Other suspension problem on the 2015 Ford F-250 SD
When other suspension problem gets reported
Owners of the 2015 Ford F-250 SD report other suspension problem at a median of 85,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 52,500 miles and a quarter after 112,500 miles, from 60 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 100,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 30,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 145,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 115,100 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.
15% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29,900 miles | 51,455 miles | 84,500 miles | 111,500 miles | 145,000 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
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 2015 has 110. 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.
I have had this truck for less than a month. Two time, when hitting a rough spot in the pavement, the front end of the truck began to shake violently from side-to-side, and the steering wheel also turns violently from side-to-side like it is going to rip your hands off. Shaking does not end until you decelerate significantly. The first time was at about 45 MPH in the city on a decent street. The second time was last night and I was going about 70 MPH on a highway. In both cases, it didn't take a significant bump to cause the violent shudder or shaking. Many, many other people have been reporting this issue for years. One suggestion is that it is a problem with the steering damper shock.
I have experienced an extreme shimming (death wobble) numerous times while driving at speed on the freeway. After going over a bridge expansion joint or just a rough spot in the highway, my truck starts shimming so violently that I have to brake hard to slow the truck until it stops. This happened to me twice yesterday (7/14/17). The first time it happened I almost caused an accident behind me when I applied the brakes. The second time I was in the slow lane and was able to get on the shoulder to decelerate. This was the first time my wife was with me when this happened and she said if she was driving she would have lost control of the truck. I understand from speaking with other ford f-250 4x4 owners that this is a common issue. Is anything being done to remedy this issue. I did not see any recall for this on your site or on ford's site. I have an appointment at the local ford dealer, next wednesday to have them check the front suspension for any defects but I wanted to add my name to what I am sure is a long list of people with the same complaint. Does somebody have to die because of this issue before it is addressed?
There is an issue with the truck losing steering when encountering bumpy roads or multiple potholes in a row whenever speed is above 30 MPH. At highway speeds I have literally lost control enough that I cross lanes, uncontrollably because I have encountered defects in the road surface. I have traveled across the same road surface in other vehicles at similar speeds and have no noticable effects. The 2015 f250 sd has the same loss in control every time.
Also reported on the 2015 Ford F-250 SD
Other steering problem
Other engine problem
Other wheel or tire problem
Other fuel system problem
Other powertrain problem
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 110 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 2015 Ford F-250 SD?
Across 60 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 85,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 52,500 miles and a quarter after 112,500 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 2015 Ford F-250 SD?
110 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 3.9 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