2012 Ford F-250: loss of power steering

Filed Apr 21, 2026 · Steering, Suspension · IL

Over 1 year (2025) steering front end shaking began. Our dealership on oil changes did not tell us to watch for anything and we should have been warned. When the shaking occurred we changed Ford shock asborbers from Ford dealership. Problem still occured. We lost faith in Ford and our regular dealership. We then at Moore's tires purchased 4 Michelin premium tires for F250 heavy duty truck and told them about the severe shaking in front end that we will crash because we can't maintain control only to pull off the road with a prayer. Very difficult when this happens on the route 80 highway going 70 mph speed limit. So, Moore's tires store replaced with new tires and replaced some suspension parts thinking they fixed it but not sure. No recall to alert any Ford owners or repair shops... no warnings to anyone. We spent over $7,000. in trying to solve the front end shaking issue. We are lucky we did not die in an accident caused by the front end shaking and no steering control. We want re-imbursement and full repair as the problem is still happening. our family and all of us have Been a Ford customer for over 60 plus years. But not feeling confident or safe with purchasing a new ford vehicle going forward. This can NOT happen that Ford is allowing this risk to potentially kill people due to their neglegence in quality and recall for safety.

Filed May 29, 2020 · Steering · 75,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-250. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle loss power steering assist without warning after driving over a pothole. The vehicle resumed normal drivability after a few seconds. The vehicle was taken to courtesy buick gmc abbeville (1201 u s 167, abbeville, la 70510) where it was diagnosed and determined that the steering column needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.

Filed Sep 3, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 65,000 miles · TX

My ford f-250 super duty started what many refer to as the "death wobble" at 65,000 miles. The first instance of this occurred when my 18 year old daughter was driving the truck (with me in the passenger seat) to visit colleges. While traveling at highway speed (78 MPH) we went over a concrete to asphalt transition and the entire front end started violently bouncing or wobbling back and forth like a shopping cart wheel would. She obviously panicked and I had to tell her to slow the truck to 25 MPH (on a highway) to regain control. We ended up in median as there was total loss of steering control during the event. This particular trip was from houston to lubbock and I drove the remainder of the trip to and from experiencing the same death wobble another 4 times. I tooke the truck in and had replacement parts put in and condition continued. Returned the truck to legacy ford in rosenberg, tx for fix and they indicated that they could not replicate the problem. Please note that the truck is 100% stock with good michelin tires. A simple google search will yield hundreds of complaints of this exact problem.

Filed May 1, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 143,000 miles · TX

At approx 60 to 75 MPH upon hitting uneven payment or bumps in road the front wheels start an uncontrollable wobble , steering wheel shakes so bad can keep hands on to steer and no steering is possible, if brakes applied only gets worst, must coast down to a stop , u cannot steer. I replace all shocks and steering dampener, still had wobble after wards. Fords answer is to carry weight in the rear, and not to drive above 60 MPH. This is unsat. I have been advised the caster setting which is not adjustable is only 1 degree forward and needs to be 3 degrees forward. Ford says this makes it harder to turn in a parking lot. Please help ford do am recall before someone gets killed. In all 8 of my wobbles three I came across the center lane before I could stop and the others off road in the ditch.

Filed Nov 13, 2014 · Engine · 84,500 miles · TX

Driving down expressway about 70mph during rush hour traffic. Truck had been running about 30 minutes prior. Message pops up on instrument panel that states "stop safely now", no other message given. Once slowed to approximately 10mph the engine died and I had no power steering or power brakes. This is in rush hour dallas traffic. I pull over to the side of the road as much as possible and try to restart it for 40-50 minutes with no avail. Have it towed to dealership which now informs me that I have 3 bad egt sensors and they need to be replaced for the same reason, none. They state that they are not covered under warranty and ford has not recalled them. This is concerning because this is the second time this has happened and this one was in a very dangerous situation. I know of 2 other very close friends that have ford f-250 trucks that this exact thing happened to.