2008 Ford F Super Duty

MY F250 WHEN I WAS EXITING FOOT ON BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND ALMOST WENT OFF THE ROAD THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED EVERYTIME I HIT THE BRAKE AND TRY TO TURN THE WHEEL LOCKS

I PURCHASED USED IN 2012 AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WITH A VERY WIDE TURNING RADIUS. I'VE DRIVEN OTHER FORDS AT A LOCAL AUCTION HOUSE SAME YEAR/MODEL THAT STEER FINE AND TURN TIGHTER. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN MINE THAT'S DIMINISHING ITS SAFETY AND USABILITY.

2008 FORD F450 6.4L TURBO DIESEL PROBLEMS MY WIFE TRUCK BROKE DOWN ON HER WITH 137000 MILES ON IT COMING BACK FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IN JULY 2016. MECHANICS FOUND METAL SHAVING IN THE OIL FILTER HOUSING. LONG STORY SHORT, HAD TO HAVE THE LONG BLOCK REPLACED ON THE TRUCK. 15,000 DOLLARS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. APPEARS WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. THREE MORE PEOPLE WE KNOW WHO JUST BOUGHT 2008 FORD F450 SD 6.4L TRUCKS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. ONE FAMILIES TRUCK BROKE DOWN ON THEM THREE WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT ON THERE WAY HOME FROM A HORSE SHOW. SAME THING HAPPEN TO THE OTHER FAMILY. COMMON FACTOR IN ALL THREE STORIES...METAL SHAVINGS IN OIL FILTER HOUSING. NONE OF THE TRUCKS WERE LOW ON FLUID. APPEARS 6.4L ENGINES HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS 6.0L ENGINES. INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE DONE ON 6.4L ISSUES AND HOLD FORD ACCOUNTABLE TO REPAIR THESE ENGINES OR REFUND THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENT TO FIX THESE ENGINES IF REPAIR HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. *TR

THE OEM RADIATOR LEAKS FROM JOIN BETWEEN PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD IN MY 2008 F250 PICKUP (DIESEL) ON 26 JAN 2016 ABOUT 35 MPH, AND CAME UPON A STOP SIGN. I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND STARTED BRAKING. THE ENGINE STARTED ACCELERATING, EVEN THOUGH I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE (HIGH), SO ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SPINNING FAST, AND KEPT THE VEHICLE MOVING FORWARD. I STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET, AND AFTER GOING SEVERAL FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION, IT FINALLY STOPPED. I QUICKLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, AND A FEW SECONDS LATER THE PROBLEM STOPPED. I THEN CONTINUED ON MY WAY. THE VEHICLE HAD 37,062 MILES.

RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT WARNING A GREEN WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON MY DASHBOARD WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. DATE WAS 12/1/2015. I LOST POWER AND HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO POWER WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH, I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES THEN TRIED TO TURN THE TRUCK ON AGAIN AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CLEARED. IT WENT BACK TO "NORMAL" AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF THE HIGHWAY. I'VE READ AND ALSO TALKED TO OTHER FORD OWNERS AND THEY HAVE SAID THE SAME THING, IT IS THE (PCM) POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. NOTE: I HAD MY WHOLE FAMILY WITH ME.

WHILE TRAVELLING ON A STRAIGHT, SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL, DRY SECTION OF HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR, AN EXAGGERATED SHAKING BEGAN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS QUICKLY BECAME AN ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE BOUNCING OF THE TRUCK. IT BECAME INCREASINGLY VIOLENT IN JUMPING TO THE POINT IT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. I BRAKED AND SLOWED TO UNDER 20 MPH WHEN IT STOPPED. PULLED OVER, CHECKED ALL, NOTHING OUT OF SORTS. NO SIGN OF MECHANICAL FAILURE OR TIRE TROUBLE. FELT LIKE FLAT TIRE AT FIRST.

WE PURCHASED A USED 2008 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK THAT HAD BRAND NEW TIRES JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM A DEALERSHIP HERE IN HAWAII. (FEDERAL COURAGIAM A/T LT 285/70R17) WE ALSO PURCHASED A 2 YEAR BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WARRANTY. TIRES ARE BUBBLING ON INSIDE SIDEWALL. TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE SERVICE LOCATION AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE TIRE IMMEDIATLY. THIS WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. NOW SECOND TIRE DOING SAME BUBBLING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TODAY. IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT ALL TIRES BE REPLACED AND ARE DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT/INJURY/DEATH.

DURING THE COURSE OF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER. REQUIRED STEERING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPING WITH THE LOSS OF ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKE ASSIST. IN TRAFFIC. TRUCK WOULD NOT RESTART ONCE WAS PULLED OFF ONTO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. IF TRUCK HAD BEEN TOWING DOWN A STEEP GRADE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. UPON HAVING TRUCK REPAIRED IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR.

WHILE, DRIVING THE TRUCK THE STEERING ERRATICALLY JERKS IN AN OVER STEERING FASHION. IT IS A REPEATING PROBLEM AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

MY TRUCK BEGAN CUTTING OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING EVERY NOW AND THEN. NOW IT IS DOING IT MORE AND MORE. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS, SO A COUPLE OF TIMES I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BAD GAS SO I CHANGED GAS AND STARTING USING AMOCO GAS AND PUT FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER IN MY GAS TANK. THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM LOSING PRESSURE WHILE I AM DRIVING. I CALLED FORD MOTORS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL, BUT MY VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME THING THAT IS IN THE RECALL. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL AND FOR $130.00 I COULD BRING IT IN AND GET A DIAGNOSTIC. THERE HAS BEEN A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON AND THE VEHICLE STILL STOPS ON ME ON OCCASION. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS. *TR

THE REAR BRAKES ON MY PICKUP FAILED. THE REAR CALIPERS WERE STICKING AND THE BRAKES OVERHEATED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKES IS A COMMON AND PERVASIVE PROBLEM WITH FORD F350 TRUCKS OF THIS MODEL YEAR. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL OF THESE TRUCKS. *TR

THROTTLE STUCK IN EXCEL MODE AND EXCESSIVE WHITE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE. FORD STATED TO LOOK DEEPER INTO ENGINE AND STATED THEY CAN NOT FINE PROBLEM TO VEHICLE. INSTRUCTED TO BUY NEW ENGINE. THIS DIESEL ENGINE SHOULD NOT HAD GONE BAD WITH 30, 000 MILES ON IT. WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENS THAT 1% OF THE TIME ALTHOUGH BY THE REVIEWS THIS FREQUENTLY HAPPENS WITH THIS MOTOR. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ! *TR

FRONT BRAKES OVER HEATED SAW, SMOKE ON LEFT FRONT , STOPPED TO FIND BOTH FRONT CALIPERS WERE HANGING UP. REPLACE BOTH CALIPERS AND BRAKE FLUID. *TR

THE FIRST TIME, I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM AN OFF RAMP AND COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS, THE WHEELS WERE GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS BROKE. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. I LIMPED TO MY MECHANIC SHOP AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED. I LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH HIM FOR 2 DAYS HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE STEERING PROBLEM. HE DID DO MUCH RESEARCH ONLINE AND WITH ONE OF HIS FRIENDS THAT IS A MECHANIC AT FORD AND HE SAID IT IS A MAJOR FLAW BUT, FORD IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I THEN CALLED FORD TO SEE IF THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING AND THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF A PROBLEM AND IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS, IT HAS ALSO HAPPEN 2 OTHER TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF 3. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2014 AND IT HAD NO CAR FAX ISSUES AT ALL. I FOUND OUT I AM THE 3RD OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING OUT WHO THE OTHER 2 ARE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING, AND DID NOT TAKE IT BACK TO FORD DUE TO THE FACT THAT IS WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AND, MYSTERIOUSLY NOTHING COMES UP ON CAR FAX. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE FORD IS HIDING SOMETHING. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OF KILLED. *TR

VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH POWER RETRACTING MIRRORS. HAD MY HAND ON THE SWITCH AND ON THE DOOR FRAME WHEN I RETRACTED THE MIRRORS DUE TO A NARROW STREET IN HIGHLANDS NJ. THE MIRROR CLOSED AND CRUSHED MY FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE ELECTRIC MIRROR ASSY. WILL BE SEEKING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FINGER. VEHICLE SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR NOT TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVER IF I WAS GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TO THE SHOCKING PAIN CAUSED WHEN THE MIRROR IMPACTED MY FINGER.... *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH ON HIGHWAYS WITH POTHOLES, I HIT THE POTHOLES AND IMMEDIATELY FELT A VIOLENT SHAKING OR SHIMMY IN THE FRONT WHEELS. THE SHIMMY OCCURS IN WHICH EVER TIRE HITS THE HOLE AND WILL STOP AS SOON AS I REDUCE SPEED TO ABOUT 40 MPH. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF TIE ROD WEAR OR ANY OTHER REPAIRABLE PROBLEMS. *TR

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR A STEERING PROBLEM THAT WAS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, AND I BELIEVE IT TO BE DANGEROUS. THEY INFORMED ME THERE WAS AN "INTERNAL FAILURE" IN THE POWER STEERING GEARBOX. THEY CANNOT GET A REPLACEMENT PART FOR AN UNDETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME DUE TO IT BEING ON BACKORDER. THEY WARNED AGAINST PURCHASING AN "AFTERMARKET" REMANUFACTURED PART DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THEM. I NEED MY TRUCK, AND AM AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO GET IT FIXED, AND FEEL THERE IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I DON'T BELIEVE FORD SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE VAST NUMBER OF THESE "FAILURES," AND NOT HAVE A SOLUTION FOR OWNERS OF THESE FAULTY PARTS. *TR

THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FROM THE TIME WE BOUGHT IT. WE HAVE CONTACTED FORD MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEIR RESPONSE IS "KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS JUST IN CASE." WE HAVE REPLACED THE TURBOS BOTH HIGH AND LOW END TWICE AND THEY ARE STARTING TO ACT UP AGAIN. TRAVELING 60 MPH DOWN THE ROAD YOU LOSE ALL TURBO PRESSURE CAUSING YOU TO LOSE POWER. YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND RE-CRANK IT. THE TRUCK SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT THROWING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE BELT TENSIONER HAS SEPARATED COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY SHUTTING OFF COMPLETE POWER AT 60 MPH. ABOUT EVERY 3RD TIME OF FILLING UP WITH DIESEL FUEL WE HAVE TO DRAIN THE WATER SEPARATOR. WHEN THE REGEN SYSTEM KICKS IN TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DIESEL FUMES COME IN TO THE TRUCK CAUSING HEADACHES WITH EXTREME LOSE OF POWER. WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. THE STOCK RIM SPLIT ON THE DRIVER FRONT TIRE AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTED $1300.00 FOR ONE RIM WHEN A WHOLE SET OF AFTERMARKET RIMS ARE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS CHEAPER. BOTH FRONT CALIPERS HAVE LOCKED UP AT DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TOWING 1,000 LB TRAILER AND ONE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.ALL SEALS ARE LEAKING. RADIATOR IS LEAKING. ROCKER ARMS ARE TAPPING AND COST $1700 TO REPLACE COMING FROM A CERTIFIED FORD MECHANIC. WE HAVE HAD 3 DEALERSHIPS TELL US THEY DON'T WANT THE TRUCK AND REFUSE TO GO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE OF THE MOTOR. ITS ASHAME THE TRUCK WAS A $55,000 TRUCK BRAND NEW. 2 YEARS OLD IT VALUED AT $40,000 AND 2 YEARS AFTER ITS AT $17,000 RESALE. STEERING IS ALL OVER THE PLAC

ACCELERATED ON ROAD UP TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE ISSUE TURNED OUT TO BE A WIRE SHORTING OUT ON THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. ISSUE KNOWN BY FORD WHICH ISSUED TSB 07-26-2. AFFECTS ALL F250/F1350/F450/F550 CREATED IN FIRST HALF OF 2007. A BRIEF SEARCH AROUND THE WE SHOWS IT AFFECTS LATER YEARS AS WELL SO REPLACEMENT PART MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE. MANY FAIL AT MUCH LOWER MILES. *TR