I was driving on highway 55 north in imperial missouri with my 3 yr old son in rear car seat when I went over some normal road bump and my front end started shaking so violently that I had to come to a complete stop to correct the shake. This all happened in the fast lane as I had no way to move to left or right. Thank god I was not being tailgated! I was scared half to death and my 3yr old was crying so hard that he couldn't breathe! I took it straight to dealership and they did a tsb for a steering dampener and told me it was fixed. The very next morning it did the violent shake again. Took it straight back to dealership and they had a ford engineer look at it and they replaced a track bar ball joint and said it was good now. I told them that I wanted to test drive it before I took it this time and they let me. Still had the problem and when I told him that he said that the engineer said I needed to put new tires on and a alignment before they do anything else. There is something more than tires and alignment wrong with my truck!!!!! My family truck has become a death trap!!!! Please help with this matter before someone is killed! If this was your child in this truck you would understand my concern!!!
2011 Ford F-250 SD steering complaints
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I was driving on a entrance ramp to an interstate at about 55-60mph... I recall hitting some type of road bumps - pavement joint that started the event... Typically I'm used to experiencing the back of my truck bounce in the past causing lane correction but this time the whole front end started shaking severely... I was in the left lane of 3 so decided to break and get into the center median asap based on approaching vehicles from behind... I pulled off and checked the left side and the right... All was fine... I shook the wheels... All tight... The shaking of the vehicle was so severe I had a hard time controlling it and getting it safely off the roadway... Papers in my visors shook loose... 2 gym bags in passenger seat ended up on floor.... A large screen tv that was taped against the back window on the back seat was thus shifted laying now on top of the front seats.... I later realized that the sandwich I just bought was gone from the console and later found on the floor at the passengers door!!!! Being committed to the freeway I slowly started out, and no other issues... After about 20 minutes on the freeway I kicked it up to freeway speeds, but got the pucker factor each time I hit road bumps on my trip.. I work for the city of rochester hills and called our fleet mgr, and told him of my issue, he had no idea but checked and found tsb 11-6-14 that was verbatim what happened to me.. The dealer ordered up parts and will advise when to bring it in but ford corp I felt should have notified of a possible roll over issue, as im sure if I was at 70-80 on the freeway or my kids driving with less experience there would have been a rollover... Ford said until it happens again or the dealer can not fix it there was nothing more they could do!!!!! I advised it looks like the next call they want is from legal council adding the 0000 after a fatality!!!
This vehicle has severe front end wobble which mostly occurs between the speeds of 55 - 70 MPH. The steering wheel and entire vehicle begins to violently wobble so much that usually the vehicle has to be stopped on the side of the road to stop the wobble. The cover on the dash over the passenger airbag has cracked due to the violent shaking in the truck. Also, fluid has begun to leak from the front passenger wheel as a result of the shaking as well. Both ford and the dealership has been unable to offer any remedy. Please help with this situation. I have videos if needed. I am afraid this is going to cause an accident.
Below is a complaint letter that was sent to ford today. I previously filed a complaint with the federal safety agency. So far they are holding my truck hostage and not fixing the problem. Please do something. It seems that there are many truck of this type and model that have the same problem. Please see fordforum.org under the heading of violent front end shaking. My 2011 f-250 has been at gus muchado ford in palmetto bay florida for the past 4 days for a wobble in the front end when you hit a bump. The dealer tells me that they are working with engineers at ford. The problem is that the mechanic can only email the engineer, he then has to wait for the engineer to read the email and respond. Then the engineer has to wait for the mechanic and so on. In the 4 days they have had my truck only 2 things have been looked at. When I was there this afternoon my truck was parked out in the back parking lot and not being worked on. When I asked why it was not being worked on they responded that they were waiting for the engineer to tell them what to do next. I desperately need for someone at ford to step up and take control of this situation. If this means sending an engineer to the dealership, so be it. At this rate I might never see my truck again. Because of this slow response from the dealer and from ford to remedy the problem, I had no choice but to rent a truck this afternoon. I am paying $60.00 a day for a truck that is not even comparable to my f-250. When I asked the dealer to pick up the rental for me do to this obvious ford issue, the service manager authorized a voucher for a whopping $18.00. This won't even pay for the gas needed to drive the rental for the weekend.
These trucks shake violently in the front end when they encounter even the smallest of bumps in the road. Ford has failed to take the responsible and corrective matters to fix the problems. Something must be done before someone get killed. Please see fordforum.org to see that many others are having the same issues.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford f-250 sd. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 to 45 MPH the vehicle would drift from left to right without any warning. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor had it been repaired. The dealer was contacted and advised him that they were not aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Ford f 250 death wobble- hit a bump at speed above 30 MPH and the steeering wheel begins an uncontrillable wobble. In fact the whole truck shakes violently. The truck has actually jump sideways into the on comming lane. *tt prrevoiusly reports in the federal safety agency for previous years for this vehicle (the federal safety agency tsb # 10028404 ) and ea 08-007. This is a stock truck with no modifications with factory installed wheels and tires at proper pressure and only 9800 miles. I have a video of the wobble
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