2019 Ford F-250 SD complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH FRONT END SHAKING/VIBRATING VIOLENTLY ON CITY STREET. 12/2/2020 VERY HARD TO CONTROL. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 65MPH 12/13/2020 FRONT END SHAKING/VIBRATING VIOLENTLY VERY HARD TO CONTROL.*JB WHILE DRIVING NEAR PRESCOTT AZ, 65 MPH , TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIBRATING VIOLENTLY ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE, THIS SHAKES THE HECK OUT OF ALL SUSPENSION PARTS AND THE WHOLE TRUCK FOR THAT MATTER. RESEARCHING , THIS IS ONGOING ISSUE , TOLD THAT APPLYING BREAKS WHICH ALL PEOPLE DO IN THIS POSITION - WARPS BREAK ROTORS AS WELL. ISSUE IS VERY PREVALENT ON INTERNET.ALL FRONT SUSPENSION PARTS AND ROTORS SHOULD BE REPLACE PER MECHANICS THAT FIX THESE ISSUES. NO CRASH YET BUT LUCK WILL RUN OUT.*DT*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN DOWNSHIFTING GOING STRAIGHT FROM 5TH TO 1ST AND COMING TO A STOP IN THE HIGHWAY. AFTER STOPPING, IT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. THERE WERE NO WARNING OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER IT STOPPED.

I EXPERINCED THE DEATH WOBBLE ON 18 DEC 2020 IN MY 2019 FORD F 250. I WAS GOING ABOUT 65 70 ON THE HIGHWAY AND CROSSED A BRIDGE AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, WAS HARD TO STEER AND GOT TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND GOT IT SLOWED DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS CONTROLLABLE.

VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKING 'DEATH WOBBLE' AT 70 MPH. ALMOST CRASHED INTO CAR IN NEXT LANE OVER AND ALMOST REAR ENDED WHILE BRAKING WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 70 MPH, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HIT A SMALL POTHOLE AND THE FRONT WHEELS/AXLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY(DEATH WOBBLE) AND SENT THE TRUCK OVER TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC BARELY MISSING ALL THE VEHICLES AROUND ME. IT IS APPARENTLY A KNOWN SUPER DUTY ISSUE THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF PRIOR TO BUYING THIS TRUCK A YEAR AGO. HAD I KNOWN, I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE TRUCK. 2019 F-250 4WD W/19.000 MILES.

MY 2019 F-250 FRONT TIRES STARTING BOUNCING AT 75 MPH ON INTERSTATE ENOUGH TO ALARM ME A MONTH AGO. YESTERDAY 12/19/20 I HIT A BUMP ON A BRIDGE 63 MPH AND THE TRUCKS FRONT TIRES STARTED BOUNCING UNCONTROLLABLY, I ALMOST HIT A LOG TRUCK HEAD ON. I HELD THE WHEEL HARD W/BOTH HANDS AND TRIED TO BRAKE BUT THEY DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY DURING THE EVENT. THIS TRUCK HAS 32K MILES AND IT IS DANGEROUS!

VEHICLE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50MPH AFTER HITTING ANY SORT OF CRACK, POT HOLE, OR IRREGULARITY IN THE ROAD SURFACE. THE TRUCK WILL DART TO ONE SIDE OR THE STEERING WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 22K MILES.

I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY ON AN INCLINE AND SLIGHT CURVE. THERE WAS A LITTLE DIP IN THE ROAD. THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I PULLED OVER CHECKED TRUCK AND TIRES OVER. FOUND NO PROBLEM. I PULLED BACK ON THE FREEWAY AND THEN IT DROVE NORMAL. DID RESEARCH AND I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE DEATH WOBBLE BEFORE THAT.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND UPON HITTING A BUMP EXPERIENCED WHAT I HAVE COME TO KNOW AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND PRESUMABLY THE TIRES WERE SHAKING AS WELL BECAUSE I COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND COULD SLOWLY BRAKE TO A STOP AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE, AFTER SOME RESEARCH, THAT THIS IS DUE TO A LITANY OF SUSPENSION PARTS BEING LOOSE OR TOO WEAK.

"DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER ONLY 14,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.. THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT HIGH SPEED STEERING FEAR. EVERY TIME YOU HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLES SHAKES FOR A VERY LONG TIME TILL YOU SLOW DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY AND TRY TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY SHOULDERS.. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

ON 12/15/2020 AT APPROX 4:30 PM, I EXPERIENCED SEVER STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION (DEATH WOBBLE) WHILE CROSSING AN OVER PASS EXPANSION JOINT ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE AT AROUND 70 MPH. TRUCK IS UNDER WARRANTY AND HAS 21,000 MILES ON IT. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED AS IT WAS ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE, HAD TO MERGE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND DECREASE SPEED TO AROUND 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED. CAR BEHIND ME SAW THAT THE FRONT AXLE WAS HOPPING UNCONTROLLABLY AND PUT THEIR HAZARDS ON.THERE ARE KNOWN FSA'S AND TSB'S FROM FORD REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED AND MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE TO DEALER TO FIX. AFTER READING SEVERAL THREADS ABOUT THIS, I'M SURE IT WILL BE MORE OF A "BAND AID" THAN A TRUE SOLUTION.

MY TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN HITTING ROUGH PATCH ON HIGHWAY. ALMOST CRASHED DUE TO HAVING TO SLOW DOWN AND STEERING BEING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. CARS BEHIND ME SWERVED TO AVOID ME. MY 2 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE. BACK SEAT AND WAS TERRIFIED WITH MYSELF AND MY GIRLFRIEND RIDING PASSENGER.

TRUCK'S TAILGATE OPENS AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION BUT UNSURE WHAT SPEED AS NO INDICATION THAT TAILGATE IS OPEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE.

HIT AN UNEVEN SPOT WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT TOWN ROAD AND THE FRONT END AND STEERING BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. VEHICAL HAD 1300 MILES ON IT. DEATH WOBBLE. REOCCURANCE ON 10/25/2020 AT 1600 MILES ON STATE HYWAY STRAIGHT AWAY WITH SMALL BUMP.

I REPORTED THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION (DEATH WOBBLE) JUST AFTER 5000 MILES AND HAS HAPPENED AGAIN WITH APPROXIMATELY 17,000 MILES. MY WIFE AND I WERE ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS I TRIED TO RECOVER AND SLOW THE TRUCK OFF THE TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES WITH STILL NO DEFINITE SOLUTION, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK AT LEAST TWICE AND THE TRACK BAR ONCE ALONG WITH CHECKING ALL FRONT END COMPONENTS IT HAS DONE LITTLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER IF I HAVE CONSIDERED DOING A DUAL SHOCK STABILIZER MYSELF AS THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO RECONCILE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE YET THE TRUCK SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE KINDS OF WEAR PROBLEMS AT JUST OVER 17,000 MILES. FORD CONTINUES TO MASK THE PROBLEM WHILE WAITING FOR ITS CUSTOMERS TO SERIOUSLY BE INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. I FEEL AS IF THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM FALLS ON DEAF EARS AS THE OLDEST AND BIGGEST TRUCK MANUFACTURER HAS SKIRTED ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSUMER SAFETY. PLEASE HELP US SOLVE THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE HURT OR KILLED!.

AT 75MPH ON INTERSTATE 95 I DROVE OVER A PORTION OF THE ROAD THAT ENT FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE BACK TO ASPHALT IT HAS A SLIGHT DIP WHEN I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN MY FRONT END I ALMOST LOST CONTROL AND HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP DURING RUSH HOUR TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY TRUCK MIND YOU I DRIVE A TRACTOR TRAILER FIRE TRUCK FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND THIS INCIDENT INVOLVING MY NEW TRUCK ACTUALLY SCARED ME! WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS IT DEFINITELY INVOLVES THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE TRUCK WITH 20,000 MILES IT HAS 21,400 ON IT AS OF TODAY IT CAME WITH A 30,000 OR 3 YEAR MANUFACTURE WARRANTY I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS PUT ON HOLD AND TRANSFERRED A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH NO EXPLANATION BUT TO CONTACT A FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM

2019 F-250 "DEATH WOBBLE", THIS OCCURRED IN AUGUST 2019 WITH LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, IT WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE "DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED AGAIN NOVEMBER 3, 2020 AND AGAIN NOVEMBER 18, 2020. ALL THREE TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE GOING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 75 MPH. THIS HAPPENS ON BRIDGE TRANSITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN TAKEN IN BOTH TIMES FOR REPAIR. I KEEP GETTING TOLD BY FORD THIS "SHOULD" FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM SCARED OF THIS VEHICLE AS IT IS A DANGER TO MYSELF AND TO OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE REQUESTED A BUY BACK FROM FORD AS THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED ON A NEW VEHICLE THAT NOW HAVE 9,550 MILES ON IT. FORD HAS DENIED THE BUY BACK.

2019 F250 STEERING STABILIZER FAILED CAUSING EXCESSIVE UNCONTROLLABLE VIBRATION IN STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TOWING 5TH WHEEL TRAILER OR NOT TOWING UNTIL VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO FULL STOP CAUSING HIGH PROBABILITY OF REAR END COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE . THIS OCCURRED AT ~21K MILES. FORD REPLACED PART. EXCESSIVE UNCONTROLLABLE VIBRATION IN STEERING AGAIN STARTED AGAIN AT 37K MILES. FORD WILL REPLACE STEERING STABILIZER AGAIN AT NO COST, BUT WANTS ME TO PAY FOR FRONT END BUSHING REPLACEMENT AT $630.

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH VEHICLE HAS FREQUENT VIOLENT FRONT WHEEL SHAKE/SHIMMY AND HAS NEARLY CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS WHENEVER ENCOUNTERING UNEVEN ROAD SERVICES. MICHELIN TIRES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND BALANCED PERFECTLY. THIS IS SO SEVERE MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOR WILL SHE ALLOW OUR GRANDCHILD TO RIDE IN THE VEHICLE. I WILL ONLY DRIVE IT ON RARE INSTANCES. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 10,000 MILES, IS COMPLETELY STOCK AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFF PAVEMENT (OFFROADING).

EXTREME STEERING LOSS DUE TO 'DEATH WOBBLE'. DROVE OVER A BRIDGE, AND THE TRUCK STEERING VIOLENTLY SHOOK MERELY BY THE SLIGHTEST OF BUMPS THAT WAS THE BRIDGE THRESHOLD. 13K MILES. EXTREME DIFFICULTY PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" 5 TIMES. 3 IN ONE TRIP AND THE OTHER TWO ABOUT 2 MONTHS APART EACH ALL AROUND 70-75MPH. DEALER SAYS NOT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE WE HAVE INSTALLED FORD APPROVED LEVELER KIT; ALL ELSE IS FACTORY. "DEATH WOBBLE" STARTED AROUND 34K MILES, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS AT FIRST VERY BUMPY ROAD BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (60+) IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION, UNDER DRY CONDITIONS OF 55 DEGREES F, I ENCOUNTERED A SHORT PATCH OF PAVED ROAD WITH A ROUGH OR WASHBOARD SURFACE. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ENCOUNTER SEVERE SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION WHICH SHOOK THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, REDUCED MY ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE, AND RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE ENTERING THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. AFTER SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH, THE OSCILLATION ENDED AND I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN STEERING CONTROL. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SIMILAR ROAD SURFACE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNLOADED EXCEPT FOR THE 4 OCCUPANTS.

VEHICLE (2019 FORD F250 XLT) EXPERIENCED WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR IRREGULARITY ALONG THE INTERSTATE, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (70 MPH AND ABOVE), THE ENTIRE VEHICLE AND STEERING COLUMN SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. I EXPERIENCED THIS EVENT TWICE ON A RECENT TRIP OUT OF STATE, WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AT A MECHANIC SHOP, AND DESCRIBED THE EVENT TO THE MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD F250, AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MEASURES THAN CAN BE IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE THE ISSUE WITH THE FAULTY FRONT END SUSPENSION AND DESIGN, THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WILL MOST LIKELY CONTINUE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OTHER FORD F250 OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND ARE PUTTING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE, AND AND OTHER HIGHWAYS TRAVELERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE VEHICLE, AT RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH. AS FAR AS VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF THE INCIDENT, PLEASE GO TO YOU TUBE, AND ENTER FORD F250 "DEATH WOBBLE". YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THIS EVENT. IN SPEAKING WITH THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE F250S WERE RE-DESIGNED IN THE YEAR 2020, AND THAT THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE. THIS DOES NOTHING TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED THE F250S BETWEEN 2011 AND 2019. THANK YOU.

FORD F-250 AT HIGHWAY SPEED (50-70MPH) WILL BECOME TOTALLY UNSTABLE AFTER HITTING AN UNEVEN SECTION OF ROAD, BUMP, POT HOLE. VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE CONTROL IS NOT GAINED UNTIL THE TRUCK IS SLOWED DOWN TO 15-20 MPH. OTHER CARS NOTICE AND SLOW DOWN, TO AVOID POSSIBLE COLLISION. THE ISSUE IS AND WILL RESULT IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE WAS EXPLAINED AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

TWICE THIS PAST WEEKEND, I EXPERIENCED WHAT THE DEALERSHIP CALLS "DEATH WOBBLE". THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER UNEVEN ASPHALT. THE FIRST OCCURENCE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 75MPH AND THE SECOND TIME WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH. IT FELT LIKE THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO SHAKE ITSELF APART AND I HAD VERY LITTLE STEERING UNTIL I SLOWED THE TRUCK DOWN BELOW 20MPH. IN BOTH INSTANCES, I WAS SERIOUSLY CONCERNED FOR MY LIFE (AND I DON'T SCARE EASLIY IN VEHICLES). AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH SUPER DUTY FORDS. SURPRISED THIS IS HAPPENING TO A TRUCK WITH ONLY 33,000 MILES ON IT! I AM SCHEDULING A TIME FOR THE TRUCK TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP.

WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, AND I HIT A POTHOLE OR UNEVEN EXPANSION JOINT, MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCES WHAT'S CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY IN YOUR HANDS, YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS SLOW DOWN AND WAIT FOR IT TO STOP. NOT VERY SAFE WHEN YOU'RE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED WAS NOVEMBER OF 2019, 29400 MILES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARTS UNTIL JANUARY TO PUT ON MY TRUCK. THE PART IS JUST A STEERING DAMPER, WHICH IS A BAND-AID FOR THE OVERALL ISSUE. NOW MY TRUCK IS DOING IT AGAIN(62,900MIKES), 9 MONTHS AFTER REPAIR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING A 70 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A BUMP ON THE ROADWAY, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SOUTHWEST FORD LOCATED AT 3000 FORT WORTH HWY, WEATHERFORD, TX 76087, (844)253-7070 WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,949.

IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS MY 2019 F-250 TRUCK HAS STARTED SHAKING WHEN REACHING SPEEDS AROUND 50 MPH. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK STARTS RATTLING AND STEERING WHEEL STARTS JOLTING BACK AND FORTH AT A RAPID PACE CAUSING YOU TO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS OCCURS ON WELL PAVED ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. WHEN SEARCHING FOR WHAT THE CAUSE MAY BE FOR THIS ISSUE, I FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AND REPORTS ABOUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS DEFINITIONS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THE 2019 TRUCK FOR JUST OVER A YEAR AND HAVE LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT. I DID BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE TRUCK SO HOPEFULLY FORD WILL HONOR IT AND FIX IT CORRECTLY SO I CAN SAFELY DRIVE IT AGAIN.

UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLING AT HIGH SPEED 65-75MPH

INITIALLY THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHILE GOING OVER EXPANSION JOINTS ON THE INTERSTATE DURING A RECENT TRIP. REALLY SCARY EVENT WITH MY SON IN THE VEHICLE. TODAY I HIT A POTHOLE WHILE GETTING ON THE ONRAMP TO THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLED UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD 2 18 WHEELERS BESIDE ME AND TRAFFIC BEHIND ME APPROACHING FAST. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SHOULDER WHILE ALMOST GETTING RAMMED IN THE REAR. SAME DAY I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD GOING 70 MPH AND WITH NO TRAFFIC AROUND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY AND MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO VIDEO THE INCIDENT. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER AND COME TO A STOP FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. 2 TIMES IN THE SAME DAY FOR THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE BUT THE 3 TIME IN A WEEK THAT I HAVE BEEN SCARED TO DEATH I WAS ABOUT TO DIE IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

TRUCK EXPERIENCES 'DEATH WOBBLE' MEANING IT STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING (IN MOTION) MAKING IT UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS OCCURS MOST OFTEN ON THE FREEWAY. TRUCK HAS ALREADY RECEIVED WHAT FORD SAID REPAIRS THE ISSUE, BUT ISSUE STILL CONTINUES

TRUCK HAS 26,600 MILES, TIRES ROTATED FROM NEW PER MANUAL AT FORD DEALER. TIRE PRESSURES AT SPEC. NORMAL TIRE WEAR. 90% PAVEMENT DRIVEN. ON FAMILIAR TWO LANE PAVED STATE ROAD DURING CLEAR WEATHER WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 70-75MPH UPON HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN OSCILLATING AT A HIGH RATE WITH MY COMPLETE INABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE ROAD HAD A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND I WAS UNABLE TO MANIPULATE THE TRUCKS DIRECTION CAUSING AN ONCOMING VEHICLE TO LEAVE THEIR LANE INTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID COLLISION. IMMEDIATELY UPON THIS HAPPENING I LET OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES FOR FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL FURTHER WITH A VEHICLE ONCOMING. ONCE THE VEHICLE PASSED I FIRMLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND UPON SLOWING TO ABOUT 40-45MPH THE TRUCK SELF CORRECTED AND I REGAINED FULL CONTROL. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT MY STEERING WHEEL IS NOW 3-5 DEGREES OFF CENTER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT TRACK WHEN DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY THE TRUCK EXHIBITED THE WOBBLE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60-75MPH AFTER HITTING MINOR POTHOLES AND BRIDGE APPROACHES AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN A NORMAL COURSE OF DRIVING. MY LOCAL FORD DEALERS SERVICE ADVISOR SAID I HAD EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPNER AND RE-ALIGN THE TRUCK UNDER WARRANTY. I AM NOT CONVINCED THIS IS THE TOTAL SOLUTION AND I AM VERY SKEPTICAL OF CONTINUING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. HAD I BEEN ON A BUSIER ROAD I AM NOT SURE THE OUTCOME WOULD

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN E-470 NEAR SOUTHLANDS MALL, WHEN WE HIT A BRIDGE JOICE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POT HOLE. THIS SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED OUR 2019 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY LARIAT WITH A LITTLE OVER 27K MILES, TO BEGIN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, TO WHERE WE HAD TO SLOW TO 20 MPH AND VEER FOR THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, OR RISK BEING PROPELLED INTO THE NEIGHBORING VEHICLE. COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND RIDICULOUS TO SEE THIS OUT OF A NEW TRUCK. SCARED THE LIVING HELL OUT OF US. AND WE CONSISTANTLY TRAILER HORSES , IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE TRAILER OUR HORSES?? OH MY GOD.

OUR 2019 F250 FIRST EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" IN MARCH OF 2020 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE STEERING DAMPNER WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. WE THEN HAD "DEATH WOBBLE" OCCUR FOR THE SECOND TIME OCTOBER 2020, ONCE AGAIN DRIVING 75 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE STEERING DAMPNER WAS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. HERE WE ARE IN NOVEMBER 2020, TWO WEEKS AFTER HAVING THE DAMPER REPLACED AGAIN AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING "DEATH WOBBLE" FOR THE THIRD TIME. EVERY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT LEAST AT 70-75 MPH. WE CALLED FORD AFTER THE SECOND TIME AND WERE TOLD WE HAD TO HAVE THE ISSUE OCCUR 3 TIMES BEFORE THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING.

I EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY IN OREGON AND AS I CROSSED ONTO A BRIDGE ON THE GRANDE RONDE RIVER AT ABOUT 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN AND REGAINED CONTROL. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE TRUCK HAD BEEN REPAIRED FOR THAT ISSUE. THE TRUCK HAD FEWER THAN 27,000 MILES AND THE DAMPENER HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN I WENT OVER A BRIDGE TRANSITION. THE TRUCKS STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND I HAD TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO 20 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. THE TRUCKS BRAKES SEEMED TO NOT WORK AT NORMAL LEVELS WHEN SLOWING DOWN, I HAD TO LET OFF THE GAS TO GET THE TRUCK TO SLOW DOWN. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. I COULD BARELY CONTROL THE TRUCK ENOUGH TO CHANGE LANES TO START GETTING OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. I AM HESITANT TO DRIVE MY TRUCK ANYMORE IF THIS DEATH WOBBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

2019 FORD F-250 HAS DEVELOPED A DEATH WOBBLE AT 17,000 MILES THIS HAPPENS 65 AND OVER MILES AN HOUR. I CALLED FORD AND IT HAS BEEN SIX DAYS I LEAVE MESSAGES EVERY DAY AND THEY WILL NOT CALL ME BACK NOT SURE WHAT TO DO THE TRUCK IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. PLEASE HELP

IT HAPPEN AROUND 1815, WHEN I EXPERIENCE THE DEATH WOBBLE, THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTED SHAKING AND IT WAS FELTED ON THE FRONT END OF MY FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. IT OCCUR AT A SPEED OF 65 MILES PER HOUR. WHILE DRIVING ON THE OVER PASS OF THE FREEWAY AND GOING OVER THE GROOVE IN THE ROAD. IT WAS A FRIGHTENING INCIDENT OF ALMOST LOSING CONTROL OF MY TRUCK. IF THEIR WHERE LOTS OF VEHICLE ON THE ROAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED. I TRY TO STOP AND MADE MATTERS WORST SO I QUICKLY LET IT SLOW WAY DOWN UNTIL IT ALMOST CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. TODAY I CALL THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT NO RECALLS. THE DEALER NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A SATISFACTORY WAY TO END THE PROBLEM. BEFORE LIFE ARE LOST. THANKS

I'VE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE ONCE. FORD PUT A NEW STEERING DAMPENER ON THE TRUCK. 20,000 THOUSAND MILES LATTER I NOW HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE DEATH WOBBLE. CALLED FORD AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AT 70 MPH ON A VERY BUSY CITY PORTION OF INTERSTATE AND ALMOST GOT ME INTO AN ACCIDENT. FORD IS NOT WILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME AFTER TALKING WITH FORD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS SAME THING AND NOTE FOR YOU GUYS

WHEN YOU GO OVER A BUMP, TRANSITION STRIP, OVERPASS IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK THE WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE TRUCK WANTS TO LEAVE THE ROAD YOU HAVE TO HANG ON TIGHT WITH BOTH HANDS JUST TO TRY TO GAIN CONTROL BACK OF THE VEHICLE.

FILED CLAIM 11365809. ISSUE RESOLVED AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP ON 10/27/2020 FOR 2ND TIME. ON 11/14/2020 ISSUE REOCCURRING. VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH. "DEATH WOBBLE"

ONLY 16,000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK. IN THE LAST WEEK THERE HAVE BEEN 4 INCIDENTS. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS 60-75MPH I EXPERIENCED A SEVERE SHAKING AFTER HITTING A SLIGHT DEFECT IN THE ROAD. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED(TONIGHT), THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT THAT MY TIRES STARTED TO SCREECH AS THE TRUCK SHIFTED VIOLENTLY LEFT TO RIGHT. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER BECAUSE I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN SO THE SHAKING WOULD STOP. I OFTEN HAVE MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK WITH ME AND I AM SO FORTUNATE SHE WASNT WITH ME TONIGHT. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS CALLED "THE DEATH WOBBLE." PEOPLE WITH THESE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE WEB. THIS IS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW AND SAFETY CONCERN. NOT TO MENTION AFTER SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THIS HAS TO PUT TREMENDOUS STRAIN ON OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE TRUCK CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE LOOSES THEIR LIFE, IF NO ONE HAS ALREADY.

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 CRUISING ALONG 70 MPH. WHEN I CROSSED OVER A BRIDGE ABUTMENT THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIGOROUSLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO CONTROL. I WAS NOT ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GOT OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND REDUCED SPEED TO AROUND 25 MPH. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND NOT COVERED UP. WOULD NOT BE GOOD IF I HAD MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER BEHIND ME WITH MY TWO KIDS IN THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 14,000 MILES ON IT!

UNINTENDED TAILGATE OPENINGS ; GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR THE TAILGATE CAME OPEN AND LOST SOME CARGO . THE VEHICLES BEHIND MINE HAD TO CHANGE LANES AS WELL AS GO OFF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION .THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 11 TIMES . THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING , ALL OTHER TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. FORD HAS TRIED TO TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WITH NO SUCCESS . THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE OVER 70 DAYS SINCE NEW . THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS HAS BEEN REPLACED , FORD PUT IN THE IDENTICAL HARNESS WITH NO NEW IMPROVEMENTS . THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS . FORD ALSO CLAIMS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH UNINTENDED TAILGATE OPENINGS .THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD . THE VEHICLE WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURED .

HAD TAILGATE RECALL DONE IN FEBRUARY 2020. TAILGATE CONTINUES TO OPEN ON ITS OWN. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. RECENT INCIDENT 11/9/2020 TAILGATE OPENED TWICE WHILE ON ROAD AND DAMAGED 5TH WHEEL CAMPER CARGO DOOR. VEHICLE AT DEALER 3 DAYS COULDN'T GET TAILGATE TO REPEAT INCIDENT. ADVISED NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PRIOR TO LEAVING DEALER TAILGATE WOULDN'T OPEN. RECALL FIX HAS NOT WORKED. I SEARCHED INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM.

UPON HITTING A SEAM SUCH AS A ROAD/BRIDGE SEAM AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. ONCE I SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR THE SHAKING STOPPED. ALL OF MY LUG NUTS ARE TIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE BUT WITH LIGHT SHAKING UPON HITTING ANY BUMP OR SEAM AND THEN STOPS. THIS TIME IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL I SLOWED

MY 2019 FORD F250 WITH 16K MILES EXPERIENCED A MAJOR STEERING SHAKING I.E. "DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER HITTING A SMALL TRANSITION ON A BRIDGE APPROACH AT 62 MILES PER HOUR ON FLAT PAVEMENT. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY HOME. I INSPECTED THE STEERING COMPONENTS AND THEY APPEAR TO BE SEVERELY WORN OUT, ESPECIALLY THE TRACK BAR AND TIE ROD BEARINGS/BUSHINGS.

PREVIOUSLY I EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF CONTROL AND VIOLENT SHAKING WHILE OPERATING MY VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS INCLUDING A BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH WERE ONLY RESOLVED AFTER REDUCING SPEED BY MORE THAN 50 MPH. A LOCAL DEALERSHIP COMPLETED A SERVICE BULLETIN HOWEVER A COUPLE DAYS LATER A LIGHTER VIBRATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ON A PHONE CALL THAT IT WAS PROBABLY JUST ROUGH ROAD AND THAT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED. TODAY THE ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED MORE THAN 20 DEGREES AND THE VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO STAY IN THE LANE OF TRAVEL, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT BECAME CONTROLLABLE AGAIN.

AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT 70MPH MY TRUCK ENTER A DEATH WOBBLE AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE DEATH WOBBLE DID NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I SLOWED TO 35MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEER DAMPER AND FRONT SHOCKS. 5 MONTHS LATER MY TRUCK STARTED TO GET THE DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN.