2022 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

I purchased the vehicle in 2022 and in January of 2023 my engine gave a malfunction indicator light flashing with only 45000 miles in it. They claimed that the hydraulic lifter and pushrod and camshaft were broken and damaged causing metal to spread throughout the engine. It took about a month to get my vehicle back. In May of 2023 the second engine gave out again with about 38000 miles on it. I was informed the same exact parts failed in the same cylinder causing metal debris to spread throughout the engine again. Ford is knowingly selling vehicles with these defective parts that could potentially put me and my family in danger. There are many videos and forums with ford technicians putting images of these parts online. I’m now on engine number three in less than a year and at two different dealerships in different states was informed that they are seeing this trend. It’s been six weeks now that my vehicle is at the dealer. I am an owner operator and this truck is my only livelihood. Another failure will put me out of business if not the. Potentially in harms way.

I was driving off the ramp merging onto another interstate when my sunroof exploded. There was nothing above me or any cars in front or back of me. The cloth sunroof cover shows no damage. I take it to Ted Russell Ford in Knoxville, TN and they deny my warranty. Stating something the size of a basketball hit my sunroof but the cloth barrier shows no sign of damage. I spoke with customer service and they refused to warranty the issue. This is a known issue with Ford and Lincoln and have thousands of complaints concerning this issue.

The vehicle has a Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR) of 30,000 LBS. While towing, the vehicle would show on the dash at intermittent times "Trailer not connected." When this occurs, the trailer brakes are no longer operating placing all braking on the tow vehicle with the potential for brake fade or complete brake failure and catastrophic loss. This intermittent failure of the electrical brake system does not occur on other tow vehicles that were equipped with after-market brake controllers, such as Tekonsha. The vehicle was brought into the Ford Dealership to look into the issue. Ford had the truck for nearly two weeks and could not figure out the problem. After much self-research, it was determined that the factory installed brake controller cannot discriminate between trailers using electric brakes and trailers using electric/hydraulic brakes. The fix is to install an actuator (ETrailer Code DX35FR - Adapter Module for BrakeRite Electric Over Hydraulic Actuator - OE Ford, GM Brake Controllers) on the trailer to provide resistance that will allow the factory installed controller to recognize the trailer/hydraulic brakes. A technician also advised that a work around would be to wire in small magnets to the wiring of the trailer to provide the resistance. The forums state that this occurs with trailers five years or older for which there are thousands on the road. This limitation/defect applies to the majority of trailers being towed on the highways today. Failure to advise drivers of this limitation/defect and the intermittent sequencing of the disconnection leaves non-professional, recreational drivers at significant risk of brake failure while towing up to nearly 30,000 pounds. NHTSA should investigate why standard after-market brake controllers have no issues of this kind while the "supposedly" state-of-the-art new vehicle controllers are limited. It is my understanding that this same issue is found with GM and possibly RAM products.

The contact owns a 2022 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH and towing a camper, the vehicle began to drift in the lane. The contact stated that he stopped depressing the accelerator pedal to slow the vehicle. The contact stated that he had to continually make steering corrections to keep the vehicle in the lane. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated that the steering wheel was tilted to the right. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the vehicle needed an alignment and tires needed to be replaced. The vehicle had been repaired. The failure recurred. The contact had then taken the vehicle to a tire dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed and determined that the vehicle needed an alignment. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 2,300.

Ford F-350 SWR, long bed, King Ranch. Purchase date: 6/20/2022, new. Problem with this truck is steering wander. While traveling extra attention has to be given to the location of the truck. Take your eyes off the road for a second and it's scary. You are assured you will be in a different location than expected, either off the road or on the wrong side of the yellow line. I pray I don't hit a pedestrian or cross over the yellow line into another vehicle. Since 2011 I have purchased 2 F150's, 1 F250, 3 F350's. None of the previous models and only the 2022 F350 had this characteristic. The wander was confirmed by a supervisor of the Surry County paramedics. He was referring to a F450. This is unsafe to drive. It should not be difficult to fix, just make them like the older models. It's ironic but the alarm came on saying i needed a coffee break. There are many cost saving implementations on this truck which may be ok but not this one. This problem has been taken to the selling dealer but they said could not fine a problem, but the toe-in was increased.

Someone broke into my truck by using a wrench of some sort on the door handle one week after buying it.Also Stole the front Ford emblem.

Driving down the road, no vehicles nearby or trees along road, the panoramic sunroof exploded. It was slightly bowed out and then fell into the vehicle in pieces. Thankfully no passengers were in the back seat, or they would have been injured by the shattered glass.

My 2022 Ford F 350 platinum truck came optioned from the factory with the Ford winch, and collision avoidance as well as adaptive cruise control. Ford has included the collision avoidance sensor in the bracket for the winch. Ford is aware that the bracket can be distorted by the winch which disables the collision avoidance, adapative cruise, and abnormal cruise creating a safety issue. Ford refuses to correct the issue

Brake controller error. Towing a small 6500lb trailer the ford is only intermittently sending signal to the camper brakes. Error "trailer brake fault". Makes stopping at times take a longer distance. Is a potential safety concern and definitely causes wear on the ford itself. Unfortunately my Ford wasn't covered by a previous recall for this known issue even though it was made in August of 2021.

I just bought this Ford 2022 F350 Crew Cab King Ranch 4x4 with a diesel engine. The vehicle has 163 miles on it - purchased 9 days ago. I put 100 miles driving locally on roads not exceeding 45 mph. On Jan 29 I took it on the freeway for the 1st time, it started vibrating at 50 mph and as I accelerated to 65 mph, the vibration became more pronounced. At 70 mph I could no longer read the instruments because of the vibration. This is a brand new truck!. I see many others reporting similar behavior on the Super Duties - the "death wobble". I am a degreed mechanical design engineer retired from a major automotive company, I have seen many "causes" and "so called corrections", but seems no one really has a fix. As the vibration goes on, many components in the front end wear out prematurely, in my opinion, having experienced this problem with a brand new truck, I believe the engine was not mounted properly either by design or assembly. This is aggravated by heavy front ends with the large engines not adequately supported. I had a 2011 Super Duty that had the same problem and got worse over time. I tried to compensate for it by adding weight in the box. It slowed the progression of the worsening of the vibration but did not fix it. The manufacturer should be forced to recall and correct the root cause.