2005 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

1. DRIVING 2. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. IN FACT, WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED, THE TRUCK TRIES TO COMPENSATE FOR REDUCED SPEED BY DOWNSHIFTING AND ACCELERATING. I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN TWICE WHERE IT NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE DEALERSHIP VERIFIED THE PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT FIX IT. THEY SENT ME AWAY WITH THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING AND IT IS SO DANGEROUS THAT I DO NOT USE CRUISE CONTROL AT ALL. 3. DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BUT COULDN'T FIX IT. THEY VERIFIED THE PROBLEM AND DOCUMENTED IT IN MY FILE WITH THEM. *TR

1. IF I DRIVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 50MPH OR FASTER. 2. FRONT END SHIMMY. THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE BRAKES HARDLY WORK TO GET THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN. THE SHAKING IS SO VIOLENT THAT I LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. IT HAS SHAKEN MY TRUCK SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT HAS DAMAGED MY TRUCK. I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN ABOUT 12 - 15 TIMES. I CAN'T DRIVE OVER 50MPH OR IT STILL HAPPENS. I HAVE ALMOST CAUSED 3 ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS HAPPENING. IT HAPPENED ONCE WITH MY WIFE DRIVING WITH OUR KIDS AND SHE WENT OVER THE CENTERLINE AND ALMOST HIT A SEMI HEAD ON. 3. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET REPAIRED AND THEY TELL ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH MY TRUCK. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK NEW IN 2005 AND IT FIRST STARTED HAPPENING AT 10,000 MILES. TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 34,000 MILES AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPENING. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE TODAY BECAUSE I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DOCUMENTED THE PROBLEM, BUT BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE FIXED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT I STARTED TAKING MY TRUCK INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP BACK IN 2006 TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED. I HAVE ASKED FORD TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM MAYBE 4 OR 5 TIMES BEFORE I GOT THIS LETTER. I ALSO DID A GOOGLE SEARCH TODAY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE POST ONLINE ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM. HOPE THIS BECOMES A RECALL SO I CAN KEEP ME AND MY FAMILY SAFE. THANK YOU. *TR

TRUCK TENDS TO SHIMMY UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING BUMP 55 TO 70 MPH, WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 2500 MILES SHOCKS WERE REPLACED HELPED PROBLEM UNTIL 15,000 MILES RETURNED TO FORD. TSB FOR PROBLEM WAS TO INSTALL SHIMMY DAMPER ON LR OF TRUCK. NOT INSTALLED DUE TO CAMPER TIE DOWNS. PROBLEM CONTINUED TO GET WORSE, UNDRIVEABLE ABOVE 55 MPH AT 27,000 MILES. PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR WHEN HEAVILY LOADED ( CABOVER CAMPER) TIRE PRESSURE NOT A FACTOR LOADING IS. I ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND THE SHIMMY WAS RELATED TO ONE PARTICULAR TIRE BEING MOUNTED ON THE FRONT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BELT SEPARATION IN THE TIRE. ALL THE TIRES HAD SOME DEGREE OF BELT SEPARATION. REPLACED TIRES PROBLEM CURED SOMEWHAT. THE TRUCK STILL EXHIBITS THE TENDENCY TO SHIMMY ESPECIALLY WHEN LIGHTLY LOADED NO MATTER WHAT THE TIRE PRESSURE IS. I AM A ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECH AND HAVE CURED 2 OTHER VEHICLES. ALL THREE VEHICLES STILL EXHIBIT THE SHIMMY TENDENCY BUT SELF DAMPEN WITH GOOD TIRES. ALL THREE VEHICLES HAD CONTINENTAL 275/70 18 TIRES OEM. THE SHIMMY TENDENCY SEEMS TO BE ENHANCED WITH THE CONTINENTAL TIRES FITTED AND GET WORSE WITH WEAR. THERE SEEMS TO BE A RESONANCE IN TRUCK FRONT SUSPENSION THAT GETS SYNCHRONIZED AS THE TIRES WEAR AND OR GET A BELT THAT IS NOT QUITE TRUE. THE VEHICLES WERE ALL 05 & NEWER F250 OR 350 4X4 SRW WITH THE 275/70 18 TIRES. ALL THREE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN MADE BETTER BY REPLACING THE CONTINENTALS WITH MICHELIN LTX AT 2 TIRES. THEY ALL STILL HAVE IDENTICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS FOLLOWS, TENDENCY TO SHIMMY BUT SELF DAMPEN WITH THE MICHELINS FITTED. ARE SENSITIVE TO FRONT AXLE LOAD, MORE WEIGHT ON THE AXLE LESS TENDENCY TO EXHIBIT THE TENDENCY TO SHIMMY, TIRE PRESSURE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR CONTRARY TO FORDS CAMPAIGN 09L02. I AM CONCERNED THIS CAMPAIGN ADVOCATES OVER INFLATING TIRES WITH LIGHT LOADS AS CURE FOR A VEHICLE OR TIRE DEFECT THAT NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION. HAVE MORE OF A TENDENCY TO SHIMMY AS THE TIRES WEAR. *TR

MAJOR FRONT END SHIMMY OR OSCILLATION RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. NEAR CRASH ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HAS BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER AND PRIVATE MECHANIC. FORD SAYS IT IS TIRE PRESSURE OR BALANCE MECHANIC SAYS TIRES ARE BALANCED AND INFLATED CORRECT. UNKNOWN WHY THIS HAPPENS? HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES SINCE NEW AND CHECKED AS MANY TIMES. COST ALOT OF MONEY TO KEEP CHECKING. *TR

I HAVE A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END AND STEERING ON MY TRUCK AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP OR DIP IN THE ROAD. I HAVE ONLY NOTICED THIS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND IT SEEMS LIKE ONE TIRE HITS THE BUMP OR DIP AND THEN THE OTHER AND IT GOES INTO SEVERE VIBRATIONS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. *TR

STEERING JERKS TO RIGHT THEN PULLS LEFT AFTER CORRECTION THEN OSCILLATES LEFT AND RIGHT. WON'T CENTER AFTER MAKING A CORNER. OCCURS ALL THE TIME. TIRES WERE ROTATED, BALANCED AND PROPERLY INFLATED AND LUG NUTS TIGHTENED BALL JOINTS AND LINKAGES WERE INSPECTED TO NO AVAIL. *TR

2005 FORD F350 FUEL TANK LINING PEELED CLOGGING TOTAL FUEL SYSTEM CAUSED TRUCK TO BREAKDOWN AND LOOSE POWERSTEERING AT HIGH SPEED. FORD CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH GAS TANK BUT THERE HAS BEEN THOUSANDS OF THE SAME INCIDENT. *TR

2005 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CROSSING ROUGH BRIDGE ABUTMENTS OR OTHER UNEVEN SURFACES, WHOLE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND SOMETIMES LASTS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE SETTLING DOWN. THIS IS A SEVER PROBLEM AS I'M UNABLE TO STEER OR CONTROL THE TRUCK. I'VE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAY THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. I DISAGREE AND BELIEVE THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

A WORSENING LATERAL SHIMMY IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. THIS IS USUALLY BROUGHT ON WHEN AN INCONSISTENCE IN THE ROAD SURFACE IS CROSSED OVER. FORD HAS MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS ON OUR VEHICLE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. CORRECTIONS ONLY LAST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND MILES AND THEN RETURN. *TR

OCCASIONALLY, AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS ONLY (65 - 75 MPH), FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN CROSSING OVER A SMALL CHANGE IN SURFACE ELEVATION. (FOR EXAMPLE: TRANSITION FROM ROAD SURFACE TO BRIDGE SURFACE) IT IS NOT PREDICTABLE. VEHICLE STEERING IS COMPROMISED AND THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN PROPER CONTROL IS TO ALLOW THE TRUCK TO SLOW TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN VIOLENT SHAKING WILL SUBSIDE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY ONE INDEPENDENT SHOP AND ONE FORD DEALERSHIP (WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED). NEITHER COULD IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. TRUCK IS STOCK WITH NO MODIFICATIONS. MOST RECENT EVENTS OCCURRED TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS TRAVELING INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, ONE NORTHBOUND AND ONE SOUTHBOUND. *TR