2006 FORD F-250 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, I HIT A SOME MINOR ROAD REPAIR PATCHWORK AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, NEARLY CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL. IT SEEMED THAT THE FRONT END WAS FALLING APART, AND I WAS SURE I WAS GOING TO CRASH. ONLY BY DECELERATING TO ABOUT 30 MPH DID THE SHAKING STOP. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED AT SLOWER SPEEDS ON LOCAL ROADS, BUT THE SHAKING IS LESS SEVERE. MY MECHANIC FOUND NOTHING WRONG UPON INSPECTION, BUT HE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER ACCORDING TO FORD TSB 07-10-10. I HAVE SINCE TRAVELED LOCAL ROADS AND THE PROBLEM STILL SEEMS TO EXIST. I HAVE DISCOVERED NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON AN INTERNET CHAT ROOM AND I AM AFRAID TO TRAVEL HIGHWAYS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TRAVELING APPROX 60 MPH, TOWING A 7,000 LB 30 FT TRAVEL TRAILER. SLOWED TO MAKE AN EXIT AND AS I STARTED THE TURN, THERE WES NO POWER STEERING ASSIST. MANUAL STEERING WAS STILL WORKING (WITH EXTREMELY HIGH EFFORT). NORMALLY, I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE A PUMP FAILURE, BUT THE PUMP WAS STILL FINE.... THE VALVE IN THE STEERING GEAR BOX FAILED. THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS SEVERELY CONTAMINATED WITH THE GROUND-UP REMNANTS OF THE STEERING GEAR INTERNALS. MAKING THE REPAIR MYSELF, I FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A REPLACEMENT UNIT, AS ALL THE PLACES I CONTACTED REPORTED "NONE ON THE SHELF..... WE'VE SOLD A TON OF THEM." *TR

OUR COMPANY HAS 2 FORD F250 4X4 TRUCKS (2006 & 2007)THE 2006 SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY/VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS CONDITION HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 7/05. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY SEVERAL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE AND THEY HAVE ALL REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLE SHAKES SO BAD IN THE FRONT END THAT THEY REFUSE TO DRIVE IT AGAIN FOR FEAR OF THEIR LIFE OR SOMEONE ELSE'S. AFTER SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO THE DEALER WE TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE AND WARNED THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN WRITING. THE DEALER CHANGED THE TIRES AND SENT US OUT THE DOOR BUT THE TRUCK FEELS NO DIFFERENT AND THEY TOLD US AGAIN IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE 2007 HAS BEEN OK UNTIL RECENTLY IT STARTED THE SAME SHAKE AND WE HAVE THE SAME FEELINGS ABOUT IT --SINCE WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH HECK WITH THE 2006. SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET HAS BEEN AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE--THE SAME COMPLAINTS ARE POSTED FROM FL. ALL THE WAY TO CALIF. AND IT SEEMS FROM OUR READING THAT MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE BEING AVOIDED OR SHOVED OFF AS TIRE SIZE OR TIRE PRESSURE. *TR

I HAVE AN '06 FORD F-250. EVERYTIME I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR FREEWAY THE FRONT END DOES WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE "DEATH SHAKE" ACCORDING TO RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. MANY OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME EXPERIENCE THE MORE I DID RESEARCH ON THIS MATTER. MINE ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO SLOW DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP FOR THE FRONT END TO STOP SHAKING OR IT WILL SEND YOU INTO THE ONCOMING LANE AND ALL HAVE HAD VERY CLOSE CALLS. FORD DEALER SHIPS TO MY KNOWLEDGE ACCORDING TO MY LOCAL DEALER SHIP (SUNLAND FORD) IN VICTORVILLE DOESN'T KNOW THE FIX. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY STEERING DAMPENER. NOPE!! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THEIR DEALERSHIPS MULTIPLE TIMES. I PAID WELL OVER $30,000 FOR MY TRUCK AND THIS IS VERY UNACCEPTABLE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *TR

PREVIOUSLY WHEN THE TRUCK BED WAS EMPTY WE HAVE HAD MILD EPISODES OF SHAKING, WHICH WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF WITHOUT BRAKING. HOWEVER, TODAY WE HAD AN EARTH-SHATTERING HYPER-SHAKE, WHICH WE WOULDN'T SUBSIDE. WE HAD A SMALL LOAD OF FENCING IN THE BED AND WERE ROUNDING A CURVE ON ROUGH PAVEMENT (AS MOST ROADS IN NW PA ARE) AT ABOUT 50 MPH. THE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END WAS SO BAD THAT THE BRAKES DIDN'T EVEN SEEM TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN AND WE HAD SERIOUS STEERING CONTROL PROBLEMS. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, BUT THE TOYOTA TRUCK WHICH HAD BEEN TAILGATING US DROPPED BACK ABOUT 20 CAR LENGTHS AFTER OUR VIOLENT SHAKING AND SKIPPING EPISODE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS. WE HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER YET, BECAUSE THE INCIDENT JUST HAPPENED TODAY. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A FOUND A NUMBER OF SIMILAR REPORTS OF HYPER-SHAKING ON F-250'S FROM WEB SEARCHES. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO DEATH OR INJURIES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT, THE POTENTIAL FOR BOTH WITH THIS VEHICLE CERTAINLY EXISTS. *TR

DAYS AFTER PURCHASING A USED 2006 FORD F250 4X4 DIESEL TRUCK, I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHAKING/VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN I DROVE OVER A SEGMENT OF UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD TO QUICKLY REDUCE SPEED ON THE FAR LEFT (FAST) LANE OF THE INTERSTATE. A CONCRETE BARRIER TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT DID NOT ALLOW ME TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER. SEVERAL VEHICLES TRAVELING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND ME WERE FORCED TO QUICKLY CHANGE LANES SO AS TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION. AS I SLOWED TO ABOUT 35 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED. THE SAME SITUATION OCCURRED DAYS LATER WHEN TRAVELING ON A CITY ROAD AT APPROX. 35-40 MPH. DEALERSHIP INSTRUCTED ME TO CHECK PSI IN TIRES. PSI WAS TOO LOW & I INFLATED TIRES TO PSI AS PER VEHICLE TAG ON INSIDE OF DRIVER DOOR PANEL. VIOLENT VIBRATION OCCURRED A THIRD TIME WITHIN DAYS OF PROPERLY INFLATING TIRES. AM CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR WORK; WILL FOLLOW UP WITH DEALERSHIP UPON RETURN IN APPROX. 2 WEEKS. *TR

SINCE NEW THE TRUCK HAS EXPERIENCED VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE FRONT SUSPENSION SHAKING/BOUNCING/WOBBLING AFTER HITTING A SHARP BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. INITIALLY, THE SHAKING WOULD ONLY LAST APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS, BUT RECENTLY THE SHAKING WAS SO SEVERE THAT I HAD TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO 30-35 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED. THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT THAT I WAS CONVINCED THAT SOMETHING HAD BROKEN IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION, AND I IMMEDIATELY INSPECTED THE FRONT SUSPENSION AT THE NEXT EXIT. NOTHING OBVIOUSLY BROKEN WAS EVIDENT. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. I DROPPED THE TRUCK OFF AT THE DEALER. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM, BUT CLAIMED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE IT DURING THEIR ROAD TEST. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING, AS IT TYPICALLY ONLY OCCURS WHEN YOU HIT A SHARP BUMP OR SERIES OF BUMPS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THEY PERFORMED SOME OF THE REPAIRS/ADJUSTMENTS SPECIFIED BY FORD'S TSB 07-10-10, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THERE IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH A LARGE POPULATION OF FORD TRUCKS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED BY FORD AT THIS POINT, I HOPE THAT NHTSA CAN CONVINCE FORD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS NEEDLESSLY KILLED. *TR

TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN HIT ROUGH SPOTS ON HIGHWAY (OVER 60MPH). OCCURS ON BRIDGES, POTHOLES, ROUGH AREAS, ETC. SHAKING IS SO VIOLENT VEHICLE IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND MUST SLOW DOWN TO 40 MPH IN ORDER FOR SHAKING TO STOP. *TR

FORD F-250 SD SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE WITH UNEVEN SURFACES, BUMPS, POT HOLES. TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL, LET OFF EXCELERATOR AND IT FINALLY STOPPED. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 - 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS VEHICLE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND NEARLY LOOSES CONTROL OF STEERING SYSTEM. MISHAP OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE DRIVES ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT SURFACES OR WHEN IT STRIKES ROAD POTHOLES (SMALL AND LARGE). WHEN TRAVELING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE IN ORLANDO, FL THIS VIOLENT ACTION NEARLY CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. MANY INTERNET FORD F250 FORUMS ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING THE SAME ISSUE AND IT APPEARS FORD IS ONLY OFFERING MINOR "BAND-AID" TYPE REPAIRS THAT ONLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN / ENGINEERING ISSUE. *TR