2018 Ford F-250 Super Duty · symptom sheet
Wheel bearing, tires or wheels
- 29owner reports
- 26,000median miles
- 1involved a crash
Newest report Apr 12, 2023 · checked Oct 2, 2026
29 of the 397 complaints on this car describe wheels.
Tick what matches of 29 reports
Wheels on other F-250 Super Duty years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022.
What this problem usually is
This sheet gathers complaints about the parts that meet the road: tires that wear out early or blow out, wheels that crack or bend, lug nuts that come loose, and wheel bearings that start to hum. The median mileage owners give is about 21,000, among the lowest on the site, so many of these are fairly new cars.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the tires (12 reports) and the wheel (11 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the wheels covers the 2018 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
On the affected vehicles, it is possible that one or more tires were cured for too long during tire production.
All 10 recalls on the 2018 Ford F-250 Super Duty, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 12,900 and 40,000 miles, from the 26 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 3 service bulletins or notices for the 2018 Ford F-250 Super Duty that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Some 2017-2020 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with dual rear wheels (DRW) and 17 inch aluminum wheels may exhibit a loss of tire pressure from the valve stem sealing area of the front wheels.
Some 2017-2019 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) may exhibit a leak at the tire valve stem. The tire valve stem has been released as a separate service part kit.
Some 2017-2018 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) may exhibit a leak at the tire valve stem.
What owners wrote
“Driving at approximately 70 mph I traversed over a road divider of a suspension type bridge and immediately encounter the so called âDeath Wobbleâ in my entire front end steering mechanism. The vehicle and steering wheel vibrated so violently that it caused a lane excursion. Applying brakes and slowing to 30 mph the steering came under control. This is the (3) third incident of this happening to my vehicle.”
Filed Dec 4, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 29 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Steering wheel shakes or the "death wobble" 238 reports
- Suspension noise, struts or alignment 198 reports