2006 ford f-350 truck is "road wild" due to excessive play in steering box. Vehicle has had 3 new steering gears (and many other front end parts) in 34,000 miles. Each gear lasts about 8-10,000 miles. After roughly 10,000 miles, truck wanders requiring excessive steering wheel rotation to correct. Last service appointment ford "field engineer" determined after a test drive that it "drove like his truck" and was normal.
2006 Ford F-350 SD steering complaints
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While driving at city or highway speeds under certain conditions the steering wheel will vibrate left to right causing loss of control. Feels like the steering damper is not working at all.
Truck started to gradually pull to the right when driving, after a couple of weeks took truck for alignment and was told that upper and lower ball joints on right side front knuckle needed replacing. Took car to ford dealer and ball joints were replaced under warranty. Right front tire got worn on right edge and dealer said that the tire was not the responsibility of ford eventhough the failure of the ball joints caused the tire to wear out unevenly.
I have a 2006 ford f-350 4x4. I am having some serious issues with the front end of my truck shaking very badly every time I go over a highway bridge with uneven pavement, uneven pavement, dips or shallow holes on highways. Going over railroad tracks on highway routes with speed limits of 55 MPH, I have to slow to at least 30 MPH because my front wheels start shaking so bad I cannot control the truck. My truck is used strictly for onroad driving and kept in excellent condition and serviced on a regular basis. I feel that my day to day driving have not contributed to this condition and feel it could be some sort of a defect in my 2006 f-350. This has been occurring on a regular basic since my purchase of the truck 13 months ago. I have had the tires rotated a number of time and was recently told that my tire rods need to be replaces. A ford service agent told me it was no reason why my tire rods would go bad so quick for normal highway driving.
While traveling at approximately 30 MPH through a curve, the steering suddenly and completely failed causing the vehicle to go out of control and crash. There was no advance warning. An inspection at the scene revealed that parts of the vehicle's steering system had not been installed at the factory and the steering system fell apart in the curve as a result of this negligence. The police report listed mechanical failure as the accident cause and no driver error was involved. The driver was injured and the vehicle sustained substantial damage. Ford has refused to take responsibility for their vehicle's mechanical failure and refuses to honor the vehicle's warranty despite the fact the vehicle is less than two years old and has only 23,000 +/- miles on it. No alterations were made to the vehicle's drive train or suspension and it was a fully stock vehicle at the time of the crash.
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