I have an '06 ford f-250. Everytime I hit a bump in the road or freeway the front end does what's known as the "death shake" according to research on the internet. Many of people are complaining of the same experience the more I did research on this matter. Mine along with everyone else has to slow down almost to a stop for the front end to stop shaking or it will send you into the oncoming lane and all have had very close calls. Ford dealer ships to my knowledge according to my local dealer ship (sunland ford) in victorville doesn't know the fix. They told me it was my steering dampener. Nope!! People are going to their dealerships multiple times. I paid well over $30,000 for my truck and this is very unacceptable. Thanks for your time and attention to this matter.
2006 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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Previously when the truck bed was empty we have had mild episodes of shaking, which would resolve itself without braking. However, today we had an earth-shattering hyper-shake, which we wouldn't subside. We had a small load of fencing in the bed and were rounding a curve on rough pavement (as most roads in nw pa are) at about 50 MPH. The shaking in the front end was so bad that the brakes didn't even seem to slow the truck down and we had serious steering control problems. Luckily, there was no oncoming traffic, but the toyota truck which had been tailgating us dropped back about 20 car lengths after our violent shaking and skipping episode of approximately 20 seconds. We have not contacted the dealer or manufacturer yet, because the incident just happened today. However, we have a found a number of similar reports of hyper-shaking on f-250's from web searches. Although there was no death or injuries involved in this incident, the potential for both with this vehicle certainly exists.
Days after purchasing a used 2006 ford f250 4x4 diesel truck, I experienced a violent shaking/vibration while driving on an interstate in orlando, florida. I was traveling at approximately 65 MPH when I drove over a segment of uneven pavement. The front end of the truck began to shake so violently that I had to quickly reduce speed on the far left (fast) lane of the interstate. A concrete barrier to my immediate left did not allow me to pull to the shoulder. Several vehicles traveling immediately behind me were forced to quickly change lanes so as to avoid a rear end collision. As I slowed to about 35 MPH the shaking stopped. The same situation occurred days later when traveling on a city road at approx. 35-40 MPH. Dealership instructed me to check psi in tires. Psi was too low & I inflated tires to psi as per vehicle tag on inside of driver door panel. Violent vibration occurred a third time within days of properly inflating tires. Am currently out of the country for work; will follow up with dealership upon return in approx. 2 weeks.
Since new the truck has experienced violent and uncontrollable front suspension shaking/bouncing/wobbling after hitting a sharp bump at highway speeds. Initially, the shaking would only last approximately 3 seconds, but recently the shaking was so severe that I had to slow the vehicle to 30-35 MPH before it stopped. The shaking was so violent that I was convinced that something had broken in the front suspension, and I immediately inspected the front suspension at the next exit. Nothing obviously broken was evident. I searched the internet and discovered that this is a common and dangerous problem with these trucks. I dropped the truck off at the dealer. They acknowledged their awareness of the problem, but claimed they were unable to duplicate it during their road test. This is not surprising, as it typically only occurs when you hit a sharp bump or series of bumps at highway speeds. They performed some of the repairs/adjustments specified by ford's tsb 07-10-10, but the problem persists. There is a serious and dangerous problem with a large population of ford trucks that must be addressed by ford at this point, I hope that the federal safety agency can convince ford to correct the problem before someone is needlessly killed.
Truck shakes violently when hit rough spots on highway (over 60mph). Occurs on bridges, potholes, rough areas, etc. Shaking is so violent vehicle is almost impossible to control and must slow down to 40 MPH in order for shaking to stop.
Ford f-250 sd shaking violently after crossing a bridge with uneven surfaces, bumps, pot holes. Totally out of control, let off excelerator and it finally stopped.
While traveling at speeds between 40 - 70 MPH on highway or city streets vehicle front end begins to shake violently and nearly looses control of steering system. Mishap occurs when vehicle drives on uneven pavement surfaces or when it strikes road potholes (small and large). When traveling on a busy interstate in orlando, fl this violent action nearly caused me to lose control of the vehicle on several occasions. Many internet ford f250 forums are currently discussing the same issue and it appears ford is only offering minor "band-aid" type repairs that only correct the problem temporarily. Problem seems to be a design / engineering issue.
My '06 ford f-250 has a design flaw that causes it to shake violently at speed and requires to almost stop to correct. Very unsafe and now about useless to drive. Are there similar complaints and what can be done to fix this problem? Thanks, dante
I have an 06 ford f 250 super duty super cab xlt with an 8 foot bed. I've had issues with extreme highway shaking. When it happens to me I'm usually going over 60 MPH, and it happens when I hit a bump in the road, to me it feels like it is coming from the back end of the vehicle,like the wheels are now bouncing instead of rolling,the shaking is extremely violent,and I have to slow down to apx. 40 or less MPH to make it go away. Sometimes it would last almost a full 30 seconds,but I never seem to have any steering issues,the vehicle is still in my control,but maybe that's because my instinct is to just go straight and slow down. In any case, I've had 2 people witness this while in the truck with me at different times and both of them turned white with fear,this is not just a little shimmy,like an unbalanced tire or something, it is a major design flaw and ford better do something about it!
The truck showed no signs of trouble leading up to the event. While driving approximately 50-55 miles an hour and heading around a right hand corner in the road the truck hit an indentation in the road surface which caused the truck to shake uncontrollably and drift into the oncoming lane causing the trucks mirror to hit a box truck and smash into the interior of my truck. When the truck slowed down to below 35, I regained control of the vehicle and pulled off to the right shoulder. The box truck, apparently not realizing what had happened, continued on without stopping. The mirror was destroyed, glass was covering the interior of my truck, and I suffered minor cuts on my face and arm. I returned home with my truck at speeds under 40 MPH, but still could feel a shudder when the truck hit either a raised bump or an indentation in the road. The dealer replaced several parts in the front end of the truck, but not the mirror. I was told that the mirror would not be covered under warranty. The truck has not had the problem since. I am not aware if the old parts are still available.
My ford f-250 superduty diesel occasionally shakes extremely violently with temporary complete loss of vehicle control when driving at higher speeds and crossing uneven obstacles such as bridge gaps and small road deviations. The vehicle feels to shake violently in the front end and inhibits steering. The shake is extremely violent in nature with oscillating large amplitude deflections in each wheel.
Violent front end shake after hitting small pot holes or bumps at any speed, complete loss of control of truck until coming to stop.
On my 2006 ford f250 sd diesel I experience violent oscillations of the steering wheel when going over rr tracks or bumps in the road, leading to a near lost of control of the vehicle. As a result of this the front tires are flat spotted, and unevenly worn. Ford claims the problem is related to low tire pressure, but my tire pressure was at the mfg recommendation. I have read numerous reports that a steering dampener is required and not installed on the ford sd trucks.
At approximately 40k on the vehicle, a problem began to occur when a bump in the road was hit, resulting in the front wheels shimmying left to right for about a second. Over the next four months, the problem intensified, leading to a severe shake emitting from the front left wheel. Ford recommended an alignment and the steering dampener (which was already installed). I replaced the tires, dampener, track bar and bushing, which solved the issue for several weeks, but soon found that I corrected a symptom and not the true problem. About this time I found out about your investigation and decided to deal with the problem, since no one could diagnose the issue in the shop....hoping your investigation would provide a fix. On january 15th, 2008 I experienced an encounter where the shake occurred and hit black ice, resulting in loss of control, spinning and landing in a ditch, causing body damage. The only way to stop the shaking is to almost completely stop or over correct the steering (if there is room to do it). Since there was no other vehicle involved the state trooper didn't make a report of the incident. The problem still has not been corrected.
I have a 2006 ford f250 superduty and when driving over 50mph and I hit a pot hole the front end bounces or shakes horribly.. It has done it numerous times every day driving on the freeway... If you could please check this out im sure all ford owners would. Appreciate it.
There exists a factory fault in the ford superduty truck. There is what is called a death wobble that occurs on rougher roads when traveling 60 miles per hour or under. The front end will shake violently and uncontrollably when a bump is hit. I have had it in to ford dealerships 7+ times for this and they will not fix or replace the faulty parts. I have started a web log on aol regarding this and am attaching the link . Http://www.topix.net/forum/autos/ford-f-250-super-duty/t0sgdctmobhe5jer1 there are over 170 similar complaints regarding the same problem. Ford denies the problem exists. It will kill someone soon, it has almost cased 4 accidents with my truck.
Death wobble in front end of the truck at 40-45 .the truck has been to the shop 4 times for it.
Since the purchase of my 2006 ford f 250 I've experienced a violent wheel oscillation when hitting a bump in the roadway, usually at speeds of 50 MPH or greater.. The first instance occurred when traveling on a interstate highway and hitting a bump at the expansion joint between the roadway and bridge. After slowing to aprox. 40 MPH the event ended. However, I always notice a wheel shimmy even at speed below 50mph .this is a serious matter as loss of control of the vehicle could happen.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford f-250 sd. While driving 55-70 MPH, the steering wheel vibrated and the vehicle moved from left to right. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer on two occasions and they stated that the steering damper caused the failure. The dealer made the replacement. As of november 26, 2007, there had been no further occurrences. The failure mileage was 8,000 and current mileage was 12,120.
While driving home from work, I hit a small bump in the freeway at 65mph and nearly lost control of my 2006 f-250. The vehicle began to shake uncontrollably and violently. I tried to regain control of my direction which only happened after I got below 15 MPH. After pulling off the highway, I got out to check which tire had blown and to my surprise all were fine. If I hadn't have been in the far right hand lane of the freeway, I would have caused an accident and hurt either myself or someone else. This was not a typical vehicle response and was very literally a violent wheel hop or front end suspension malfunction. I consider this to be a serious and dangerous issue for f-250 owners and all who travel around them. Ford needs to re-call these front end defects before someone gets killed. After a thorough search of the internet, I discovered a mountain of other f-250 owners who were and are experiencing the same problem with similar results, most claiming the same thing, these vehicles have a major league problem with the front end suspension which will undoubtedly cost someone their life someday. What is the federal safety agency doing to bring ford to the table and get this fixed? It's time.
My wife and I were driving my 2006 f-250 super duty on hwy 95 when my truck felt like I was in an earthquake. It was the worst violent shaking I have ever felt in a vehicle. It felt like all four tires exploded. So I fought my steering wheel and brake pedals to slow the truck down to finally skidded off of the side of the road, while cars are going by us 70 plus mile per hour, everything inside the vehicle fell off of the seats the drinks in the cup holders went flying. After seeing that all four tires seemed fine and that we did not hit anything on the road, we were scared to death to drive again. After visited the ford dealership the next day, they are still trying to figure out what is wrong with the vehicle, they said it was the tire balance and pressure, but there is no way this would cause such a violent death shaking experience. After doing my own research, it seems there are thousands of people with the ford super duty that are having this same word for word problem. Please help me, before someone is killed by this ford mistake. I am scared to death to drive my brand new vehicle. Thank you very much.
Massive vibration or oscillation in the front end upon front wheel impact with a small bump at high and low speeds, truck is inoperable until I slow down or stop to gain control of the truck. One of the scariest things I have experienced in a vehicle. The problem is so predictable that I can make the situation occur when I want. I sent the truck to the dealer to be fixed and they returned it saying the problem was corrected, slowly this problem is creeping back again. The same problem is occurring again with greater severity each time.
When hitting an expansion joint on the highway the front end will shake violently and the truck will jump uncontrollably into other lane. Very unsafe.
My 2006 ford f250 hit a pot hold in I-15 near kaysville, southbound on thurs. October 4, 2007. I was traveling at 65 MPH in the middle lane when it started shaking violently and all I heard was car tires screeching. I thought I was going to die. I was able to pull the truck to the shoulder and stop. This has not been the first time. This was the eighth time this has happened. Then about ten minutes later, almost to work, it did it again on I-80 westbound almost to 5600 west. I have taken it in to two dealers who one, willey ford in bountiful, said there was some loose bolts. The other dealer ed kenley ford in layton, said there was some broken parts on the front end. It has shook a little but now is worse than ever. I am afraid to drive this vehicle any more as it will either kill me or another driver. I sustained a headache and pulled muscle in my neck and a sore back from yesterdays incident. Ford needs to pull these vehicles and get them repaired or replaced.
My 2006, 5.3 gas engine, 4 wheel drive, f250 super duty has had excessive wheel hop, bouncing, vibration, and sometimes, violent shaking of the whole front of the truck, when going over expansion joints, bumps and road defects since it was nearly new. This results in the steering wheel shaking and makes the truck hard to control. When new with 300 miles on it in feb. 2007, I drove it from ma to fl and noticed that sometimes it shuddered, when going over a bump at speeds over 50. That is, it did not just give one hard jolt, but bounced a few times. The bouncing got worse as mileage on the vehicle went up. Sometimes the truck would move laterally after a hard bump, that is, move to the edge of the traveled lane, or partially into one of the adjacent lanes. Now, within the last 2 weeks, at its extreme of vibrations and bouncing, the violent shaking has happened to me twice, both times when traveling on a highway at 60-68 MPH, after going over an expansion joint coming off or going on to a bridge. First time, on sept 16, 2007, with about 9000 miles on the f250, shaking lasted about 5 seconds, on i64 in virginia beach, va, and then, on sept. 28, 2007, for about 10 seconds, or about 1000', on the new jersey turnpike. During these last 2 incidents, I thought that I might easily have lost control of the vehicle and have either injured someone else or myself. Both of the serious violent shaking episodes happened on a dry interstate highway in decent condition with other traffic traveling at the same speed and many, many other vehicles going over the same bumps. I have checked the tire pressure and all the tires read about 50#, the same as when I got the truck on jan. 31, 2007. There are no obvious defects in the tires. Now, it shudders when going over very minor bumps, sometimes even at below 45 MPH. I've made it back from my trip and there are about 9500 miles on the truck and I am taking it to the dealer this week. This problem could result in the loss of life.
I own a 2006 f250 diesel truck that shakes violently when you hit even the smallest of potholes. It shakes so violently that you have to come to a complete stop, regain control, and then resume driving. This is especially hazardous on the small county roads we live on, and when you have to come to a complete stop on the freeway. We have tried to get it fixed at the dealership, where they assure us that nothing is wrong with this dangerous death trap. I refuse to allow my husband and my son get into a vehicle that will shake violently out of control into oncoming traffic, into a ditch, or off a bridge. I am ashamed that ford would be aware of this issue, and not recall this problem vehicle as there are many others out there with the same problem. I am furious that I spent $48,000 on a truck that has 26,000 miles on it and has been in the shop 3 times to have the same problem fixed, so it is completely useless to me, not to mention a danger to my family's well being. What is it going to take for ford to admit their trucks are a hazard? How many people are going to have to die or be severely injured before they address this pressing issue???
2006 ford f 250 super duty front end bounces dangerously. August 2007 the truck did this 2 times while traveling on i25 in new mexico. Between 9/21/07 and 9/23/07 this happened 9 times while traveling. The truck bounces out of control and moves across traffic lanes. Endangering everyone's lives traveling on the road. I found over 138 cases of this reported to ford and their response is to bill the customer for a repair that has not worked in almost all of the repairs some people have taken their vehicles to ford several times after the dealer made and then charged them for the tsb repair. Ford is accepting no responsibility for this extremely dangerous situation. These vehicles 2005 on are unsafe to drive on the road.
Front end bounces dangerously when driving over uneven road or potholes. First problem occurred at 1100 miles on 9-15-06 and service dept could find anything wrong. Happened again on the same month still could not find anything. On 10-23-06 took head mechanic from service dept with me on a test drive and the problem happened 3 times mechanic could not pin point problem. On 12-11-06 they loosened and retorqued all fasteners still not fixed. They have replaced dampener and steering shock still no fix it. Truck bounces dangerously and goes right or left could cause major accident. Just picked up truck again from dealership they retorqued everything again still not fixed.
2006 f250 fx4 6.0 front end starts to shack when hitting a bump truck is uncontrollable til slowing down to about 30mph.
My 2006 f-250 shakes violently when hitting a pot hole this occurs about once every couple of weeks. I have to come to a complete stop for the vehicle to quit shaking I have almost been rearended several times and I have been in the lane on oncoming traffic with my 2-month old in the vehicle because I can not control the vehicle when this occurs. I have had several close calls and have been extremely lucky the circumstances haven't been different otherwise the situation could of been fatal for my 2-month old, my husband and my self.
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