Four problems related to ball joint have been reported for the 2006 Ford F-250. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I have been having this problem for almost a year now and have read thousands of other complaints that is the same issue. This truck all most killed me again today. It goes into a "death wobble" when you hit a bump if you are over 55mph. If you anrt expecting it to happen and it is the 1st time you experience it you will wreck! I have contacted several dealers and no one seems to know about or heard about it but there is thousands of complaints online and also have received a letter from Ford stating to check tire pressures! I have done what they said + had new shocks, had new tires, struts checked, ball joints checked, and rear suspension looked at. Nothing is wrong . . . This is clearly a factory problem and it needs to be taken care of before people start dieing from it! is Ford going to raise my children when this makes me wreck and die . . . No they are not so they need to get this taken care of. Reports say that they have changed the set up on newer heavy duty trucks because of this so why aren't they taking care of the one's they already sold to the public! please help. . . You can find tons of info if you search " death wobble or death shake!.
When travelling at highway speeds the front end shimmys violently when a bump or irregularity is hit in the road. The vehicle almost has to come to a stop before the shimmy will go away. Tire pressure is at max inflation. The problem is an almost daily occurence. New steering damper, alignment, tire rotation, shocks, and track bar ball joint have no effect on the problem.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-250 superduty. The contact stated that the tie rods, bushings, and ball joints were wearing out. Ford motor company sent him a letter stating that it was not a recall notice. Instead, the letter stated that once the vehicle drives over a bump in the road, it will shimmy uncontrollably. The vehicle must be stopped in the middle of the road for the failure to cease. The contact had to repair the front end of the vehicle on his own, which was very expensive. There was no recall for this failure. The failure mileage was 78,000.
The front end of the truck begins to violently shake at 60 miles an hour. Sometimes a bump causes it, other times it occurs when simply driving straight. Have had regular service at Ford dealer, but the issue has gotten progressively worse over the years. Have alerted them of the problem for years. It's all over the internet as "Ford f250 front end shake" or more concerningly as the "Ford death wobble. " it's not a tire pressure issue, as I've only used properly inflated factory tires that were dealer installed. Problem has continued to get worse, and the shake has now made the truck virtually undrivable at 60 mph. Please google the issue. It's real. Love my Ford, but my family comes first, and the wobble is too scary to ignore. Just paid another $2800 to try another fix (track bar and ball joints), plus another $2000 for new tires. Someone will get hurt with this.