Ford F-250 SD collision warning problems

Filed Oct 30, 2026 · Driver assistance · 36,000 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2024 Ford F-250 SD. The contact stated that the Forward Collision Avoidance sensors were inoperable, and the 360-degree camera displayed a distorted image, preventing the rear and side visibility while hauling a load. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, another vehicle entered directly in front of the vehicle from the right side, but the forward collision avoidance sensors and the camera failed to operate as designed. Upon researching the failure online, the contact learned that the failure was a widespread issue. The contact owned Ford Explorer that was previously repaired under recall for the same failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, a case was filed, and the contact was referred to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer was contacted, and an appointment was scheduled for a diagnostic test. The failure mileage was approximately 36,000.

Filed Feb 16, 2026 · Driver assistance, Electrical · MI

Front camera malfunctions and goes black and stops working. Ford refuses to acknowledge this issues and prevents forward collision alert system from working. The refuse to fix the issue or look into a recall.

Filed Jul 31, 2025 · Body · 1,000 miles · IL

The contact owns a 2023 Ford F-250 SD. The contact stated that while attempting to roll up the front driver's side window, the window partially rolled up. The contact stated that the front passenger's side window had experienced the same failure. There was no warning light illuminated. Additionally, the infotainment system had defaulted to a factory setting independently, causing the Forward Collision Avoidance system and several other safety features to be deactivated. The contact stated that the failures were intermittent. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer however, the failures could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the window failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 23V507000 (Structure); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000.

Filed Jan 9, 2025 · Electrical · MT

1st incident, weather conditions were rainy. Drove to store, shut off truck, started truck, service engine soon light came on #1-Ford pass message-powertrain control module lost communication or has detected incompatible software from the glow plug. service engine soon light #2-Powertrain control module lost communication with the glow plug, additional alerts along with a hard start or no start condition may accompany this fault. Service engine soon light #3-A communication fault over vehicle network has occurred between several modules. Service engine soon #4-The powertrain control module lost communication with the exhaust particulate matter sensor. Service engine soon #5-The transmission control module is sending invalid information over the internal vehicle communication network to one or more modules. Message #6-Pre-collision assist not available. I thought if I shut the truck off it would reset. When I tried to restart the truck it did nothing. Had it towed to Archie Cochrane Ford in Billings, MT. They replaced the DEF wiring harness. 2nd incident on [XXX], drove through rain on way to Provo, UT. Service engine soon light came on with all the same messages + five other messages. Had it towed to Larry H Miller Ford in Provo, UT. They replaced the Battery Junction Box. Drove to Yuma, AZ without incident but had them look it over and they could not reproduce the issue. Drove to Dickinson, TX, encountered fog on 1/3/2025. Incident #3, drove to the gas station on [XXX], started the truck up and the same messages came up. Roads were dry, although it had rained the night before. Drove straight to McRee Ford where the technician observed the issue firsthand. While the vehicle was in park it was constantly surging. We researched online for the same problem and have found others that have had this same type of issue. We have had to rent cars when the truck was in the shop. We believe this is an engineering issue and Ford should fix the issues without charging. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORM

Filed Dec 3, 2024 · Brakes, Driver assistance · MN

Automatic Emergency Braking engaged while the vehicle was in neutral tow. Resulted in 2 rear blown tires and damaged rims on vehicle.Attached the F250 correctly to the motorhome and confirmed truck was in neutral tow. Starting pulling the F250 and confirmed by looking at mirrors on the motorhome and rear camera that the wheels on the F250 were rolling both front axel and rear axel. After several blocks felt a hard tug while driving the motorhome, looked in the side mirror and rear camera and noticed smoke coming from rear tires. We pulled over on highway and stopped towing the vehicle. Went back to truck open the driver door and the dash was reading vehicle was still in neutral tow. Called a tow truck. The F250 truck was towed to the Moss Ford dealership. Ford dealership never neutral towed the F250 so they were unable to recreate the situation. However we had computer data on the F250 dating back to before the truck was delivered after manufacturing relating to brake issues. The Emergency brakes engages when we are driving it and comes on after stopping on a hill or after we tow a trailer. We have had this F250 into the dealership for brake warranty issues before we started to neutral tow the F250. We had neutral tow this truck over 1500 miles before this incident. We continued on our trip and currently in Chula Vista CA. Neutral tow the F250 all the way. However the Ford instructions on how to set up neutral tow does not tell you disable automated emergency braking system or disable the front collision warning system.

Filed Sep 8, 2023 · Brakes, Driver assistance · NV

My new 2023 f250 super duty had approximately 540 miles when I received following messages: 1) pre-collision assist not available 2) service advance trac 3) abc or ABS not working ford service did a diagnosis and ordered and put in steering control module. Fixed codes for about 1000 miles and codes have come back. Ford service diagnosis on two more separate occasions has not found the problem and codes still exist. Ford service wants to do harness lay over and replace two major harness and do not know if this will fix the issue. I do not want a brand new truck dissected. Major safety issue if brakes activate at normal and/or highway speeds!!!!!!

Filed Aug 13, 2023 · Driver assistance, Steering · TX

Problem 1: The F250 has the Pro Trailer Backup option will electronic torque overlay steering. The truck wanders when going straight and the steering feels disconnected driving through curves. Both conditions occur at 45+ MPH. Truck alignment was checked three times. Each time alignment was in spec. No engine light or fault codes with electronic torque overlay steering. Truck is going in again to David McDavid in Fort Worth, TX on Aug. 21st for a deeper inspection. Problem 2: Pre collision warning appears randomly with no vehicles in front or sides. This happens at highway speeds. That said, the pre collision warning has worked at least twice when traffic abruptly stopped and I had to brake equally aggressive. Truck currently has 6,600 miles. Symptoms have been there since driven off the dealer lot new.

Filed Feb 27, 2023 · Driver assistance · CA

The front camera has a foggy spot that triggers the front pre-collision assist and related safety devices to not function properly. It is available for inspection. t has not yet been inspected by dealer. The warning lamps and related messages do warn of problem. Fords has recalled rear cameras for fogginess, but obviously the front camera preventing collisions is a much greater safety issue.

Filed Dec 15, 2022 · Driver assistance, Steering · SC

2020 Ford F250 Super Duty, I have a Severe Death Wobble that has developed for the second time in a short period of time. The Ford Death Wobble is The Violent Shaking of the Vehicle can cause loss of control of the vehicle and difficulty steering wile vehicle is in operation at any time under typical driving conditions or speed. This exposes the driver and occupants of vehicle, as well as others who share the road with them, to an increased risk of accident, injury, or death. This description of death wobble was taken from a class action lawsuit that was filed in 2019. The first occurrence happened around 47,000 miles. I brought it in to the dealership; they said it was a steering damper not covered under the warranty. I paid for the replacement of steering damper. However the replacement did not fix the issue. I took it back in for further evaluation and repairs. After nearly a week of them having the vehicle at the dealership; they finally agreed to have the track bar replaced under warranty. The technician working on vehicle said that an axle needed to be replaced as well but it was not replaced at the time. After track bar was replaced; there was a drastic improvement and problem was resolved but short lived. About 7 months later and at 85,000 miles the death wobble has returned and is much worse. Due to the issue, steering is very loose and sloppy. causing you to catch the vehicle from side to side of the lane due to the steering wheel not being straight. setting off errors and disables many of the safety features. Some of the features that are disabled wile driving: advanced traction control system, pre-collision assist system fault, abs system, hill descent control fault, hill start assist. After bringing truck to dealership for this issue again; they quickly realized that the issue has returned again and stated that the axle shaft will need to be replaced this time in addition to prior parts. They again are trying to say that warranty may not cover repairs

Filed Dec 9, 2020 · Steering · 1 miles · ID · crash

There are several recalls on 2019-2020 f250/350 built at the kentuky plant my vehicle however is apparently not one of them but I was in a car accident back in september 21 2020 I was driving on a county road and the vehicle did not was non responsive to what I wanted it to do I almost hit a small vehicle in front of me but swerved and crashed in a field the when I purchased the vehicle I did not test drive it or anything since I was going from a 2020 to another 2020 f250 lariat to limited now the lariat everything worked on it it would tell me that I was closing onto a vehicle with plenty of time to break and it would actually break not pull to etiher side as this one has done since I bought it. I did let ford know but they said they were plenty backed up and could get to me in a couple weeks well thats when my accident occured you see I think there are more vehicles that are affected by said recalls but someone is using us as crash test dummies just to see what happens I am glad I did not hit that family cos it would have been bad another thing is that the collision center that fixed my vehicle said that they were not able to take it to any tire location to get it aligned because these places wouldnt do the job so they took it to ford and well truck is pulling to the left but steering wheel is cockeyed to the right it just does not ride well I love the vehicle but safety is first I got the vehicle back after "recalibration" and well it still has the same issues warning sensors dont alert you as they should not enough warning from pre-collision pulls to the side rides real rough etc. Etc.