Two problems related to steering gear box shaft pitman have been reported for the 2008 Ford F-250. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
This is the 2nd time this has happened. About 5 years ago I was in ocala, florida. After unhooking my goose neck trailer I thought my steering was not right, I pull into homewood suites and completely lose my steering. I had it towed to ocala Ford and they find the nut of the pitman arm (steering) had fallen off and was sitting on the axle. Now what if I had been on the open highway with that big trailer full of horses. They put it back on. Today I noticed my steering felt "loose". I had my son get under it and that damn nut is ready to fall off again> and I just had it at oxmoor Ford a couple monts ago & asked them to check it for me because it scared the hell out me the first time so I had it checked. What is Ford going to do to assure me this will not happen again??? I reported this to you all when it happened the first time so you have my previous complaint. Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!.
1. Driving at speeds of 65mph+ in a 2008 Ford F-250. 2. Hit a minor seam in the paved road. 3. Front end wobble (known on many internet sites at the "Ford death wobble". My truck was under warranty and I took it to Ford dealer the next day. They tighten the pitman arm. There was a Ford technical service bulletin issued for this problem and it indicated improper tire pressure. Totally not true. The front end wobble was so severe it made me cross into on-coming lanes of traffic. Luckily no one was coming the other way or there would have been a serious accident. The Ford dealer also replaced the front stabilizer shock. The very next day the exact same thing happened. Violent front end wobble at 65mph+ and when a small bump was hit. I had to slow the truck down to 20mph on an interstate freeway in order to get the wobble to stop and almost caused another accident. Two hours later it happened again! violent wobbling of the front end. The dealer claims there is nothing wrong with the truck. However, after researching the matter on the internet there are hundreds of cases of this same problem. . Read more...