Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Ford F-250 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON BUMPY ROAD SURFACE, CONSUMER NOTICED THERE WAS VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHICH WAS CAUSING POOR CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY, AT ANY SPEED WHEN HITTING A BUMP, THE TRUCK SHIMMIES. THE CONDITION IS WORSE WHEN NOT PULLING A LOAD. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. A SHOCK ABSORBER KIT WAS PUT ON THE STEERING LINKAGE WHICH HELPED SOMEWHAT TO RELIEVE THE PROBLEM. NO WORN OR DAMAGED PARTS, FRONT END ALIGNED, TIRES CHECKED. *AK
FRONT AXLE CRACKED IN HALF AT THE SPRING BRACKET.
THE FRONT END IS ONLY BEING HELD WITH ONE BOLT AND IT WILL NOT OPERATE SAFELY ANYMORE. *AK
CONTROL ARM BOLTS STRIPPED OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.
FRONT END SUSPENSION, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRNT END ON UNDER PAVEMENT. *AK
SWING ARM FELL OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.
FRONT END VIBRATES DUE TO BROKEN COMPONENTS.
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT CONTROL ARM PASSENGER SIDE NUT SHEARED OFF, CAUSED VIOLENT SHIMMY AND NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
FRONT SUSPENSION TIE RODS FAILED. *SD
THE 8 BOLTS THAT HOLD THE SUSPENSION TO THE FRAME CAME OFF, CAUSING ERRATIC AND LOSS OF STEERING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
REPLACED DRAG LINK
FRONT AXLE MOUNTING BOLTS LOOSEN, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH STABILITY/HANDLING. (FOURTH VEHICLE ON 501504, 601386, 601387, 601389, 601390) *DSH
VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT AND RIGHT, CANNOT BE ALIGNED PROPERLY. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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