2006 FORD F-250

TRAILER HITCHES

KNAPHEIDE IS RECALLING 108 MY 2006-2008 PRO SERIES TRUCK BEDS EQUIPPED WITH AN ICC BUMPER WHICH INCLUDED A PROVISION FOR A BALL HITCH. THERE MAY BE AN INSUFFICIENT WELD ATTACHING THE HITCH CHANNEL TO THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE.

TIRES:TREAD/BELT

CERTAIN CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TR OWL, CONTITRAC TR BSW, GENERAL GRABBER TR BSW, AND CONTITRAC BSW TIRES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN MAY 29 AND JUNE 11, 2005, AND SOLD AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON CERTAIN FORD TRUCKS AND SOLD AS REPLACEMENT TIRES. THESE TIRES CAN WEAR PREMATURELY WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM TO FEDE

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

CERTAIN HARSCO WHEEL MODIFICATION GROUPS CONTAINING ACCURIDE STEEL RIMS, P/NOS. 203237 AND 203738; ACCURIDE ALUMINUM RIMS, P/N 203712; AND GKN STEEL RIMS, P/N 203688, SOLD AS MODIFICATION EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN 2005-2007 FORD F-250/F-350 4X4 PICKUP TRUCKS TO MODIFY TRACK WIDTH OF FRONT AND REAR AXLES

CAR WAS PARK OVER NIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE .5 AM NEIGHBOR CAME OUT TO GET NEWSPAPERS AND SAW TRUCK WAS SMOKING FROM INSIDE CAB N SAW FLAME. NEIGHBOR CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE FROM INSIDE CAB AND VERIFY IT WAS THE HEATED SEAT MODULE THAT'S CAUSE THE SEAT TO GO UP IN FLAME. HAVE A REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE MARSHAL. WHERE DO I FILE A COMPLAINT FOR WHO IS LIABLE FOR MY REPAIR.? CAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURED DEFECT. WHAT IF I WAS IN MY CAR WITH MY KIDS

SMELLED SOMETHING AS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH. STOP THE VEHICLE ALONG SIDE THE ROAD. CHECKED THE TRAILER. CAME BACK TO THE TRUCK AND SMOKE WAS ROLLING OUT OF THE DASH VENTS, RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HOOD WAS BURNING THE PAINT, THEN FLAMES CAME OUT FROM UNER THE HOOD. *TR

Mileage: 31,800

SMELLED SOMETHING AS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH. STOP THE VEHICLE ALONG SIDE THE ROAD. CHECKED THE TRAILER. CAME BACK TO THE TRUCK AND SMOKE WAS ROLLING OUT OF THE DASH VENTS, RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HOOD WAS BURNING THE PAINT, THEN FLAMES CAME OUT FROM UNER THE HOOD. *TR

Mileage: 31,800

SMELLED SOMETHING AS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH. STOP THE VEHICLE ALONG SIDE THE ROAD. CHECKED THE TRAILER. CAME BACK TO THE TRUCK AND SMOKE WAS ROLLING OUT OF THE DASH VENTS, RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HOOD WAS BURNING THE PAINT, THEN FLAMES CAME OUT FROM UNER THE HOOD. *TR

Mileage: 31,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS AND WITH EACH FAILURE, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE LAST REPLACEMENT, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS AND WITH EACH FAILURE, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE LAST REPLACEMENT, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND

Mileage: 52,000

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF A DEATH WOBBLE UNTIL I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MY THREE CHILDREN AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON THE M53 VAN DYKE EXPRESSWAY WHICH HAS A POSTED SPEED OF 70 MPH. I HAD JUST PASSED A VEHICLE THAT WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE. JUST AFTER PASSING THIS VEHICLE I DEVELOPED THIS DEATH WOBBLE, I WAS SWITCHING LANES BACK TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE, NOT JUST A LITTLE SHACKING EITHER. I HAD APPLIED MY

Mileage: 177,528

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF A DEATH WOBBLE UNTIL I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MY THREE CHILDREN AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON THE M53 VAN DYKE EXPRESSWAY WHICH HAS A POSTED SPEED OF 70 MPH. I HAD JUST PASSED A VEHICLE THAT WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE. JUST AFTER PASSING THIS VEHICLE I DEVELOPED THIS DEATH WOBBLE, I WAS SWITCHING LANES BACK TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE, NOT JUST A LITTLE SHACKING EITHER. I HAD APPLIED MY

Mileage: 177,528

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF A DEATH WOBBLE UNTIL I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MY THREE CHILDREN AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON THE M53 VAN DYKE EXPRESSWAY WHICH HAS A POSTED SPEED OF 70 MPH. I HAD JUST PASSED A VEHICLE THAT WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE. JUST AFTER PASSING THIS VEHICLE I DEVELOPED THIS DEATH WOBBLE, I WAS SWITCHING LANES BACK TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE, NOT JUST A LITTLE SHACKING EITHER. I HAD APPLIED MY

Mileage: 177,528

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TO CRASH INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAG

Mileage: 1,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F250. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IDLE WHEN THE CONTACT WENT TO START THE ENGINE. THE GEAR SHIFTER OPENING ERUPTED INTO FLAMES AND SMOKE. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE SMALL FIRE. A TOW TRUCK COMPANY ARRIVED TO TOW THE VEHICLE AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED A SECOND TIME AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FAILURE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DE

Mileage: 75,550

THIS WAS A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING A 2006 FORD F-250 EXTENDED CAB 4X4 PICKUP ON A COUNTY MAINTAINED GRAVEL SURFACED ROAD. UPON LEAVING THE ROADWAY THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE HEAD ON, JUST TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF CENTER. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS, JUST THE OPERATOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE ESTIMATED SPEED WAS 30-35 MPH. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS TREATED AT A MEDICAL FACILITY AND RELEASED. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS 2006 FORD F 250 TRUCK WHEN THE STEERING LINKAGE BROKE AND HE LOST ALL ABILITY TO STEER HIS TRUCK. HE CRASHED INTO A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. *TR

THE TIE ROD BROKE AND I LOST ALL STEERING. I ARRIVED AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE STREET I WAS ON IS REQUIRED TO STOP. I WAS TURNING TO THE LEFT SO AS I WAS ACCELERATING THROUGH THE TURN AND THE INTERSECTION ALL STEERING DISAPPEARED AND I FOUND MYSELF IN THE DITCH AND FRONT YARD OF A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ROLLING OVER HIS GAS MAIN. THIS OF COURSE CREATED ADVERSE SECONDARY EFFECTS, BUT WHAT IF THE TIE ROD HAD BROKEN WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY, THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH DIFFERENT. I WAS NOT

Mileage: 116,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STRUCK AN OPPOSING VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND REPAIRED. ON APRIL 10, 2009, THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AGAIN. THE DRIVER WA

Mileage: 36,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STRUCK AN OPPOSING VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND REPAIRED. ON APRIL 10, 2009, THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AGAIN. THE DRIVER WA

Mileage: 36,000

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.

Mileage: 51,000

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

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.

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THEN DIMMED. SECONDS LATER, SMOKE APPEARED. SHE PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. SHE NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL RECALL. THE RE

Mileage: 26,000