I hit a small pothole traveling on I-295 at 65 MPH. The truck bounced out of control and drifted into the left lane. I braked to 35 MPH and it stopped. A shop mechanic said it was ok. The same thing occurred recently on I-64. Hit a road patch and bounced to a stop. My wife was horrified at the violent shaking. A master mechanic could not find anything wrong. This only happens at high speeds above 60 MPH.
2005 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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While driving down the interstate at speeds between 65 and 80 MPH and while going over road bumps, the front-end will begin to vibrate to the point that entire truck will shake. After slowing to 45 MPH, the situation will self-correct only to begin again after crossing another bump or concrete bridge. No crashes/injuries have been noted thus far. This is the 5th time in a period of 48 hours this has happened. I have found numerous reports online of others experiencing the same problem and none have found a resolution. This is a 2005 f-250 supercrew 4x4.
Ford f250, 2005 superduty - front end shakes violently when driving over a road imperfection (bridge transitions, bumpy roads etc..) I've brought it back numerous times after the first steering shim recall and made calls but have gotten no where. They told me tire pressure , buy new tires and there is nothing they can do! Now my truck is out of warranty they say bring it in we'll fix it. Ford should be ashamed of themselves! I never knew about this complaint sight before, I wish I did then.
I have a 2005 ford f250 sd pickup truck that has 25,000 miles on it. I has begun to experience a violent front end shaking at highway speed when going over even the smallest of bumps. You need to almost stop in the middle of the highway to make it stop. The dealer says they don't know of any problems and so does ford. But looking on-line it is very obvious that this is a real issue and needs to be recalled. It is also referenced as "death wobble".
Front end instability, extreme vibration, loss of steering at highway speed after hitting rough pavement. Have had vibration and bounce in front end since vehicle was purchased new dec 2004. Repeated return to dealership but unable to find point cause. April 25, 2005 cruise control at 75mph on i4 florida rough asphalt triggered severe shimmy and vibration, loss of steering (unable to pull to safety lane). Control regained only by braking in busy highway speed traffic until vibration ceased. Tires are new, rotated at 3,000 and kept at factory pressure. These events have occurred sporadically since purchase in dec 2004.
Unpredictable and uncontrollable severe front end vibration and oscillation, causing loss of control of vehicle. Occurs randomly and without warning, at freeway speeds. Has resulted in running onto the shoulder of the roadway and several near collisions with other vehicles. Vehicle has been inspected and repairs attempted on several occasions. Dealership advises that this is inherent to year, make and model of vehicle; and cannot repair the problem.
Vehicle shakes violently when going faster than 55 miles an hour and hitting a small bump in the road. Have to slow down in order for the truck to stop shaking putting all passengers in danger on the highways.
This is a follow up to a complaint I filed on 4/14/09 complaint # 10265310. I have looked into this matter and found other cases. This is a serious problem that should be addressed. Here is a link with more information. Http://www.topix.com/forum/autos/ford-f-250-super-duty/tohp1m75vbfbft9il.
I have a 2005 ford f-250 superduty 4x4. I have experienced front wheel shimmy 3 times . I took the truck to a dealership. They put on a new front steering shock absorber but it occurred again after the repair.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f250 sd. While driving 70mph on the inside left lane, the vehicle drove over a small bump in the road and began shaking uncontrollably. The contact had difficulty steering the vehicle and was unable to drive into the emergency lane. After shaking for 3 to 5 minutes the vehicle began operating normally. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle and stated that there was a technical service bulletin to place a damper in the suspension. The vehicle was repaired and the failure no longer exist. Shortly after the failure occurred, the contact received a warning letter stating that maintaining the proper tire inflation level would avoid the failure from recurring. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.
My 2005 ford f-250 super duty powerstroke diesel crew cab pick up truck shakes and shimmies violently when the front end hits a pot hole or travels over a road surface variation. I have had 4 incidents where on the freeway traveling at speeds in excess of 65 MPH the vehicle began shaking and shimmying so violently that the truck changed lanes and was beyond my ability to control the vehicle. I was forced to take emergency action and exit the roadway. On one occasion the truck struck a fence pole adjacent to the road way after hitting a groove in the road at a speed of 45 MPH.
Lose of steering do to poor design of ford f-250 and f-350 solid front axle with springs. From 2005 to present. I have new tires and rims,balanced,had front end checked for alignment, my truck like so many others are having sever front end shimmy do to the poor design on ford trucks. I have contacted legal advice from the advice of other government agencies. The attorney generals office,bbb, and the consumer protection agency. This is my second complaint about this matter, and im a little upset to keep getting the only response you and the ford co. Can come up with, tire pressure!!! Come on you know its the poor design of there front ends. I've spent thousands to help deal with matter to no better results. So from here I will seek legal help to protect my family and myself from possible severe injury or death. I hope ford motor co. Will fix the problem with there front ends of there f-250 and f-350 sd pickups from 2005 to present. I hope it doesn't take someone getting killed before ford says they need to fix there trucks. Like they did with there bad tire situation on ford explorer.
While driving vehicle will start to shake, even worse if I hit a bump in a corner. Have to stop for it to go away.
I own a ford f-250 super duty[2005] with 14,000 miles on it. I have hit a series of slight bumps traveling on the garden state parkway traveling at about 65 MPH. The front end of the truck and steering wheel shook so violently, I thought the front end of the truck dis-engaged from the rest of the body. The steering wheel shook so violently I could hardly hold on to it. I took my foot off the gas and applied the break very gently. I must have slowed down to 30 MPH before the truck became under control again. Meanwhile the car behind me had to slam on his breaks do to my truck being out of control and the rapid de-acceleration on a major highway. I had to pull over as soon as I was able to check what I thought would be major front end damage. After all, what could cause such a violent reaction. Absolutely nothing to be seen. My truck was just serviced by a ford dealership as it has been since I purchased it new. This has happened at least 4 times total. I cannot stress to you enough how violent this "shimmy" is. This is no shimmy ! This is like running over a series of telephone poles lined up in the road. It is almost impossible to hold on to the steering wheel let alone have control of the truck. This is an extremely dangerous situation that needs to be corrected asap or somebody is sure to die because of this flaw. I would be afraid to have my wife or children drive this truck and have this happen. Their lives would surely be in danger. Please do something to correct this serious problem, or get this dangerous truck off the road.
Very severe uncontrollable front end shimmy. Vehicle was taken to dealer and no trouble was found. Service advisor advised tire balancing and alignment. I paid for that service out of pocket and problem still persisted. I them replace the tires out of pocket. Problem still persisted. I then replaced the shocks and steering stabilizer out of pocket. Problem is 90 percent better but you must be careful of the vehicle limitations. In my opinion their is a vehicle design flaw. Exact dates can be supplied if necessary.
Driving at speed. 2005 ford f-250 violent front end death wobble, dealer said it needed alignment, then said it was my tires,with new tires it still did it. Dealer said that it was okay. Nothing wrong. Until yesterday while driving to inter freeway,at 45mph slight rough road sent my ford truck into violent death wobble almost caused an accident, by hitting concrete barrier. Lost total control of my truck. I've contacted legal counsel to see what my options will be, also informed to make contact with dealer ship to see what they intend to do. I have extended warranty on my truck. Does this fall under warranty? Or law suit?
Front end bounces uncontrollably at hi way speeds until you stop , if still on the road.
While driving on the highway at around 60 MPH I hit a small bump in the road, a normal seam in the macadmn. My truck started to shake violently. I had very little to no control of the steering, and the braking was also very poor. The truck shook so bad that it impaired my vision all I could do was let off the accelerator and hold on to the steering wheel. The truck drifted into the left lane while slowing. Around 35-40 MPH the shaking went away and the truck acted normal. I pulled off the road and into a mall parking lot and checked under the truck for anything obviously wrong and found nothing. I drove my truck home about 10 miles no more problems. What a very scary episode.
While traveling at about 60 MPH I lost control of my truck due to violent shaking of the front end. I had to pull over and let speed decrease to 20 MPH to regain control. This happened twice in a 2 mile period. I then drove on shoulder of the road at 20 MPH to get home. This has been a consistent problem since I bought the truck new in 2005 but it has never been this bad. I originally thought it was because it was a 4 wheel drive. I am now not willing to dive at high speeds. This is a super dangerous problem!!!
I have a 2005 f-250 that has a violent front end shake at around 60mph after hitting a rut or small pothole, problem does not go away until I slow down. Taken to dealer and they: "installed updated steering dampener and bracket per 07-10-10 retorqued suspension fasteners.... R&r long and short drag link check toe recenter steering wheel. The same problem developed shortly after. I will be taking to dealer again.
Severe suspension and steering wheel shimmy after hitting uneven road surface, doing about 55mph. The shaking is so back it throws things out of the visor and stuff off of the seat on to the floor. Today was the second time this has happen. This is a 2005 f250sd with 20789 miles on it and this is just starting to do this. Both times this happen had enough road shoulder to pull over and stop. If this happen on a narrow shoulder freeway bridge or concrete barrier I would probably hit someone or something. Ford needs to do something about this before someone dies, then there will be law suits.
Our company has 3 2005 f-250 work trucks and the all have the same problem ,when you reach approx. 55mph you get a violent shake from the frontend,and or if you hit a pothole it is very dangerous, like your going to lose control due to the shaking and nobody can find a total fix to the problem,I think ford should have a recall or something!
Violent shudder and steering oscillation. This first happened after driving over a slight dropoff at about 60mph and the whole truck shuddered so violently I had to brake and attempt to steer the vehicle to the median (this was hard to do). This has happened frequently since and happens at low speeds also (40mph) the steering wheel has been shaken off center due to this. My wife will not drive the vehicle as its quite scary when this happens at relatively high speeds and is very sudden and unexpected, I also will not allow my children to ride in the vehicle as I feel a bad episode of this shimmy/shudder could easily cause an accident. I have also gone through 5 sets of tires (in under 70,000 miles) due to being unable to keep the front end aligned. I was quite upset after the first incident and immediately brought the truck to the nearest ford dealer to have it looked at. They said they had never heard of anything like this and looked at me like I was making this up. (and I admit it sounds crazy for a $40,000 truck to behave this way). They said there was nothing wrong and said I needed my first set of new tires and an alignment (at 12,000 miles). A few months later I came back into the same ford dealer with the same issue and was told there was not much that could be done as based on my previous visit my truck appeared fine. I was very dissatisfied with this level of customer service and walked out. I am now stuck with a truck that shudders violently several times a day, I am unable to sell the vehicle as nobody would ever buy it in this condition and feel as if I have been taken advantage of by the ford motor company, as it appears they have acknowledged this defect and have chosen to do nothing about it for their customers. This is my 5th and last ford truck.. I understand that nothing is perfect and things can go wrong but my complaints along with others have been ignored and I feel my truck is poses a real danger to anyone who rides in it.
I was driving on I-64 doing about 65-70mph and crossed over bridge/rough spot in road when it threw the truck into a bad shimmy. It has happened at least 10 times in the past year. I took the truck to a ford dealer and was told that it needed a new camber kit that would change by 1 degree. I had to pay for repairs. The problem still exist.
Tsb front end oscillation iirc. Or as known on the internet as the death wobble (which seems very fitting as the truck goes completely out of control, it feels as if the whole front end is coming apart!)? Severe shaking at high speeds or on rough roads-just driving along and all of the sudden severe shaking occurs so severe that this could cause an accident, almost like both front tires blow out at the same time, severe steering difficulties when this happens, if you come to a complete stop and then take off it stops?intermittent but incredibly dangerous! Has happened 3 times within the last 2 weeks?once on a gravel road, once on a road with potholes and once on rt43 smooth as glass road at a speed of 65mph?this is always a sudden onset- no warning?this needs to be addressed, my children were in the car when we were going on rt43..this could have killed us had it been a two lane road as we were just doing the speed limit of 65mph and all of the sudden the front end is all over the place and out of control! It was almost impossible to control...I had the brakes to the floorboard and the front end of the vehicle was jumping all over the road, had there been a car beside us we would have collided with them! This is all over the internet as the death wobble but had it not happened to us we would not know about it! There should at minimum be a warning this could get people killed if it is not addressed...please, investigate this on the f250 ours is a 2005 but I have read that many others are having the same problem! This is a hazard! 11-2-08 was the most recent incident the other two times happened within 2 weeks before! This is a scary situation, I am just thankful that there weren't a lot of other cars on the road or I fear that I wouldn't be around to write this complaint...it is this severe...no exaggeration! This needs to be addressed!
We have continuous issues with the shimmy and uncontrollable shake in the front end of our 2005 f250 super duty (gas). At speeds of 55 and higher, the truck will shake uncontrollably off the road at the slightest uneven or bump in the road. We have taken it to dealerships numerous times and the only thing they have done is to replace the damper assembly on june 6th. Problem still exists and seems to be more erratic and frequent.
Front end shakes violently after hitting pot holes or bumps in the road. To the point where a collision is highly possible.
Driving on highway at speeds of 65 MPH, going over a bump on the road, the front end starts shaking very bad until you get below 40 MPH, it is all you can do to keep it under control.
I have a 2005 f250 when I hit a bump on the high way at 50mph or higher the truck front end and steering wheel shake violently and feels like you are going to loose control of the truck. Very dangerous.
I own a 2005 super duty power stroke and when I hit a pot hole or when I'm taking a turn to the left from 40 MPH to 50 MPH my truck gets the death wobbles until I hit the brakes and get down to about 15-20 MPH. I don't even like driving it cause you don't know when it's going to happen. It's kind of sad when you pay so much for a nice truck and your afraid to drive it. I think ford needs to have a recall on these trucks before someone gets killed, it really is that bad!
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