Front Suspension problems of the 2006 Ford F-250 - part 2

I purchased a 2006 Ford f250 extended cab diesel truck approximately eighteen months ago. I had the truck inspected by the local Ford dealership and was told that the truck would qualify as a certified pre owned vehicle. I also purchased the premier level extended warranty offered by Ford. Shortly after my purchase I noticed a significant from went shimmy that was felt in the steering wheel. Ford dealership replaced track bar. Truck was aligned and tires rotated. Since that time I have experienced what can only be described as a violent front end wobble that is precipitated by running over any significant road imperfection at any speed between 35 and 45 mph. The wobble becomes so severe that controlling the vehicle becomes nearly impossible unless the speed is reduced to approximately 25mph, at which time the wobble stops. I have experienced this on at least ten different occasions and I am certain that if my wife or teenage daughter had been driving the truck they would have been involved in a serious collision. I am in receipt of aletter from Ford motor CO. Advising me of other complaints relative to this wobble and advising me that I should scrupulously monitor my tire pressure. I have done as Ford recommended, but despite this I have continued to experience the wobble. I have researched this problem on the internet and found numerous other consumers complaining of the same issue. Currently my truck is scheduled to return to the dealership in a few days and the service writer advises me that I may be eligible for a modified steering dampener that is the recommended factory repair and may correct the problem.

When traveling over mildly rough roads at speed (45 and above) the truck starts shaking and the steering wheel oscillates to the point where it is hard to hold on to it. The only way to stop the shaking is to steer to the left or right abruptly or slow to 30 mph or less.

Was traveling on the expressway at approx. 70 mph and went over an uneven spot in the road. The truck went completely out of control and began hopping up and down and back and forth. It was all I could do to keep my hands on the steering wheel until I could break to about 30 mph and pull to the side of the road. Friends in the car in back of me said my tires were leaving the road and they had never seen anything like that in their life. This has happened before but not to this extent. I looked up the problem and have found that it is not an isolated case and now am very weary of driving this truck. I will take this truck to the dealer and see what they can do but I feel Ford should pick up the bill on my $40,000 truck.

I drive a 2006 f250. When at highway speed and you hit a pot hole or bridge where the highway changes to the bridge and back to blacktop, the front wheel shakes so badly it almost jerks the steering wheel out of your hand. Ford says they have no idea what is causing this, and have not heard of it. I have had it checked out several times with no problem being found. This is going to cause a very bad accident if it hasn't already.

While driving on a highway at approximately 60 mph, I hit a some minor road repair patchwork and the steering wheel and front end began to shake violently, nearly causing me to lose control. It seemed that the front end was falling apart, and I was sure I was going to crash. Only by decelerating to about 30 mph did the shaking stop. This has also happened at slower speeds on local roads, but the shaking is less severe. My mechanic found nothing wrong upon inspection, but he replaced the steering damper according to Ford TSB 07-10-10. I have since traveled local roads and the problem still seems to exist. I have discovered numerous similar complaints on an internet chat room and I am afraid to travel highways with this vehicle.

Our company has 2 Ford f250 4x4 trucks (2006 & 2007)the 2006 shakes uncontrollably/violently when hitting bumps in the road. This condition has happened since we purchased the vehicle 7/05. The vehicle has been driven by several employees that have experienced this uncontrollable shake and they have all reported that the vehicle shakes so bad in the front end that they refuse to drive it again for fear of their life or someone else's. After several complaints to the dealer we took the vehicle out of service and warned the Ford dealership in writing. The dealer changed the tires and sent us out the door but the truck feels no different and they told us again it had been repaired. The 2007 has been ok until recently it started the same shake and we have the same feelings about it --since we have been through heck with the 2006. Searching on the internet has been an eye opening experience--the same complaints are posted from FL. All the way to calif. And it seems from our reading that most of the complaints are being avoided or shoved off as tire size or tire pressure.

Previously when the truck bed was empty we have had mild episodes of shaking, which would resolve itself without braking. However, today we had an earth-shattering hyper-shake, which we wouldn't subside. We had a small load of fencing in the bed and were rounding a curve on rough pavement (as most roads in NW PA are) at about 50 mph. The shaking in the front end was so bad that the brakes didn't even seem to slow the truck down and we had serious steering control problems. Luckily, there was no oncoming traffic, but the Toyota truck which had been tailgating us dropped back about 20 car lengths after our violent shaking and skipping episode of approximately 20 seconds. We have not contacted the dealer or manufacturer yet, because the incident just happened today. However, we have a found a number of similar reports of hyper-shaking on F-250's from web searches. Although there was no death or injuries involved in this incident, the potential for both with this vehicle certainly exists.

Truck shakes violently when hit rough spots on highway (over 60mph). Occurs on bridges, potholes, rough areas, etc. Shaking is so violent vehicle is almost impossible to control and must slow down to 40 mph in order for shaking to stop.

Since new the truck has experienced violent and uncontrollable front suspension shaking/bouncing/wobbling after hitting a sharp bump at highway speeds. Initially, the shaking would only last approximately 3 seconds, but recently the shaking was so severe that I had to slow the vehicle to 30-35 mph before it stopped. The shaking was so violent that I was convinced that something had broken in the front suspension, and I immediately inspected the front suspension at the next exit. Nothing obviously broken was evident. I searched the internet and discovered that this is a common and dangerous problem with these trucks. I dropped the truck off at the dealer. They acknowledged their awareness of the problem, but claimed they were unable to duplicate it during their road test. This is not surprising, as it typically only occurs when you hit a sharp bump or series of bumps at highway speeds. They performed some of the repairs/adjustments specified by Ford's TSB 07-10-10, but the problem persists. There is a serious and dangerous problem with a large population of Ford trucks that must be addressed by Ford at this point, I hope that NHTSA can convince Ford to correct the problem before someone is needlessly killed.

The complaint I have is regarding the F-250 shimmy. I have battled this for 2 years. The violent rattle of the truck is going to get myself or someone hurt if not corrected. I would invite any doubters to drive my truck. At speeds of 65-70 mph, you have to come to a complete stop in-order for the vibration to stop. On interstate travel, it is not easy to get pulled over with traffic bearing down. The letter Ford distributed yesterday is very telling, that they do not know how to fix, or do not want to spend the money for a recall. This violent vibration is a danger, and continues to worsen. Particularly with the terrible shape of today's infrastructure. Please help Ford owners ASAP.

While traveling at speeds between 40 - 70 mph on highway or city streets vehicle front end begins to shake violently and nearly looses control of steering system. Mishap occurs when vehicle drives on uneven pavement surfaces or when it strikes road potholes (small and large). When traveling on a busy interstate in orlando, FL this violent action nearly caused me to lose control of the vehicle on several occasions. Many internet Ford f250 forums are currently discussing the same issue and it appears Ford is only offering minor "band-aid" type repairs that only correct the problem temporarily. Problem seems to be a design / engineering issue.

Days after purchasing a used 2006 Ford f250 4x4 diesel truck, I experienced a violent shaking/vibration while driving on an interstate in orlando, florida. I was traveling at approximately 65 mph when I drove over a segment of uneven pavement. The front end of the truck began to shake so violently that I had to quickly reduce speed on the far left (fast) lane of the interstate. A concrete barrier to my immediate left did not allow me to pull to the shoulder. Several vehicles traveling immediately behind me were forced to quickly change lanes so as to avoid a rear end collision. As I slowed to about 35 mph the shaking stopped. The same situation occurred days later when traveling on a city road at approx. 35-40 mph. Dealership instructed me to check psi in tires. Psi was too low & I inflated tires to psi as per vehicle tag on inside of driver door panel. Violent vibration occurred a third time within days of properly inflating tires. Am currently out of the country for work; will follow up with dealership upon return in approx. 2 weeks.

Violent front end shake after hitting small pot holes or bumps at any speed, complete loss of control of truck until coming to stop.

I am the original owner of a 2006 Ford f250 pickup. I purchased the vehicle new in 2006. At approximately the 30,000 mile mark the truck started to experience a severe shimmy after driving over a bump. This would occur rather randomly and apparently under only the perfect "bump oscillation. " once the shimmy started the it would get worse until the vehicle was nearly stopped. Very dangerous and unnerving. Since it was random and intermittent and I was very busy I put off taking the vehicle into the dealer until several thousand miles had passed and the shimmy episodes grew more frequent. As a former mechanic (current occupation is engineer), I stayed on top of maintenance and tire pressures. At approximately 37,000 miles I took the vehicle into the local Ford dealership where I purchased it for evaluation and repair of the shimmy. Even though the vehicle was barely out of warranty the dealer charged me approximately $1000 to fix it. The repairs appeared to correct the shimmy as it has no done so in the 10,000 miles since the repairs. On 4-22-09 I receive a letter from Ford motor company stating that fomoco and NHTSA are studying this condition. Since I had a direct experience with the situation and have valuable insight to how vehicle operate I thought I would pass along my experience. Ford did not care to hear about it as they were worried about me asking for my repair money to be returned. So now I am contacting your agency. It is very clear to me that this is not a tire inflation or a suspension modification caused issue as the letter eluded to since my truck has zero modifications, was on the original tires when it shimmied, was repaired and ceased shimmying on the original tires, and has subsequently had 4 new tires installed and does not shimmy. The problem is in the front suspension geometry. This is a very dangerous condition and needs to be addressed with more than a letter of notification to check inflation pressure. Please contact me.

On my 2006 Ford f250 sd diesel I experience violent oscillations of the steering wheel when going over rr tracks or bumps in the road, leading to a near lost of control of the vehicle. As a result of this the front tires are flat spotted, and unevenly worn. Ford claims the problem is related to low tire pressure, but my tire pressure was at the mfg recommendation. I have read numerous reports that a steering dampener is required and not installed on the Ford sd trucks.

At approximately 40k on the vehicle, a problem began to occur when a bump in the road was hit, resulting in the front wheels shimmying left to right for about a second. Over the next four months, the problem intensified, leading to a severe shake emitting from the front left wheel. Ford recommended an alignment and the steering dampener (which was already installed). I replaced the tires, dampener, track bar and bushing, which solved the issue for several weeks, but soon found that I corrected a symptom and not the true problem. About this time I found out about your investigation and decided to deal with the problem, since no one could diagnose the issue in the shop. . . . Hoping your investigation would provide a fix. On January 15th, 2008 I experienced an encounter where the shake occurred and hit black ice, resulting in loss of control, spinning and landing in a ditch, causing body damage. The only way to stop the shaking is to almost completely stop or over correct the steering (if there is room to do it). Since there was no other vehicle involved the state trooper didn't make a report of the incident. The problem still has not been corrected.

2006 Ford f250 had violent shaking in front end after hitting bump at 70mph. Lasted approx 30 seconds. Very dangerous, scared to drive. Ford motor CO claims no problem. Keep tires inflated.

The truck (Ford 2006 f250) was shaking violently to the point of almost losing complete control of it. Shaking did not stop until the vehicle came to a complete stop. This vehicle is dangerous and you need to take action immediately.

While driving home from work, I hit a small bump in the freeway at 65mph and nearly lost control of my 2006 F-250. The vehicle began to shake uncontrollably and violently. I tried to regain control of my direction which only happened after I got below 15 mph. After pulling off the highway, I got out to check which tire had blown and to my surprise all were fine. If I hadn't have been in the far right hand lane of the freeway, I would have caused an accident and hurt either myself or someone else. This was not a typical vehicle response and was very literally a violent wheel hop or front end suspension malfunction. I consider this to be a serious and dangerous issue for F-250 owners and all who travel around them. Ford needs to re-call these front end defects before someone gets killed. After a thorough search of the internet, I discovered a mountain of other F-250 owners who were and are experiencing the same problem with similar results, most claiming the same thing, these vehicles have a major league problem with the front end suspension which will undoubtedly cost someone their life someday. What is the NHTSA doing to bring Ford to the table and get this fixed? it's time.

My 2006 Ford f250 hit a pot hold in I-15 near kaysville, southbound on thurs. October 4, 2007. I was traveling at 65 mph in the middle lane when it started shaking violently and all I heard was car tires screeching. I thought I was going to die. I was able to pull the truck to the shoulder and stop. This has not been the first time. This was the eighth time this has happened. Then about ten minutes later, almost to work, it did it again on I-80 westbound almost to 5600 west. I have taken it in to two dealers who one, willey Ford in bountiful, said there was some loose bolts. The other dealer ed kenley Ford in layton, said there was some broken parts on the front end. It has shook a little but now is worse than ever. I am afraid to drive this vehicle any more as it will either kill me or another driver. I sustained a headache and pulled muscle in my neck and a sore back from yesterdays incident. Ford needs to pull these vehicles and get them repaired or replaced.

2006 Ford f 250 super duty front end bounces dangerously. August 2007 the truck did this 2 times while traveling on i25 in new mexico. Between 9/21/07 and 9/23/07 this happened 9 times while traveling. The truck bounces out of control and moves across traffic lanes. Endangering everyone's lives traveling on the road. I found over 138 cases of this reported to Ford and their response is to bill the customer for a repair that has not worked in almost all of the repairs some people have taken their vehicles to Ford several times after the dealer made and then charged them for the TSB repair. Ford is accepting no responsibility for this extremely dangerous situation. These vehicles 2005 on are unsafe to drive on the road.

This is a suspension problem that I noticed about 9 months after I bought the veh. , (2006 Ford F-250sd). The problem is in the suspension. It seems to only happen when you go over an area of the road that is rough. It has gotten progressively worse. I was driving at 60 mph and went over a bumpy area on the highway and I almost lost control of the truck. It pulled hard to the left and began shaking heavily. If I had not been holding the wheel firmly I would have crossed the double yellow line into oncoming traffic. I found a site where there were 11 other complaints on this same veh. And the same problem. I have owned f250's including my last that was a 2002 and I never had a problem like this. Its apparent that there is something wrong with the suspension system they used. If someone is driving that hasn't experienced it they may loose complete control of the vehicle and cause a fatality. I am going to take it to a Ford dealer to look at, but from what I read of the other complaints some people have been in 3-4 times and still have the same problem.

When hitting an expansion joint on the highway the front end will shake violently and the truck will jump uncontrollably into other lane. Very unsafe.

I have a 2006 f250 that the front end shakes violently after hitting a hole or small bump in the road at 55 to 60 mph,then you must use both hands to control vehicle and slow down to under 40 mph or less to regain control. This is an accident waiting to happen. I am a large man 6'2" 240lbs and my fear is that my wife or someone of a smaller stature be driving when this happens and results in a fatality. This has happened several times throughout a six month period I owned the truck and is continually getting worse , by that I mean every day this past week.

At around 8000 miles notice wear of ends of my front tires took it to my Ford dealer and findout truck was out of aligment they recomend to have tire rotation wich I did as asoon I got home then at 12000 miles notice it start to wear my front tires again and also chunks of rubber coming off the treads took truck back to Ford dealer again they said nothing wrong with truck now need help how to solve this problem.

2006 F-250 super duty front end bounces dangerously out of control.

2006 f250 with 36,000 miles. Front end shakes violently after hitting bumps in road. Appears to be more pronounced when encountering a series of bumps and going down hill. There is a loss of effective braking when front end is shaking . Can not understand why no recall when there are so many similar postings submitted. Also front drive universals are being replaced at 45,000 miles and vacum line for 4 wheel activation has burned off three times, repaired twice my dealer at customers cost.

Front end bouncing out of control, after hitting a slight bump, or pothole at a speed of sixty or more.

Every 3000 to 4000 miles the front suspension will begin to rattle and wobble. Local dealer has installed and replaced steering dampener shock on 3 occasions. Service manager stated, more than once, that Ford will only let them do so much.

I have three 2006 Ford F-250 super duty's that experience the same problem. These trucks experience a dangerous "hyper-shake" at approx. 50-65 mph. Truck shakes violently side to side and up and down, steering is greatly impeded, and shaking continues until truck speed is down to 40-45 mph. I have re-balanced tires, checked alignment, replaced steering dampeners but problem persists.

I was driving on the freeway at around 65 mph, and I hit a pothole. After hitting the pothole (rather small), the front end of the vehicle began to shake violently out of control and did not stop until I was able to pull over to the side of the freeway and stop the vehicle. This has happened a total of 3 times so far. It has occurred at 11,000; 14,000; and 17,000 miles. Checked tire pressure and balance personally and everything was fine. Called to ask dealership about problem, they said to make an appointment to bring it in, have not done so yet.

Ford 250 bounces dangerously when hitting potholes.

I have a problem with my 2006 Ford F-250. My front end wants to veer off the road when I hit pot holes in the road. I have traveled the same roads with my work truck, 2006 f-150 and have little or no problems compared to the f250. I have taken my truck to the dealer I purchased the truck from and have no success getting the problem resolved.

Vehicle shakes uncontrollably after hitting a bump in the road at highway speeds of 60 to 75 mph. Vehicle must be brought to a complete stop to regain control, then rides smoothly. Vehicle was taken to the dealership to fix the problem, dealer stated that the problem did not occur during a road test of 22 miles. The service advisor states that nothing is wrong with the vehicle. This is the fourth time this problem has happened in 35000 miles. Dealer refused to test drive in a specific area were the problem has occurred multiple times. The truck is unsafe for interstate driving.

Minor bump or dip in the road at normal highway speed leading to violent vertical bounce which causes complete loss of control of vehicle.