2006 Ford F-250

I PURCHASED THE TIRES (4) IN APRIL 2008 THROUGH A WHOLESALER FRIEND. I HAD THE TIRES INSTALL AND LIKED THEM. ON AUGUST 23, 2008 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND ABOUT 6 OR 7 MILE FROM THE HOUSE I FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK (06 FORD F250). IT GOT A LITTLE WORSE THAN THERE WAS A SCRAPING NOISE THAN BOOM AND THE TREAD FLIES OUT FROM THE RIGHT OF THE TRUCK. I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OUT AND COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT I SAW. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS TO MY RIGHT AS THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. THE TIRE WAS ALMOST GONE, THE RIM WAS DAMAGED THE RIGHT FENDER AND DOOR DAMAGED AND ALL THE PLASTIC PARTS WERE GONE. THIS WAS ON A SATURDAY EVENING AND I PULLED THE TRUCK INTO A BUSINESS SO IT WAS THE TRUCK WAS OFF THE ROAD. THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND SOME OF THE PLASTIC PIECES ABOUT 75 FEET FROM WHERE THE TIRE BLEW. WE TOOK PICTURES AND HAD TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO FIND OUT WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN. MONDAY MORNING I CONTACTED THE WHOLESALER AND HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO COOPER TIRE. I CALLED AND THEY TOOK DOWN INFORMATION AND SAID I WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER EXPLAINING WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO FILE A CLAIM. THAT AFTERNOON I WAS TRAVELING HOME WITH MY SON AND JUST BEFORE WE TURN ON OUR ROAD I START FEELING ANOTHER VIBRATION AND AS I SLOW TO TURN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LETS GO AND LUCKILY THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC NOTICED AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE LEFT. IF THE TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DID NOT NOTICE SOMETHING WAS WRONG MY SON AND I WOULD HAVE GONE HEAD ON INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THIS TIME THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND WE WERE BOTH ALIVE PRAISE THE LORD. NOW I WAS ON THE PHONE A SECOND TIME TO COOPER TIRE AND TURNING IN A SECOND CLAIM. THIS IS MONDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 25, 2008. WE GOT THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD AND I REMOVED ALL THE REMAINING TIRES AND REPLACED THEM. REMEMBER THESE TWO TIRES SEPARATED ABOUT 48 HOURS APART. I JUST GOT A LETTER FROM COOPERS INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY CLAIM I CAUSED THE TIRES TO SEPARATE SO THEY ARE NOT REPSONSIBLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 63 MPH, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A SMALL DIP IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE CONTACT WANTS THE VEHICLE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, ADVISED HIM TO FOLLOW THE TSB INSTRUCTION TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

VIOLENT SHAKING IN FRONT SUSPENSION AND WHEELS AFTER HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT AT APPROX 65 MPH. TRUCK ALWAYS HAS EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP BUT EXTREME SHAKING HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES IN 66K MILES. FORD TECHNICAL BULLETIN USELESS FOR RESOLVING PROBLEM. DEALER SUGGESTED CHECK TIRE INFLATION, TOW SETTINGS, AND STEERING COMPONENTS. NO RESULTS. THIS IS A DEATH TRAP. IT SHOOK TWO DRINKS OUT OF THE CUPHOLDER. LOST STEERING ABILITY, CROSSED LANES AND STOPPED SHAKING ONLY AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

I OWN A 2006 F-250 FORD TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS HAPPENED YET AGAIN THE VERY SAME DAY. I TOOK MY FORD TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN BOONE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TRUCK. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO LOW AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRES. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON MY OWN I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS QUITE A COMMON PROBLEM AND MANY MANY FORD TRUCK OWNERS ARE CURIOUS AS TO WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. AFTER CLEARLY TELLING THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT I WILL NOT ACCEPT MY TRUCK BACK UNTIL IT HAS BEEN FIXED, THEY REVEAL THAT THEY DO HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND REVEAL TO ME THAT FORD TOLD THEM TO CHANGE THE AIR PRESSURE IN THESE TRUCKS. THIS DOES NOT CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM! THESE TRUCKS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND HAVE THEIR STEERING DAMPNERS REPLACED! AFTER FIVE DAYS OF ARGUING WITH THE FORD DEALERSHIP I HAVE YET TO GET MY TRUCK BACK. I DEMANDED A LETTER STATING THAT MY FORD TRUCK WOULD BE SAFE AND THAT THEY WOULD BE LIABLE IN THE EVENT OF MY DEATH DUE TO THIS PROBLEM THAT NO ONE WILL TAKE CARE OF! I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THEIR ANSWER. *TR

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. *TR

2006 FORD F-250 AMBULANCE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AMBULANCE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. HE STATES THAT THE AMBULANCE WAS GOING AROUND 50-55 MPH. *KB THE DRIVER OF THE AMBULANCE WAS INJURED, BUT NOT SERIOUSLY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, THAT THE AMBULANCE HIT WAS KILLED. *JB

RECURRING OSCILLATION IN THE STEERING. IT HASN'T CURRENTLY LED TO ANY WRECKS OR COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. WE ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT BY PUTTING ON HEAVIER DUTY STEERING DAMPERS. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. IF YOU WILL FOLLOW THIS LINK YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE MANY OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD-F-250-SUPER-DUTY/T0SGDCTMOBHE5JER1 *TR

I DRIVE A COMPANY 2006 FORD F250 4X4 THAT I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE STEERING PROBLEM INCIDENTS WITH. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU HIT A POT-HOLE IN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE TRUCK GOES INTO A NEARLY COMPLETE OUT OF CONTROL SHIMMY. IF UNCHECKED THE TRUCK WOULD LITERALLY SHAKE ITS SHELF APART. IN ONE INCIDENT THE TRUCK VIBRATED INTO THE NEXT LANE. LUCK HAD IT THAT NO ONE WAS IN THAT LANE. TO STOP THE VIOLENT VIBRATION YOU HAVE TO DROP THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK BELOW 40MPH AND BECAUSE THE FRONT END IS VIBRATING SO VIOLENTLY BRAKING IS VERY LIMITED DUE TO THE LIMITED TIRE CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT. MY COMPANY HAS A NUMBER OF THESE TRUCKS IN ITS FLEET AND HAS HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REGARDING OTHER TRUCKS. IT HAS MADE THE COMPANY ISSUE A SITE WIDE BAN FROM DRIVING THESE TRUCKS ON THE HIGHWAY IN FEAR OF POSSIBLE INJURIES. AS THESE TRUCKS AGE AND PARTS BECOME WORN IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN AN INCIDENT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE HAPPENS AND THE TRUCK WILL COME APART AND CAUSE A CRASH WITH INJURIES OR DEATHS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED IN THE CRASH. SHE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,000.