2005 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TSB FRONT END OSCILLATION IIRC. OR AS KNOWN ON THE INTERNET AS THE DEATH WOBBLE (WHICH SEEMS VERY FITTING AS THE TRUCK GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL, IT FEELS AS IF THE WHOLE FRONT END IS COMING APART!)? SEVERE SHAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS OR ON ROUGH ROADS-JUST DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN SEVERE SHAKING OCCURS SO SEVERE THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, ALMOST LIKE BOTH FRONT TIRES BLOW OUT AT THE SAME TIME, SEVERE STEERING DIFFICULTIES WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IF YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN TAKE OFF IT STOPS?INTERMITTENT BUT INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS! HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS?ONCE ON A GRAVEL ROAD, ONCE ON A ROAD WITH POTHOLES AND ONCE ON RT43 SMOOTH AS GLASS ROAD AT A SPEED OF 65MPH?THIS IS ALWAYS A SUDDEN ONSET- NO WARNING?THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR WHEN WE WERE GOING ON RT43..THIS COULD HAVE KILLED US HAD IT BEEN A TWO LANE ROAD AS WE WERE JUST DOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 65MPH AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE FRONT END IS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND OUT OF CONTROL! IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL...I HAD THE BRAKES TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS JUMPING ALL OVER THE ROAD, HAD THERE BEEN A CAR BESIDE US WE WOULD HAVE COLLIDED WITH THEM! THIS IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AS THE DEATH WOBBLE BUT HAD IT NOT HAPPENED TO US WE WOULD NOT KNOW ABOUT IT! THERE SHOULD AT MINIMUM BE A WARNING THIS COULD GET PEOPLE KILLED IF IT IS NOT ADDRESSED...PLEASE, INVESTIGATE THIS ON THE F250 OURS IS A 2005 BUT I HAVE READ THAT MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM! THIS IS A HAZARD! 11-2-08 WAS THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT THE OTHER TWO TIMES HAPPENED WITHIN 2 WEEKS BEFORE! THIS IS A SCARY SITUATION, I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD OR I FEAR THAT I WOULDN'T BE AROUND TO WRITE THIS COMPLAINT...IT IS THIS SEVERE...NO EXAGGERATION! THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! *TR

2005 F250 STEERING WOBBLES WHEN HITTING POT HOLES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4-5 TIMES. WOBBLE IS SO BAD HAD TO PULL OVER TO COMPLETE STOP NEARLY CAUSED AND ACCIDENT. *TR

DRIVING SPEED LIMIT, ON HIGHWAY 241, ROAD BUMP/ASPHALT NEW VS OLD TRANSITION POINT, OTHER TIME MINOR POT HOLE, ONCE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT BANKED TURN ON THE 241, ANOTHER TIME WHILE DRIVING ON 57 WENT OVER A ROAD PATCH. SEVERE FRONT SHAKE UNTIL I STOP, CAUSES CARS AROUND TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY AND I AM TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL. WIFE IS AFRAID OF DRIVING TRUCK AND IS CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY, IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES LIKE A BLOWN TIRE UNTIL I STOP. CHANGED STEERING DAMPENER, ADJ STEERING BOX PLAY, CHECK TIRE PRESSURE. ONLY HAPPENED ONCE SINCE REPAIR, BUT I DRIVE VERY CAUTIOUSLY AND SLOWER THAN MOST TRAFFIC NOW. CAN'T SELL TRUCK BECAUSE I WOULD NOT DO THIS TO SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 FORD F250 WITH 35X12.50X17 IN TIRES ON STOCK RIMS. I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON ROUTE 8 WITH MY DAUGHTER OF 30 DAYS..YES 30 DAYS OLD AND MY DRIVERS FRONT TIRE FELL APART. THIS RESULTED IN A HORRIBLE CRASH. WE WERE TORN OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY AND WENT THROUGH LOTS OF WIRE GUARD RAIL, DOWN A 40 FOOT CLIFF AND TOOK OUT DOZENS OF TREES, SOME OF THEM WERE 14" ROUND. WE ROLLED END OVER END AND AGAIN SIDEWAYS DURING THIS TIME. I WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH THE ROOF. THERE WAS SOME SERIOUS HEAD CUTS ON ME ALONG WITH SWOLLEN SORE BRUISED ETC EVERYTHING ELSE. MY 50,000 TRUCK IS TOTALED. ITS NOW JUNK AND I COULD HAVE KILLED MY DAUGHTER AND MYSELF DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE TIRE. *TR

CRACKED TRANSMISSION CASE, TOOK INTO FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR, TRUCK IS UNDER EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT FROM DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM, WITH A $100 DEDUCTIBLE. EXTENDED SERVICE CO WOULD SEND OUT INSPECTOR, HE INSPECTED IT AND SAID OK TO FIX, THE NEXT DAY HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $600. WE FINELY PAID $371.36. HE SAID THE DEALER WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM WOULD NOT HONOR THE $100 DEDUCTIBLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT NOTICED CORROSION AND RUST AT THE LOWER REGION OF ALL FOUR WELDED DOOR SEAMS. IN ADDITION, THE TAILGATE'S LOWER INNER/OUTER SKIN WELD SEAM PANEL WAS SEPARATING, RUSTED, AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,200 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,500.

WE HAVE CONTINUOUS ISSUES WITH THE SHIMMY AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END OF OUR 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY (GAS). AT SPEEDS OF 55 AND HIGHER, THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY OFF THE ROAD AT THE SLIGHTEST UNEVEN OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIPS NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE DONE IS TO REPLACE THE DAMPER ASSEMBLY ON JUNE 6TH. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND SEEMS TO BE MORE ERRATIC AND FREQUENT. *TR

FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING POT HOLES OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD. TO THE POINT WHERE A COLLISION IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, GOING OVER A BUMP ON THE ROAD, THE FRONT END STARTS SHAKING VERY BAD UNTIL YOU GET BELOW 40 MPH, IT IS ALL YOU CAN DO TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 F250 WHEN I HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGH WAY AT 50MPH OR HIGHER THE TRUCK FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR