2006 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD MY 2006 F250 4X4 STARTS SHAKING LIKE A TIRE IS FALLING OFF. I REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER AND SHOCKS WHICH FIXED IT FOR 20, 000 MILES BUT NOW IT IS BACK TO SHAKING. IT IS TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE TO BORROW MY DADS TRUCK IF I NEED ONE TO HAUL BECAUSE I AM AFRAID THAT MY TRUCK IS GOING TO GO OFF THE ROAD OR IN ANOTHER LANE. IT JUST SITS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE AND I DON'T WANT TO SELL IT LIKE IT IS. *TR

FRONT-END SHIMMY AFTER CROSSING UNEVEN OR SLIGHT ROUGH PAVEMENT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PURCHASED TRUCK WITH 6500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. AT THIS TIME, SHIMMY SEEMED TO BE INDUCED BY ROUGH PAVEMENT AT SPEEDS FROM 62 TO 75 MPH. RECEIVED A "RECALL" THAT STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH TIRE PRESSURE. I CHECKED MY TIRES AND FOUND MY PRESSURE TO BE 65 PSI. AS TRUCK MILEAGE HAS INCREASED, THE SHIMMY NOW STARTS AT 50 MPH ON ROUGHER PAVEMENT. THE FRONT TIRES ARE WORN EXCESSIVELY ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES BUT NOT THE INSIDE EDGES INDICATING THIS IS NOT A PRESSURE PROBLEM. THE SIPES ON THE SIDE OF THE PIRELLI SCORPIONS IS ALMOST GONE INDICATING OVER A QUARTER INCHED DIFFERENCE IN THE INSIDE VERSUS THE OUTSIDE EDGES. THE SHIMMY CAN BE SO BAD THAT MY ARMS HURT AFTER IT OCCURS. I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE MY TRUCK AND HAVE LIMITED MY DRIVING TO DECREASE RISK. *TR

LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO FRONT-END SHIMMY. VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND SHAKING OF TRUCK. OCCURS AT 49MPH EVERYTIME. *TR

HELLO; I HAVE A 2006 FORD SUPER DUTY 4X4 DIESEL. I HAVE LOW MILES 23,000 AND NO MODIFICATIONS TO TRUCK. I HAVE HAD A FEW TIMES WHERE THE FRONT END WILL SHAKE AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE OR BRIDGE BUMP. IT NOW DID THIS AGAIN ON 9/2/2009 AND WAS VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS, ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET THIS MORNING AND ITS CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND SEEMS ALOT OF FORD SUPER DUTY'S ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE ME WHAT STEPS TO TAKE AS I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED. THANKS *TR

WITH ONLY 35,000 MILES ON IT, MY 2006 F-250 SD DIESEL TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED A FRIGHTENING BOUNCING IN THE FRONT END. ONCE IT HAPPENED GOING 65 MPH WHEN I HIT A FREEWAY POT HOLE. THE FRONT TIRE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN SO SEVERELY, THAT I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER TO SEE IF SOMETHING HAD COME UNBOLTED. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME BOUNCING AT 40 AND 50 MPH FROM HITTING POT HOLES. FORD EVEN SENT ME AN ADVISORY ON THIS PROBLEM, CLAIMING THAT IT WAS RELATED TO INCORRECT TIRE PRESSURE. I HAVE BEEN FANATIC ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE, SO THAT WAS NOT INVOLVED. THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK AND CLAIMED THAT A $375 STEERING STABILIZER KIT WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR CORRECTING FORD'S DESIGN PROBLEMS? I AM JUST CONCERNED THAT THE BOUNCING COULD CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

ON 8/3/2009 AT 1730 AND 2045 HOURS I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 F250 SUPERDUTY 4X4 ON I-10 EASTBOUND AND DROVE OVER A BRIDGE/CULVERT SEAM IN THE ROADWAY. THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL MY SPEED SLOWED FROM 70 TO 25 MPH. IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BRAKE WITH CONSTANT PRESSURE. I HAD TO FEATHER THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SAW NOTHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE RAIN IN THE DARK AT 70 MPH. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND WAS SCARED TO DEATH. BOTH INCIDENTS NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENTS WITH VEHICLES BEHIND US. I INJURED MY LEFT SHOULDER ON THE FIRST ONE THAT'S WHY MY WIFE DROVE BACK. I RETURNED HOME AT 65-70 MPH AND HAD NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE ON THE 31 INCH BFG'S AND IT WAS ACCURATE AND WITHIN THEIR SPECS. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 FORD F250, 4X4, CREW CAB DIESEL TRUCK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005. I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM UNTIL I REACHED ABOUT 23K MILES. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WHEN I WENT OVER SOME SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD A HARD TIME HOLDING ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP OFF THE ROAD, I LOOKED FOR OBVIOUS SUSPENSION PROBLEMS BUT FOUND NONE. I DID SOME INTERNET SEARCHING AND FOUND THE "DEATH WOBBLE" THAT IS COMMON WITH THIS TRUCK. I SAW THE B.S. ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE BUT THAT WASN'T IT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FRONT END SPECIALIST IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS. HE SAID THAT IT WAS THE STEERING DAMPENER AND HE HAD REPLACED SEVERAL ON THE FORDS. HE REPLACED MINE AND I HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM SINCE. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I THINK THIS PROBLEM IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I WOULD NOT EVEN DRIVE THE TRUCK UNTIL THE SPECIALIST FIXED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT SCARED ME SO BAD. OTHER THAN THAT, I LIKE THE TRUCK. HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING A 2006 F250 SUPER DUTY XL 4X4 ON I-40 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AT 70 MPH. THIS OCCURRED AFTER DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY IT WAS HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND BRING IT TO A STOP. AFTER THIS INCIDENT IT ALSO OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. APPARENTLY THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER DRIVERS OF THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT IS A COMPANY OWNED VEHICLE. AND SEVERAL DEALERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. *TR

FRONT BRAKES SEIZED UP WHEN DRIVING DOWN ROAD JUST AS WARRANTY WAS TO EXPIRE. CONTACTED DEALER AFTER THIS HAD HAPPENED 4-5 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED FRONT CALIPERS BUT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. 4 MONTHS LATER HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR CALIPERS FOR SEIZURE PROBLEM. FORD DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY COMPENSATION. NOW 2 MONTHS LATER, CHECK BRAKE LIGHT IS ON. *TR

SEVERE FRONT END SHIMMY WHEN HITTING POTHOLE OR ROUGH ROAD SURFACE. ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND GOING OVER INTERSTATE BRIDGES. HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING OTHER VEHICLES WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HAS HAPPENED OVER 20 TIMES. FORD DEALER SAID TO CHECK TIRE PRESSURE. THAT DID NOT HELP. ALSO SAID TO SLOWLY APPLY PRESSURE TO BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN. *TR