2005 f-250 short bed 4x4 super duty 5.4 v-8. Truck shakes out of control at high speed when rough roadway is present. Has done this since 18,000 miles and gets worse with age. Ford refuses to find the problem, as they only drive truck around town. Have ask them to take onto interstate, but they don't have time ! Ford replaced the damper at 34,000, helped, but did not fix! Have had my front end man look at front end, and he could only find slack in the steering gear box, but that didn't fix the problem either. This truck is unsafe and ford needs to step up to the plate and fix the issue before someone gets killed! The last time it did it I had my 5th wheel trailer behind me and it took me across 2 lanes of traffic into the median, and scared me to death, to the point I am selling the 5th wheel and truck as it is junk, and will never buy another ford after being a ford man for over 35 years. The only way to stop the violent shaking is to slam brakes on and reduce speed to under 35 MPH. I have put up with the problem for some time as the truck now has 61,000 miles on it!
2005 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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When traveling down highway from speeds ranging from 50-70 MPH if uneven road in encountered (potholes, rough roads, objects in road..etc) vehicle goes into violent frontend shake. When this shaking occurs it is an immediate threat to not only persons in vehicle but in any vehicles surrounding our own. Reducing speed and braking is the only way to regain control of vehicle.
Ford f250 front end shaking when you hit rough spot on freeway at 65 MPH it 2005 f250.
Ford sd f250 4wd - like others, severe shimmy, especially on expansion joints on freeways. Can and does spook the driver. Scary moments. Dealer checked, and said steer stabilizer should be replaced?? At 61,000 k - no way. Others are saying same thing, including ball joints being worn out???
When driving on the highway above 50mph the ford 2005 f250 super duty begins to shake violently to the point of loosing control. They only why to stop the shaking is to slow down immediately and force any following traffic to slam on their brakes too. The items that bring on this shake (oscillation) are the following. The problem occurs when: 1. On a highway going over 50 MPH 2.hiitting a bump in the road. Once a bump is hit above 50mph, the oscillation (left to right) begins. I have been in several incidents were the cars behind me must maneuver or stop and risk running into other vehicles.
My ford f 250 truck shakes uncontrollably at highway speeds when the front suspension is upset on highway. Normally occurs at or above 65 MPH, the way to re-gain control is slow considerably. This is consistent with factory and replacement tires. Ford stated that there is a problem, but that it doesn't warrant a recall.
2005 ford f-250 truck front end wobble. Has done it since about 20,000 miles. Driving 55+ miles per hour, turning to the left, front end and steering wheel shakes violently.
2005 ford f250 4x4, 4 door, auto, 5.4l gas, approx. 39k mi. Traveling at interstate highway speed, in a sweeping left hand curve, crossing rough pavement, a severe steering wheel shake and front wheel shimmy commenced, causing loss of steering control, involuntary rapid lane change and near accident. I slowed to 25 MPH in order to regain control of the truck. Living in fl and working in sc at the time, I was forced to deal with different ford dealers in the columbia, sc and bartow, fl areas. On the advice of various ford service departments, I replaced tires, wheels, ball joints, shocks (twice), steering stabilizer, had multiple alignments and wheel balances performed. As I was stranded out-of-town with a truck that was handling progressively worse, I spent approximately $4,500 in parts replacements before the problem was remedied. Three ford dealerships acknowledged that a serious problem existed and that the vehicle was in warranty. Ford customer relationship center personnel, 800‑392‑3673, employed blatant stalling tactics until my odometer had passed 40,000 miles, then refused to render any assistance. More than one year later, I am waiting for a call from a regional ford service manager, supposedly arranged through a columbia, sc ford dealer. I have received high speed driving instruction at two different police academy courses. I have driven dozens of different vehicles at very high speeds over hundreds of thousands of miles. I know a dangerous vehicle defect when I see one. This ford suspension problem presents a life threatening condition that is well known by ford. Not only has ford not recalled these vehicles, their service personnel are engaging in a campaign of denial and deception.
2005 ford f-250 sd shaking violently after going over uneven surfaces on highway. We were out of the state working for 10 days and depended on this vehicle so the following day we took it to a ford dealer and all they had to say was the tires needed 80 pounds of air. As soon as we returned home we traded it off and got a 2006 and it is doing the same thing and a complaint has been filed on it as well. Done with ford trucks, if ford doesn't think any better of its customers than to put an unsafe vehicle on the road we are going to chevrolet.
When traveling at interstate highway speeds, traveling over bridge/overpass expansion joints will cause the front axle/steering to shake violently. This seems to set up some kind of weird harmonic vibration that the front end cannot recover from. Even after the road smoothes out, front axle will continue to shake violently until speed is decreased to about 40mph. This shaking is incredibly violent. A loss of control is highly possible. Truck has been to the dealer twice and had the steering stabilizer replaced, this has not fixed the issue. Dealer has not been able to duplicate the problem due to the random occurrence and specific road conditions required. I have driven ford trucks my entire life, this is not a normal "characteristic of vehicle". Something is wrong with the design on the front end of these trucks. My wife will not drive it. Somebody is going to get killed.
My vehicle vibrates and shimmies uncontrollably when I hit a rough spot on the interstate traveling at 60-70mph. The vehicle has to be slowed 15 to 20 MPH immediately to regain control.
When traveling at highway speeds a defect or uneven portion in the roadway such as a pothole or bump or an expansion joint on an overpass can cause the front end to start shimmying uncontrollably. The vehicle has to be slowed or even stopped to make the shimmy stop which is a dangerous situation on a multilane highway. This has occurred two times in the past 3 months, I must stress that the shaking is quite violent and frightening. I have been researching this on the internet and have found that many people have this same complaint with no apparent fix for the problem. If this is so then I will be trading this vehicle in for another because this is an unacceptable condition.
This morning I was driving my 2005 f250 4x4 about 40 MPH when it started a death wobble. I had to pull over and came to a complete stop. I looked at the tires to determine if I lost a balance weight. I then proceeded about a half mile and stopped at a local store. When I left the death wobble started again. I keep the truck below 40mph and headed to the store where I purchased my tires. It happened again as I was entering the freeway. I again had to stop and pull over. I keep the truck below 40mph and arrived at the tire store where they balanced the front tires. When I left I again entered the freeway and the "death wobble" started again. I keep the truck below 40mph and used surface streets to get to the ford dealership where I purchased my truck. I will have the results tomorrow after over $700 worth of repairs. If I was towing my fifth wheel I think there would have been a bad traffic accident.
I have a ford super duty truck that exhibits what has been named the death wobble as well as the 40-50 MPH rear end bounce or shake. New tires, shocks, brakes, etc have not corrected this issue. I've read online where many others experience this same issue and many have been told by ford that they have to live with this.
My ford f250 sd 2005 has a violent uncontrollable shaking in the front end. This problem has become more frequent as the truck gets older. When this happens I have to pull over and stop.
There is violent shaking in the front end of the truck at speeds over 50mph. You feel like the whole front end is going to fall out from under the truck. If you can make it over to the side of the road and slow to @35mph it will stop. At times the shaking is so violent that the vehicle will change lanes. This is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. There are alot of blogs that people have posted on wondering what to do. I took my truck to a shop twice in the last two days and they can't find anything wrong with it. This needs to be addressed before there are deaths caused by this situation.
Recently purchased a 2005 ford f-250. While driving from the dealership, I hit a small bump/expansion joint in the road that cause the front tires to bounced uncontrollably. I was traveling approx. 65 MPH at the time. The vehicle shook completely out of control to the point that I could not control it. I slowed to approx. 30 MPH before the bouncing stopped. A third party in the next land flagged me down and advised me that it looked as if the front tires were going to fly off. The occurred 2 more times that same day. Took vehicle back to dealer. Currently waiting for them to make corrections. They referred me to a technical service bulletin issued by ford. Problem supposed to be correctable. Waiting to see.
2005 f-250 has dangerous shake in front end of vehicle, to the point of loosing control of vehicle on highway. Truck bounced over four lanes of highway before gaining control of it. Speed was about 55-60mph. It was early in the morning and there wasn't much traffic on the road. If it had been in the afternoon, there would have been a crash and possible fatalities. I took truck to dealer, tech stated they knew about the problem but didn't know how to fix it, and they weren't going to do a recall because it's not a very public problem, so they threw some shims on it and some other stuff. Truck still has a considerable shake to the front end. We recently took the truck to a 'non' ford mechanic. Three tie rods are bad and the stabilizer shocks are bad. He stated this is because the front end is shaking so bad it is wearing out the rods/shocks. The truck is only three years old and this should not be happening. The dealer stated they knew about the problem. Why is nothing being done to fix this issue?
Violent shaking after hitting pot holes or expansion joints on highways at speeds ranging from 55 to 75mph. The shaking causes a complete loss of steering control and will not stop until slowing below 40mph. After reading several posts online I see this is an ongoing problem with these trucks and needs to be fixed before someone gets killed.
Truck shakes out of control when hitting small pot holes on the freeway . Only resolution is to hold on tight and bring the truck to a complete stop. Taken it to bob boyd and they had no resolution. It is happening more often and will cause a major accident. Read many other complaints. Same problem 2005 f250.
Vehicle starts to shake uncontrollably after hitting a small bump (pothole, bridge connector) at highway speeds (50-70 MPH). Vehicle is difficult to control, and steering is sometimes unresponsive until vehicle slows down below 40 MPH. This problem has caused the vehicle to veer to the left across the center line, but this does not always occur. Local dealers have inspected the vehicle and found no problems with suspension or control components. Incident date is just one of at least 3 occurrences. Web based user group/bulletin boards refer to this problem as the 'death wobble' or 'death shake' because of its violent nature, tendency to occur at high speed, and tendency to cause the vehicle to drift off the road.
On several occasions while traveling over speeds of 55 MPH, the vehicle shakes uncontrollably if you hit a flaw in the road, such as a bump. It has cause myself and wife to nearly lose control of the vehicle, fortunately there were no other vehicles close as on one occasion the truck changed lanes while shaking violently. I am a former truck mechanic and have never seen anything like this. The dealer has told us that there is no problem, yet I view this as a potentially life threatening issue, we have not driven the vehicle on the highway since the last episode.
As I hit speeds of 65+ MPH, if I hit any rough surface, bridge abutment, or small pot hole the trucks front end would proceed to shake violently out of control only stopping after I brought the truck to a complete stop on side of highway. Got back on highway and exact same problem happened 1.5 miles farther up road. Shake is so violent I can hardly maintain control of the vehicle to even bring it to a stop.
1. Annual virginia state safety inspection. 2. Front ball joints failed inspection, 2005 ford f-250 4x2 super duty pick up with 50,000 miles. 3. Ball joints replaced.
Front end shakes violently after going over bumps at highway speeds.
2005 f-250 superduty lariat 4 door 4x4 violent shaking when hitting rough roads.
Shakes violently and uncontrollably at various times and speeds when hitting a bump or uneven surface. Usually occurs at 60-75 MPH. Very dangerous and scary! Dealer blames tires which are almost brand new.
2005 ford f250 sd, gas, front end shakes violently when hitting successive potholes at highway speed, very dangerous, must slam on brakes to get truck to come back under control. *tr *updated 12/12/07 *bf updated 12/12/07
Truck has had many electrical issues since I purchased it. Truck also has a terrible bounce when it hits a pothole.
I have a 2005 ford f250 super duty fx4 pickup that I purchased today. On the way home, at about 65-70mph, I hit a bridge joint which sent the front end into an extremely violent wobble. I had to slow down to about 20mph for it to go away. When I got home, I researched the problem on the internet, and found it to be a very common problem. I believe that ford has issued a tsb for this problem, but I feel that a recall should be issued because of how dangerous the issue is. The consumer should not have to pay to redesign a factory engineering problem. The wobble was so bad that the truck moved into the next lane.
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