2005 FORD F-250 SD Wheels Problems

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, JUST LEAVING TOWN I HIT 50 MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE TILL I SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH. I GOT THE NOTICE FROM FORD TELLING ME IT ALL HAD TO DO WITH TIRE PRESSURE. I INFLATED THE TIRES TO THE REQUIRED PRESSURE AND IT ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED ONLY FOR THEM TO TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. CLEARLY THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY REPLACING PARTS IN THE FRONT END OF THIS TRUCK. TIRES ARE NOW JUNK ON THE FRONT END. THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IS UNDER INFLATE THE FRONT TIRES TO GAIN BETTER CONTROL AND DRIVE SLOWER. STILL WOBBLES JUST NOT AS BAD. THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM I HAVE EVERYDAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WAS CRACKED ON THE OUTER RIM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE PREVIOUSLY AND THE WHEEL WOULD CAUSE THE TIRE TO LOSE PRESSURE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REMOVE THE WHEEL AND REPLACE IT WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER NUT WAS PROVIDED WITH NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

1) @50,000 MILES, NORMAL CITY DRIVING, SPEED LESS THAN 30 MPH. 2) LEFT TIEROD BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIE ROD DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL NO LONGER HAD STEERING CONTROL. THE TIE ROD LOOKS LIKE THE CASTELLATED NUT WAS OVER TORQUED CAUSING THE STUD TO BREAK OFF AND THE TAPERED SHAFT TO FALL OUT OF THE SPINDLE. THIS IS NOT A CASE OF THE BALL JOINT IN THE TIE ROD WEARING OUT. I'M LUCKY IN THIS CASE IT HAPPENED AT A SLOW SPEED AND NO TRAILER IN TOW. IF I WAS MOVING FASTER WITH A TRAILER, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER TO LOSE STEERING CONTROL OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE RIGHT SIDE TIRE WAS STILL ABLE TO STEER. THE TRUCK SWERVED OUT OF THE LANE MOMENTARILY WHILE I REGAINED SOME CONTROL. IN THE ACT OF DROPPING DOWN, THE TIE ROD MADE CONTACT WITH THE...

DT: LEFT FRONT TIRE THAT WAS LOW. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TO THE VEHICLE TIRE SHOP. THE TIRE SERVICE CENTER NOTED THE ALUMINUM WHEEL HAD TO CRACKED ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL ITSELF. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY URGED THE CONSUMER TO BRING THE WHEEL FOR THEIR FORD REPRESENTATIVES TO CHECK THIS OUT. THEY REPLACED THIS WHEEL AT NO CHARGE. CURRENTLY, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CRACKED IN THE SAME AREA. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO SAID TO BRING IN THE WHEEL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, THEY DID NOT REPLACE WHEEL BUT THEY PLANNED TO REPLACE IT SOON. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE FORD MANUFACTURER. NO OTHER PROBLEMS ON THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. *AK *JB