2019 Ford F-250 SD complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY 2019 F-250 PICKUP ON THE INTERSTATE AND AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE TRANSITION BACK TO THE HIGHWAY THAT WAS FAIRLY ROUGH DUE TO THE BRIDGE SEAM, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE WHOLE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 70MPH. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SLOWING DOWN AND MOVING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VIOLENT SHAKING ABATED AS I SLOWED BELOW 30MPH. I CHECKED OUT THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE TRUCK AND THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ANYTHING AMISS SO I DROVE HOME AT NO MORE THAN 60MPH AND TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. WHEN I DESCRIBED THE SYMPTOMS TO THE DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HE SAID, "SOUNDS LIKE THE DEATH WOBBLE." I ASKED HIM WHAT HE MEANT AND HE INDICATED THAT FORD F-250S AND F-350S SEEM TO HAVE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAT LEADS TO THE PROBLEM I DESCRIBED. AND, HE ALSO INDICATED THAT FORD HAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN OUT TO THEIR DEALERS TELLING THEM WHAT TO REPAIR WHEN THIS MALFUNCTION ARISES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT STABILIZER AND ANOTHER FRONT END PART AND RETURNED THE TRUCK TO ME. IT APPEARS TO DRIVE OK AFTER THE REPAIR WAS EFFECTED. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH OF THE TERM "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF POSTS DESCRIBING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS I DESCRIBE ABOVE. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WIDE SPREAD AMONG LATE MODEL FORD F-250S AND F-350S. HAD MY "DEATH WOBBLE" INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY OR WHILE TOWING A TRAILER, I FEAR IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN A

TRUCK WILL ON OCCASION HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AND START SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL IT IS SLOWED DOWN AROUND 40 MPH. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH.

DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT ONE LANE SERVICE ROAD AT ABOUT 50-55 MILES PER HOUR I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT WOBBLE AT THE FRONT END THAT FORCED ME TO GRAB THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHT WITH BOTH HANDS AND SLOW DOWN TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH FEELS LIKE IT BEGINS TO BOUNCE AND DRIFT SIDEWAYS IF I DIDN'T. I'M AFRAID TO HIT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OF BUMPS OR POT HOLES NOW AND EVEN SLOW DOWN IN AREAS I KNOW MAY HAVE SOME. BUT WHAT WORRIES ME THE MOST IS CAUSING AND ACCIDENT OR EVEN WORSE LETTING MY FAMILY USE THE VEHICLE AND SOMETHING HAPPENING TO THEM AS THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY

DRIVING AT 60MPH I HIT A BUMP (JOINT) BETWEEN OVERPASS AND HIGHWAY. TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING IN THE FRONT END. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD CHECKED TIRES AND LUG NUTS NO ISSUES. DROVE HOME SLOWLY

DEATH WOBBLE. VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO SLOW ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO GO AWAY. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT USUALLY HIGHER SPEEDS FROM 50 MPH TO 80 MPH WHEN IT HITS A BUMP OR A GAP IN THE PAVEMENT.

WHEN DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS GOING OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF THE FREEWAY FRONT END VIOLENTLY SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO STOP COMPLETELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW AND AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE.

DRIVING 65 MPH, ENCOUNTERED BUMP/RIDGE IN HIGHWAY SURFACE. FRONT END BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF ALMOST LOSING CONTROL. WAS ABLE TO BRAKE ABRUPTLY AND STOP EPISODE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES RECENTLY.

DRIVING VEHICLE AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. DROVE OVER AN UNEVEN PATCH OF BLACKTOP ROAD AND BOTH FRONT TIRES STARTED WOBBLING. THE TERM IS CALLED " DEATH WOBBLE".

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH, AFTER DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL SPEED IS REDUCED. THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH! .

I HAD 18000 MILES ON MY NEW TRUCK WHEN THE DEATH WOBBLE STARTED. I SENT THE TRUCK TO NATCHEZ FORD DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY REPLACE THE DRAG LINK AND DID A ALIGNMENT. TOOK IT BACK AT 22000 MILE THE TRUCK STAYED AT THE DEALER FOR 3 WEEKS WAITING ON SO UPGRADE DAMPER. DROVE THE TRUCK FOR 300 MILES STILL WOBBLE BUT NOT LIKE BEFORE. PARTS ARE NOT WHAT'S NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. PEOPLE AT DEALERSHIP HAS A FIX FOR THE ISSUE BUT ITS IS NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY

VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL WHEN HITTING BUMPS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MUST SLOW TO BELOW 45 FOR IT TO STOP. THIS IS REFERRED TO AS DEATH WOBBLE. IT HAPPENED WITHIN 13000 OF OWNING MY NEW TRUCK. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING A CAMPER WITH MY FAMILY OF FOUR. WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A SEMI BECAUSE I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES ON THE INTERSTATE.

MID TO HIGH SPEEDS IF I HIT ANY SORT OF BUMP OR ANY SORT OF HOLE IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END STARTS TO VIBRATE SEVERELY AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND SHAKES AND I HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY DECELERATE. IT IS EXACTLY WHAT I SEE OTHER FORD USERS DESCRIBING ONLINE AS THE DEATH WOBBLE.

DEATH WOBBLE. FRONT WHEELS VIOLENTLY SHAKE BACK AND FORTH AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON PAVEMENT. I WAS DRIVING AT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY.

WHILE IN MOTION THE VEHICLE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE OR COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES AFTER YOU HIT A BUMP. THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP COMPLETELY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE TWICE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED ISSUE THAT THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO ADDRESS. 3 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE THE SUPER-DUTY TRUCKS HAVE THIS ISSUE.

I AM HAVING SOME TYPE OF SEVERE WOBBLE STEERING/SUSPENSIONS ISSUE WHERE IT FEELS AS IF I HAVE A FLAT TIRE ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED IT WAS SO SEVERE IT CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE I TRIED SLOWING DOWN FROM 70 TO GET IT TO STOP AS I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLAT TIRE. ONCE I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 25 IT STOPPED. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED I TRIED TO GIVE IT ABOUT 30-45 SECONDS TO SEE IF IT WOULD STOP BUT IT DIDN'T AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED I GOT A BIT MORE CREATIVE AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THIS GOING UP TO 85 AND THAT DID NOT WORK SO AGAIN GOT IT TO STOP BY REDUCING SPEED TO 20-25. THIS IS UNSAFE TO THE POINT WHERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON A HIGHWAY WITHOUT SHOULDERS AS IF THIS OCCURS I MAY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20-25 MPH TO GET THIS TO STOP. THIS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY (I-75 IN FL) ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 TIMES OVER THE PERIOD OF 30 DAYS. THE TIRE PSI WAS ABOUT 65-70 ON ALL OCCURRENCES WITH DEALER INSPECTED "GOOD TIRE TREAD". ALL 3 WERE ROUTINE DRIVES TO WORK AND ALL OCCURRED AT THE SAME SPEED OF 70 MPH. ALL OF THEM WERE CRUISING (NOT ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING) AND IN 6TH GEAR IN OPTIMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITH NO LOAD AND ONCE WITH A BUMPER PULL TRAILER (TONGUE WEIGHT OF ABOUT 350-500 LBS, LOAD WEIGHT OF TRAILER+LOAD AROUND 5,000 LBS). MY TRUCK HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY FORD AND AT THE DEALERSH

I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO STOP EACH TIME TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE TRUCK HAD LESS THAN 6000 MILES ON IT WITH NO MODIFICATIONS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS WILL KILL SOMEONE. I USUALLY USE THE TRUCK TO TOW A 7000LB RV AND CANT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAD BEEN TOWING AT THE TIME. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY ACTED AS IF IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES WITHIN A 20 MILE DISTANCE. I WAS TERRIFIED TO CONTINUE WITH MY TRIP AND WAS NERVOUS THE ENTIRE TRIP. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS. I HEAR IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM.

DRIVING ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY IN THE LEFT LANE APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 70MPH. I WENT OVER A SMALL POTHOLE AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLABLY FOR ABOUT 40 SECONDS. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN BUT WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND AS THE ROAD WAS CROWDED. WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO 40 MILES AN HOUR THE SHAKING STOPPED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO COME APART.

FORD PERFORMED THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIR TO THIS VEHICLE LAST WEEK. THE REPAIR ACTUALLY MADE THE "DEATH WOBBLE" PROBLEM WORSE. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 60 MPH ON UP, AND AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN ONE TIRE GOES OVER A BUMP OR DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY SURFACE. HERE IS A VIDEO OF THE PROBLEM AFTER THE FORD FACTORY REPAIR WAS DONE. THIS VEHICLE IS STOCK AND HAS THE TIRES, WHEELS AND SUSPENSION THAT CAME FROM THE FACTORY. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO OPERATE. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/V4DJICVAY_K

I WAS DRIVNG INTERSTATE ACCELERATING TO ABOUT 75 WHEN MY FRONT TWO WHEELS BEGIN BOUNCING REALLY BAD. THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGIN SHAKING, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. I FELT LIKE I WAS LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, MY LITTLE GIRLS WERE IN THE TRUCK AND WITNESSED THE EVENT. I IMMEDIATELY BEING BRAKING AND WAS ALMOST RUN INTO FROM BEHIND. THE SHAKING CONTINUED TILL I SLOWED DOWN TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MILES HOURS.

ME AND MY WIFE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 70-80 MPH, AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO WOBBLE SIDE TO SIDE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLAT TIRE. WE SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OK, AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. I STARTED BACK ON THE HIGHWAY, AND ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER WE HIT A BUMP GOING ROUGHLY 75 MPH, AND THE TRUCK AGAIN STARTED WOBBLING, I FELT LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS TRUCK WITH 18,862 MILES ON IT, AND CURRENTLY THERE IS 19,541 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I STILL HAVE THE MANUFACTURE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE, BUT I FEEL VERY INTIMIDATED TO DRIVE IT, AND MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AFTER THIS INCIDENT. ALL I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE IS THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF THE FORD "DEATH WOBBLE". I DO NOT KNOW WHAT COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE ARE CAUSING THIS, BUT IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO SPEND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE DID, ONLY TO FIND IT BEING A POSSIBLE DEATH TRAP.

'DEATH WOBBLE' INTENSE VIBRATION AND LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN I HIT A BUMPS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP

DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND HIT CHANGE IN PAVEMENT FROM CONCRETE TO RAISED ASPHALT AND FRONT END/STEERING BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL REACHED 20 MPH. HAS HAPPENED AGAIN 3 MORE TIMES AT SPEEDS AROUND 70 MPH ON PAVED 3 LANE HIGHWAY WITH NO CONTROL UNTIL REACHING SPEED OF 20 MPH EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND VERY VERY DANGEROUS TRUCK HAS UNDER 30,000 MILES ON IT. IN DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY WAITING TO PICK IT UP TO FIND OUT WHAT PARTS THEY HAVE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT FORD NEEDS TO CORRECT BEFORE PEOPLE ARE HURT OR KILLED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A BUMP ON THE ROADWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LAMARQUE FORD LOCATED AT 3101 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD, KENNER, LA 70065, (504)-443-2500 FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

I BELIEVE I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE KNOWN 'DEATH WOBBLE'. WHEN GOING 65 MPH OR MORE AND HIT A BUMP WITH A TURN I'D LOSE CONTROL AND MY TRUCK WOULD FEEL LIKE MY FRONT TIRES HAD BLOWN OR SHOCKS HAD FAILED. I'D SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER AND THE TRUCK LOOKED FINE. AT LOWER SPEEDS IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAPPEN. I'VE EXPERIENCED IT TWICE NOW. ALL FORD HAS SAID IS I NEED A NEW STEERING STABILIZER, THAT IS ON BACK ORDER. THEY CLAIM THAT WILL ' FIX ' THE PROBLEM.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH, I HIT A ROUGH PATCH ON HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING VIGOROUSLY, WHOLE TRUCK WAS SHAKING AND PULLING TO THE LEFT. I STRUGGLED TO CONTROL IT AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, AT AROUND 45-50MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED AND REGAINED CONTROL OF THE STEERING. TRUCK CONTINUE TO HAVE EXCESSIVE SHAKING WHEN HITTING SMALL BUMPS ON HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPENED ON THE DAY I PICKED UP THE USED TRUCK FROM THE DEALERSHIP AS I WAS DRIVING HOME, TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 37,700 MILES. THE NEXT DAY ON MY WAY TO WORK, I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 72MPH AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN VIBRATING, BUT WAS NOT A VIGOROUS AS DAY PRIOR.

I HAVE HAD WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCUR 3 TIMES ON MY 2019 FORD F250 TURBO DIESEL SUPER DUTY , I HAVE 23,198 MILES ON IT. GOING FREEWAY SPEED, WHEN YOU HIT UNEVEN HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY, I HAD TO SLOW TO 30 MPH OR ONE OF THE TIMES COME TO A COMPLETE STOP

1/31/2020 DRIVING APPROX 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE I HIT A SMALL UNDULATION AND THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO OSCILLATE VIOLENTLY. IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN GRIP ON WHEEL. I WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW OR PULL OVER DUE TO TRAFFIC AND GUARD RAILS. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A RIGHT MERGE TO ANOTHER INTERSTATE AND THIS WAS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE. AFTER CLEARING THE GUARD RAIL I WAS ABLE TO EASE TO SHOULDER AND SLOW TO APPROX 20 MPH. THIS STOPPED THE VIOLENT SHAKING AND I REGAINED CONTROL. LESS THAN 1/2 MI LATER I HIT ANOTHER NORMAL UNDULATION AT APPROX 50 MPH AND SAME THING OCCURRED, I WAS TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND SLOWED TO 25 MPH IN CENTER LANE OF INTERSTATE TO REGAIN CONTROL. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHICH DENIED EVER HEARING OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS, HOWEVER CONDUCTING MY OWN RESEARCH THIS WAS CLEARLY THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE W/ LOW MILAGE AND W/O EXCEPTION EVERY NON FORD SPECIALIST I HAVE SPOKEN WITH IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS. THIS IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW AND IF IT HASN'T ALREADY, WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL ACCIDENT. GIVEN ALL THE INFO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB INCLUDING A CLASS ACTION SUIT, FORD'S DENIAL IS SIMPLY A LIE. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND THIS TRUCK IS MY PRIMARY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION, AFTER EXPERIENCING THE "DEATH WOBBLE" NO PARENT OF SOUND MIND WOULD EVER PUT CHILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE W/O THIS ISSUE BEING CERTIFIABLY RESOLVED. MY VEHICLE HAS NO AFTER MKT PARTS AND AND VERY LOW MILAGE. I AM STILL WELL WITH MY W

MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THREE "DEATH WOBBLE" OCCURRENCES. ALL WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED MILES OF EACH OTHER. STARTING AT AROUND 22,000 MILES.(NOVEMBER 2019) EXTREME STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION AND UNCONTROLLABLE LANE SHIFTS. THESE OCCURRED AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE OR A SEAM IN THE ROAD. ALL OF MY OCCURRENCES WERE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO IMMEDIATELY BRAKE HARD AND ATTEMPT TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. I CONTACTED MY DEALER AND THE TRUCK WAS GIVEN A NEW STEERING STABILIZER PER THE MOST CURRENT TSB. I PAID TO HAVE THE TRUCK RE-ALIGNED. (ALIGNMENT WAS OUT DUE TO THE "DEATH WOBBLE" JARRING THE FRONT END SO HARD) 4000 MILES AFTER THIS SERVICE, I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE "BUMP STEER", HUMPS IN THE ROAD TRANSFER TO THE STEERING WHEEL EXCESSIVELY. THE TRUCK IS ALSO PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT. NOW AT 8000 MILES PAST THE SERVICE THE "BUMP STEER" IS EVEN WORSE. THERE IS NOTICEABLE PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND YOU MUST WORK TO KEEP THE TRUCK IN YOUR LANE. HAVING SOMEONE MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE VISUALLY INSPECTING THE STEERING COMPONENTS SHOWED PLAY IN MULTIPLE LINKAGES. TIE ROD ENDS AND TRACK BAR HEIM JOINT BOTH ARE WORN OUT AT LESS THAN 31,000 MILES. UNACCEPTABLE, AND NOT SAFE. THE STEERING STABILIZER IS A BAND-AIDE TO PUSH ME OUT OF MY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. IT IS ON THE EDGE OF FAILING AND SENDING THE TRUCK BACK INTO MORE "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY FORD. ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED. INCLUDING TIRE ROTATIONS. IT IS MY OPINION THAT

SOMETIMES WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND IT IS STILL DOING IT. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM BUT DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TRY. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED FORD, THEY WERE FAST TO RESPOND TO EMAIL FOR A WHILE BUT HAVE NOT RESPONDED IN THE LAST MONTH. I HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THIS HAPPENING, MY WIFE IS SCARED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT ALL. IT HAS 13000 MILES. I HAVE SAVED ALL EMAIL COMMUNICATION WITH FORD, AND ALL MY DOCUMENTS FROM WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR THE SERVICE WORK. THEY REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS ON THE FRONT END, THEY WOULD HELP FOR A WHILE BUT THE DEATH WOBBLE WOULD RETURN IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES. THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE.

"DEATH WOBBLE" OVER THE PAST 5 MONTHS (IT IS NOW 1/30/2020) THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, TYPICALLY HIGHWAY SPEEDS, RANGING ANYWHERE FROM 50-80 MPH. ALTHOUGH, IT HAS HAPPENED AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 40-45. IT HAPPENS OUT OF NOWHERE WITH NO APPARENT PROVOCATION, I.E., HITTING A POTHOLE, TURNING, HITTING THE BRAKES, ETC. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND NOTHING SEEMS TO MAKE IT STOP. I'VE TRIED HITTING THE BRAKES, SLAMMING THE BRAKES, CONTINUING TO HOLD MY SPEED STEADY, ACCELERATING SLIGHTLY, AND PRAYING TO GOD TO MAKE IT STOP. NOTHING WORKS, IT JUST EVENTUALLY STOPS BUT NOT BEFORE TRAFFIC CLEARS ALL AROUND ME. IT IS NOTICEABLE FROM OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE AS I HAVE SEEN DRIVERS HIT THE BRAKES AND FALL BACK IN TRAFFIC AROUND ME. THE VIOLENT SHAKING MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STEADY OR IN MY LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE VIOLENT SHAKING MAKES THE VEHICLE BOUNCE ALL OVER THE ROAD. IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL STEADY OR STRAIGHT. IT IS TERRIFYING AND UNNERVING. I BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO KILL ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. I HAUL TRAILERS WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ALMOST DAILY. MANY TIMES I AM ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON CITY STREETS. IF IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, THE DAMAGE WILL BE COSTLY AND MAY KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF. I AM AFRAID TO THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THESE UNEXPECTED, VIOLENT SHAKES HAPPEN WHILE I AM HAULING HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CONGESTED FOUR LANE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED A STEERING MALFUNCTION THAT WAS HORRIFYING. I PURCHASED MY 2019 F250 NEW IN EARLY NOVEMBER 2018. THERE HAVE BEEN NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 21000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST EVENT WHICH OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 2020. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF A CONGESTED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN THE METROPOLITAN ST.LOUIS MISSOURI AREA. I WAS DRIVING UNDER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT DUE TO THE VOLUME OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AT THAT TIME. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE DUE HAVING NO PLANS TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE FOR MANY MILES AND TO AVOID ALL OF THE VEHICLES SWITCHING LANES TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE. THE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT DID NOT RAISE ANY OBVIOUS CONCERNS BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME FREEZE/THAW WEATHER THIS WINTER SEASON. I WOULD CHARACTERIZE/ASSOCIATE THE ONSET OF THE EVENT WITH A MODERATE BUMP IN THE PAVEMENT, POSSIBLY A RAISED JOINT FROM THE RECENT FREEZE/THAW WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT DEFECT INITIATED A STEERING BUMP TO THE LEFT TOWARDS A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL AT WHICH TIME I RESPONDED BY INCREASING MY GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL MORE FIRMLY TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE FAR LEFT LANE IN WHICH I HAD BEEN TRAVELLING. THE BUMP STEERING EVENT SPONTANEOUSLY PROGRESSED TO A VIOLENT FRONT END WOBBLE THAT WAS VERY INTIMIDATING TO MYSELF AND MY ADULT SON WHO WAS RIDING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE WOBBLE AP

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60 MPH, AFTER HITTING A SLIGHT INDENT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL BEGINS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO APPLY MAXIMUM BRAKING AND BRING THE TRUCK TO A LOW SPEED FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP AND GAIN CONTROL. THE FIRST INCIDENT STARTED WHEN THE TRUCK HAD AROUND 21,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES ON HIGHWAYS, EXPRESS WAYS & REGULAR ROADS & DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE STEERING OF THE TRUCK HAS BECOME VERY LOOSE DUE TO THE VIOLENT SHAKING. IT SEEMS LIKE THE EPISODES ARE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I HAVE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL FORD DEALERS ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FIRST DEALER TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES. THE SECOND DEALER SAID THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WERE HAVING TO REPLACE STEERING / STABILIZER RODS.

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY, HIT ROUGH AREA IN ROAD, TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. SLOWED SPEED TO 30 MPH BEFORE IT QUIT. IT DID IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MILES, TRUCK ONLY HAS 12,000 MILES ON IT.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A DANGEROUS STEERING CONTROL ISSUE WHEN GOING OVER SLIGHT BUMPS IN THE STREET AT CITY SPEEDS, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES MODERATELY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS IS A KNOWN ENGINEERING DEFECT IN THE FORD F-250. THE VEHICLE GOES OUT OF CONTROL WITH VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, AND THE PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT. FORD SEEMS TO BE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM WITH A STEERING DAMPENER, WHICH JUST MASKS THE PROBLEM. THIS 2019 F-250 ALREADY HAS FOUR SAFETY RECALLS, IN ADDITION TO THIS VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION, WHICH HAS NOT HAD A RECALL. AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND POLICE ADMINISTRATOR, I SIMPLY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT FORCED FORD TO ADDRESS THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE.

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 68MPH AND PASS AN UNEVEN PART OF THE ROAD AND TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTS SHAKING. HAD TO PULL OVER FOR IT TO STOP. THEY CALL THIS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND THE CONFIRMED IT WAS THE ISSUE AND INSTALLED KC3Z 3E651 B :DAMPER ASY. OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND A DAMPER INSTALL HAD THE PROBLEM RETURN.

STERRING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. PROBLEM IS KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE

STERRING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. ALMOST HIT SOMEONE HEAD ON AT 55 MPH! PROBLEM IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE!

TRUCK WILL WOBBLE AT 65 MPH TO 80 MPH VERY HAZARDOUS AND BONE RATTLING FOR DRIVER NEEDS ATTENTION ASAP BEFORE SOME ONE GETS KILLED I OWN 6 F 250 AND HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM. THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 18245 MILES ON IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON HIGHWAY AND 65 MPH AND ABOVE I REFER TO IT AS A DEATH WOBBLE

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH AND HIT A TRANSITION ON A BRIDGE AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND STARTED TO SHAKE. WITHIN SECONDS THE WHOLE TRUCK WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO BRAKE IMMEDIATELY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC ALL AROUND TO 30 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP, ALMOST CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT.

DEATH WOBBLE. THIS TRUCK HAS 12000 MILES ON IT AND IT STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL AT HIGH SPEEDS ON HIGHWAY. VERY CONCERNED AS IT IS BRAND NEW! TOOK TO FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID STEERING STABILIZER PART IS BACKORDERED. WHAT I HAVE READ OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM IS PARTS DO NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. A MAJOR DEFECT IN AN EXPENSIVE BRAND NEW TRUCK. THIS PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING AT ABOUT 8000 MILES AND IS GETTING WORSE TO THE POINT IT WILL DO IT ABOUT EVERY 30 MILES DEPENDING ON HIGHWAY IRREGULARITY.

JANUARY 2020, 2ND OCCURRENCE OF DEATH WOBBLE AT 20500 MILES. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 9000 MILES AND WAS "FIXED" FOR A SHORT TIME. UPON HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 65-70MPH THE TRUCKS STEERING SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE TRUCK IS SLOWED DOWN TO 25-30 MPH. THE FACTORY "FIX" DOES NOT APPEAR TO WORK FOR LONG.

DRIVING 68-70MPH DOWN FREEWAY AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO DEATH WOBBLE. HAD TO PULL OVER TO GET IT TO STOP. 2019 F250 16.9K MILES. TERRIFIED MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE.

VEHICLE SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP ON HIGHWAY AND DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, TO STOP NEED TO LOWER SPEED CLOSER TO +-30 MPH, LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING. PROBLEM NICKNAMED DEATH WOOBLE SEEMS IT IS A NORMAL PROBLEM ON SUPER DUTY MODELS. SAFETY ISSUE.

EXPERIENCING VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR. HAVE TO BRAKE AND WRESTLE IT TO A STOP TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE...THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES

SEVERE SHAKING AND MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING SYSTEM CAUSING AN ALMOST LOSS IN CONTROL. TRUCK HAS BEEN "FIXED" ONCE ALREADY AND PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60-65 MPH. SMOOTH SURFACE. EXPERIENCED VIOLENT, UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING. SLOWED SPEED AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER. SHAKING STOPPED AFTER 1/2 TO 3/4 OF A MILE. THIS IS THE 3RD OCCURRENCE IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. FIRST TIME OCCURRED AFTER HITTING BUMP IN THE ROAD. NEXT 2 OCCURRENCES BEGAN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS MOST RECENT ONE THAT OCCURRED ON 1/27/2020 AT 7:00 PM WAS THE LONGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS EPISODE YET. HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY CALLED IT THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND ORDERED PARTS.

LOCAL HIGHWAY DRIVING THE TRUCK SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES OR UNTIL THE TRUCK SLOWS TO A NEAR STOP. THE SHAKE WILL ALSO OCCUR WHEN HITTING A POT HOLE, GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS OR BRAKING. THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OCCURRED AT 17,000 MILES AND HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO A CURRENT 26,000 MILES. AFTER TAKING TO FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT SEVERAL TRUCKS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME AND THE PART(S) WERE ON BACK ORDER. AFTER APPROX. 30 DAYS, THE DAMPNER CAME IN, HOWEVER, THE DEFECT HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. RETURNED TO FORD SERVICE AND HAD A TIRE ALIGNMENT DONE. TO NO AVAIL, THE SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS DEFECT AND FOUND THE FORD COMMUNITY IS CALLING THIS OCCURRENCE AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE".

DEATH WOBBLE! I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018. AROUND 20,000 MILES I STARTED EXPERIENCE A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AFTER YOU WOULD HIT A NORMAL BUMP IN THE ROAD, WHICH CAUSES YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE ISSUE WOULD OCCUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREETS. THIS CONDITION IS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT WAS REPAIRED AT 20,586 MILES, AT WHICH TIME, THEY SAID THEY ADDED A CASTER ADJUSTMENT AND REPLACED ALL THE JOINTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LOOSENED BY THE DEATH WOBBLE. THEY SAID THAT NOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT AND THE CASTER WAS FIXED, THE ISSUE WOULD NOT RETURN. THE ISSUE RETURNED A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER AT 24,929. THIS TIME WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR THE "OSCILLATING STEERING WHEEL ISSUE" (BECAUSE FORD WON'T ALLOW THEM TO SAY OR WRITE DEATH WOBBLE) ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE THE STEERING STABILIZER. OTHER F-250 OWNERS THAT I KNOW HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AND IT IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. NOW THAT I'M ON MY THIRD STEERING STABILIZER, I FEEL THE VEHICLE IS HAZARDOUS. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR AN ISSUE THEY'VE KNOWN OF FOR FAR TOO LONG.

GOT THE DEATH WOBBLE 4 TIMES. HAVE TAKIN THE TRUCK TO FORD 2 TIMES, EACH TIME THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED. STEERING WHEEL/VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY.

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (ROUGHLY 75MPG) THREE TIMES I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGIN SHAKING VIOLENTLY NEARLY ELIMINATING DRIVER CONTROL. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER AND THE SHAKING CONTINUED UNTIL I WAS NEARLY STOPPED. THE NEXT TWO TIMES IT HAPPENED THE VIOLENT BACK AND FORTH (20 DEGREES +/-) TO EITHER SIDE IT SUBSIDED ONCE I SLOWED TO AROUND 40 MPH ON THE SHOULDER. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER PRIOR TO THIS TO DIAGNOSE WHAT I FELT LIKE WAS A FAULTY STEERING STABILIZER BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE A JITTER WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS. I WAS INFORMED THE TSB FOR A NEW STEERING STABILIZER WAS ON BACKORDER. I HAVE A 20 SECOND VIDEO OF THIS HAPPENING (I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO TAKE ONE THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED) BUT IT IS TOO BIG TO ATTACH. PLEASE TELL ME WHO I CAN SEND IT TO.