Front Suspension problems of the 2005 Ford F-250 - part 2

Vehicle starts to shake uncontrollably after hitting a small bump (pothole, bridge connector) at highway speeds (50-70 mph). Vehicle is difficult to control, and steering is sometimes unresponsive until vehicle slows down below 40 mph. This problem has caused the vehicle to veer to the left across the center line, but this does not always occur. Local dealers have inspected the vehicle and found no problems with suspension or control components. Incident date is just one of at least 3 occurrences. Web based user group/bulletin boards refer to this problem as the 'death wobble' or 'death shake' because of its violent nature, tendency to occur at high speed, and tendency to cause the vehicle to drift off the road.

2005 Ford f250 sd, gas, front end shakes violently when hitting successive potholes at highway speed, very dangerous, must slam on brakes to get truck to come back under control. *updated 12/12/07 updated 12/12/07.

Front end shakes violently after going over bumps at highway speeds.

This failure is on a Ford, f250, 4x4 with the 5. 4l gas engine. At highway speed, when hitting a rough spot in the road, the front end of the vehicle goes in to an oscillation (death wobble) that can only be stopped by drastic reduction in speed. The oscillation impacts the ability to control the vehicle. The failure has been reported to the dealer and I am awaiting response.

I have a 2005 F-250 4wd crew cab w/5. 4 liter v-8. In the last year there has been an increase in violent shaking from the front end after hitting potholes, patches, expansion joints, railroad tracks, etc. At highway speeds. Slower speeds are just annoying but at higher speeds (60 and up) the shakes become convulsions and the truck literally bounces and shakes uncontrollably. It takes slamming on the brakes and getting below 40mph to make it stop. I took the truck into the dealer last week (09july07) to have it looked at. After being in there for a day and a half they said they could find nothing wrong with it. They said they looked through all the TSB's and found nothing wrong with the truck. After research on the internet and your website here, it sounds like everyone is being told the same thing so I thought I would add my voice to the mix. I am somewhat apprehensive about driving my truck but right now am not financially able to trade it in on something else.

I was driving the 2005 F-250 with 12000 miles at 65 mph on the highway when I hit some bumps and the truck went in to a violent shaking witch made it very hard to steer and stop. The shaking would not stop until I could get into the break down lane and come to a stop. The next day I brought vehicle to Ford and, they said the tires had 65 psi, and should have 75 psi. If 10 psi caused that violent shaking what would 20 psi do. I strongly felt these truck were not safe. If the speed were higher or the road conditions were different during rain, snow, etc I might not be so lucky. I got the truck back today from Ford , and they told me if it happened again to bring it back , that mad e me feel real good. I am still not going over 50 mph any time soon.

2005 Ford F-250 front end shakes and causes loss of control on highway after hitting a bump.

Front end bounces uncontrollably at hi way speeds until you stop , if still on the road.

When traveling at interstate highway speeds, traveling over bridge/overpass expansion joints will cause the front axle/steering to shake violently. This seems to set up some kind of weird harmonic vibration that the front end cannot recover from. Even after the road smoothes out, front axle will continue to shake violently until speed is decreased to about 40mph. This shaking is incredibly violent. A loss of control is highly possible. Truck has been to the dealer twice and had the steering stabilizer replaced, this has not fixed the issue. Dealer has not been able to duplicate the problem due to the random occurrence and specific road conditions required. I have driven Ford trucks my entire life, this is not a normal "characteristic of vehicle". Something is wrong with the design on the front end of these trucks. My wife will not drive it. Somebody is going to get killed.

Truck shakes out of control when hitting small pot holes on the freeway . Only resolution is to hold on tight and bring the truck to a complete stop. Taken it to bob boyd and they had no resolution. It is happening more often and will cause a major accident. Read many other complaints. Same problem 2005 f250.

Front end wobbles shakes and slides especially in a rough curve and dangerous and could cause an accident. Dealer name is bordelon Ford in opelousas, la. And advised could not do anything else to correct the defect.

My vehicle vibrates and shimmies uncontrollably when I hit a rough spot on the interstate traveling at 60-70mph. The vehicle has to be slowed 15 to 20 mph immediately to regain control.

I have a 2005 f250 super duty that I purchased used with 10k miles on it. I was driving on the intestate between 70 and 75 mph and drove over some rough asphalt in the freeway, it has been there for years and is not to bad. However, my new truck began to shimmy so bad I thought I was going to die that day. I have been a aviation mechanic for 18 years and I am here to tell you something is wrong with these Ford trucks. Someone is going to get killed with this problem soon. I had to clean my pants out after this experience. It's going to the dealer Monday but from what I reading Ford doesn't have a fix for the problem. If anyone from Ford wants a scary ride come pay me a visit.

Front end wheel shimmy.

I have a 2005 F-250 sd crw cab long box, I have expereinced a severe shaking and pulling while traveling at 70-75 mph. I had the smaller factory tires and wheels change to the bigger 265's but it did not help. This is going to hurt somebody soon.

My Ford f 250 truck shakes uncontrollably at highway speeds when the front suspension is upset on highway. Normally occurs at or above 65 mph, the way to re-gain control is slow considerably. This is consistent with factory and replacement tires. Ford stated that there is a problem, but that it doesn't warrant a recall.

Violent shudder and steering oscillation. This first happened after driving over a slight dropoff at about 60mph and the whole truck shuddered so violently I had to brake and attempt to steer the vehicle to the median (this was hard to do). This has happened frequently since and happens at low speeds also (40mph) the steering wheel has been shaken off center due to this. My wife will not drive the vehicle as its quite scary when this happens at relatively high speeds and is very sudden and unexpected, I also will not allow my children to ride in the vehicle as I feel a bad episode of this shimmy/shudder could easily cause an accident. I have also gone through 5 sets of tires (in under 70,000 miles) due to being unable to keep the front end aligned. I was quite upset after the first incident and immediately brought the truck to the nearest Ford dealer to have it looked at. They said they had never heard of anything like this and looked at me like I was making this up. (and I admit it sounds crazy for a $40,000 truck to behave this way). They said there was nothing wrong and said I needed my first set of new tires and an alignment (at 12,000 miles). A few months later I came back into the same Ford dealer with the same issue and was told there was not much that could be done as based on my previous visit my truck appeared fine. I was very dissatisfied with this level of customer service and walked out. I am now stuck with a truck that shudders violently several times a day, I am unable to sell the vehicle as nobody would ever buy it in this condition and feel as if I have been taken advantage of by the Ford motor company, as it appears they have acknowledged this defect and have chosen to do nothing about it for their customers. This is my 5th and last Ford truck. . I understand that nothing is perfect and things can go wrong but my complaints along with others have been ignored and I feel my truck is poses a real danger to anyone who rides in it.

Near complete loss of control while driving at 55-60 miles an hour on flat freeway. Small bump sent truck into shuttering wobble. No steering almost no brakes took several hundred yards to slow down to about 10-15 mph and regain control of vehicle.