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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1FTSX21586E••••••2006 Ford F-250
That is about average for the 2006 Ford F-250 — 3 complaints per build across 69 builds.
4on this build
176on the model
69builds in total
Most reportedSteering 2Suspension 2Engine And Engine Cooling 1
What owners of this build wrote
SteeringMay 2019
At 145,000 miles, a steering issue developed. 3 miles away from home, at a 4-way stop, I turn right to go to work. The steering wheel gets "stuck" and is hard to turn back to the left to center the f250 in my lane. 1 mile later, another right turn, and the problem becomes scary.…
Engine And Engine CoolingMay 2010
During replacement of sparkplugs in a 2006 ford f-250, 5 plugs had to be bored out due the plugs disintegrating upon attempts to remove them. The repair costs are $600-800 to remove the remainder of the plugs and install new plugs. When the ford service representative was asked…
SuspensionMay 2007
2006 f250 with 36,000 miles. Front end shakes violently after hitting bumps in road. Appears to be more pronounced when encountering a series of bumps and going down hill. There is a loss of effective braking when front end is shaking . Can not understand why no recall when…
SteeringJun 2008
I own a 2006 f-250 ford truck. While driving on the interstate the front end of the truck started violently shaking. I almost lost control and could have been killed. This happened yet again the very same day. I took my ford truck to the ford dealership in boone and was told…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FTSX21586EA36136 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.