Other suspension problem on the 2005 Ford F-250
When other suspension problem gets reported
Owners of the 2005 Ford F-250 report other suspension problem at a median of 50,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 25,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 miles, from 25 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 20,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 142,500 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 121,572 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
32% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,028 miles | 26,000 miles | 49,000 miles | 115,000 miles | 141,600 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 17 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2000, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 1997 at 115,000 miles.
By volume the 2012 carries the most reports, with 103; the 2005 has 32. 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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-250. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle shakes violently. The failure initially occurred when she hit a small bump in the road. The vehicle is currently at the dealer for service. The dealer has not yet diagnosed the cause of failure. The VIN, engine size, and # of cylinders were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 25,000.
I own a 2005 ford f-250 crew cab 4x4 long bed truck all stock. When driving at speeds above 55 miles per hour I experience violent shaking from the front end which is called death wobble after doing research. Ford says that there is nothing wrong with the truck and that it is fine. The wobble only stops when my speed is decreased under 40 MPH or so. When this happens the truck is extremely hard to control and requires you to slam on the brakes at high speeds. I have founds hundreds of people online with the same problem with the 05-06 super duty trucks. This has happened to me dozens of times and I'm tired of it. I put a larger size tire all the way around and it didn't help any. *tr
I experienced a severe and violent shaking of the front end of my 2005 ford f-250 truck while traveling 60 MPH over a slight rough patch on a highway. I lost control of my vehicle and was forced to swerve off the highway. I was almost hit by the vehicle directly behind me. This is the third time I have lost control of the truck because of this violent shaking in the last month. I have had the truck to a local inspection station and they replaced the steering stabilizer and did an alignment. This did not help. I have called the ford dealer I purchased the truck from and they said they never heard of anyone having this problem with any ford truck. Obviously, they are aware of the problem. I only hope there is a recall before too many people die. *tr
Also reported on the 2005 Ford F-250
Other steering problem
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Alternator or charging system failure
Other wheel or tire problem
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 32 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 2005 Ford F-250?
Across 25 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 50,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 25,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 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 2005 Ford F-250?
32 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 427 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