2007 FORD F-350 Complaints

6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE NEEDS OIL COOLER & EGR COOLER REPLACED EVERY 100,000 MILES ACCORDING TO FORD MECHANICS. MY ENGINE HAD THIS PROBLEM AT 98,000 MILES. THE COOLER IS UNDERNEATH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MAKING REPAIRS VERY EXPENSIVE. THE MECHANICS TELL ME TO WATCH FOR SMOKE, LESS POWER, ETC. AND TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL A TOW TRUCK WHEN I EXPERIENCE THOSE PROBLEMS OR I COULD DESTROY THE ENGINE. THEY SAID MY ENGINE OIL IS RUNNING MUCH HOTTER THAN MY ENGINE COOLANT WHICH COULD CAUSE OIL SEALS TO BEGIN LEAKING. THERE IS NO WAY TO VERIFY THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE A OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE IN MY TRUCK JUST A OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. FORD NEEDS TO STOP SELLING THIS ENGINE OR REPAIR THE PROBLEM.

WHEN GAINING SPEED ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHAKES TO THE POINT OF INSTABILITY - AFRAID TO DRIVE STOCK TIRES NOT THE PROBLEM HAVE CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT -TWICE CANNOT LOCATE ISSUE NO RECALL ISSUED

THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT IS KNOWN TO THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY INVOLVING THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE WHICH IS SEVERE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT WHEEL VIBRATIONS. I HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST TWO LETTERS FROM FORD CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. THE ONE I HAVE BEFORE ME IS LISTED AS LITERATURE PROGRAM 09L02. IT STATES THAT FORD AND NHTSA ARE STUDYING THE ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT DOES LITTLE GOOD FOR ME AS MY VEHICLE IS BASICALLY AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE SEVERE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT WHEEL VIBRATIONS RENDER THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THEY (THE SEVERE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT WHEEL VIBRATIONS) HAPPEN WITH NO PROVOCATION AT TIMES AND THE VIBRATIONS BECOME SO VIOLENT THAT KEEPING CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, ADDITIONALLY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE IS IMPOSSIBLE. I HAVE HAD THE SEVERE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT WHEEL VIBRATIONS OCCUR AT SPEEDS FROM @20MPH TO 55MPH.

MICHELIN TIRES DRY ROTTING AND CRACKING 4 YEARS OLD, SIMILAR TIRES RELLED BY MICHELIN BUT NOT MINE

WAS DRIVING 60MPH ON INTERSTATE WHEN I HAD A DIP IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK WOBBLED AND SHIMMIED SO I HAD TO REDUCE SPEED TO GET IT BACK UNDER CONTROL. TIRE PRESSER WAS CORRECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH OR GREATER OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE OR BUMP. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. THE FRONT SHOCKS, ROTORS, AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED WITH FOUR NEW TIRES INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, AND JUST STARTED CLIMBING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, WITH OUR F350 TOWING OUR TRAILER. WE NOTICED A STRANGE SOUND FROM THE TIRES AND DECIDED TO PULL OVER AT THE NEXT EXIT TO CHECK IT OUT. BEFORE REACHING THE EXIT, THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW. WE HAD BF GOODRICH ALL TERRAIN TIRES ON OUR TRUCK THAT HAD 18,000 MILES ON THEM AND THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED AND DAMAGED OUR TRUCK BED WHICH CAUSED $10,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT MY HUSBAND WAS TRAINED WHAT TO DO IN SUCH SITUATIONS WHICH PREVENTED US HAVING AN ACCIDENT AS WE COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRAILER VERY EASILY. FORTUNATELY, THE TRUCK WAS STILL DRIVE-ABLE AFTER TAKING OFF A SUPPORT BRACKET AND PUTTING THE SPARE TIRE ON. AFTER GETTING TO A CITY WITH A TIRE STORE, WE ENDED UP PURCHASING 2 NEW TIRES SO THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD A MATCHED SET. WE PURCHASED THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE AS WE PREVIOUSLY HAD AS WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BEFORE AND THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE. BUT AFTER READING REVIEWS AFTER BEING AT HOME, I'M WISHING WE LOOKED INTO OTHER OPTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU ARE ON A TRIP, IT ISN'T THE BEST TIME TO RESEARCH TIRES. WE HAD THE TIRE SUBMITTED TO MICHELIN, BUT THEY ARE SAYING IT WASN'T A DEFECTIVE TIRE. GLAD WE HAVE INSURANCE TO FIX OUR TRUCK. *TR

FEDERAL COURAGIA M/T LT265/70R17E TIRES PURCHASED JAN2013. TWO TIRES HAD BELT SEPARATE IN MAY2014. THE FIRST TWO TIRES WERE REPLACED BY MY LOCAL TIRE SHOP. ANOTHER TIRE SUFFERED COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION ON JUNE2014. THE LOCAL TIRE SHOP ASSURED ME THAT THEY WILL ALSO REPLACE THE TIRE THAT CAME APART AND ASKED ME TO PROVIDE BODY ESTIMATES TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TIRE SO THEY CAN SUBMIT THEM TO TIRE DISTRIBUTOR. THE TIRES HAVE APPROX. 15,000 MILES ON THEM. THESE TIRES ARE INSTALLED ON A 2007 FORD F-350 4X4 WITH A 5.4L GAS ENGINE. THE TIRES ARE PEELING OFF AS IF THEY WERE RECAPPED TIRES BUT THEY ARE NOT RECAPS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-350 TDI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE INJECTION PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON AND OVERPASS/ EXIT RAMP AND PASSED OVER A STEEL DIVIDER ON THE HIGHWAY. UPON DOING SO I TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING ON THE TRUCK AND HAD TO DECELERATE AND MOVE TOWARDS THE SHOULDER. I RECEIVED AN INFORMATION BULLETIN FROM FORD ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL "STEERING WOBBLE" AND MADE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND FORD SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED. THERE ARE SEVERAL ONLINE FORUMS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH FORD IS NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR