2011 FORD F-350 Complaints

HIGHWAY SPEEDS DRIVING ON CONCRETE TRUCK HIT BUMPS AND STARTED VIOLENTLY BUCKING AND VIBRATING. THIS HAPPENED A DOZEN TIMES IN MY 300 MILE TRIP. *TR

THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTED SHAKING AFTER HITTING SEVERAL SMALL BUMPS IN ROAD. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK. IN ORDER FOR SHAKING TO STOP I HAD TO SLOW TRUCK DOWN TO 25 MPH. I ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK FOLLOWING ME. THE SHAKE FEELS LIKE THE FRONT WHEELS ARE ABOUT TO COME OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ALMOST A DOZEN TIMES SINCE THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERAT AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,500.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS HIT BUMP IN ROAD THE STEERING SHAKES REALLY BAD AND TO GAIN CONTROL HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST STOP SPEED. *TR

2011 FORD F350 4X4 48,000 THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING AT 50MPH, WHILE DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE THE WHEEL HIT A SMALL HOLE IN THE ROAD AND PUT MY TRUCK IN TO A HORRIBLE VIOLENT WOBBLE! I HAD TO SWITCH LANES AND BRAKE TO GAIN CONTROL OF MY TRUCK. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE HOLE , BUT SINCE THEN AT WHILE IM TRAVELING AT 50+ AND PASS OVER ANY DECENT SIZE IMPERFECTION IN THE ROADWAY IT PUTS THE TRUCK INTO THAT DANGEROUS WOBBLE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK ON THE FREEWAY!!! AND 80% OF MY DRIVING FOR BUSINESS IS ON THE FREEWAY. PLEASE HELP FORD OWNERS THIS IS DANGEROUS AND CAUSE A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR 45 DAYS / 2,000 MILES. NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SUSPENSION MALFUNCTION COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "DEATHWOBBLE". AS OF LATE, IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE. YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT REQUIRED ME TO LOWER MY SPEED TO 10 MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY F350 SUPER DUTY. I WAS NEARLY REARENDED BY MULTIPLE VEHICLES INCLUDING A TRACTOR TRAILER. IN ADDITION I NEARLY COLLIDED WITH A JERSEY WALL ON A BRIDGE. TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A RECORD OF THE DANGER IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

STEERING GOES INTO VIOLENT SHAKING. FEELS LIKE TIRES ARE FALLING OFF. SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED. ACCORDING TO YOU'RE REPORTS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD 350 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL FOR THREE TO FOUR SECONDS BEFORE ACTUALLY MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F350 WITH CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES, LINE SIZE LP275/65R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER TIRED TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000. ...UPDATED 10/17/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED TEN MILES BEFORE THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT , THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE PICK UP (2011) AND THE FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER (2012) THAT IT WAS TOWING WERE BOTH TOTALED. THE DRIVER HAD MINOR NECK INJURY. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAD MINOR CUTS FROM THE PASSENGER WINDOW WHICH BROKE. UPDATED 10/17/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F350 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED BOTH FRONT TIRES EXHIBITED AN IRREGULAR WEAR PATTERN IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ALIGNED THE TIRES BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED (CLAIM NUMBER 1512842141) BUT IT WAS DENIED BY THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000.