2011 FORD F-350 Complaints

I HAVE A 2011 FORD SD F-350 SRW WITH 26505 MILES. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I HAVE EXPERIENCE VIOLENT FRONT END SHIMMY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR AN EXPANSION JOINT ON A BRIDGE OR ON THE FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE REQUIRES SUDDEN BRAKING TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IN CONTROL. THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF TAKING THE STEERING OUT OF YOUR HANDS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE LAST TIME IT OCCURRED I WAS ON A BRIDGE. THE VIOLENT MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT END MOVED ME INTO THE ADJACENT LANE, LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO VEHICLE IN THE LANE. I COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE PARKED AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 AM AFTER BEING DRIVEN, WITHIN 15 MINUTES SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEN OWN FORCES WERE USED TO TRY TO EXTINGUISH WHAT HAD NOW BECOME A FLAMING FIRE. AS FIRE WAS GOING, ELECTRICAL ITEMS SUCH AS LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND DUMP BED STARTED OPERATING ON THEIR OWN. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH BOTH WATER AND EXTINGUISHERS BEFORE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. COMPLETE ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT DESTROYED AS A RESULT OF FIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *TR

BOUGHT NEW FORD F350 IN JUNE 2011, IN SEPTEMBER 2011 TIRES STARTING TO DELAMINATE, SPECIFICALLY LOOSING CHUNKS ON TIRE TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES. FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED TIRE WITH SAME TIRES. SIX. MONTHS LATER THE SAME ABOVE PROBLEM OCCURRED. THIS TIME FORD DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPLACE TIRES AND IS WAITING FOR TIRE MANUFACTURE TO REPLACE TIRES.TIRE IDENTIFICATION MICHELIN 275/65R20 DOT B70T 003X 1011 *JS

MY WIFE AND I WENT TO PICK UP THE 5TH WHEEL CAMPER FROM THE STORAGE AREA. I BACKED UP TO THE CAMPER, PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND DID A FEW THINGS BEFORE MY WIFE GOT OUT. AS SHE WAS GETTING OUT I MASHED THE BRAKE PEDAL FAIRLY HARD AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE. I DIDN'T WANT THE TRUCK MOVING WITH THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR OPEN AND WHACKING MY WOMAN. AS THE WIFE WAS GETTING READY TO SHUT THE DOOR THE ENGINE RPM WENT SKY HIGH ON ITS OWN. MY WIFE LOOKED AT ME AS IF TO SAY WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING! I GAVE HER A BLANK/SCARED LOOK AS IT WAS NOTHING I DID TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I GLANCED AT THE TACH AND I WAS UP OVER 2500 RPM, IN REVERSE, BUT THE TRUCK WASN'T TRYING TO GO ANYWHERE. IT WAS AS IF IT HAD DISENGAGED FROM REVERSE AND WAS RUNNING WILD. I PUT THE TRANSMISSION BACK INTO PARK AND LET GO OF THE BRAKE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED AT HIGH RPM FOR ANOTHER FEW SECONDS (SEEMED LIKE FOREVER) AND THEN WENT BACK TO IDLE. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, SAT FOR A FEW MOMENTS TO COLLECT MY SENSES AND THEN RE-STARTED THE ENGINE. RAN THROUGH ALL OF THE GEARS AND ALL WAS WORKING FINE. I THEN CONTINUED THE EFFORT TO CONNECT MY CAMPER TO THE TRUCK AND ALL WENT WELL. FACTS: 1. I AM 100% ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME. I NEVER DO THIS AND HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BY ACCIDENT. 2. I HAVE A WITNESS AND SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH! 3. TSBS WERE CURRENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. 4. THIS PROBLEM HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST. 5. MY TRUCK STILL HAS THE INFAMOUS SHIFTING ISSUES (TIP-IN, 2-3 SNAP-SHIFTS AMONGST OTHER GEAR SHIFTING ISSUES) EVEN AFTER THE 2011-7-?? TSB. 6. I CANNOT REPLICATE THIS SITUATION. IF THESE TRUCKS HAD BLACK BOX RECORDERS ON THEM, WHEN ISSUES LIKE THIS OCCUR WE COULD SHUT OFF THE TRUCK, PULL THE BLACK BOX AND TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSRUMENT PANEL COULD NOT BE MANUALLY ILLUMINATED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD ONLY ILLUMINATE AT NIGHT WHEN THE SENSOR DETECTED LOW LIGHTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO DEFECTS AND THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURER TO PERFORM AS IT WAS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.

WHILE DRIVING IN THE LEFT SIDE PASSING LANE AND COMING UP TO A SLIGHT LEFT BEND IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK WENT OVER A EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD, IF THERE IS SLIGHT PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL FROM HOLDING THE TRUCK INTO THE LEFT BEND IN THE ROAD THE TRUCKS WHEELS WILL START TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE, IT WILL GET SO BAD YOU NEED TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL WITH TWO HANDS AND GUIDE THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THAT LEFT LANE SO TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. THIS IS REAL SCARY. I KNOW THERE IS ITEMS ON THE WEB SIGHTS THAT WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM, BUT FORD WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY IF THEY FIND ANY AFTERMARKET PARTS ON THE TRUCK. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS WOBBLE AND IF YOU GO AND FIX IT THEY VOID YOUR WARRANTY. *TR

HAVING OWNED THE TRUCK LESS THAN A MONTH AND DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WENT TO IDLE. THIS HAPPENS REPEATEDLY. SEEMS TO OCCUR PRIMARILY IN CITY DRIVING - NOT HIGHWAY DRIVING. HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SOLUTION. THEY CAN FIND NO CODES. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS I COULD BE MAKING A LEFT TURN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN IT DROPS TO IDLE AND COULD BE INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE HAVE NOW OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR A YEAR AND IT ONLY HAS 6,800 MILES ON IT DUE TO THE DANGER OF DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. MOST OF THESE MILES HAVE BEEN FROM REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP TO NO AVAIL. *TR

UPON ACCELERATION TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR ALLOWING THE MOTOR TO RACE WHILE THE TRUCK GOES INTO COAST ONLY MODE. THIS CAN PUT YOU AT THE MERCY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC IF PULLING ON TO THE ROAD. HARD SHIFTS IN THE UPPER GEARS BOTH UP SHIFTING AND DOWN SHIFTING, OFTEN BONE JARRINGLY HARD. THIS CAUSES THE TRUCK TO BREAK TRACTION WITH THE ROAD WHEN WET, SNOW COVERED OR WITH LOOSE GRAVEL PRESENT. MY LAST EXPERIENCE WITH THIS NEARLY CAUSED ME TO JACK KNIFE A TRAILER ON A STEEP SNOW COVERED DOWNGRADE. THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM THERE SEVERAL POST ABOUT IT AT HTTP://WWW.THEDIESELSTOP.COM/FORUMS/F149/, HTTP://WWW.POWERSTROKE.ORG/FORUM/6-7-TRANNY-PROBLEMS/ AND OTHERS, PROBABLY JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. DEALER ORIGINALLY DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM NOW THEY SAY MY WARRANTY IS UP GIVE US $199.99 AND WE WILL DO UP TO TWO HOURS OF TESTING. THERE IS A TSB ON THIS BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO WORK FOR EVERYONE. IF THIS WERE A RECALL FORD WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY OF ALL INVOLVED. *TR

THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY AND RANDOMLY LOSE POWER. IT MAY LAST A FEW SECONDS TO SEVERAL MILES. EVENTUALLY THE POWER COMES BACK AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES MOVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT 55 MILES PER HOUR WHILE HAULING A FULL TRAILER. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS WHICH PRESENTS A DANGER TO THE VEHICLES FOLLOWING ME. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN TO A FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE LOSS OF POWER HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES EVERY WEEK. AT THIS TIME FORD IS REFUSING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. *TR

FRONT WHEELS WENT INTO AN EXTREME WOBBLE AFTER HITTING A BUMP, AND WOULD NOT STOP WOBBLING UNTIL I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. *KB