general problems of the 2008 Ford F-250

When decelerating, such as taking an off-ramp, it loses power to the brakes and steering, which makes it unsafe.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 25 mph and making a left turn, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to respond and went to the floorboard. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stood on the brake pedal and the vehicle stopped. The contact was able to pull into a parking lot at a low speed. The contact stated that upon restarting the vehicle, the brake pedal responded as needed while driving to his residence. Upon investigating the failure, the contact became aware of NHTSA campaign number: 19v904000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The contact repaired the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not under recall. The failure mileage was approximately 179,000.

My vehicle has a death wobble when hitting a bump at freeway speeds. I received a notice from Ford that this is an issue with these vehicles; special field action 09l02 dated January 2018. I wasn't aware that this was a common problem, but recently talked with someone who owns the same vehicle and he happened to ask if I had the same experience. Upon receiving the notice and recalling that conversation I thought I should file a formal complaint. In particular at highway speeds, a slight bump in the road can cause the vehicle to rattle and shake in a manner that makes the vehicle uncontrollable until you come to a virtual stop. I have had almost a dozen occurrences. My mechanic checked the vehicle and alignment and steering issues, tie rods and ball joint etc. Then after it happened again sent me to the tire shop. The tire shop checked the tires and sent me back to the mechanic. The mechanic checked the vehicle again, replaced some warn parts in the steering column (I believe it was a bushing somewhere, but can confirm if needed, I have records somewhere). That decreased the frequency, but I still have experienced it twice since then. It seems intermittent, and frankly almost random as I can not always recreate the conditions that cause the problem. I can travel along the same route, same speed, and not always experience the loss of control I call a death wobble. When it does happen, as described in the sfa you have to let off the gas, apply the brakes and hold the wheel straight. It's a serious safety issue, and scared the hell out of my father and daughter when they experienced it with me on a freeway overpass that curved and I had to brake hard and couldn't steer.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250 sd. The contact stated that the steering wheel locked several times and the brakes had to be applied each time while making a turn. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to replicate and diagnose the failure. The dealer replaced the power steering fluid and brake fluid, but were also unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

I was driving my Ford 250 on a slick road when a pick up stopped short in front of me. I was unable to stop in time hitting the rear end of the pick up approximately 20-30 mph. My air bags did not deploy and the seat belt allowed me to slide under the belt causing my knees to hit the dash. Other then good bruises and mild soreness I was fine. The other person was fine as well. My seat belt did not engage and I am wondering why my airbags did not deploy. The grill and radiator were damaged?.

Slowing down exiting to the left off hi-way after about a half an hour at 70mph. Brake pedal felt like it kicked back, both brakes and steering locked up, slid unto shoulder, then everything released like normal. Brought to dealer, they replaced hyro-booster system and fluids. Issue seemed corrected, exiting right on hwy no issue, however everything locked up again first time exiting left. After 10 days researching issue, dealer assured replacing damper assembly(?) and all four tires would resolve. Issue happened again same day as pickup. Being towed back to dealer for third attempt to correct.

When exiting the highway I lost the power steering and brakes. This happened multiple times over the course of several weeks. The vehicle would also lose steering pulling into parking spaces and under normal driving conditions. The brakes fade significantly under heavy use and while towing. The steering pump was replaced and the problem still has not gone away.

After appox. One hour at 65 mph on cruise control I disengaged the cruise control , coasting to a speed of about 25 mph or less to make a upcoming left turn. As I started to turn I pressed on the brake and found it was without assist, and the same was true for the steering. I applied as much pressure as I could to both the brake pedal and the steering wheel and fortunately made the turn with out incident. I tapped the fuel pedal and both the brakes and steering assist returned to normal. I've had the problem before with loss of brakes but have always been going straight. I report this to the dealership but since the vehicle doesn't show a error code they can't fix it! at least if I die in a crash this will be my record. I will report the truck again to the dealer but they wont fix it. I have seen that others are experiencing also. I won't let my wife drive the truck it is not safe!!! this is a design flaw the system is drawing fluid for both the brakes and steering from the powersteering pump, also I believe from what I have read the fluid travels thru a screen(filter) which can plug starving the system of fluid needed to properly operate the steering and brakes.

Driving 65mph and changing lanes power steering was lost as well as power braking. After fighting the wheel hard to straighten out and braking hard I finally eased over to a stop. When stopped discovered the serpentine belt had broken, second issue in 20k miles with said belt. Belt and tensioner were replaced 1. 5 years and 20k miles prior. Tensioners destroying belts are a known fault with 6. 4l engines. I am not a small guy and I feel many would not have been able to get the truck under control with no power steering or brakes. Luckily I was not towing at the time or I wouldn't have had control.

Slowing down to exit highway and lost all power steering and power brakes as if the truck shut off, but it was still running.

Everytime I get on the brakes hard the steering quits, cannot steer 2008 f250, diesel, hard on brakes steering locks in direction you are going, happens everytime without fail.

2008 Ford f250 crew! where do I begin? I've had this truck in more times than I can count! most recently for power steering issues! I'm having it worked on for the third time today! along with another problem with the front drive shafts, which it has been in at least two other times for! the power steering doesn't work at lower speeds when trying to maneuver around or even when trying to turn around! you literally have to crank as hard as you can to get it to turn and being a fairly fit 28 year old construction worker I shouldn't have to work that hard to turn the wheel on a truck that has power steering! I just about rammed a light pole while out plowing at about 15 miles an hour with my 2 year old riding in the back! this of course was before I had it in the last time and it is a little better but the problem persists and I don't want to be driving this truck trying to get onto a roadway with any of my four children when it decides to act up and get hit by a mack truck! I hope something can be done with this and hope to hear back! thank you!!!.

It happen about a month after I first got the truck. I was getting to a stop sign and the steering wheel and brakes locked, I wasn't able to turn at all and I had a really hard time braking, I had to use a lot of force to brake or to turn the wheel even a little. That happened 3 different time. At a stop sign and once at a turn light which was the worst cause I had to go straight into the opposite direction. That was all in a 2 weeks after the one month of having the truck. It was completely stock. After taking it to the dealer ship they said nothing was wrong and they couldn't do anything. 3 weeks later I bought so mud tires for it. And about 2 or 3 weeks later I started having trouble with the steering box. When id be at a stop or not moving at all, am not able to turn the wheels and it makes a weird sound when I turn the wheel. This still happens everytime time I drive when am stopping or just turned it on, anytime am not moving or steeping on the gas, am not able to turn the wheels. I took it shortly after it first happened and they test drove it and agreed something was wrong so the said they fix it. It took them a week to order parts and get it fixed, but 3 days after getting it back it started acting the same. So I took it back again and they said it was the tires I had??. But I have several friends with the same truck and tires and they have no problems. Yet they wanted me to put the stock tires back and take it to them. Haven't yet. So they told me to take it to another dealership to see what they say.

On several occasions while applying foot brake pedal, foot also depresses gas pedal. This occurs mostly when having to stop quickly. Condition increases stopping distance. Condition is bad with a standard transmission and much more so with an automatic transmission. Selling dealer and another dealer in texas said there is no adjustment. In my opinion there is a design problem that needs to be corrected. This is a safety hazard.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250 sd. The contact was entering a parking lot at approximately 5 mph when the brakes seized. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and an independent mechanic for inspection, however no results were found for the failure. The brakes were rebuilt, replaced, dissembled and cleaned, however the failure recurred. The vehicle was not further repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.