2005 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING, WHEN TRAVELING OVER 55 MPH, AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. WHEN I BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND MENTIONED THIS EPISODE. THE SERVICE MANAGER ACTED AS THOUGH IT WERE AN ANOMALY, MAYBE THE ROAD CONDITIONS OR SOMETHING ELSE. THIS DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THE TRUTH, SINCE IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LOCAL SERVICE MANAGER, HE SAID THAT THIS IS COMMON AMONGST THESES LARGE PICKUP TRUCKS, AND JUST TAP THE BRAKES UNTIL THE VIBRATIONS SUBSIDE, IT SHOULDN'T LAST LONG. YESTERDAY I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN I WENT OVER A SEWER GRATE IN THE LEFT LANE. THE VIBRATION BECAME SO VIOLENT THAT I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING AT ALL. I NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION WITH A FUEL TRUCK AND SEVERAL OTHER CARS ON MY WAY OFF THE ROAD AND INTO WOODS CAUSING MULTIPLE TIRE DAMAGE, AND SUFFERING DENTS AND DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT, INCLUDING ME. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AWAY AFTER CHANGING THE TIRES AND CLEANING UP THE MESS FROM MY PERSONAL PROPERTY BEING TOSSED AROUND THE CABIN. NOT ONLY DID I LOOSE STEERING BUT, I WAS SURPRISED THAT SUCH A VIOLENT EPISODE DID NOT DEPLOY THE AIR BAGS. I RETURNED TODAY TO THE DEALER WITH MY TRUCK. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD BEEN REPLACED,WITH A NEW ONE. WHEN I INFORMED HIM OF THE SITUATION HE CHECKED THE COMPUTER FOR MY RECORDS AND MAGICALLY HE WAS ABLE TO FIND EVERY OTHER RECORD OF SERVICE AND REPAIRS, EXCEPT THE STEERING COMPLAINTS. TOMORROW, THE 26TH, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WHERE I HOPE TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED. ALTHOUGH THIS SERVICE MANAGER SAYS HE HASN'T HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE TRUCKS. I WAS SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON DIFFERENT SITES, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT MADE REFERENCE TO YOUR SITE. THROUGH INSURANCE, I HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF LIABILITY TO THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *JB

FRONT END WOBBLES SHAKES AND SLIDES ESPECIALLY IN A ROUGH CURVE AND DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NAME IS BORDELON FORD IN OPELOUSAS, LA. AND ADVISED COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, AFTER DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE JOINT OR POT HOLE, THE BOUNCE OFTEN CAUSES THE FRONT END TO GO INTO A VIOLENT HARMONIC STEERING OSCILLATION THAT ONLY STOPS WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN. YOU HAVE SEVERAL SECONDS TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 35 MPH BEFORE THE OSCILLATION CAUSES LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING OSCILLATION IS VIOLENT ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO HAVE TO HAVE A STEERING ALIGNMENT AFTER EACH EPISODE. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) THE RECOMMENDS: FRONT END ALIGNMENT, REPLACE STEERING STABILIZER, CHECK TIRE PRESSURE, CHECK FRONT END FOR LOOSE COMPONENTS. I HAVE HAD THIS SERVICE AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED. *JB

THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 2007 THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY WERE NOT CHARGING. THE DEALER TESTED THE SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD OVERCHARGED THE SYSTEM AND BURNT THE MAIN HARNESS COMING OUT OF THE ALTERNATOR. THE DEALER SAID THE ENTIRE HARNESS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ALTERNATOR WHICH WAS PUTTING OUT 17 AMPS. *JB

THE TRUCK IS LEAKING WATER, OVERHEATING, THE TURBO HAS BEEN REPLACED. I CAN NOT FIND THE LEAK, TURBO IS MESSED UP AGAIN IT WAS IN THE SHOP TWO TIMES FOR THIS AND IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING. ALSO LEAKING ANTI FREEZE. *NM

2005 FORD F250 CREW CAB SUPER DUTY V10 TRITON. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED ABOVE 30 MPH AND HITTING SOME BUMPS ON THE ROAD THE TRUCK WILL GO INTO A VIOLENT OSCILLATION WHERE ALL THE WHEELS HOP UP AND DOWN CAUSING ME TO NEARLY LOOSE CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FOUND TO STOP THIS SEVERE WHEEL HOP IS TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND QUICKLY BUT SAFELY GET THE VEHICLE BELOW 10 MPH (5 MPH IF LEFT IN GEAR). THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AT SPEEDS ABOUT 50 MPH BUT IN TWO CASES IT HAS HAPPENED AT SLOWER SPEEDS INCLUDING ONCE AT RIGHT AT 30 MPH. I HAVE HAD PASSENGERS INCLUDING CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THEY HAVE ALL FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES WHEN IT OCCURS. I FIND MYSELF DODGING BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT THE RISK OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT MYSELF TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. I CAN'T BELIEVE WITH AS MANY PEOPLE THAT I HAVE FOUND ON THE WEB THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. *NM

(1) POSSIBLY TRIGGERED BY A MINOR BUMP IN THE ROAD (2) SEVERE STEERING AND/OR FRONT AXLE OSCILLATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE OSCILLATION WAS MUCH MORE SEVERE THAN THE COMMON "DEATH WOBBLE" FROM OUT OF BALANCE OR OUT OF ROUND TIRES, AND APPEARED TO INVOLVE NOT JUST THE FRONT TIRES, BUT THE ENTIRE FRONT AXLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE, ONCE BEFORE THE FIRST SET OF REPAIRS, ONCE AFTER THE FIRST SET OF REPAIRS. VEHICLE RAN COMPLETELY OFF THE HIGHWAY BOTH TIMES. (3) THE FIRST TIME, THE STEERING BOX BROKE AS A RESULT OF THE VIOLENCE OF THE STEERING OSCILLATIONS, SO THE STEERING BOX WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE'S ALIGNMENT WAS CHECKED, THE TIRES WERE ROTATED, THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS ADJUSTED. THE DEALER PERFORMED ALL THE STEPS OUTLINED IN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT SAID THAT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE PROBLEM. NOW, OUR DRIVERS ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK AGAIN. THIS IS A FLEET VEHICLE, AND AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST FIVE OTHER TRUCKS OF THIS DESIGN (2005 AND 2006 FORD 4X4 F-250) THAT HAVE EXHIBITED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT AN AFTERMARKET STEERING STABILIZER (THAT FORD WILL NEITHER SUPPLY OR STAND BEHIND) WILL FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE IT. IT MIGHT REDUCE THE SYMPTOMS, BUT WE ARE CONVINCED THE PROBLEM IS DESIGN RELATED. THE FRONT END DESIGN ON THESE TRUCKS WAS CHANGED IN LATE 2004, AND THE OSCILLATION PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO A LACK OF LATERAL (BY THAT I MEAN SIDE TO SIDE) STIFFNESS IN THE SUSPENSION. *NM

SEVERE RAPID VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AFTER HITTING SMALL CHANGES IN SURFACE PLANE - ACKNOWLEDGE SPEED 70-80 - POSSIBLE UNBALANCED SUSPENSION FOR ELEVATION OF CHASSIS? VERY DANGEROUS, VERY REAL PROBLEM. *JB

PURCHASED 2005 F250 6.0 DIESEL NEW SEPT. 2004. ON JULY 29,2006, (16,000 MILES), TRUCK BEGAN TO LOSE POWER ON HILLS IN TOW MODE (5,500 LBS. TRLR.). THE ENGINE RPM INCREASES,THE ACCELERATOR IS ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN AS IF THERE IS SLIPPING IN THE DRIVELINE. TOOK IT TO THE FIRST OF 2 DEALERSHIPS WHO REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. FIRST REPLACED THE ELECTRIC COOLING FAN. THEN THE A THERMOSTAT. THEN THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AGAIN (FIRST REPLACEMENT MUST HAVE BEEN BAD). THEN THEY SWITCHED COMPUTERS WITH AN EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK AND DROVE IT. NO CHANGE, SO THEY SWITCHED THEM BACK. THEN THEY TOOK THE EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK AND ATTACHED MY TRAILER FOR A TEST DRIVE. IT DROVE GREAT, NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. THEN THEY PUT THE TRAILER BACK ON MY TRUCK AND DROVE IT AGAIN. THE PROBLEMS WERE STILL THERE. THAT IS WHEN THEY THREW UP THEIR HANDS AND SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG, BUT THE TRUCK WAS DEFINITELY NOT PERFORMING NORMALLY. NEXT I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN A NEARBY TOWN. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS WITH NO RESULTS TO DATE. THEY HAVE INSTALLED DATA RECORDERS TWICE AND REPLACED THE ENGINE OIL COOLER. IT DID NOT STOP THE PROBLEM. TRUCK IS AT DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING. OCT. 2. THE LOSS OF POWER SYMPTOMS HAVE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 50 TIMES SINCE IT BEGAN AT THE 16000 MILE POINT, ON JULY 29. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR 14 TIMES. ON 2 OCCASIONS ON THE INTERSTATE, I BARELY AVOIDED A CATASTROPHIC COLLISION WITH 18-WHEELERS BECAUSE MY TRUCK LOST POWER GOING UP A HILL AND THE SEMI DIRECTLY BEHIND ME KEPT HIS POWER ON SINCE I DID NOT SHOW ANY BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN I SLOWED, HE ALMOST TOOK THE CORNER OFF MY TRAILER. IT IS DANGEROUS ENOUGH ON THE HIGHWAYS WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH A TRUCK THAT ISN'T SAFE. *JB

I HAVE A 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY THAT I PURCHASED USED WITH 10K MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTESTATE BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH AND DROVE OVER SOME ROUGH ASPHALT IN THE FREEWAY, IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND IS NOT TO BAD. HOWEVER, MY NEW TRUCK BEGAN TO SHIMMY SO BAD I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE THAT DAY. I HAVE BEEN A AVIATION MECHANIC FOR 18 YEARS AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THESE FORD TRUCKS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED WITH THIS PROBLEM SOON. I HAD TO CLEAN MY PANTS OUT AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE. IT'S GOING TO THE DEALER MONDAY BUT FROM WHAT I READING FORD DOESN'T HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. IF ANYONE FROM FORD WANTS A SCARY RIDE COME PAY ME A VISIT. *JB