Front Suspension problems of the 2006 Ford F-250 - part 1

At highway speeds 50-70mph driving over a pothole or bridge expansion joint. Usually if the right front tire hits first it sends the truck into an extremely violent shaking with loss of steering control. The tires start bouncing so hard that they leave the pavement. It will yank the steering wheel out of your hand if you are not paying attention. The only way to regain control is to brake hard down to about 30mph. This is rediculously dangerous in so many ways. I can not believe there is not a recall on this. With a little research on the internet you will find there are numerous similar complaints about the front end of the 2006 Ford f250 I have the proper tires with proper inflation I had a new steering gear box put on with a new power steering uni. T the problem is becoming more frequent I just got back from a 300 mile trip this happened 8-10 times and if traffic patterns were any differant this potential recall would have killed my whole family and somebody elses! p. S. There are numrrous people out there who have spent thousands of dollars trying to fix this engineering flaw without any success.

I have a 2006 f250 super duty truck that will have violent front end shakes after hitting a pot hole at average road speeds (55-70). It has occurred while towing and during normal driving without towing. When it occurred I had to immediately pull of to the side of the road to regain control of the truck. I believe this to be a very unsafe condition that Ford needs to resolve.

Speed about 65 to 70 mph, traveling down an interstate. Came to a bridge joint on road and truck felt as if I lost front tire or something. Slowed down and parked truck on side of road. Everything appeared fine after inspection. Continued trip with no further problems, I just kept it at 55 the rest of trip. No mods to the truck, all factory.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-250. The contact was driving approximately 60 mph and drove over a pot hole when the entire vehicle began to vibrate violently and caused the driver to almost lose control of the vehicle. The failure was experienced on an intermittent basis. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised him that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000.

Uncontrollable wobble to vehicle after hitting bump on freeway at 65 mph. Not first time and lucky I didn't end up off the freeway. Had service done at Ford dealership for the same problem in Aug 2010, replaced camber casting and two wheel alignment, and tire presuure. Problem is back.

My 17 yr old son has an '06 Ford F-250 sd cc lariat 4x4 truck, which I purchased 12/09. He began complaining about this front end "death wobble" everyone else is complaining about. A mechanic replaced the bushings in the front to resolve the problem, which cost $210. But it didn't fix the problem, my son complained again a week later and his new tires purchased fall 2010 were basically bare. So I drove the truck through downtown atlanta on I-85, when I hit a bump in the hov lane at 58 mph in a curve. The front end began shaking so violently I could barely maintain my lane and had cars beside, front & rear of me. This wobble caused a huge cup of change in the dash cupholder to spew like a busted water pipe. We just put new bf goodrich tires on, but I'm concerned these won't last a year either. How can it be fixed? I'm very worried for my son's safety. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen for Ford, and this particular website has a blethera of complaints about the same death wobble.

Driving on a county road, there was a section of smoothed pavement that had been repaired, slight bump in road. When the truck went over it, the entire truck began shaking, the front wheels violently shook out of control. It did not minimize at all until I was able to slow the truck down to about 10mph and it went away. It was enough to scare my child in the back seat and myself. There have been several instances of this since I purchased this truck, this being the worst. I would be very afraid of an accident if this had happened to this degree out on a highway at highway speeds. I had been to the dealer after the first couple times it happened, they blamed the tire pressure and acted like they had not heard of this prior. The vehicle was just at the dealer a few weeks ago for service where they set the tire pressures themselves.

While driving my 2006 f250 super duty truck on the highway I have experienced the "death shake" I could not steer the truck or stop immediately the truck,it veered into the next lane thank god there was no cars there. This scared me my two children and my father in-law I don't know what would have happened if we were on a road with no guard rails. We could have easily all been killed, this truck has 40,000 adult driven miles no lift no big tires no off use. This needs to be addressed by Ford and be put in the media before some one is killed.

Frequent violent front end shaking when vehicle hot small bumps in the road. 9 out of 10 Ford f250 owners we have spoken to have the very same problem and we cannot figure out why this agency has not recalled these trucks.

Violent shaking of front end after hitting a bump on the road. One strip of highway in our town we can recreate issue everytime.

I have a 2006 f250 superduty XLT, the vehicle violently shakes in the front end when I hit a small bump at highway speeds, anything over 50 mph, so bad that I think my doors are going to pop open. I do lose brief control, and let off the accelerator to gain control without braking. I have received a letter from Ford regarding this issue stating to check tire pressure. I have complied with this but still is a factor regardless. I do not have the extra money to do any expensive upgrades or repairs. This is a Ford issue! they need to fix this problem before it kills many people. This started when the truck was fairly new and it only has 38,000 miles now. This is a problem all over the us that needs to be addressed! I can't give a date because it happens all the time!.

I have a 2006 Ford F-250 with the 5. 4l gas motor. Since new it has not handled very well and seemed to shake back and forth rather than up and down on bumps. Now when a bump or pot hole is hit the truck shakes extremely violent left and right so much so it spilt my coffee and all change from my ash tray. I have about 50,000 miles on the truck now and at about 40,000 it did it for the first time while I was on the high speed lane going about 70 mph in high speed traffic. The truck would not stop its violent shake until I reached 15 mph, it was a miracle that the person behind me did not hit me then it happened again that same day about ten miles down the road and once more on my way home. Since that day it has happened to me 3 separate times. I am now afraid to drive me $30,000 truck any where but around town. I have kept up on all maintains on the vehicle and take good care of it. Now I feel like I need to get rid of it because I am afraid to go anywhere with it. This shaking is a very violent shake through out the entire truck, if I was holding my coffee that morning I know I would have crashed. Ford needs to remedy this issue as looking through the truck forums I am not even close to the only one with the problem. There is an issue here and it is just a matter of time until some one gets killed due to it if some one has not been killed already.

2006 Ford f250 front end shake out of control has nothing to do with tire pressure. Who is paying you off to make up this stuff. This is a very dangerous defect that you and Ford need to do something about.

My Ford f250 4x4 truck has a severe shimmy of the front wheels which can occur when driving around 55-60 miles per hour. In order to calm the shimmy or oscillation, I have to slow down at least 10 miles per hour. This has happened on several times, both when towing a 5th wheel and without the 5th wheel. However, it is more prone to occurring when downing the 5th wheel. I took my truck into the Ford dealer to inspect the suspension and adjust the tire pressure, but they said it was all fine. I had an occurrence of this shimmy within 3 days from taking it from the dealer. I have seen there has been some report on this type of behavior, and Ford has stated it is a tire inflation problem, but after taking it into the Ford dealer and them checking it out and then it happening, I think it is something more serious.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) within the last year and a half I purchased a 2006 Ford F-250, diesel, 4 wheel drive truck. On 3 different occasions,while driving at interstate speeds and immediately after hitting a pot hole or bump,my truck went into a violent front end wobble/cavitation causing a sudden reduction of speed to zero from approx 70 mph. All three times it felt as if the truck was coming apart and had to Dodge traffic and get to the shoulder to inspect the truck. After finding nothing wrong I contacted our local dealership to look at the truck and they tried different air press changes in the tires, and re-alignment, nothing has helped and they refuse to look any further. I started researching this on the internet and found hundreds if not thousands of Ford F-250 truck owners who are experiencing the same problem. You can google "Ford 250 death wobble" or "Ford f250 violent shaking" and read for your self the stories of near accidents and problems Ford refuses to recognize in the design of these trucks. Here recently Ford motor CO. Has came out with a service bulletin were I have to pay to have Ford fix this problem. Why should I have to pay $40,000 for a truck that has a design flaw and pay for the fix,out of my own pocket as well. A recall needs to be done on these trucks before people get killed,why should someone have to die first before Ford will do anything. Any help you can generate on this would be awesome. "this is not a tire press problem, but rather a design flaw. " your report sounds like you side with money instead of consumer safety. [xxx].

The contact owns a 2006 Ford f250 superduty. While driving at approximately 60 mph the contact hit a bump on the road and the vehicle started to shake violently. She was able to bring it back under control move over on the side of the road turned the vehicle off. She drove the vehicle home at a low speed she took the vehicle to the dealer. The diagnostic test located that the stabilizer bracket was broken. The dealer will replace the stabilizer bracket in order to be able to test drive the vehicle to recreate the failure. She will contact the manufacturer. The failure and the current mileage was 33,481. Updated 03/10/10 updated 05/20/10.

Purchased a 2006 Ford F-250 king ranch, 4x4, quad cab, 6. 0 diesel, auto trans. A few months ago. Never really drove on highway much until recently, I drive from NJ to pittsburgh, PA every weekend (and back). Truck has an out of control front end shimmy. . . Can't drive over 55 mph or, if I do and hit a slight bump in the road, the trucks front end shimmies so bad, I can't see out the rear view mirrors they vibrate so bad from the front end shaking. The steering wheel takes all I have to keep it in my hands. This has got to be fixed, (((now!!))) an accident is definite, especially in the snow months!! damage resulting = no damage. . . . Yet!! I have no choice but to drive this truck, I am in the military, serving on active duty and just can't go out and buy another vehicle! Ford needs to fix this ASAP. All Toyota had was a bad accelerator and look how quickly they are fixing that!! contact me = y.

Front end death rattle. Going into a curve on a highway and hitting a bump. The front end shakes and rattles to the point where I have to hit the brakes until the speed slows down to about 40 mph. I have changed the steering dampener, the shocks and nothing seems to help. Ford said to check the tire pressure. I've set it to the recommended tire pressure from Ford and I've set it from the tire manufactures recommendations. Nothing works. I've shimmied across several lanes of traffic and am totally surprised that I have not gotten into a accident yet.

2006 f250 front end shakes violently I had near miss on a head on collision.

See attached description with this report using tcn: ccn26-19640 description write-up. . . . . Updated 04/19/12 the consumer stated the defect involved severe front suspension and steering wheel oscillation that can result in loss of control and lane change at highway speeds. The consumer stated the vehicle performs perfect when not transportation a load at any speed on any road condition. However, when traveling downgrades of 6% or more with the 5th wheel trailer at speeds above 50 mph, a light touch of the brakes to slow the combination vehicle down initiates the oscillation which will not stop the until the vehicle speed falls below 50 mph. Updated 05/02/12.

I own a 2006 F-250 sd. The truck was bought used,also has pro comp suspension lift and oversized tires. Driving at 45 50 mph if you hit any kind of irregularities on the road surface and the truck starts shaking violently to the point of loss of control until truck is almost stopped. I'm sure Ford will blame this on my suspension lift / tires. Only problem with that is its happening to stock trucks at an alarming rate from what I've read here and elsewhere. This will cause injury or death if it hasn't already. Ford knows about this ie the tire pressure letter( not the problem ). This must be addressed now. Soon will be to late. Thank you for your time.

1. I own a 2006 Ford f250 super duty truck and when I hit the smallest pot hole or bump in the road my tuck shakes violently to the point of losing control. The only way to stop the violent shaking is to come to a complete stop. This has happened to me (6) times over the last month. I drive 80 mile round trip to work on the interstate every day. I am scared to drive this truck anymore in fear of killing myself or another vehicle on the road when this problem occurs. I have done a lot of research on the internet and this appears to be a very well know issue. I will be contacting Ford today and see if they have any fixes. Based on my research Ford seems to blow off this issue and has not came up with a fix. This is a very dangerous problem and may end up killing someone before they (Ford) takes is seriously.

Severe shaking and vibration after hitting rough pavement, bridge transition, pothole. Have to slow down to below 40 mph to get it to stop. Almost vibrated into next lane hitting other vehicle on interstate. Very dangerous. Has happened over 25 times in past year or so.

When I hit a bump in the road my 2006 f250 4x4 starts shaking like a tire is falling off. I replaced the steering stabilizer and shocks which fixed it for 20, 000 miles but now it is back to shaking. It is to the point that I have to borrow my dads truck if I need one to haul because I am afraid that my truck is going to go off the road or in another lane. It just sits because I don't want to kill myself or someone else and I don't want to sell it like it is.

On 8/3/2009 at 1730 and 2045 hours I was driving my 2006 f250 superduty 4x4 on I-10 eastbound and drove over a bridge/culvert seam in the roadway. The left front wheel and steering wheel shook violently and would not stop shaking until my speed slowed from 70 to 25 mph. It was nearly impossible to brake with constant pressure. I had to feather the brake to slow the vehicle. I inspected the vehicle to the best of my ability and saw nothing obviously wrong. The second incident occurred in the rain in the dark at 70 mph. My wife was driving and was scared to death. Both incidents nearly caused accidents with vehicles behind us. I injured my left shoulder on the first one that's why my wife drove back. I returned home at 65-70 mph and had no further incidents. I checked the tire pressure on the 31 inch bfg's and it was accurate and within their specs.

I drive a 2006 f250 and it has been experiencing violet front end vibrations. This occurs at various speeds and I have to slow down or stop to get it to return to normal. It almost caused an accident the other day when I had to slow down to 10 miles per hour on the freeway to get it to stop. Ford claims it is tire pressure but had tires rotated and balanced two days prior. This appears to be a major design issue and a very dangerous one.

Severe front end shimmy when hitting pothole or rough road surface. Especially at highway speeds and going over interstate bridges. Have come very close to hitting other vehicles when this happens. Has happened over 20 times. Ford dealer said to check tire pressure. That did not help. Also said to slowly apply pressure to brakes and slow down.

With only 35,000 miles on it, my 2006 F-250 sd diesel truck has developed a frightening bouncing in the front end. Once it happened going 65 mph when I hit a freeway pot hole. The front tire bounced up and down so severely, that I pulled off onto the shoulder to see if something had come unbolted. I have experienced the same bouncing at 40 and 50 mph from hitting pot holes. Ford even sent me an advisory on this problem, claiming that it was related to incorrect tire pressure. I have been fanatic about tire pressure, so that was not involved. The dealer found nothing wrong with the truck and claimed that a $375 steering stabilizer kit would correct the problem. Why should I pay for correcting Ford's design problems? I am just concerned that the bouncing could cause me to lose control of the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-250. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle would shimmy when it drove over a bump in the road. The dealer could not provide a remedy; therefore, the vehicle could not be repaired. The contact feels that a crash could occur one day. The current mileage was 74,000 and failure mileage was 32,000.

I own a 2006 Ford f250. It shakes violently when I hit a pothole or go over a bridge. Truck only has 60,000 miles on it. My life is in danger. Ford needs to take care of this problem.

Front end wobble and shimmy, really scary.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-250. The contact was driving 70 mph and drove over a road bump. The vehicle began to shake violently. The contact received a letter from the manufacturer regarding the "death wobble" that informed owners to change the tires, lower the tire pressure and have a wheel alignment performed. The contact followed the directions according to the letter but to no avail. The contact stated that there were numerous complaints online regarding the "death wobble" and believed that the manufacturer should issue a recall. The failure mileage was 30,000.

Extremely violent shaking, loss of control of vehicle on highway at 60 mph after hitting successive pot holes. Shaking so severe it caused the drivers door to open. Has happened few times since no at severe.

I have owned my 2006 Ford sd since December 2008. Shortly after winter during high way driving I experienced violent shaking in the front end after hitting a pot whole. I nearly lost control of the vehicle which could has caused a serious accident. I received a notice from Ford explaining that I need to keep the tire pressure at the recommended level or it would cause the shaking. But the air pressure did not correct the problem. I became too afraid to drive this vehicle on any express ways and limited driving it in town and non-expressway roads. After a year and a half this violent shaking, I had to buy another vehicle because I became to afraid this vehicle would cause a serious accident. I still own this vehicle but I only trust it in town driving.

I have a 2006 Ford f250 crew cab diesel 4x4 truck that has what is called the "death wobble" were the front end shakes uncontrollably at about 55-65 mph after passing over an uneven patch of road or a bump. I must slow down to 35-40 mph to make it stop. I have 75000 miles on the truck and it started about 15000 miles ago. I have replaced the steering stabilizer shock and the pitman arm with no relief. I do not have the old parts.