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The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. The contact stated that when while driving over a road bump, the vehicle would jerk violently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was then taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the vehicle needed to have a camber alignment performed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 91,000. Updated 02/27/12
Cruising along the highway, if I hit a bump in the road doing any speed over 55 mph the truck begins to shake very badly!! so bad that I can hardly control the truck. Only way to make it stop is to slow to 40 mph. Very unsafe to drive on any highway!! there is no bad parts on this truck...
During highway speeds and you hit a set of bumps or a single bump my truck will violently shake at the front end. It feels like the whole front end of the truck is coming apart! Ford will not admit anything is wrong.. there are countless entries about this all over the web.. is somebody going to do something??
My kids and I were driving on I-70 West coming from cambridge Ohio to columbus. We hit a rough spot in the road and the front end started shaking violently from side to side. The whole truck was shaking. I let my foot off the accelerator and changed lanes. This did not stop the shaking. I went off on the berm and continued to slow down. At approx. 35-40 mph it stopped shaking. I checked the tires and all were fine. We proceeded on and roughly 10 miles down the road it did it again. I again took my foot off the gas and headed towards the berm, I did try hitting the brakes this time. Brakes made no difference. The shaking did not stop until we were between 35 and 40 mph. I have owned this truck since it had 5,000 miles on it and have traveled this road many times. The truck has always bounced around when hitting rough road surfaces, however, it stopped once past the rough spot. My truck is only used occasionally and has all of its original components it left the factory with, including the tires. I can not find any loose tie rod ends. Once I got home I turned off the truck and when I went to restart it to pull into the garage the battery was completely dead. This could of been totally coincidence, however, I believe the violent shaking caused a battery plate to short out. In my opinion this is completely unacceptable and is not a safe condition for anyone to be in at highway speeds. If my wife had been driving, she would not have been able to control the vehicle. I appreciate your prompt attention to this matter as it could have very serious and unfortunate consequences for other owners who could experience this problem, at any time, without warning.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph when the steering wheel suddenly veered to the right. As he corrected the steering wheel it veered to the left sending him across two lanes of traffic and drove into the median. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who advised him that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000. The VIN was unavailable.
- Owosso, MI, USA
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The contact owned a 2005 Ford F-250. While driving approximately 70 mph the front end of the vehicle began to violently shake. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told that the vehicle was out of alignment. The vehicle was repaired. The failure continued to occur intermittently while driving at a speed of 50 mph. The failure mileage was 4,000 and the current mileage was unknown. The VIN was unavailable.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. The contact stated that the front started shaking between 55 and 65 mph. The vehicle was shaking excessively therefore; the speed would not increase. The vehicle was not inspected. The vehicle would also shake excessively while driving over a bump in the road. The dealer stated that they had not heard of the failure and that the warranty expired. The failure mileage was 45000 and the current mileage 50000.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford F250. While driving approximately 65 mph driving over a small road bump; there was a violent shake and vibration. Unexpectedly, the vehicle loss control for approximately 6-8 seconds. There was a sudden release of the accelerator pedal; however, the driver was able to gain control of the vehicle and resume operation. The failure recurred at various speeds. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection; however, the technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on four separate occasions for the identical failures which there were no resolutions. The contact had concerns of the safety risk involved. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 200. The current mileage was 47,000.
Steering issue with my Ford superduty F250. Since day 1 the steering while driving in a straight line tends to wander. Feels like you are driving a bumper car in traffic only hoping you do not hit anyone. Ford engineer said it was a problem they suppose to have fixed. It helped for a while aprox. 21/2 years but as the truck gets older it is starting to wander more. Has about 1-1 1/2" of play in the steering wheel. Its like driving a 1968 Ford. Have read several other complaints from other Ford buyers with same issue. Ford sent a notification a while back and stated that when this wandering occurred while driving to just slow down. Well that's all fine and dandy except my wife and I took our 2 horses to flagstaff, AZ. A few weeks ago for a trail ride coming up from phoenix, AZ. We had to drive up through steep mountains and then come back down steep mountains. The speed limit is 75 but we were only doing 60-65 most of the time. My truck is rated to pull 12500 lbs. At one point the truck decided on its on to wander about 2 ft. To the right coming down a mountain at this point I was only doing about 60 fortunately since I was constantly having to work the steering wheel back and forth I was able to ease off the throttle and bring it back in line after awhile. Again feeling like we were playing bumper cars only this time with 2 horses in the trailer which the weight was only about 6000lbs. The horses were not moving around as they were beat from the days play. The whole ordeal really rattled us.this has been an issue for a long time and is only getting worst. I know I am out of warranty but since Ford supposedly fix it before I think it is a real safety issue. It all points to a bad steering box or bad front suspension. We would have been killed had I not got this truck under control and the horses were not safe then. Any help would be appreciated as Ford has not been much help to anyone. Their little notification to all owners of this problem should be a repair.
I have a 2005 Ford F-250 and when going 55mph or up if you hit a bump in the road you are shaking out of control until you stop the truck Ford said there was nothing wrong with it and that was at about 11,000 miles. Now at 30,000 miles it does it every day all day.
I experienced a severe and violent shaking of the front end of my 2005 Ford F-250 truck while traveling 60 mph over a slight rough patch on a highway. I lost control of my vehicle and was forced to swerve off the highway. I was almost hit by the vehicle directly behind me. This is the third time I have lost control of the truck because of this violent shaking in the last month. I have had the truck to a local inspection station and they replaced the steering stabilizer and did an alignment. This did not help. I have called the Ford dealer I purchased the truck from and they said they never heard of anyone having this problem with any Ford truck. Obviously, they are aware of the problem. I only hope there is a recall before too many people die.
I own a 2005 Ford F-250 crew cab 4X4 long bed truck all stock. When driving at speeds above 55 miles per hour I experience violent shaking from the front end which is called death wobble after doing research. Ford says that there is nothing wrong with the truck and that it is fine. The wobble only stops when my speed is decreased under 40 mph or so. When this happens the truck is extremely hard to control and requires you to slam on the brakes at high speeds. I have founds hundreds of people online with the same problem with the 05-06 Super Duty trucks. This has happened to me dozens of times and I'm tired of it. I put a larger size tire all the way around and it didn't help any.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. While driving 55 mph, the front end of the vehicle began to shake. The contact slowed the vehicle down and the tires blew out. The vehicle veered to the left and into oncoming traffic. The contact crashed into a mountain and the vehicle rolled over twice. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 65,197.
In driving my Ford F-250 pick-up, I have experiences severe vibrations/oscillations at high (over 60mph) speeds. This occurs when the truck runs over a small imperfection in the road. These oscillations are quite severe - forcing emergency leave change/loss of control. When the truck slows down to about 40, the oscillations cease. This shaking is so severe it has damaged the paint on the hood due to the hood sloshing back and forth. It is definitely life-threatening. The Ford dealer is at a loss, they do not know what to do.
2005 Ford F-250 with steering problems. Consumer states that the vehicle's steering wheel shakes so much that the vehicle will leave the road. He states that the dealer has not been able to solve the steering problem. The consumer stated the tires were replaced, the shocks, wheel bearings, brakes and front end were checked by the dealer and stated there was no problem. The consumer stated the problem has not been resolved. Updated.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle shook violently and became difficult to steer after driving over a bump in the road. The contact stated that it was not a normal front end shake and continued driving home at a lower rate of speed. The dealer rotated the tires, but that did not correct the failure. The manufacturer advised her to call NHTSA and to take the vehicle back to the dealer. The current mileage was 30,400 and failure mileage was 18,000.
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- Broken Arrow, OK, USA