Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure on the 2010 Ford F-250
Only 3 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When control arm, ball joint or bushing failure gets reported
There are 3 reports of control arm, ball joint or bushing failure on the 2010 Ford F-250, 3 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 108,000 miles. It is the 7th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 91,000 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 $400–$2,200 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 5 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2002, at a median of 55,000 miles, and latest on the 2010 at 90,000 miles.
By volume the 2012 carries the most reports, with 22; the 2010 has 3. 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 2010 ford f-250. While driving various speeds, the contact noticed a loud rattling noise between the body and frame of the vehicle towards the rear of the vehicle. When inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the rubber bushing (a protective layer) between the cab and the frame underneath the cab had completely rotted out and was causing the metal in the area to touch. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case on the vehicle. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 91,000. Updated 11/01/16*lj *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-250. While driving various speeds, the contact noticed a loud rattling noise between the body and frame of the vehicle towards the rear of the vehicle. When inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the rubber bushing (a protective layer) between the cab and the frame underneath the cab had completely rotted out and was causing the metal in the area to touch. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case on the vehicle. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 91,000. Updated 11/01/16*lj *tr
In september of 2015 the handle would not open the tail gate we were pulling our 5th wheel camper. We were able to raise the camper higher than the tail gate to hook up the camper. We took it to ford it was diagnosis and said that it would have to be replaced. The cost was around $278.90. We saw the next we were camping in the same camp ground after our repairs were made another ford f-250 super duty not sure what year it was but it looked as if it was a 2010 the owner was also having trouble getting the tail gate open on his truck but he was hauling a tag along camper. Is there any recall problems with the tail gates on these trucks. This was at 80331 miles. We also have had to replace track bar and track bar ball joint and drag link . We were told that this is a problem with the f series super duty. Is there a recall on this. This was done in june of 2017 with 100778 miles. When you hit a bump the front end would shake so bad that you had to hold the steering wheel tight and let the truck slow down by itself. It happened at a low speed and at 70 MPH with me one dad it felt like the front wheels were going to bounce right off the…
Also reported on the 2010 Ford F-250
Other steering problem
Other suspension problem
Other wheel or tire problem
Differential or transfer case failure
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 3 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 3 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 control arm, ball joint or bushing failure happen on the 2010 Ford F-250?
Across 3 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 90,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is control arm, ball joint or bushing failure on the 2010 Ford F-250?
3 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 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