2008 FORD F-250 Complaints

STEERING GETS STIFF AND VEHICLE WANDERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, REQUIRING A FORCEFUL TUG IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO CORRECT STEERING. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE, IT FEELS LIKE A BOAT CHINE WALKING, EXCEPT IS MUCH HARDER TO CORRECT. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT ALL SPEEDS AND ON ALL ROAD SURFACES. BEGAN IN THE LAST 250 MILES WITH ABOUT 143,000 MILES ON VEHICLE.

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP GETTING OFF EXIT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50 MPH, TRUCK SEEMED TO WANT TO WANDER DUE TO EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING BOX. STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 WAY BEFORE IT WOULD REACT. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME IT COULD POSSIBLY BE ADJUSTED. HE CHECKED ALL THE LINKAGE AND STEERING BOX BOLTS FOR LOOSENESS. HE TRIED TO ADJUST THE BOX BUT THERE WAS A FLAT SPOT ON THE STEERING GEAR THAT HAD WORN AND COULD NOT ADJUST BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE THE STEERING TO BIND UP AND NOT RETURN CORRECTLY. HE TOLD ME THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A STEERING BOX TO BE WORN OUT WITH ONLY 47,000 MILE ON THE TRUCK AND THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER RETURNING IT TO ME I DROVE IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO HAVE THE STEERING BOX REPLACED. MY COST WAS OVER $700. I FEEL THIS IS REALLY A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION FOR DRIVERS TO BE IN AND HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I HOPE FORD REALIZES THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND CARES ENOUGH ABOUT THERE CUSTOMERS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT KILLS SOMEONE. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES IN MY LIFE AND NEVER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM LIKE THIS WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE.

STEERING BOX WORN OUT AFTER 47000 MILES. EXCESSIVE PLAY THAT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED OUT BY ANY ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC. CAUSES ME TO OVER STEER THE VEHICLE TO KEEP CONTROL.

MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN IN MY F250 SD , THE STEERING LOCKED AND WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT QUICKLY AS NORMAL. I HAD TO QUICKLY ANIMAL STEERING BACK TO NEUTRAL POSITION BARLEY MISSING OPPOSITE LANE TRAFFIC. AS I STRAIGHTENED THE TRUCK OUT I FELT THE WHEEL BEING PULLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT BY ITSELF. I DECIDED TO TAKE MY HANDS OFF THE WHEEL AND IT DARTED TO THE LEFT. I STRAIGHTENED IT OUT AND HELD THE WHEEL FIGHTING THE JERKING OF THE WHEEL. AFTER A COUPLE OF MILES IT SEEMED TO STOP. I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE SAID MY FRONT LEFT CALIBER IS STICKING. I DECIDED TO DO A COMPLETE BRAKE JOB. 4 NEW CALIBERS, ROTORS, BRAKE HOSES ETC. ALSO HE ALIGNED THE FRONT AND CHECKED ALL STEERING COMPONENTS. HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING. I GOT THE TRUCK BACK AND IT STOPPED REALLY GOOD. UNFORTUNATELY THE FOLLOWING DAY THE STEERING ACTED UP. MY MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE WHAT I EXPERIENCED . KNOWING THAT HE CHECKED EVERYTHING, THERE COULD ONLY BE TWO ITEMS LEFT. STEERING PUMP OR STEERING BOX. I HAD THE MECHANIC CHANGE THE STEERING PUMP AND FLUSH THE STEERING SYSTEM. NOW AFTER SPENDING A TON OF MONEY ON ALL OF THIS I WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE SOLVED. AFTER THE STEERING PUMP HAD BEEN REPLACED IT SEEMED TO DRIVE LIKE NEW. THE NEXT DAY IM DRIVING THE TRUCK FEELING THAT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED WHEN I MADE A LEFT HAND TURN, I HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND FELT MY STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN SHAKE. STEERING LOCKED AGAIN AND I HAD TO NAIL THE BRAKES SO I WOULD NOT COLLIDE WITH THE MEDIAN. I BARELY GOT THE WHEEL TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. THIS TIME THE TRUCK WAS PULLING LEFT TO RIGHT MORE DEFINED. I DID ALL I COULD TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MILES FROM MY HOUSE. I COULD NOT GO OVER 20MPH OR I WOULD HAVE LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I LATER HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND HE IS GOING TO REPLACE THE STEERING BOX. LIVES ARE AT RISK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, A POPPING NOISE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE IN EITHER DIRECTION AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT WAS FRACTURED AND DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

WHEN SHIFTING THE TRUCK FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE TRUCK RANDOMLY WENT FULL THROTTLE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. IN ANOTHER CASE IT ALSO HAS WENT FULL THROTTLE WHEN MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND SHIFTING INTO PARK.

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE BATTERY LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED, THEN IT JUST DIED. IT CRANKED BUT WOULDN'T START. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC TO WHICH HE SAID THE ENTIRE CAB HAD TO BE REMOVED (PER FORD CONSULTANT) TO REPAIR ELECTRICAL SHORT. $$$$$$ I CANT AFFORD THIS! THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE APPLIED EACH TIME WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND BRAKE FLUID, BUT WERE ALSO UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OUR TRUCK UNTIL A COUPLE OF DAYS THE POWER STEERING GEARBOX STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING. IT BARLEY WORKS IF THE TRUCK IS AT A STAND STILL IT WILL NOT TURN AT ALL. THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY POWER STEERING PUMP. I LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE GEAR-BOX AND NOTICE A LEAK COMING AROUND THE SET SCREW THAT HOLDS THE BEARINGS.