2011 Ford F-250 complaints

2011 FORD F250 WITH 6.7 LITER DIESEL ENGINE BLEW A FUEL INJECTOR DUE TO A BROKEN HOLD DOWN CLAMP. WHILE BEING REPAIRED, MECHANIC NOTICED TWO OTHER CLAMPS WERE CRACKED AND THEY WERE REPLACED BY UPGRADED CLAMPS FROM FORD. ENGINE HAS 62K MILES ON IT. WRITER HAS SEEN NUMEROUS POSTS ONLINE FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

MY FORD F-250 STARTS SHAKING VERY VERY BAD WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE FREEWAY. TO GET THE VERY SCARY WOBBLE TO STOP I NEED TO SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY BETWEEN 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 50 TIMES. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN 3 TIMES WITHIN TEN MILES BEFORE. SLOWING DOWN TO 20-30 ON THE FREEWAY HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN A FEW ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT. IT IS SO BAD AND DANGEROUS THAT I TRY NOT TO EVER HAVE ANYONE RIDE IN MY TRUCK WITH ME. MY FAMILY IS SCARED TO RIDE IT IT ANYWAYS.

DEATH WOBBLE. AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO ENTER FREEWAY TRAFFIC MY RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A POT HOLE ON THE ON RAMP. I WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO A WOBBLE THAT WAS ALMOST UN-CONTROLLABLE. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW MY TRUCK AND DRIVE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. I INSPECTED THE FRONT END, TIRES, SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPENER (WHICH WERE NEW) AND DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS.

WAS DRIVING TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN IT BEGAN EXPERIENCING DEATH WOBBLE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS AND I RECENTLY HAD THE SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPENER, & DRAG LINK REPLACED AND IT ONLY MADE THE WOBBLE WORSE. I HAD TO PULL OVER TWICE WITHIN 5 MILES TO GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO STOP SHAKING.

DEATH WOBBLE, SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS OR UNEVEN ROADS ON HIGHWAY AT 65MPH

FORD F-250 CREWCAB WITH NO AFTERMARKET PARTS & FORD RECOMMENDED RIMS/TIRES: A MONTH AGO I NOTICED WOBBLING/SHAKING SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIBED 'DEATH WOBBLE'. PLACED TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SOLUTION. WHILE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH AND THE VEHICLE RUNS OVER BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY. AS THIS SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS I WILL COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND COAST TO A STOP. I HAVE NOTICED VEHICLES BEHIND ME SLOW DOWN QUICKLY AND I AM ASSUMING THEY ARE SEE TRUCK SHAKE VIOLENTLY, TOO. IF OTHER DRIVERS ARE SEEING THIS DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRING I AM WONDERING IF THESE DRIVERS ARE TAKING EMERGENCY AVOIDANCE ACTIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT TO OTHERS. HOW SAFE ARE F-250/F-350 TO BE ON THE ROAD? THE PICKUP HAS BEEN THE SHOP TWICE FOR REPAIRS AND NOW I NEED TO CONTACT THE SHOP AGAIN FOR THIRD RECOMMENDATION. ALL OF THE FORD RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BUT THE DEATH WOBBLE RETURNS AGAIN IN LESS THAN 60 MILES. I CANNOT SELL THE PICK-UP BECAUSE I KNOW THE PICK-UP HAS THE DEATH WOBBLE. 'SO NOW I AM STUCK WITH A PICK-UP THAT CANNOT BE DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. PLEASE POST ANY SUGGESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A REPAIR FOR THE DEATH WOBBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

LET ME START BY SAYING THAT MY TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE ANY AFTERMARKET CHANGES - IT IS COMPLETELY STOCK/OEM. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60MPH+), THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK SOMETIMES SHUDDERS SEVERELY AFTER GOING OVER SMALL ROAD SURFACE CHANGES SUCH AS JOINTS/SEAMS IN THE HIGHWAY. AT FIRST IT ONLY OCCURRED DURING SWEEPING HIGHWAY TURNS, BUT IT HAS PROGRESSED TO HAPPENING ON STRAIGHTS AS WELL. THE SHUDDER IS SO SEVERE THAT THE STEERING WHEEL NEARLY SHAKES OUT OF MY HANDS AND THINGS IN THE STOWAGE SPOTS ON THE DOORS ARE SHAKEN OUT. I NOW HAVE TO SLOW TO <30MPH IN ORDER TO SETTLE THE FRONT END WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE TO SUDDENLY DO ON A HIGHWAY. THE INITIAL EVENT OCCURRED AT ROUGHLY 80K MILES AND ONLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES A YEAR. I NOW HAVE 130K MILES AND THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. I'VE RECENTLY REPLACED ALL SHOCK ABSORBERS AND THE STEERING DAMPENER, HAD AN ALIGNMENT AND THE TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED - TO NO AVAIL. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM BUT HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS RELATIVELY COMMON AMONG FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS ONLINE COMMUNITIES DISCUSSING THIS PROBLEM THAT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN OCCURRING WITH FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS FOR OVER A DECADE AND IS STILL OCCURRING ON NEW UNITS WITH AS FEW AS 15K MILES.

AT 89,000 APPROX. MILES, THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING FAILED AND ALL BUTTONS BECAME USELESS ON THE WHEEL. THE MECHANIC STATES IT MUST BE REPAIRED ASAP AS THIS WILL CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO EITHER NOT DEPLOY OR RANDOMLY DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS A RECALL ON F150S AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE F250 AS WELL SINCE THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. DUE TO IT 'NOT' BEING A RECALL, I WAS TOLD BY FORD THEY JUST HAD A BAD RUN OF VEHICLES AROUND THAT TIME AND SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR OVER $500 TO ENSURE MY SAFETY, BUT THE NEW ONES SUPPOSEDLY ARE MUCH BETTER. ED SHERLING FORD CLAIMED THEY JUST BUILT BAD VEHICLES THEN AND HAD LOTS OF ELECTRICAL AND SAFETY ISSUES. SOUNDS LIKE THE OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY FAILED TO DO ITS JOB WITH DOMESTIC VEHICLES. PROBABLY WHY MOST PEOPLE WANT FOREIGN VEHICLES INSTEAD AS THEY'RE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD WITH BETTER OVERSIGHT THAT LAID BACK UNION BOSSES IN YACHTS PRETENDING TO HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS HERE IN THE STATES. SAD AMERICA CAN'T BUILD A DECENT VEHICLE ANYMORE. WE WERE ONCE THE GREATEST, BUT NOW... WE GOTTA GET IT CHEAP TO ENSURE AN 8 FIGURE SALARY FOR SOME. ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC THIS WAS MISSED IN SUCH AN EXPENSIVE VEHICLE.

MY TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR GROOVE. I AM BARELY ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND IT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP.

FUEL FILTER EXPLODED CONTAMINATING FUEL SYSTEM

WHEN TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE HITS A BUMP, I GET A "DEATH WOBBLE" WHERE THE FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. THE ONLY OPTION THAT I HAVE IS TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN TO 35 OR BELOW TO GET IT TO STOP. I'VE COME CLOSE TO EITHER LOSING CONTROL OR GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I CAN REPLICATE THIS EVENT BY GOING OVER DIFFERENT BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I HAVE RE-ALIGNED MY VEHICLE, REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEM, INSTALLED A NEW STEERING DAMPNER, ROTORS, ETC, TO NO AVAIL. FORD DEALERSHIPS PLAY STUPID AND ACT AS IF THERE'S NO PROBLEM, I'VE TAKEN IT TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND THEY INSIST THAT IT'S FAULTY PARTS WITHIN THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED IF POSSIBLE, BUT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS AS TO WHAT THE TRUE CAUSE IS. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS . THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2011. IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE AS IT GETS OLDER.

FORD DEATH WOBBLE WHEN THE TRUCK HITS A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD, UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE THAT REQUIRES A FULL STOP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER AUTONATION FORD LOCATED AT 4355 JONESBORO RD, UNION CITY, GA 30291, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DAMPER ASSEMBLY, FRONT SUSPENSION, BALL JOINTS, AND TIE ROD CONNECTIONS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING "DEATH WOBBLE". DEALERSHIP INSTALLED KC3Z 3E651 B:DAMPER ASSY TO FIX THE ISSUE. PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED WITHIN WEEKS. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN. THIS TIME THEY SAID THE TRAC BAR BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REPLACED IT AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RE-OCCURRING WITHIN DAYS. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING OVER MINOR BUMPS, ROAD SEAMS IN BRIDGES, ETC. WITH AND WITHOUT CARRYING A LOAD. INDICATIONS ARE HEAVY VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END/STEERING THAT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU LET THE VEHICLE DE-ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT USING THE BRAKE.

MY 2011 F-250 KING RANCH DIESEL HAS A 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I BOUGHT IT ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO AND IT HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIME AND MY STEP SON ONCE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A VERY BIG BUMP FOR THE WOBBLE TO START. I HAVE TRIED TO 'DRIVE THROUGH' THE WOBBLE BUT IT JUST GETS WORSE. NONE OF THE MECHANICS I HAVE TALKED TO CAN TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT. I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT I CAN NOT TAKE A CHANCE ON HAVING A WRECK AND SOMEONE GETS HURT OR WORSE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE STEERING DAMPER HAS MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSED DEATH WOBBLE. THE TRUCK ALMOST FLIPPED.

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK, WAS DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET @ A LOW SPEED & FRONT END STARTED SHAKING UNCOMTROLLABLE,AFTER RUNNING OVER A MAN HOLE COVER HAD TO FULLY STOP FULLY, SHORTLY AFTER I WAS GETTING ON AN EXPRESSSSSY & RAN OVER SMALL CHUG HOLE AND IT STARTED AGAIN, TOOK TO MY MECHANIC WHO INSTALLED A HEAVY DUTY STABILIZER BAR, NEW SHOCKS A NEW CAMBER KIT & 2 ALLIGNMENTS, STILL DOES THE SAME THING, HOPING FORD HAS THE ANSWER FOR REPAIRS, WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OUR RV WITH THE GRANDKIDS & WIFE

I HAVE HAD TWO INCIDENTS OF WINDOWS EXPLODING ON ME OUT OF NOWHERE. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 2/21/20 NEAR CEDARVALE, NM. THEN, JUST YESTERDAY(8/9/20), I WAS SITTING AT A PICNIC AREA ALONGSIDE THE SAME ROAD(RT 247) AND WITHIN 10 MILES OF WHERE THE OTHER OCCURENCE TOOK PLACE, AND MY BACK REAR WINDOW OF MY TRUCK JUST EXPLODED OUT OF NOWHERE AGAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 65 MPH, AND THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

DEATH WOBBLE

DRIVING 45 MPH ON ROAD I DRIVE ALL THE TIME AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND THERE WAS NO ABILITY TO STEER AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING. I HAD TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO JUST A FEW MPH TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. IT WAS EXTREMELY SCARY AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO TURN THE VEHICLE IN ANY DIRECTION IF I HAD NEEDED TO. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, BRAKES BARELY WORKED WHILE TRYING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT MY TIRES WERE ABOUT TO COME OFF MY TRUCK, THE SHAKING WAS SO BAD THAT ITEMS IN THE SEAT ENDED UP ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE TRUCK. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP AND OFF THE INTERSTATE I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY AN 18 WHEELER. *TR

VIOLENT SHAKING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS THAT OCCUR BETWEEN 55-75 MPH CAUSING THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH TO HAVE THE SHAKING COMPLETELY STOP HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER, THE TRACK BAR WITH NEW BUSHINGS AND HAVE HAD AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL SHOPS LOOK AT IT AND HAVE FOUND NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END, STEERING COMPONENTS OR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. SPOKE WITH A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM WHICH I KNOW IT DID NOT BECAUSE IT HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND THIS WOBBLE HAS HAPPENED ALMOST 10 TIMES IN LESS THEN A FEW MONTHS. *TR

VEHICLE IN MOTION AT 60 TO 65 MPH ON SMOOTH PUBLIC CITY HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY PARTICULARLY IN THE FRONT END. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND ALTHOUGH I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO BRAKE AND ATTEMPT TO KEEP IT FROM THE MEDIAN OR DITCH THE VEHICLE DIDN'T CEASE THE UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING UNTIL I CAME TO A NEAR STOP OFF THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT CONTINUES TO FEEL AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO OCCUR ANY MOMENT AGAIN THE REMAINING 20 MILES TO MY HOME. I INTEND ON TAKING IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AS IF WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO MYSELF AND WIFE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE HIGHWAY. PURCHASED VEHICLE LESS THAN 5 MONTHS AGO.

TRUCK HAS EXCESSIVE WOBBLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. DEATH WOBBLE. NEW TIRES, TRACK BAR, TIE ROD ENDS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND FRONT END ADJUSTED TO FORD BULLETIN WITH NO SOLUTION OF CORRECTING THE ISSUE. THIS ISSUE STARTED IN AUGUST 2018 AND HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR CORRECTIONS. THE TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP AGAIN LAST WEEK WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND HAULING A TRAILER, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE SAFELY TO THE DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION FORD CORPUS CHRISTI LOCATED AT 6250 S. PADRE ISLAND DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78412, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

FRONT TIRES GO INTO A DEATH WOBBLE AS YOU ARE DRIVING OVER 55 MPH AND CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. MUST PULL OVER AND STOP TO CORRECT BUT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

"DEATH WOBBLY" THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING 70MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE THINKING MY TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT. I WALKED AROUND MY TRUCK EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE SO I'M ON MY WAY. IT DOES IT AGAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 30MPH ON THE INTERSTATE BEFORE IT WOULD STOP AT THIS TIME I HAVE TALK AROUND AND NEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE SERVICE GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO PUT NEW TIRES ON THE TRUCK THAT SHOULD FIX IT. MY TIRES WERE PRACTICALLY NEW SO I WASN'T REPLACING THEM SO HE SUGGESTED ROAD FORCE BALANCE. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME. I REALLY HOPE THERE IS A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED WITH 59000 MILES ON IT AT THE PRICE OF 40K. I WOULD PROBABLY WENT WITH A DIFFERENT TRUCK HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55- 60 MPH, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING BADLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND MENTIONED THE FAILURE AS BEING THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED AND TWICE AN ALIGNMENT WAS COMPLETED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT IT COULD BE A DEATH WOBBLE RELATED FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000.

TRUCK STARTED GETTING BAD FUEL MILEAGE AND WOULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED VERY FAST TOOK TRUCK TO AUTOZONE AND HAD CODES READ WAS READING P20BD AND P20BE SO LOOKED UP VIN AND IT STATED IT HAD A RECALL ON THE DEF REDUCTANT HEATER WHICH WHERE THE CODES PULLED UP CALLED AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR IT TO GET FIXED AT YAKLIN FORD IN RICH WOOD TEXAS TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY IT'S NOT COVERED ON RECALL AND NOW WHEN I LOOK UP MY VIN THE RECALL IS GONE WHAT CAN I DO TRUCK ONLY HAS 95000 MILES

WHEN TRAVELING ABOVE 50MPH AND HITTING MINOR TRANSITIONS, HOLES, IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROADWAY THE FRONT GOES INTO A SEVER VIBRATION CAUSING A OUT OF CONTROL EXPERIENCE. MUST SLOW DOWN BELOW 40 MPH TO GET UNDER CONTROL. I THINK THIS IS REFERRED TO THE "DEATH WOBBLE" CONTINUE TO REPLACE PARTS TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION

ON THE 17TH OF OCTOBER 2019 DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE FROM NEBRASKA TO COLORADO MY TRUCK IT WOULD HIT A BUMP OR SEAM IN THE ROAD AND IT WOULD START TO SHAKE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE THE TRUCK WAS SHAKE VIGOROUSLY UNTIL I HAD SLOWED IT DOWN TO LESS THAN 20 IT WOULD QUIT THIS HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT 7 TIMES FROM THEN ON I JUST KEPT SPEED DOWN GET OFF THAT I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND MY KEPT MY SPEED DOWN TO UNDER 60 AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN I DID TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED, AT MY EXPENSE, I BOUGHT NEW TIRES I HAD THE ALIGNMENT DONE AND EVERYBODY TELLS ME THIS WILL FIX WHAT THEY CALL THE DEATH WOBBLE BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY AND MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 45000 MILES ON IT! I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM IT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 40 SPEED 65 MPH MY 2011 FORD F-250 CREW CAB SUPERDUTY EXPERIENCED AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHAKING OF VEHICLE FRONT END WHICH CAME VERY NEAR TO COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING WAS TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD AND DROP DOWN TO 20 MPH OR SO BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED-DANGEROUS ON A HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY. LOOKED IT UP WHEN I RETURNED FROM TRIP AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. SUGGESTED FIXES OF ALIGNMENT, SHOCK REPLACEMENT AND TIRE BALANCING DID NOT WORK-STILL EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM ABOUT ONCE A MONTH-ALWAYS IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 AND 70 MPH. BUMPS IN THE ROAD MAKE IT MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN. DATE BELOW IS THE LAST TIME IT OCCURRED-IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR.

UNCONTROLABLE FRONT WHEEL BOUNCE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH WHEN YOU HIT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BUMP OR VARIATION IN THE ROAD. ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKES AND YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH OR LOWER TO GET THE BOUNCE TO STOP. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 30 OR MORE TIMES. TIRES, TIRE PRESSURE, SHOCKS, STEERING STABALIZER, AND ALL FRONT END COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN CHECK AND REPLACED. STILL CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD WITH MANY FORUMS TALKING ABOUT IT. THIS WILL CAUSE MULTIPLE DEATHS IF NOT HANDLED SWIFTLY. DRIVER HAS NOT CONTROL OVER VEHICLE UNTIL THE BOUNCE STOPS. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (45 MPH +) THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT CAN BE PUT OFF ANY LONGER. RECENTLY WATCHED ANOTHER FORD F250 (WITH 6.7 ENGINE, SO 2011 OR NEWER) GET THE TIRE BOUNCE AND ENDED UP GOING OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLING TWICE. I HIT THE SAME AREA AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE BOUNCE AND SLOW BECAUSE I SAW THE OTHER FORD CRASH. I AM TRYING TO RESEARCH THE CRASH AND GET A POLICE REPORT NUMBER TO SUBMIT. I CAN'T EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THIS GETS HANDLED AND FIXED BY FORD!!

DEATH WOBBLE! DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED BALL JOINT, BUSHING, NEW TIRES, SOME CONNECTING ROD ' STILL HAPPENS!!! THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME OR SOMEBODY!!! IT HAPPENS AT 70 MPH AND ABOVE. THIS IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ' FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT; THEY JUST HAVEN'T FIXED IT.

DEATH WOBBLE. WHILE IN THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH IF YOU HIT ANY SORT OF BUMP THE FRONT END STARTS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 25MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME OVER 15 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERE ACCIDENTS A COUPLE TIMES. I HAVE HAD IT AT THE SHOP TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY. AFTER READING FOR HOURS ONLINE THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE FIX FOR THIS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DANGEROUS DESIGN DEFECT THAT FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS.

THE VEHICLE HAS AN EXCESSIVE WOBBLE ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE WHEN YOU HIT ANY SLIGHT IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROAD OR SOMETIMES ON NEWER PAVED ROADS. THE VEHICLE GOES INTO A SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL STATE AND YOU MUST SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH BEFORE YOU CAN RECOVER THE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO FORD AND I HAVE SPENT OVER $2400.00 REPLACING FRONT END PARTS AND TIRES WITH SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS. THE DEATH WOBBLE IS STILL OCCURRING AND IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERSTATE OR HEAVY TRAFFIC AT HIGHER SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH.

I DRIVE A 2011 FORD F250SD,WHILE DRIVING 65-70MPH ON FREEWAY, DROVE OVER ROUGH PATCH AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VERY VIOLENTLY, STEERING WAS EXTREMLY HARD TL CONTROL, "DEATHWOBBLEL "IS WHAT IT IS CALLED ,WOULDN'T STOP SHAKING ASUNTILL SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES AND SLOWING DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPEND TO ME IN MY1989 F250 WITH OVER 250000 MILES ON IT BUT THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 63765 MILES .FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO AND LAST NITE IT HAPPENED 3 TIME IN A SPAN OF LESS THEN 10 MILES VERY UNSAFE HOPE FORD COME UP WITH A FIX BECAUSE SEEMS TO ME THERE IS MORE THEN FEW PEOPLE WITH THE ISSUE

DEATH WOBBLE. WHILE IN THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH IF YOU HIT ANY SORT OF BUMP THE FRONT END STARTS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 25MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME OVER 15 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERE ACCIDENTS A COUPLE TIMES. I HAVE HAD IT AT THE SHOP TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY. AFTER READING FOR HOURS ONLINE THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE FIX FOR THIS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DANGEROUS DESIGN DEFECT THAT FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS. PLEASE HELP

DEATH WOBBLE, VEHICLE BEGIN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL SLOWED DOWN, ON HIGHWAY.

BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN APRIL HAS HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE TWICE ABOVE 60 MPH INSTALLED NEW TIRES AND SHOCKS , TIE ROD END ON RIGHT SIDE AND ALIGNMENT STILL HAS A UNCOMFORTABLE VIBRATION AT HIGH WAY SPEEDS HAVEN'T TAKEN TO A DEALER YET BUT LOOKING AT OTHER FORUMS DEALER FIX DOES NOT FIX IT

WHEN STATIONARY EXHAUST FUMES ARE DRAWN INTO CAB OF TRUCK BY THE AIR HANDLING SYSTEM. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE INTERNET CALLS THIS THE DEATH WOBBLE AND APPARENTLY IT IS AFFECTING A LOT OF FORD F250 TRUCKS.

TRUCK DEVELOPED WHAT IS CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE". WHEN I HIT A BUMP ON HIGHWAY, USUALLY AT SPEEDS AROUND 65 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHOLE TRUCK SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO 35. REPLACED TRACKBAR, DRAGLINK, TIE RODS, STEERING DAMPNER, HAD THE FRONT END ALIGNED BY TWO DIFFERENT SHOPS, STILL DOES IT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, I WILL PUT THE DATE OF THE LATEST BELOW.

WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR A BRIDGE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO WHAT IS CALLED A "DEATH WOBBLE" OR SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION. THIS WAS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE HIT THE BUMP FIRST OR IN A SLIGHT LEFT HAND TURN WHEN HITTING THE BUMP IN THE ROAD. I HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND SOFTLY APPLY THE BREAKS TO ABOUT 25 MPH TO GET THE VERY AGGRESSIVE WOBBLING TO QUIT. DURING WHICH TIME, THE VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I HAVE HAD STABILIZER SHOCKS, TRACK BAR ASSEMBLY, BALL JOINTS, TIRES, ALIGNMENTS, ETC COMPLETED AND STILL EXPERIENCE THIS DEATH WOBBLE ALMOST DAILY. IT APPEARS BY READING ABOUT EVERY FORUM AVAILABLE ONLINE, FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS, BUT HAS FAILED TO DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. (SEE TSB 18-2268) FOR VEHICLES 2017-2019, BUT THIS IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM FOR OLDER MODEL VEHICLE ALSO. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE FROM THIS PROBLEM. IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HITTING A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL I AM ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND HAS HAPPENED WHILE TOWING AS WELL AS WITHOUT A LOAD. TRUCK WAS "FIXED" 2 YEARS AGO AND THE PROBLEM WASN'T AS BAD, BUT STILL PRESENT. AFTER A RECENT TIRE ROTATION, THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP WAITING FOR A NEW DIAGNOSIS.

WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A HARD BUMP IN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE FRONT TIRES BEGIN TO WOBBLE. THIS IS CAUSES THE WHOLE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND IT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO A STOP. THE INTERNET CALLS THIS EVENT A DEATH WOBBLE.

THE TRUCK RANDOMLY GOES INTO NEUTRAL FOR VERY EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME AND AND HAS NO THROTTLE CONTROL DURING WHILE STANDER-ED DRIVING. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 61000 MILES ON IT JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND I HAVE CONTACTED FORD. AND THEY DO NOT HELP

PURCHASED VEHICLE 11-2018 HAVE TAKEN TO TWO SERVICE SHOPS ENGINE KNOCK. METAL IN FILTER. CYLINDER #1 LOW COMPRESSION DUE TO BAD MACHINING OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. VEHICLE NON DRIVABLE.

I CAN NOT GET THIS SOFT BREAK TO GO AWAY! IT NEVER HAD A SOLID BREAK BUT I BOUGHT IT USED AND FIGURED IT NEEDED A BREAK JOB. I HAD CALIPERS TO START LOCKING UP ONE AFTER THE OTHER WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS OF EACH OTHER, SO I REPLACE THEM ALL. THEN THE NEW ONES STARTED GETTING HOT. SO I REPLACE ALL THE BREAK LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER. AFTER ALL THAT I STILL HAVE A VERY SOFT BREAK, ALMOST AS IF THERE IS AIR IN THE LINES. I KNOW AIR CAN'T BE THE ISSUE BECAUSE THE BREAK SYSTEM WAS BLEED USING A MACHINE. NOW AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE COME ACROSS A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE. THIS NEEDS TO GET FIXED, THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY HAVING BREAK ISSUE COME UP BECAUSE THEY FEEL SPONGY WHEN THEY ARE WORKING AT THERE BEST.

THE LEFT REAR BRAKE GETS HOT AND SMOKES AND WONT RELEASE. WE TOOK IT TO OUR FORD DEALERSHIP WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DROVE IT AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES ON THAT TIRE ONLY NOW 3 TIMES. EACH TIME THE BRAKES ARE COMPLETELY WORN THROUGH THE METAL, THE ROTOR HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE CALIPERS. AGAIN THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED WITH THE LEFT REAR TIRE. THE OTHER TIRES HAVE THE ORIGINAL BRAKES ON THEM. SOMETHING HAS BEEN WRONG WITH THIS TIRE SINCE THE TRUCK WAS BRAND NEW.