2018 Ford F-250 SD complaints

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HWY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH WHEN I DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP. IMMEDIATELY THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE FRONT END OF TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I NEARLY RAN OFF THE ROAD SURFACE. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY TO MAKE IT STOP, FORCING VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO REACT TO AVOID A COLLISION.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED EXPERIENCED DEATH WOBBLE MULTIPLE TIMES OVER SEVERAL DAYS ON A TRIP. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE!! FORD NEEDS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DESIGN FLAW. IT IS PUTTING LIVES AT RISK!!

I HAVE EXPERIENCED 'DEATH WOBBLE' ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS @47,000 ON IT. IT HAS BEEN IN A FORD AUTHORIZED REPAIR CENTER THREE TIMES AND THE ISSUE HAS STILL NOT BEEN FIXED. EVERY TIME THE WOBBLE HAPPENS AT 65-70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. IT USUALLY HAPPENS DURING A TURN WHILE HITTING A BUMP. TWICE I HAVE NEARLY LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

MY 2018 F250 KING RANCH HAS STARTED THE DEATH WOBBLE AT JUST OVER 55,000 MILES. IT HAS DONE IT AT LEAST 5 TIMES NOW GOING 60-75MPH IF I HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE. WHEN IT STARTS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH AND THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE CONTROLLED UNTIL I SLOW TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. THE MOST RECENT TIME, I ALMOST HIT A GUARD RAIL. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK BACK TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER, BUT TOLD ME THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER. I ENDED UP GETTING ONE FROM NAPA AND REPLACED IT ON MY OWN, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK. FORD HAS A PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A CONSISTENT SPEED, A BUMP CAUSES THE FRONT END TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IF GOING OVER 70MPH, ALL STEERING IS LOST. BRAKE APPLICATION WHEN THIS IS OCCURRING MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS BELOW 25MPH THE PROBLEM FADES AWAY. MAINTAINING YOUR LANE WHEN THIS HAPPENS IS IMPOSSIBLE, AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY IF ADJACENT TO ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAY

I AM EXPERIENCING THE FORD "DEATH WOBBLE". I HAVE A 2018 F250 WITH 44K MILES, WELL CARED FOR. READING MULTIPLE FORUMS, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO RESOLUTION. PEOPLE HAVE SPENT TONS OF MONEY TAKING THEIR TRUCKS BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WOBBLE THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN A WEEK. OCCURS AFTER BUMPY ROADS. TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TO TRY AND RESOLVE ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE SHAKING STOPPED ONCE DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. IT LASTED ABOUT 15 SECONDS. THE TRUCK SEEMS TO STEER NORMAL NOW.

SEVERE WOBBLE IN FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 40 IN ALBUQUERQUE,NM, AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH, THE TRUCK HIT A DIAGONAL TRANSITION FROM ASPHALT TO CEMENT ON AN OVERPASS. THE SLIGHT SHIFT IN STEERING FEEDBACK CAUSED BY THE "BUMP" INSTANTLY STARTED AN UNCONTROLLABLE OSCILLATION IN THE FRONT END NEARLY CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE OSCILLATION WAS A SUDDEN DECELERATION WHICH THEN NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLES FOLLOWING. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND KNOWN TO THE OEM. AT APPROX. 24000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME REASON AND THE STEERING DAMPNER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS LATEST EVENT OCCURRED AT APPROX. 29,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. EVEN THE EMPLOYEES AT THE FORD DEALER KNEW THE PHENOMENON AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO GET THIS MATTER RESOLVED AS I BELIEVE IT TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHAKING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (THE "DEATH WOBBLE". VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND STEERING DAMPENER INSTALLED. THE ISSUE PERSISTED, SO I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE EXACT SAME PART WAS REPLACED. PROBLEM IS WORSE THAN EVER. SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD.

DEATH WOBBLE. FRONT TIRES SHIMMY AFTER HITTING POT HOLE OR BRIDGE JOINT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. 11,800 MILES.

THE KNOWN DEATH WOBBLE. STEERING BECOMES BASICALLY NON EXISTENT WHEN THE FRONT END STARTS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS HAS OCCURRED CONTINUALLY SINCE PURCHASING MY 68000 DOLLAR VEHICLE.

DEATH WOBBLE OR STEERING OSCILLATION. HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT OR BUMP OR 45 CAN CAUSE THE FRONT END TO WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT AT THE SAME SPEED BEFORE MY APPT. WITH THE DEALER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD FOR REPAIR. THE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER BUT DID NOTHING ELSE. THE PROBLEM THEN OCCURRED AGAIN APROXIMATELY 1 MONTH LATER. I HAVE ANOTHER APPT. WITH THEN NEXT WEEK. THEY WANT ME TO RIDE WITH THEM. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T BELIEVE ME THAT IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATED VIOLENTLY ON HIGHWAY APPARENTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE OF I-85 (GA MM40 S) @ 65 MPH

SOON AFTER PURCHASE WOBBLE AND SHAKE STARTED IN STEERING?I REPORTED IT AT EVERY SERVICE AND SEVERAL TIMES BY PHONE AND EMAIL TO FORD CORPORATE. AFTER AWHILE IN SUMMER 2020 FORD SENT NOTICE THEY WOULD CHANGE STEERING LINK TO FIX PROBLEM? I HAD THE FIX DONE AT ALL AMERICAN FORD ?BUT THE REPAIR FAILED AND THE TECHNICIAN WROTE ON RECEIPT TIRES NEEDED REPLACED? I REPLACED TIRES AND STILL WOBBLE AND SHAKE? THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IS GEORGE WALL FORD THEY ADMITTED TO ME THAT IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND I SHOULD BUY A NEW TRUCK FROM THEM AND THEY WOULD TAKE MY TRUCK FOR A TRADE? BUT AT A LOSS TO MY WALLET? THEY

BUMP IN ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED MAKE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKE ALMOST LOOSING CONTROL. HAD TO SLOW WAY DOWN TO REGAIN CONTROL

MY TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING THE " DEATH WOBBLE". TRUCK HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT HIGH SPEEDS AND VIOLENTLY GOES OUT OF CONTROL STEERING. FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS FALLING OFF . BROUGHT IT TO THE FORD DEALER TO FIX. THEY CLAIMED IT IS THE RAG STEERING JOINT. WAS REPLACED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND NOW THE WOBBLED IS BACK! PROBLEM NOT FIXED!! I AM A REGISTERED TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE TO OPERATE IN PUBLIC. PLEASE TAKE THIS COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY!! AS A SAFETY EXPERT I WOULD NEVER LET ANYONE DRIVE THIS VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COMPLAINT WILL OFFICIALLY PUT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON NOTICE OF THIS ISSUE. I WILL CONTACT MY DEALER TOMORROW TO INFORM OF THIS ISSUE AND EXPECT THAT FORD WILL FIX THIS DESIGN FLAW AT THEIR EXPENSE. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP, [XXX] P.E. TRAFFIC ENGINEER INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE FRONT END SHAKES OR WOBBLES VIOLENTLY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER HITTING EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BUMP MAKING IT HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER THIS RECALL HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM PERSIST.

WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65-75MPH), A VIOLENT SHAKING AND VIBRATION BEGAN SUDDENLY. POTHOLES OR SUDDEN JARRING, SUCH AS TRAVELING OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, SEEMS TO TRIGGER THE INCIDENTS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SHUDDER AND VIBRATE WITH SUCH INTENSITY, IT MAKES STEERING AND EVEN HOLDING THE STEERING WHEEL TENUOUS AND UNPREDICTABLE. THE VIBRATION DOESN'T DISAPPEAR UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS SLOWED TO LESS THAN 40 MPH. IT IS A TERRIFYING LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE MOVING AT HIGH SPEED. ROUGH PAVEMENT OR TRANSITIONS IN THE PAVING SURFACE SEEMS TO TRIGGER IT. IT HAS BEGUN AT SPEEDS AS LOW AS 60MPH AND AS HIGH AS 75MPH. I HAVE VIDEO WHICH SHOWS THE EFFECT INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THIS IS A 2018 F250 WITH 46K MILES AND FULLY STOCK EVERYTHING. NEVER BEEN MODIFIED OR USED FOR HEAVY OFF ROAD OR TOWING USE.

AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO SHAKE, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY. I HAVE JUST OVER 23000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT STARTED APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AGO. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES ROTATED, AIR PRESSURE CHECKED AND ALIGNMENT. NOW ITS TIME TO GO TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THEIR ANALYSIS.

MY TRUCK TAILGATE IS OPENING WITHOUT CAUSE. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES BEFORE A RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY COMPLETED IN JANUARY AND HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE. TWICE WHEN PULLING A TRAILER JUST AFTER STARTING TO BACKUP. THAT LAST WAS WHEN MY CAR PLAY MALFUNCTIONED WITH THE APPLE PHONE. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING WORK THE TAILGATE OPENED WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAVE DAMAGE TO THEN GATE CAUSED BY A TRAILER STRIKE ON 1 OPENING AND THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT HELPFUL AND HAS NOT TAKEN THIS SERIOUSLY. THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN..

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-69 RUNNING ABROUND 75MPH. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, THE TRUCK STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AS IF BOTH REAR TIRES BLEW OUT. I GENTLY PRESSED ON THE BRAKES TO NOT EXASERBATE THE ISSUE. IT WAS EVERYTHING I COULD DO TO KEEP THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD. SCARIEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE FOR SURE. LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW, I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE TIRES AND THOUGHT EITHER MY BRAKES LOCKED UP, BEARING WENT BAD IN ONE OF WHEELS OR BLOWN TIRES. AS I SLOWED TO 25 MPH, THE SHAKING STOPPED AND I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS REVVING SUPER HIGH. I STOPPED THE TRUCK AND CHECKED OUT THE BRAKES, TIRES, WHEELS AND MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE. ALL CLEAR. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED INTO 1ST OR 2ND GEAR. I DID NOT SEE IT HAPPEN BUT THE REAR TIRES LOST TRACTION AND BOUNCED AROUND UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN. I-69 THROUGH DELEWARE COUNTY HAS RECENTLY BEEN PAVED SO I DONT THINK I HIT ANY BIG BUMPS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE TRUCK HAS 38,028 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE NEVER HAD TRANMISSION ISSUE'S WITH IT. THE OCCASIONAL HARD TO START CONDITION HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BEFORE. 5 -10 SECONDS TURNING OVER BEFORE STARTING BUT NO TRANMISSION ISSUE'S. THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND SINCE, I HAVE HAD IT UP TO 70 MPH AND IT DIDNT HAPPEN AGAIN. AGAIN THOUGH, THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE DRIVERS DOOR OPENED UP UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE ENTERING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 89 DEGREES F.

DEATH WOBBLE IN FRONT END (TSB) #18 2268

THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG COVER/HORN COVER IS CRACKING AT THE WEAK SPOTS

ERRATIC STEERING AND VIBRATION BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THIS HAS BEEN CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVERAL LAWSUITS WITH FORD. TOOK MY TRUCK TO FORD DEALER LAST WEEK FOR SAFETY RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF DAMPER ASSEMBLY BUT STILL EXPERIENCE WORST PROBLEM OF WOBBLE. HAD TO EMERGENCY STOP ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE INTERSTATE.

MY 2018 F250 6.7 L DIESEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVE ON A FLAT SURFACE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 55 MPH. STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND I LOST CONTROL. HERE'S IN TO ON COMING TRAFFIC LANE. JUST MISSING A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. FRONT WHEELS AND STEERING WHEEL DID NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL A SLOWED TO 20 MPH. HAPEN WITH NO LARGE BUMPS. NORMAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS. HAPOEN AGAIN THE SAME DAY. BOTH WERE ON STRAIGHT ROADS. APPEARS THIS CONDITION IS REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE.

DEATH WOBBLE CAR RANDOMLY SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. *TR

DRASTIC SHAKING OF THE FRONT END/STEERING WHEEL WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD OVER 60 MPH - SUBSIDES AFTER YOU BRAKE TO ABOUT 40 MPH. VERY HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE WHEN IT OCCURS. *TR

I AM EXPERIENCING THE DEATH WOBBLE WITH THIS TRUCK. I PURCHASED IT USED IN JANUARY, 2020. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES NOW. WHILE DRIVING, WHEN HITTING BUMPS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. NO CRASH, BUT CAN BE SCARY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *TR

THE TRUCK WENT INTO A "DEATH WOBBLE" AT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITH NO WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL VIOLENTLY WHIP BACK AND FORTH AND THE ALL YOU CAN DO IS GET THE TRUCK STOPPED.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 IN THE MIDDLE OF DENVER, WE HIT A SMALL EXPANSION JOINT. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY I COULDN'T HARDLY KEEP A HOLD OF IT TO STEER. I BEGAN BRAKING AND WHEN I GOT DOWN TO 25 MPH IT STOPPED. MY SPEED WASN'T EXCESSIVE, I WAS DOING THE 65 MPH LIMIT. IT HAS DONE THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" TWICE SINCE THEN, AND NOW I AM APPREHENSIVE TO DRIVE IT ON THE INTERSTATE. I WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER SOON TO LOOK IT OVER, BUT HONESTLY I DON'T HAVE ANY HOPES TO A REMEDY. I WAS HOPING TO REPORT THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE MANY OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, FORD MAY HAVE TO RECALL THESE TRUCKS. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO PERISH TO GET ANY ACTION FROM FORD. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE AC LINE FITTING OVERHEATED CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE AND ARC WHICH IN TURN MELTED THE PRIMARY WIRING HARNESS FOR THE ENGINE. THIS ALSO RESULTED IN THE WIRE CATCHING FIRE AND CAUSING BURN DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE WATER FROM THE CAR WASH PREVENTED FURTHER FIRE DAMAGE.

WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 40 -45 MPH AND THE TRUCK GOES OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, EXPANSION JOINT, OR OTHER CHANGE THE STEERING JUMPS BACK AND FORTH TO THE POINT THAT THE FRONT END FEELS VERY LOOSE AND IT IS NOT EASY TO CONTROL.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN US 1 NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, WHEN I TRAVELED ACROSS AN UNEVEN (ROUGH PATCH) IN MY LANE AND MY STEERING WHEEL ALONG WITH WHAT FELT LIKE THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY AND QUICKLY DROPPED MY SPEED AND THEN STEERED MY TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. ONCE I COMPOSED MYSELF, I RECALLED THAT THE STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL ONCE MY SPEED WAS DECREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. I MADE SEVERAL NOTES IMMEDIATELY ABOUT WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE THIS HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED CALLING MY DEALERSHIP TO RELAY WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED AND TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. AFTER SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS AND 2ND OPINIONS, NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD CONFLICTING STORIES FROM FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK ANY LONGER. I'VE HAD EVERY PART OF THE STEERING (DAMPER, LINKAGE, CASTER, ETC) CHECKED AND BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE SPENT LOTS OF MONEY TRYING TO REPLACE PARTS I THOUGHT COULD BE THE CULPRIT. DURING THIS TIME, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE TWO MORE TIMES. I WAS DRIVING MY STOCK ( NO MODIFICATIONS) IN NORMAL CONDITIONS WHEN THIS EXACT PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME WAS WHILE I WAS TRAVELING DOWN US1 SOUTH AND CROSSED A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH, WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY, I HAD TO LET GO AND JUST QUICKLY APPLY THE BRA

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER FOUR TIMES TO CORRECT WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. FORD CALLS IT STEERING OSCILLATION. THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER I DRIVE OVER A POT HOLE, EXPANSION JOINT IN A BRIDGE THAT IS NOT PERPENDICULAR OR ANY ROAD ABNORMALITY. AFTER MULTIPLE FORD DEALERS REPAIRED IT I HAVE HAD NO ISSUES. HOWEVER, AFTER 5,000 TO 10,000 MILES THE DEATH WOBBLE BEGINS TO HAPPEN. I'VE ESCALATED THE ISSUE TO FORD MULTIPLE TIMES BUT IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. I HAVE HAD NO MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE TRUCK TO CAUSE THIS TO OCCUR. THE TRUCK IS 100% STOCK. PLEASE HELP. I AM A SINGLE FATHER AND THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER.

I PURCHASED A 2018 FORD F250 IN JANUARY. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND CROSSING RAILROAD CROSSING THE FRONT WHEELS STARTING BOUNCING AND SHAKING SO BAD THAT I HAD TO COM TO A COMPLETE STOP TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THAT IT IS REFERRED TO AS A " DEATH WOBBLE". I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE SO THAT MY WIFE AND I COULD TOW A CAMPER TRAILER BUT AFTER THIS HAPPENED NOT SURE I WANT TO PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER BY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. FORD HAS REPLACED PARTS ON THE VEHICLE AND SAID THIS WOULD FIX IT. OTHER STATE THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX THAT IT WILL DO IT AGAIN. FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE BUT THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS

TRUCK EXPERIENCES THE DEATH WOBBLE WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND MUST PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC TO REDUCE SPEED OR STOP BEFORE ISSUE RESOLVES. NO WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS ILLUMNATE. TRUCK HAS 58,000 MILES NOW. ISSUE BEGAN AROUND 44,000 MILES. WE HAVE SHORT VIDEO BUT CANNOT UPLOAD HERE DUE TO FILE TYPE NOT BEING PERMITTED. AFTER SEEING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINS ON THIS WEBSITE, WONDERING WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. FORD CLEARLY HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND CONTINUES TO SELL THE TRUCK WITH A KNOWN DEFECT AND A PART ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER.

TRAVELLING ALONG A STRAIGHT SECTION OF TWO-LANE HIGHWAY ABOUT 50 MPH AND HIT A BUMP OR PAVEMENT FAULT IN THE ROADWAY AND IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCES A VIOLENT SHAKING IN MY FRONT END LIKE I HAD A BLOWN TIRE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ALSO SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE FRONT END. COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, WE HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING SO BAD WE ALMOST HIT THE TRUCK NEXT TO US. THE HIGHWAY WAS SO CROWDED ALL I COULD DO WAS BRAKE AND HANG ON. FINALLY WHEN THE SPEED WAS AT 25 IT QUIT VIOLENTLY SHAKING. CHECKED THE TRUCK OUT AT THE NEXT EXIT AND FOUND NOTHING OBVIOUS. ON THE WAY HOME, IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY SINCE BECAUSE I AM SCARED THAT WE COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WE LIVE IN A RURAL AREA WITH THE CLOSEST DEALER 75 MILES AWAY, I WILL GET IT THERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS FORD AWARE OF THE PROBLEM? THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 15000 MILES, AND SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS. WE ARE IN OUR LATE 60?S AND I CAN ONLY HOPE I CAN HANG ON IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

STEERING BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING SOME BUMPS ON THE ROAD TRAVELING 55 MPH. HAD NO CONTROL OF STEERING UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED TO ABOUT 20 MPH.

THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER BUSHINGS ARE CRACKED AND DETERIORATING .. FORD WILL REPLACE THEM UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY STATE THAT THE CRACKED BUSHING CAN AFFECT STEERING, HANDLING AND BRAKING .. IF THE BUSHINGS FALL APART SUDDENLY THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE CAN LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH AND KILL SOMEONE.. MY SERVICE ADVISOR SAID HE HAS MEVER SEEN THE PROBLEM BEFORE.. BEING CURIOUS I LOOKED AT OTHER VEHICLES ON THE LOT.. EVERY SINGLE F250 AND F350 VEHICLE I LOOKED AT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.. EVEN THE NEW ONES WITH ZERO MILES HAD CRACKED BUSHINGS.. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL FALL APART AND FAIL JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY ENDS. A FAILED BUSHING CAN CAUSE ALL SORTS OF STEERING ANS STABILTY ISSUES . I THOUGHT SOMEONE MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.. IM GLAD I NOTICED THE CRACKED BUSHINGS BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES

MY 2018 F250 4X4 CREW CAB HAS 25,500 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE FORD DEALER SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE "DEATH WOBBLE" ISSUE. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENED AFTER HITTING A SMALL SEPARATING IN THE CONCRETE ON 1-75. THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE BECAUSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, I WAS IMMEDIATELY FORCED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND STOP THE VEHICLE TO ACCESS THE SITUATION. I GOT OUT TO INSPECT ALL FOUR TIRES THINKING THAT I MIGHT HAVE A FLAT TIRE. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. FORD SHOULD NOT BE SELLING THIS VEHICLE AT ALL UNTIL THERE IS A DESIGN CHANGE TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION. IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED I FEAR THAT SHE COULD OF LOST CONTROL AND ENDED UP IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT.

MY TRUCK HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE NOW. THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IN MY FRONT END WHEN IN GOT OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD OR A BRIDGE JOINT GOING BETWEEN 55-75. IT WAS FIXED ONCE WHILE MY WARRANTY WAS ACTIVE NOW SINCE MY WARRANTY IS UP THEY WILL NOT COVER IT. MULTIPLE TIMES DRIVING IF I WASN'T HOLDING ON TIGHT OR IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS. EVERYTHING ON MY TRUCK IS STOCK AND IT HAPPENED ROUGHLY 15K AND NOW AT 43K MILES. IM WORRIED IT WILL KILL SOMEONE AND ME AND OR MY FAMILY WHEN WE ARE IN THE TRUCK. I DON'T LET THEM RIDE VERY OFTEN UNLESS WE ARE GOING SOMEWHERE IN TOWN WHERE MY SPEED IN LESS THAN 45 MPH. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MY TRUCK AT WOODHOUSE FORD IN BLAIR, NE ON THE 19TH OF THIS MONTH, MARCH 2020. HOPING BY DOING THIS COMPLAINT THEY WILL NOT CHARGE ME SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

ON 02/29/2020 I WAS DRIVING HOME.MY STERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING SO BAD,I COULDNT CONTROL MY TRUCK,I SLOWED DOWN,IT FINALLY STOPPED,I ALMOST HAD A WRECK,

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V278000 (ENGINE, EQUIPMENT). THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WENT OVER BUMP IN THE ROAD AND EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE MINUTES LATER AND REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO REDUCE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. COLUMBIA FORD KIA LOCATED AT (234 WILLIMANTIC RD, COLUMBIA, CT 06237), WAS CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,300.

DEATH WOBBLE. VIOLENT SHAKING OCCURS AROUND 45MPH. IT HAS OCCURRED ON SMOOTH ROADS AND HIGHWAY AS WELL AS SLIGHTLY BUMPY ROADS. HARD BREAKING IS NEEDED TO GET IT TO STOP, OR RETURN TO A NORMAL DRIVING FEELING. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN THIS OCCURS. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND IT SCARES ME HAVE THEM RIDE WITH ME. NOT ONLY THAT, THE OTHER DRIVERS SAFETY IF THE TRUCK WAS TO LOSE CONTROL. NOW I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT SAFE FOR US, AND THESE PROBLEMS FORD WON'T FIX LEAVES US WITH A TRUCK THAT WE CANNOT GET RID OF DUE TO THE PROBLEMS WITHOUT PUSHING IT ONTO SOMEONE ELSE AND PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS MY FIRST COMPLAINT. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC TO HAVE THEM CHECK OUT MY SYMPTOMS. THEY REPORTED EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND TIGHT.TIRES WERE ROTATED AND ALIGNMENT PERFORMED, THIS DID NOT FIX OR HELP THE PROBLEM. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, AND STORIES, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 28000 MILES ON IT. TO NEW TO BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF ISSUES.

DRIVING VEHICLE BETWEEN 55-60MPH, STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKING AFTER GOING OVER ROAD EXPANSION JOINT ON 2 LANE DRY ROAD. NO - LIMITED STEERING CONTROL. MILEAGE ON TRUCK 34,800, TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED, 3 PASSENGERS, NO TRAILER OR LOAD. ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL WAS TO HEAVILY APPLY BRAKES, BRING HIGHWAY SPEED DOWN 30MPH.

DEATH WOBBLE AT 70MPH ON THE PLANO, TX GEORGE BUSH TOLL WAY AND I45 IN CORSICANA, TX

IT'S CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. 30,000 MILES ON TRUCK. IT HAS HAPPEN TWICE, ONCE AT A FULL STOP, I STARTED CROSSING A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND THE WHOLE FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY. I HAD NO CONTROL. IF ANOTHER CAR WAS COMING IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WRECK AS I HAD NO WAY OF STEERING. I WAS ONLY DOING BETWEEN 5 & 10 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE SECOND TIME WAS TODAY WITH 40,000 MILES. I WAS GOING 65 MPH DOWN A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, WHEN IT STARTED VIBRATING OUT OF CONTROL. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT HITTING OR SOMEONE HITTING ME. I'M NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK. FORD REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHAT WILL IT TAKE, OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL GET HURT.