Other suspension problem on the 2006 Ford F-250 SD
4 injuries 4 of the 140 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other suspension problem gets reported
Owners of the 2006 Ford F-250 SD report other suspension problem at a median of 33,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 49,000 miles, from 122 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 100,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 9,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 76,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 66,433 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
59% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,100 miles | 15,000 miles | 32,502 miles | 48,750 miles | 75,533 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 4 an injury is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $350–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 22 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2013, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 2009 at 150,000 miles.
By volume the 2019 carries the most reports, with 634; the 2006 has 140. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Vehicle shakes uncontrollably after hitting a bump in the road at highway speeds of 60 to 75 MPH. Vehicle must be brought to a complete stop to regain control, then rides smoothly. Vehicle was taken to the dealership to fix the problem, dealer stated that the problem did not occur during a road test of 22 miles. The service advisor states that nothing is wrong with the vehicle. This is the fourth time this problem has happened in 35000 miles. Dealer refused to test drive in a specific area were the problem has occurred multiple times. The truck is unsafe for interstate driving. *jb
My 06 ford f -250 experiences what seems to be normal wheel-hop on the highway (between 50-65 MPH) but the hop instantly turns into a "hyper-shake" causing complete loss of control with the truck bouncing out of the lane to wherever it wishes to go until the rear brakes manage to slow it down enough to regain control. Thank god it has not killed anyone yet (including me).it could have very easily went head-on if that is where the road was headed. *jb
I was driving on the freeway at around 65 MPH, and I hit a pothole. After hitting the pothole (rather small), the front end of the vehicle began to shake violently out of control and did not stop until I was able to pull over to the side of the freeway and stop the vehicle. This has happened a total of 3 times so far. It has occurred at 11,000; 14,000; and 17,000 miles. Checked tire pressure and balance personally and everything was fine. Called to ask dealership about problem, they said to make an appointment to bring it in, have not done so yet. *nm
Also reported on the 2006 Ford F-250 SD
Other steering problem
Other wheel or tire problem
Other engine problem
DPF, EGR or DEF system failure
Other brake problem
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 140 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other suspension problem happen on the 2006 Ford F-250 SD?
Across 122 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 33,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 49,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other suspension problem on the 2006 Ford F-250 SD?
140 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 252 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed