Six problems related to front suspension lower ball joint have been reported for the 2000 Ford F-250. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250 sd. While the vehicle was receiving an oil change, the mechanic discovered that both lower and upper ball joints needed to be replaced. The rear end cover was rusted. The current mileage was 36,931 and failure mileage was 36,923.
I have a 2000 Ford F-250 superduty. It's common knowledge among Ford owners that the balljoints in the superduty line are prong to premature faiure. I've heard of failures on vehicles with mileage as low as 24,000. Check some of the Ford truck forums on the internet, theres alot of data to back my claims. Mine failed before 50,000. Repairs/replacement will cost $960. 00. Thats expensive, I had to keep driving my truck till I could afford to fix. While driving it was hard to steer strait and wore out my front tires, so now I have to put tires on to thats another $300. 00. The last time I drove it before it went to the shop for repairs the front tires started to shake violently. It shook so hard I ended up in the ditch. Alot of people agree that Ford should recall these balljoints even large fleet operations. These are heavy duty trucks and should'nt fail with less than 50,000 miles. I work with low income people and the longer these trucks are in service the more likely your going to see serious accidents. As these trucks filter down the economic ladder the less likely the owners can afford to make these repairs. These people will keep driving them until the worst happens. I realize this is an odd way to look at this issue but people are going to get hurt, if not now in the future.
The ball joints in my vehicle are worn out & I need to have all 4 ball joints (both uppers & lowers) replaced on my 2000 Ford f250 super duty pickup truck because there is no way to grease the joint-no grease fitting!!!! it seems that this is a common problem among Ford truck owners. After you replace the ball joints with new joints with a grease fitting in it the failure problem no longer occurs.
The contact stated the front ball joints on Ford, f250 super duty were defective back in August. The truck started walking all over the road on August 1, 2005. Changed the ball joint at the end of August. The truck only had 68,000 miles on it then. He reported having no problems since changing them in August. The dealership told the contact there were no recalls on it. The contact has not yet talked to the manufacturer. The contact did have to pay for the parts, he did the labor himself.
Knocking noise front end when braking or backing up applying brakes. Inspection revealed upper and lower ball joints worn out, right and left sides.
Knocking noise front end when braking or backing up applying brakes. Inspection revealed upper and lower ball joints worn out, right and left sides.