2015 Ford F-250 Steering Problems
- 29
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
What owners report
- death wobble · 17 records
- steering wheel · 10 records
- highway speeds · 5 records
- slow down · 5 records
- shakes violently · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 10 |
| 30–60k mi | 10 |
| 1–30k mi | 6 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Steering
Death wobble. Steering wheel shaking uncontrollably.
ODI 11301575
Steering · Suspension
With approximately 35,000 miles on the truck, i experienced a extremely violent oscillation in the steering. Everything in the truck was shaking and it was difficult to hold onto the steering wheel and maintain control of the vehicle until i could decrease speed to about 50mph or less. The oscillation did not happen again for approximately 6 months. Then it happened again 2 times back to back. After that i did not…
ODI 11309142
Steering · Suspension
Death wobble: when the vehicle is moving and hits a groove or bump (does not have to be a major groove or bump) in the road going upward of 50 mph, it will begin to shake violently. The shaking can only be stopped by a sudden and substantial reduction of speed, which adds to the danger, particularly on the highway. I have several videos of this occurring that i would like to share. The videos take place after…
ODI 11297706
Steering
Twice driving on freeways doing about 70mph the entire truck began to shake/vibrate violently. The steering wheel shakes, and the entire cab shakes like an earthquake. I had to slow down to about 40mph to get it to stop shaking.
ODI 11291299
Steering
While driving at highway speeds and encountering road irregularities, truck enters into "death wobble" condition whereby truck shakes violently until speed is reduced to <30 mph. Suspension was rebuilt 3 months ago by ford dealer and condition has returned. In these situations the vehicle is extremely difficult to control and could easily result in total loss of control of the vehicle at speeds of 60 mph and greater.
ODI 11289289
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
Hello, on highway going between 60-70 miles an hour, it goes into a death wobble that nearly threw truck off road. Very scary situation. Appears from reading online this had been an ongoing issue with ford f250 pickup trucks from reading online consumer complaints.
ODI 11287772
Steering · Suspension
The steering on my 2015 ford f250 has a very serious wobble. It occurs at highway speeds (55-70 mph), it is a very violent shaking that almost caused me to lose control of my truck. I have replaced the steering damper, shocks and steering arm ball joint. I am in the process of replacing all tie rod ends now as i am afraid to drive it over 50 mph.
ODI 11282923
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
While going 70mph on highway i drove over an uneven paving seam on a slight left corner and truck went into a front end wobble causing me to have to pull over the side of the highway to get it to stop.
ODI 11281590
Steering · Suspension
2015 ford f 250 has death wobble was driving 70mph the steering has a uncontrollable shaking and bouncing in the steering has to slow vehicle to 30 mph to get shaking to stop and is very dangerous to do in heavy traffic
ODI 11280427
Steering
DEATH WOOBLE WHEN HITTING BUMP
ODI 11278545
Steering · Suspension
When truck hits a bump at highway speeds, especially in a left hand curve and down hill slope, it starts shaking violently. It becomes hard to steer and braking hard only makes the problem worse. You can only left off the gas and slow down hoping you can keep it on the road until it stops. It happened twice on our family vacation with my wife and kids in the truck. They feared for their lives. After that trip the…
ODI 11300849
Steering
Driving 55 mph on hwy 161 in ar (in motion) when i hit a rough spot about 2' bump that completely crossed the lane i was driving in, the front wheels shook so violently i was about to lose control when the steering locked up. I had to bring the vehicle to a complete stop before i could regain control of the steering. I took the truck to a front end shop and all they could find wrong was the ball joints were a little…
ODI 11229687
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
My truck has gone into what they call a death wobble when driving at highway speeds going over a bridge expansion joints. This has happened a few times. Front end shakes violently causing me to drive off the highway on to the berm. I cut off the car next to my during one of these occurrences almost hitting his car. The latest occurrence was 6/17/19.
ODI 11221529
Steering
I have experienced what has become known as the ford death wobble. My first experience with this was at less than 50,000 miles. I was exiting a freeway off ramp at about 60 mph with my steering wheel cocked just to the left. I hit a slight bump in the road and my steering wheel became violent in my hand causing me to briefly loose control and almost run off the road. This is an experience that nobody should ever…
ODI 11208101
Steering
Death wobble experienced by me on 5/10/19 doing [redacted]. Experienced the death wobble on the interstate going 65 at least 6 times the next time. A motorcycle almost crashed-ford fixed by front end alignment-experienced it again and almost lost control on the interstate. Took to ford to repair and the svc mgr suggested we file a case number with ford cas-22221345-c3v0p4 on 7/23/19, ford cust experience specialist…
ODI 11242665
Steering · Suspension
I recently purchased a 2015 f250 super duty. It was a clean title no accidents. Shortly after purchasing the truck i was driving between 43 -55 mph on a county road when my steering wheel and in fact the entire truck started shaking so violently i was having trouble maintaining control. I managed to slow down quickly and it stopped. After several more occurrences all at the same speeds i took my truck to a specialty…
ODI 11289504
Steering · Suspension
Whenever i hit a bump going 30 plus miles an hour the front end shakes violently in the steering wheel jumps out of my hand. I have changed the shocks balance the tires and inspected all the suspension components and i cannot find the problem.
ODI 11204670
Steering
Steering gear is moving about 2 inches wear on left front tire.
ODI 11162434
Engine · Steering
Bought used f250 october 2018 with approximately 55,000 miles. Went into shop for p207f on 12/10/18. Installed ccv collar kit and reprogrammed pcm @ 57,104 miles. 12/24/18 truck back into shop for p207f code. Nox sensors replaced @ 57,473. In january 2020, check engine light and limp mode message displayed. Nox sensors replaced again for p207f code on 1/17/20 @ 69.700 miles approx. Nox sensors only a year old. Per…
ODI 11302411
Steering · Suspension
Started having death wobble last year at about 95000 miles. Put new tires on it, new rotors, trackbar, draglink, tie rods. I think it is a lot more controllable but it still bump steers in curves and the steering wheel shakes violently when hitting a bump but doesn't break into death wobble. I've just reported three vehicles that have this problem all in the last year.
ODI 11246735
Steering · Suspension
Traveling at or above 60 mph when hitting over pass or bridge expansions truck will start to violently shake and go into what is called death wobble. Noted this truck has only 37,000 miles but started doing this at around 29,000 miles . It is stock truck with stock tires . Been to two ford dealers and alignment place with no positive results in fixing this problem . Truck is now at 3rd dealer who says needs $650…
ODI 11186217
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
While driving down the interstate under normal conditions, the truck unexpectedly starts what is called the "death wobble". The steering wheel and the truck starts to shake uncontrollably, and the only solution to fix the problem is come to a very slow speed or a dead stop. This is very unsafe, especially when it happens on a major interstate. There are a ton of complaints out there regarding this matter, and…
ODI 11056574
Steering · Suspension
While driving on the freeway at approximately 60-70 mph i drove across a bridge transition point when out of the blue my truck began to wobble excessively to the point i had to merge to my right and slow down to under 40 mph to get the wobble to stop. Cars behind could see i was in some sort of trouble and they would not pass me. Once the wobble stopped i proceeded to merge back onto the freeway and once again the…
ODI 11291215
Service Brakes · Steering · Suspension
F250 death wobble my 2015 f250 pick-up truck is only three years old with 38,000 miles and it has the death wobble. When driving on the highway at 50 mph or higher, pressing the brake and hitting a bump in the road causes the vehicle to go into an uncontrollable wobble. It is called the death wobble. It happens every time on the highway. Tires and brakes are brand new - sill happens.
ODI 11058217
Steering · Suspension
There is an issue with the truck losing steering when encountering bumpy roads or multiple potholes in a row whenever speed is above 30 mph. At highway speeds i have literally lost control enough that i cross lanes, uncontrollably because i have encountered defects in the road surface. I have traveled across the same road surface in other vehicles at similar speeds and have no noticable effects. The 2015 f250 sd has…
ODI 11019943