACED. STEERING DAMPNER IS BRAND NEW (3 MONTHS OLD), TIRES ARE AT PROPER INFLATION AND BALANCED AS WELL AS ALIGNMENT DONE AND THE FRONT END STILL VIBRATES, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY TO WHERE IT IS TOUGH TO CONTROL UNTIL SPEED DROPS UNDER 40 MPH. STILL WAITING ON A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE AS THE SHIMMY IS DAILY AND IS GETTING WORSE AND I GET THE SAME TEXTBOOK ANSWER FROM FORD EVERYTIME I CALL (TIRES, INFLATION, ALIGNMENT, STEERING DAMPNER). I'M AFRAID THAT THE VIBRATION WILL GET TO THE POINT THAT PARTS WILL START BECOMING LOOSE/BREAK AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AS THE CONTACT TRAVELED OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING COOLANT TO SPRAY OVER THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE HEAD GASKET AND THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

HIGH SPEED WHEEL OSCILLATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OF INTERSTATE 275 AROUND CINCINNATI, OHIO. I HIT A BUMP ON THE EXIT OF THE INTERSTATES BRIDGE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK REALLY BAD LEFT AND RIGHT. I HAD RECEIVED A LETTER LAST YEAR WARNING ME ABOUT THIS CONDITION. I DID NOT THINK I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK UNTIL THIS HAPPENED. I WAS LUCKY THAT I DID NOT CRASH THIS VEHICLE WHEN THE OSCILLATION OCCURRED. I RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS FOR THE F250 HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-250 SD WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT/S TIRES, SIZE: LT275/65/20. WHILE ROTATING THE TIRES, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS SEPARATING. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD ON THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE HAD BEGUN TO SEPARATE AS WELL. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE WAS 119,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE WAS 48,370.

I HAVE A 2007 FORD F-250SD 4X4 WITH A 6.0L DIESEL ENGINE. ON MAY 29, 2012 MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NO START CONDITION AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. UPON ARRIVAL I WAS ADVISED THAT I NEEDED A NEW STARTER AND POSSIBLY MORE BUT IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AGAIN. STARTER WAS REPLACED AND I WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE (FICM). MY VEHICLE IS 6 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT 50000 MILES BELOW WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN THE WARRANTY PERIOD. FORD HAS ISSUED 3 TO 4 TSB'S REGARDING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FICM IT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM'S WITH THE FORD 6.0L DIESEL ENGINE. I CONTACTED FORD AND REQUESTED SOME ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE MILEAGE. FORD DENIED THAT ANY ISSUE EXISTS WITH THE FICM IN THE 6.0L ENGINE. FORD ADVISED ME THAT IF I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR ANSWER I SHOULD CONTACT YOUR ORGANIZATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TWO PASSENGERS FROM THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT IF NEEDED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.