Safety Score
54
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (4)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-15 | 11T002000 |
TIRES:TREAD/BELT | 390,657 | — | Details |
| 2008-04-25 | 08V191000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | 64,754 | — | Details |
| 2007-11-21 | 07V541000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | 45 | — | Details |
| 2007-03-26 | 07V139000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | 33,169 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy af… |
| 2025-08-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | What: 2008 Backup camera failure just like the 1.46 million in newer models. How was your safety or the safety of other… |
| 2025-07-11 | TIRES | No | 0 | Cooper Discoverer AT3 tires LT275/70R18 D1 I purchased these tires on 11/08/2019. My truck had 166,736 miles it now ha… |
| 2024-11-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250 The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed fluid leaking f… |
| 2024-10-25 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | UNKNOWN |
| 2024-10-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvert… |
| 2024-10-09 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE HAD A FULL TREAD SEPERATION WHILE DOING 65 ON [XXX] IN BROWARD COUNTY FL CAUSED DAMAGE TO DRIVER SIDE FRONT FENDER… |
| 2024-05-31 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Death wobble |
| 2024-05-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Serious uncontrollable violent shaking in the front end of the vehicle when it hits a pot hole or runs over a bump. It… |
| 2024-03-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH on a bridge, the vehicle drove over pothole… |
| 2023-09-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | Several times steering has been lost while making a turn. Thusfar accidents have been narrowly avoided. I have worked w… |
| 2023-03-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving uphill at approximately 40 MPH, the check eng… |
| 2023-03-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | Experiencing the ford “death wobble”. Around 50 mph going over small road transition the vehicle start shaking violentl… |
| 2023-02-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | When decelerating, such as taking an off-ramp, it loses power to the brakes and steering, which makes it unsafe. |
| 2022-12-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH and making a left turn, the brake pedal was… |
| 2022-10-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the cabin began to fill up w… |
| 2022-08-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, he started to smell smoke inside the vehic… |
| 2022-04-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Driving down the highway and my truck started to violently shaking. I pulled over to see if tire blew. Tires where fin… |
| 2022-04-05 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed over a bump in the roadway… |
| 2021-12-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Clock spring frayed and uncoiled. Unknown steering issue till clockspring checked. Airbag inflator is unoperational. Cu… |
| 2021-11-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | When going over 45 mph the steering wheel of the truck violently shakes and is hard to control. |
| 2021-10-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL F 250 TRUCK 2008, FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY IN CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA. I WENT OUT ON THE… |
| 2021-06-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | While driving down the interstate our truck started shaking violently and my husband had to stop the truck to get it to… |
| 2021-06-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | Steering box replaced and vehicle lost control. Airbags failed to deploy. Fatality occurred. |
| 2021-06-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | Bring truck to 60 or above it starts to shake and wobble to the point I can't go highway speeds.. I have only owned thi… |
| 2021-05-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 35-45 MPH, the vehicle hit a bump and he heard abn… |
| 2021-04-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. NO WAR… |
| 2021-02-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TRUCK HAS STARTED DOING THE "FORD DEATH WOBBLE" TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AT CERTAIN SPEEDS UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN OR STOP TH… |
| 2020-11-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE VEHICLE LIGHTS WENT OUT, NO HIGH BEAMS, NO DRIVING LIGHTS AT ALL, NO BLINKERS ETC. THE FLAS… |
| 2020-09-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING THE VEHICLE TO HITCH A TRAILER ONTO TO THE V… |
| 2020-07-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING 60 ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. SEARCHED ONLINE AND IT IS DESCRIBED A… |
| 2020-06-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE FRONT END STARTS SHAKING REALLY BAD HIT A BUMP IN ROAD GOING ABOVE 50 MPH AND WILL NOT STOP UNLES… |
| 2020-05-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF I HIT A BUMP THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL OF THE … |
| 2020-03-19 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FORD DEATH WOBBLE. TOWING A 5TH WHEEL CAMPER AT 65 MPH. HIT A BUMP ON PA TURNPIKE. THE FRONT END SHOOK VIOLENTLY. ALMOS… |
| 2020-03-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | All the fiberglass Bkack trim and the Gray door panels and the middle armrest are causing skin irritation to any person… |
| 2020-02-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | HAVE A VERY BAD DEATH WOBBLE. SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX AND STILL HERE. |
| 2020-01-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN TRAVELING MORE THAN 40MPH AND A WHEEL HITS A GROOVE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND IS … |
| 2020-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My truck is having the same issues as listed in the recalls but isn’t on the recall list. Running rough dash board turn… |
| 2019-10-21 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL TANK STRAPS FAILED WHILE DRIVING LETTING THE TANK DRAG ON A DIVIDED HIGHWAY ROAD SURFACE AND DUMP FUEL ON THE ROAD… |
| 2019-10-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY 2008 FORD F250 IN 2015 FROM A DEALERSHIP IN BURKBURNETT, TX. THE TRUCK STARTED LOOSING COOLANT FROM WHAT… |
| 2019-08-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN I WAS DRIVING I LOST POWER I PUT ON THE SCANNER GOT A CODE P0701 WHICH IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER SOLENOID I LOST ALL… |
| 2019-08-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE RADIATOR IS SEPARATING AT THE SEAL AT THE EDGE. WE ARE LOSING APPROX 1 GALLON OF ANTIFREEZE A DAY. I HAVE HEARD THI… |
| 2019-07-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, GOT HIT BY AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER T… |
| 2019-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE 46000 MILES ON MY TRUCK AND FOUR TIMES MY REAR BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP ON ME. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED WITH 17000… |
| 2019-06-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | IT STARTS SHIMMYING BACK AND FORTH VICIOUSLY AND WILL NOT STEER. I PUT ON NEW STRUTS, STEERING GEAR BOX, SHOCKS, TIRES,… |
| 2019-04-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE IN MOTION, AT 30 MPH OR HIGHER, THE TRUCK WANDERS LEFT AND RIGHT. IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT TRAVEL...BASICA… |
| 2019-03-15 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTS VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY SHAKING AND DOESN'T CEASE UNTIL Y… |
| 2019-02-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING GEAR BOX SEEMS TO HAVE BROKE. LOSE OF ALL STEERING. STEERING WHEEL SPINS AROUND BUT DOES NOT CONTROL ANYTHIN… |
| 2019-01-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE BLOWBY POLLUTING ENGINE. #8 AND #6 CYLINDERS, RINGS HEAVILY WORN OR DAMAGED DUE TO DIESEL REGEN CONTAMINATING… |
| 2019-01-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT 65MPH+- ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK CAN BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL / STEER STRAIGHT.AND MAINTAIN POSITION IN LANE. HA… |