2016 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND THE TRUCK STARTED A UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE. DURING THE WOBBLE I FELT I HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND WAS MOVING OUT OF MY LANE. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED I ALSO TELL A FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HAVING THAT KIND OF WEIGHT BEHIND ME THAT THE TRUCK WOULD FLIP AND POSSIBLY KILL ME OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE INTERSTATE.

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TWICE WHILE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER SERVICED BOTH TIMES AND WAS UNABLE TO RECTIFY OR UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. THEY ONLY CLEARED THE FAULT CODES. THE CODE IDENTIFIED WAS FOR THE REDUCTANT HEATER PUMP - LOW VOLTAGE. THE SAME CODE JUST CAME BACK ON FOR THE 3RD TIME - THIS TIME IDENTIFIED BY A DIESEL PERFORMANCE SHOP - WITH ADVICE TO REPLACE THE REDUCTANT PUMP. PREVIOUS MAKE AND MODEL SUPERDUTY TRUCKS HAVE HAD RECALLS FOR THE SAME THING. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS ISSUE, NOT SURE WHY FORD SERVICE SHOPS COULD NOT RECTIFY. TRUCK IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND I AM FORCED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. UNACCEPTABLE SERVICE AND CARE! -COLD WEATHER EACH TIME -ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON - SAME CODE EACH TIME -REDUCED SPEED AND SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE -CODE CLEARED - TRUCK PERFORMS NORMAL -OBVIOUS THAT THE REDUCTANT HEAT PUMP IS NOT DOING WHAT IT IS DESIGNED TO DO.

"DEATH WOBBLE" AT APPROX 34K MILES I EXPERIENCED WHAT I LATER FOUND OUT WAS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. I DROVE OVER A SECTION OF HIGHWAY THAT I HAD BEEN OVER A THOUSAND TIMES BUT THIS TIME I HIT A POT HOLE JUST RIGHT AND MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE IN MY HANDS. AT THE SAME TIME I WAS APPROACHING A CURVE AND LITERALLY HAD TO STOP TO MAKE THE SHAKING GO AWAY. FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS FOLLOWING ME ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE PROBLEM HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON CERTAIN CITY STREETS WHEEL YOU HIT A POT HOLE OR ROAD SEEM IN JUST THE RIGHT WAY. I CONTACTED A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED SEVERAL FRONT END COMPONENTS AND TOLD ME THAT THOSE REPAIRS WOULD FIX MY ISSUE. MY TRUCK NOW HAS 47K MILES ON IT AND THE PROBLEM IS SLOWLY RETURNING. THE WHEEL DOESN'T SHAKE AS BADLY AS IT DID THE FIRST TIME BUT IN THE RIGHT CONDITION IT WILL SHAKE IN YOUR HANDS.

STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION, MY FORD TRUCK EXPERIENCES THE DEATH WOBBLE WHEN TRAVELING MORE THAN 45 MPH AND THE TIRES HITS A GROOVE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL THE VIOLENT SHAKING IS BY QUICKLY REDUCING SPEED, A DANGEROUS MOVE WHEN DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.

FORD F250 DEATH WOBBLE, WHEN MY VEHICLE HITS A BUMP OR GROOVE IN THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR 45 MPH+. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY WOBBLE AND SHAKE WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL.

WHEN DRIVING AROUND 70 MPH I HIT A BUMP AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING HORRIBLY. WHEN I REDUCED THE SPEED TO AROUND 50MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED. THE TECHNICIAN CALLED IT A "DEATH WOBBLE" AND AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR $3755.80.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER FAIR OAKS FORD LINCOLN LOCATED AT 2055 W OGDEN AVE, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540, (630) 250-5750, AND THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED ORE REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. *BF*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING 35 MPH AND TOWING A TRAILER WITH HIS ATV ON, A VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT THAT WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED 125 FEET DOWN THE ROAD, CROSSED OVER TO THE OPPOSITE LANES, CRASHED INTO SOME TREES WHERE IT EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION FROM HIS FACE HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL DURING THE IMPACT, MUSCLE NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES WHICH RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER DRIVER SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY GEICO TO THE CONTACT RESIDENTS WHERE AN ADJUSTER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NO RECALL WAS UNDER THE VIN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. NO DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

MY 2016 FORD F250 PRODUCED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. PER AN OBD TESTER THE CODE P20BA IS PRODUCED. THIS CORRESPONDS TO THE DIESEL REDUCTANT FLUID PUMP ASSEMBLY. UPON ONLINE RESEARCH THIS NORMALLY CORRESPONDS TO THE HEATER WHICH HEATS THE DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID FAILING. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH FORD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON OLDER MODELS OF THIS TRUCK, EVIDENTLY FROM 2011 THROUGH 2015. FROM OTHER'S EXPERIENCES IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM CONTINUES INTO THE 2016 MODEL YEAR HOWEVER THERE IS NO EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. AS THE VEHICLE MODEL OF 2016 IS SIMILAR TO THE 2011-2015 MODELS I BELIEVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 2016 MODELS AS WELL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TODAY UPON STARTING MY VEHICLE ON 1/17/2020.

HIGH WAY SPEEDS VERY BAD SHAKE. DEATH WOBBLE. NEED CASTER SET MORE ON A 2.5 - 3 DEGREE. EVERYTHING IS STOCK ON THIS TRUCK AND AS MUCH AS I PAID FOR IT I AS SURE WASN'T EXPECTING THAT TO HAPPEN. I HAD TO PULL OF THE HIGHWAY AND STOP COMPLETELY AND THEN GRADUALLY GAIN SPEED AND AVOIDING HITTING EGG YOKES DIVIDING LANES. THAT WOULD SET IT OFF RUNNING 55 TO 60. MY MECHANIC IS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME ABOUT THE CASTER ADJUSTER. I DON'T WANT TO VOID MY WARRANTY MUCH LESS HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN ALREADY INSTALLED ON THIS BEAST OF A TRUCK.