2019 Ford F-350 SD complaints

TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, STEERING WHEEL BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, NO BRAKING ACTION TOOK PLACE, PEDAL JUST WENT TO THE FLOOR AS IF IN AN ANTI-LOCK SITUATION. AFTER SPEED WAS REDUCED BELOW 25 MPH, THE SHAKING STOPPED AND WAS ABLE TO RETURN BACK TO NORMAL DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED 3- CONSECUTIVE TIMES, EACH TIME WITH THE SAME ENDING. TRUCK IS A 2019 F-350 WITH ONLY 22K MILES. HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NOW FOR 42 DAYS WITH NO ANSWER FROM FORD ABOUT WHAT CAUSED OR HOW TO REPAIR THE ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 TO 70 MPH, THEIR WAS A SMALL BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY THAT NORMALLY YOU WOULD NOT EVEN NOTICE, MADE MY NEW TRUCK WITH ONLY 7,000 MILES START SHAKING AND IT FELT LIKE MY WHEELS WERE GOING TO FALL OFF, I LOST ABOUT ALL CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE, AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 15 MPH ON THE I-15 HIGHWAY TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. I AM SURE IF THIS PERSISTS THAT I OR SOMEONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED

SHACKING OF STEERING WHEEL THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH OUR TRUCKS, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY! *BF

MAJOR STEERING WHEEL WOBBLE AT SPEEDS UNSAFE. CONTIUES TO HAPPEN AND GET WORSE AS I DRIVE.

ONE MORNING WHILE GETTING INTO OUR VEHICLE (2019 F350) AFTER IS HAD BEEN PARKED FOR TWO DAYS I NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW WAS BULGING OUTWARD AND SHATTERED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THE WINDOW WAS DAMAGED FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THE WINDOW IS BULGING OUTWARD. IT APPEARS, THE PRESSURIZING OF THE VEHICLE CABIN BY SHUTTING THE DOOR COULD CAUSE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO BLOW OUT A WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A FRIDAY AT 1400, IT REMAINED PARKED THEN ON SUNDAY WE NOTICED THE BROKEN WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON STREET WHICH LED ME TO THINK VANDALISM, HOWEVER THE OUTWARD BULGING OF THE WINDOW IS EVIDENCE THE BREAK CAME FROM THE INSIDE. THE DOORS WERE LOCKED WHICH MEANS NO ONE COULD HAVE GOTTEN INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

'DEATH WOBBLE.' HITTING ANY UNEVEN ROAD CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS IS AT RANDOM AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

TRAVELING AT ABOUT 80 MPH WENT OVER A BRIDGE APPROACH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHOOK UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 25 MPH. AKA DEATH WOBBLE.

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH FORD TRUCKS THAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. MY TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN IN THREE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. ONCE FORD CORRECTED THE ISSUE AND IT CAME BACK. WHEN IT CAME BACK WAS TOLD THERE ARE UPDATED PARTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WELL OVER A MONTH WITH NO FEEDBACK FROM FORD. REACHED OUT YET AGAIN TO THEM AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE ESCALATED. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD HAVE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION FROM FORD AND IT DOES NOT. PEOPLE ARE TOLD THEY HAVE TO WAIT WITH NO UPDATE. NOW IT APPEARS I HAVE BEEN ESCALATED (WE SHALL SEE) BUT I AM CONCERNED FOR OTHERS THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THIS ADDRESSED. CAN YOU REACH OUT TO FORD AND SEE HOW/WHAT THEIR PLAN IS TO COMMUNICATE AND SUPPORT IMPACTED PARTIES? ISSUE OCCURS WHEN DRIVING ANYTHING OVER 45 MPH AND TO RESOLVE YOU MUST SLOW TO BELOW 25 MPH. THINK OF THIS OCCURRING WHEN ON HIGHWAY AND HAVING LIMITED CONTROL OF A 1 TON TRUCK. ISSUE OCCURS AT RANDOM TIMES SO THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID IT. OCCURRED MANY TIMES FIRST TIME WAS BACK IN EARLY 2019

DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-65 MPH THE TRUCK ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTS TO SHAKE IN THE FRONT END UP THREW THE STEERING WHEEL AND YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE ( DEATH WOBBLE). ONCE YOU SLOW DOWN TO 30 MPH THE SHAKING GOES AWAY,

DEATH WOBBLE AFTER HITTING ROUGH PATCH IN ROAD OR BRIDGE JOINT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE FRONT WHEELS WOBBLED AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING OVER 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OPELIKA FORD (801 COLUMBUS PKWY, OPELIKA, AL) AND TOWN AND COUNTRY FORD (1101 MARTIN ST. N, PELL CITY, AL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING TRACK BAR AND STEERING BUSHINGS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE ALSO NOT DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS25139941. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT, APPROXIMATELY 40MPH, STRAIGHT SMOOTH ROAD. I DROVE OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT IN THE PAVEMENT, THE STEERING BEGAN TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY WHICH MADE MY VEHICLE LEAVE THE PAVEMENT ONTO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD ONTO AN EASEMENT. I SEEMED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE "FORD DEAT"H WOBBLE, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REFERRED TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED AS A KNOWN PROBLEM REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE". IF A VEHICLE WOULD HAV BEEN COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH AT THE SPEED I WAS TRAVELING. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS ~15000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS AN APPARENT TSB ON THIS ISSUE AND PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO IDEA WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 14,000 MILES THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEN GOING OVER EVEN A SMALL BUMP ON THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEED. THE VIBRATION CONTINUED TO GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THAT SOLD US THE TRUCK. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD TO REPLACE A NUMBER OF STEERING COMPONENTS IN THE FRONT END AND INDICATED THAT A TIRE PROBLEM CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE TIRES, WHEELS AND ALL STEERING COMPONENTS WERE OEM AND NO MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN MADE TO THE VEHICLE STEERING OR SUSPENSION SYSTEM WHEN THE ISSUE OCCURRED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE GOODYEAR TIRES INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY WERE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED INSTALLING MICHELIN TIRES TO ALLEVIATE ANY FUTURE ISSUES. THE STEERING WAS REPAIRED AND THE TIRES REPLACED BY THE DEALER. SINCE THOSE REPAIRS ANOTHER SIMILAR VEHICLE IN OUR FLEET THAT CAME WITH OEM MICHELIN TIRES AND HAS UNDER 10,000 MILES HAS STARTED TO DEVELOP THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH F350 MODELS BUT CONTINUES TO BLAME GOODYEAR FOR THE PROBLEM AND NO OTHER SOLUTIONS TO FIX THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN INDICATED.

TRUCK HAS A RE-OCOCCURING DEATH SHAKE / WOBBLE THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HIT BUMPS AT HIGHWAY SPEED (60 MPH PLUS). ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL IS TO ABRUPTLY DECELERATE THE VEHICLE TO AROUND 20 MPH. HAS NOW HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT'S GETTING WOEMAW. IT'S TO A POINT WHERE I NO LONGER ALLOW MY WIFE AND KIDS TO BE IN THE VEHICLE. THESE TRUCKS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD AS IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE.

WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH, I APPROACHED A BRIDGE WHICH WAS A SLIGHT ELEVATION IN ROADWAY, I WAS PULLING A HORSE TRAILER WHICH WAS A GOOSE NECK. WHEN I WENT OVER THE CHANGE IN ELEVATION THE TRUCK'S FRONT END SHOOK VIOLENTLY, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK SO HARD IT WAS HARD TO HOLD ONTO, I SLOWED DOWN THE TRUCK TO 10 MPH AND THE SHAKING WENT DOWN. THIS WAS EXTREMELY SCAREY AND DANGEROUS, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE WEATHER WAS NOT BAD. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES ON IT. I REALLY WISH THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THIS TRUCK, I WANT TO TRADE IT IN AT THIS POINT, IT'S TOO SCAREY TO DRIVE.

DURING SPEEDS 50 MPH OR ABOVE THE FRONT OF TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY LOSING CONTROL OF STEER AND BREAKING. IT ONLY TAKES THE EDGE OF A CEMENT TRANSITION BETWEEN REGULAR ROAD AND BRIDGE OR SOME BASIC ROUGH SPOTS TO START THE VIOLENT SHAKING. DURING SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 AFTER DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD FRONT WILL SHIMMY AND SMOOTHOUT. I HAVE HAD 3 NEAR MISSES WITH OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO THE EXTREME AND VIOLENT SHAKING. YESTERDAY WAS A NEAR MISS WITH A SEMI-TRUCK, AND DID NOT GAIN CONTROL UNTIL AFTER CROSSING OVER THREE LANES OF I-435 TRAFFIC OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY. I WENT BY FORD TODAY, AND THEY HAVE HAD MANY COMPLAINTS FOR SAME REASON. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THIS MODEL OF TRUCK IS DEVELOPING DRIVABILITY ISSUES THAT CAN KILL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ABS ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MATTHEWS CURRIE FORD (130 N TAMIAMI TRAIL, NOKOMIS, FL 34275, (800) 248-2378) WHERE IT WAS TEST DRIVEN, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THAT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS-[XXX]. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,600. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. ('PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).')*JB

AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH HIT ROUGH SPOT IN ROAD AND TRUCK STARTED 'DEATH WOBBLE'! HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO LESS THAN 20MPH TO GET TRUCK TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED FIRST WITH THE TRUCK HAVING ONLY 2830 MILES ON IT. NEXT TIME ABOUT 100 MILES LATER HAPPENED AT 75MPH AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE 2-3 WEEKS BEFORE THEY WOULD HAVE PARTS AND WAS ALSO TOLD TO NOT EXPECT THE NEW PARTS TO FIX THE TRUCK. I WAS TOLD PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE TRUCK THAT THE ISSUES HAD BEEN FIXED PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE SINCE THE TRUCK WAS BUILT IN SEPTEMBER 2019. I DEPEND ON MY VEHICLES TO MAKE MY LIVING, CAN'T DO THAT WITH THEM IN THE SHOP WITH A UNKNOWN FIX. FORD NEEDS TO STOP BEING ALLOWED TO SELL THIS TRUCKS UNTIL THERE IS A PROVEN FIX!! HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED DO YOU THIS PROBLEM BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN. DEALER ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED TO DO AFTER I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE 2-3 WEEK DELAY ON EVEN BEING ABLE TO WORK IN THE TRUCK. I SAID YOU KNEW THESE TRUCKS STILL HAD THE PROBLEM SO JUST REFUND MY MONEY AND I'LL GO DOWN THE ROAD. WAS LAUGHED AT AND SAID THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. AGAIN BOUGHT THE TRUCK OCTOBER 10, 2019 AND IT NOW HAS 3,120 MILES ON IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED.

2019 F-350 WITH 8' BED AND APPROX 1000 MILES. 1ST OCCURRENCE: DEPARTED A CAMPGROUND TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER (AFTER DOING 3 WALK-AROUND SAFETY CHECK PRIOR TO DEPARTING). DROVE 10 MILES TO NEAREST GAS STATION BEFORE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE I DISCOVERED THE TAILGATE WAS DOWN AND CRUSHED BY THE TRAVEL TRAILER. THINKING BACK THROUGH MY SERIES OF EVENTS; I WAS ON LEVEL GROUND AND DID NOT REACH DOWN TO DISENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE BELOW THE GATE RELEASE, I HAD A GROUND GUIDE BACK ME UP OUT OF MY SPOT WHO CONFIRMED GATE WAS STILL UP PRIOR TO DEPARTING, KEY WAS IN THE CUP HOLDER WITH NO OTHER OBJECTS. I REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO THE DEALER(4 SEPT 2019). THEY REVIEWED CURRENT RECALLS ON MY MODEL AND NONE WERE REPORTED. I FILED A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE AND ABSORBED THE REPAIR EXPENSES. IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THERE WAS A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM THE NIGHT PRIOR TO DEPARTING. 2ND OCCURRENCE: (WHILE AWAITING PARTS TO REPAIR DAMAGES FROM 1ST OCCURRENCE) I DEPARTED WORK AND JUST AFTER TURNING LEFT OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT STILL IN THE PARKING LOT, THE TAILGATE CAME OPEN UNINTENTIONALLY FOR THE SECOND TIME DURING MY 2 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED IT DOWN WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND NO DAMAGES FROM THIS OCCURRENCE.

TRUCK HAS 21750 MILES ON IT AND IS EXPERIENCING THE KNOWN SYMPTOM OF FORD SUPER DUTY KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". AS I WAS ENTERING THE RAMP TO THE FREEWAY, I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY CAUSING ME TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE TO THE SHOULDER AND STOP THE VEHICLE TO SEIZE THE SHAKING. OTHER VEHICLES WERE ON THE ROAD AND THIS CAUSES A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN.

ON DEC 2, 2019 I WAS DRIVING MY 2019 FORD F-350 (WITH 15,000MI) ON INSTERSTATE 505 AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70MPH WHILE OVERTAKING A TRACTOR-TRAILER. WITH NO OBVIOUS CAUSE, THE FRONT WHEELS / STEERING OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. I ASSUMED THERE WAS SOME SORT OF MAJOR WHEEL DAMAGE OR BLOWOUT OF A TIRE AND TRIED TO PULL OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO STEER AND I DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SPEED TO GET SAFELY PAST THE SEMI, SO I SLOWED DOWN IN THE FAST LANE AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT BEHIND THE SEMI. ONCE STOPPED I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE. I RESUMED DRIVING WITHOUT ANY APPARENT ISSUE. ABOUT 45MI FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN AT 65MPH. THIS TIME THERE WERE NO VEHICLES NEARBY ON THE HIGHWAY SO I SLOWED BELOW 30MPH AND THE VIBRATION STOPPED. I ACCELERATED BACK TO 65MPH WITHOUT THE VIBRATION ISSUE AND CONTINUED MY TRIP HOME. THE INTENSITY OF THESE VIBRATIONS IS VERY EXTREME AND THE VEHICLE IS ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN THEY ARE HAPPENENING. THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID OR ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL HAPPEN, AND THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DO IN A FREEWAY ENVIRONMENT WHEN THE STEERING IS BARELY WORKING. MY VEHICLE IS USING ORIGINAL, UNMODIFIED STOCK TIRES, WHEELS, AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AND IS OVF RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE (15,000MI).

WHEN CROSSING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. SOMETIMES IT'S SLIGHT AND OTHER TIMES IT'S SEVERE.

THE TRUCK HAS STARTED GETTING THE DEATH WOBBLE AT ABOUT 18,000 MILES. TOOK INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED STEERING DAMPNER WITH AN AFTER MARKET ONE PER FORD. GOT TRUCK BACK AND STILL HAS DEATH WOBBLE. TAKING BACK TO FORD THIS WEEK WITH 21,000 MIKES ON TRUCK. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. IT DOES THE DEATH WOBBLE ANYTIME YOU HIT A BUMP AT 50 PLUS MPH

TAILGATE RANDOMLY OPENS WHILE DRIVING. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. (JULY-NOV 2019)

TRUCK GETS SUPER STRONG DIESEL SMELL AND SOME WHITE SMOKE IN CAB OF TRUCK HAPPENS AT RANDOM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OVER A ROUGH ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ED KOEHN FORD LINCOLN OF GREENVILLE (11064 W CARSON CITY RD, GREENVILLE, MI 48838, (616) 754-4689) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING STABILIZER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TONY BETTEN & SONS FORD (3839 PLAINFIELD AVE NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49525, (616) 363-6841) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT FORD WAS WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

GOING STRAIGHT AT 55 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING ,WOBBLING AND LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS I RAN OFF OF THE ROAD INTO THE MUD ON A COUNTY BLACKTOP ROAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.

MY WIFE AND I WERE HEADED TO COSTCO AND WERE DRIVING THROUGH WEST CHESTER OHIO. WE WENT OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS ON PRINCETON GLENDALE RD. JUST BEFORE PORT UNION RD. ONCE WE WENT OVER THE TRACKS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO JUMP AND SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. IT WAS VERY SCARY. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE TRUCK WOBBLED SIDE TO SIDE FOR A GOOD DISTANCE AFTER WE WENT OVER THE TRACKS. THE WOBBLING WAS FELT EXTREMELY STRONG IN THE FRONT END AND CARRIED THROUGH THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. IT ONLY SUBSIDED AFTER SLOWING THE TRUCK DOWN BY LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND LETTING IT COAST TO ABOUT 25 MPH. THANK GOODNESS WE WEREN'T ON THE HIGHWAY OR WORSE YET, THAT WE WEREN'T TOWING ANYTHING. WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK TO TOW A LARGE FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE TOWING THIS ON THE HIGHWAY WE WOULD PROBABLY LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THAT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC TO SAY THE LEAST. I HAVE JUST UNDER 4,000 MILES ON MY NEW TRUCK AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS MINIMAL. SO MINIMAL THAT WE WROTE IT OFF AFTER IT HAPPENED. BUT, IT TOO HAPPENED AFTER GOING OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS ON A RURAL ROAD JUST OUTSIDE OF SEVEN MILE OHIO. IT WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND. SINCE THIS HAPPENED I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO LOOK TO THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFO. IT SEEMS THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM WITH THE SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. THERE IS A PLETHORA OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT SAME THING. MY FEAR IS CONTACTING MY LOCAL SALES DEALERSHIP AND GETTING THE S

SEVER DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEED AND WHILE BREAKING. STEALING WHEEL JERKS VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT VEHICLE CONTROL IS DIFFICULT.

I WAS DRIVING 70MPH AND HIT A BUMP WHEN THE TRUCK BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. I COULD NOT TURN TO GET OFF THE HWY AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 25MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED.

IF THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP ADDY SLEDS ABOVE 45 MILES PER HOUR, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAVE MULTIPLE VIDEOS OF MULTIPLE INSTANCES, TOO LARGE TO UPLOAD HERE.

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH ON A CURVED 2 LANE HIGHWAY I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE WILDLY AND ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING BY COMING TO AN ALMOST COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A NARROW 2 LANE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY. AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP I HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE AND ACTUALLY CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND WENT SEVERAL FEET INTO THE ONCOMING LANE.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD WHILE CHANGING LANES. THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE WHILE I RETURNED TO THE RIGHT LANE AND REDUCED SPEED. THE SHAKING STOPPED WHEN THE SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 30 MPH. TWENTY MINUTES LATER WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE I HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT AT 65 MPH AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING RETURNED. I REDUCED SPEED AND THE SHAKING STOPPED AT 30 MPH.

MY 2019 FORD F-350 HAS APPROXIMATELY 16,300 MILES ON IT. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019, I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH) WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR SAN ANTONIO, TX AROUND MILE MARKER 588 SHORTLY AFTER NOON. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. I HIT A SMALL, BUT RELATIVELY DEEP POTHOLE IN MY LANE, WHICH CAUSED A JOLT TO THE VEHICLE. WHAT FOLLOWED NEXT IS DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE AS I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT IN OVER 40 YEARS OF DRIVING. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE VIOLENTLY. I INITIALLY THOUGHT BOTH OF THE FRONT STEER TIRES HAD EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT SIMULTANEOUSLY AS THE SHAKING WAS OCCURRING ON BOTH FRONT TIRES AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO DECELERATE AND MOVE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. AT SOME POINT DURING MY DECELERATION, PERHAPS AROUND 25 MPH, I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. I EXITED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD SEE NO DAMAGE TO EITHER TIRE, NOR ANY INDICATION OF DAMAGE TO THE TIE RODS, SHOCKS OR OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I WAS ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING AND LATER CONDUCTED A MORE THOROUGH INSPECTION, AGAIN FINDING NO APPARENT DAMAGE OR CAUSE FOR THE VIOLENT SHAKING AND WOBBLING I HAD EXPERIENCED. I AM TERRIFIED THAT THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN. IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS COULD EASILY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WITH VERY BAD CONSEQUENCES. I OCCASIONALLY PULL FIFTH WHEEL AND GOOSE NECK TRAILERS WITH THI

TRUCK WENT INTO UNCONTROLLABLE DEATH WOBBLE AT 75MPH ON FREEWAY IN GLENDIVE MONTANA. I HAVE A VIDEO OF IT HAPPENING. *LN*JB

TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WILE ON FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP AND START DRIVING AGAIN.

MY NEW F350 WITH 6K MILES ON IT STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL ON SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH AND THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND SO WAS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK.

FRONT END BOUNCED UNCONTROLLABLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65) ON RELATIVELY SMOOTH ROAD SURFACE - ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO SLOW TO BELOW 40 MPH

I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE "FORD DEATH WOBBLE" THREE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. IT HAPPENS IN THE SAME PLACE ON MY COMMUTE WHERE I PASS OVER A BRIDGE JOINT ON THE FREEWAY. I AM USUALLY DOING BETWEEN 65-70 MPH. IT SHAKES THE VEHICLE SO BADLY THAT I HAVE TO CROSS THROUGH THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO PULL OVER AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ONLY THEN WILL THE WOBBLE STOP. THE TRUCK HAS 27,000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE ACTING THIS WAY. I COULD MAYBE UNDERSTAND IF IT HAD 250,000 AND VERY WORN OUT STEERING COMPONENTS.

I GOT THE TRUCK BACK FROM THE PLACE I BOUGHT IT, AFTER THEY CALLED ME SAYING THAT IT WAS RECALLS THAT THE FORD AGENCY DIDN'T DO, I BOUGHT THE TRUCK A WEEK AGO FROM THIS POST, MY TRUCK CAME EQUIPPED WITH BIRDS EYE CAMERA, MEANING THAT I HAVE FRONT, SIDES, BACK AND ON TOP OF THE CABIN, CAMERAS, THEY ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL, BESIDES THE CAMERA IN THE TAILGATE. THIS IS JUST A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK.

THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55 TO THE POINT IT WILL SHAKE THE WHEEL OUT OF YOUR HANDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I CROSSED ON COMING TRAFFIC LANE AND SLOWED ON THE OPPOSITE SHOULDER BEFORE DEATH WOBBLE WENT AWAY. FORD OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE AND REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER AT 20K MILES. THAT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A BAND AID, NOT A REPAIR. I REFUSE TO LET ANYONE DRIVE THIS TRUCK WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE IT IS BRAND NEW AND COST $75K. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH FORD ASAP!!!

EXPERIENCED A WOBBLE IN THE STEERING AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE PAVEMENT. IT WAS VIOLENT ENOUGH TO SEND ME INTO THE LEFT LANE.THIS TRUCK IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD WITH ONLY 5500 MILES ON IT. SPEED WAS 65 MILES AN HOUR AND HAD TO QUICKLY REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID GOING INTO THE MEDIAN.

ON 10/19/2019 WHILE MY 2019 F-350 WAS IN MOTION TOWING A 36-FT 5TH WHEEL ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, I DROVE OVER A SERIES OF BUMPS IN MY LANE THAT CAUSED THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO SLOW THE TRUCK TO APPROX. 30 MPH TO GET THE SHUDDERING TO STOP. I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE 5TH WHEEL. THE STEERING WHEEL SHUDDERED SO VIOLENTLY I COULD BARELY KEEP MY HANDS ON IT. ALL VEHICLE WEIGHTS WERE WELL WITHIN THE GVWR/GCWR OF BOTH THE TRAILER AND TRUCK. IRONICALLY ENOUGH I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WEIGHING THE TRUCK AND TRAILER AT A CAT SCALE WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. FOUR DAYS LATER I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH TSB 19-2274.

MY TRUCK STARTED A 'DEATH WOBBLE' AT 13K MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY KEPT IT FOR 29 DAYS. I WAS TOLD THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH AN ALIGNMENT. AFTER GETTING IT BACK THE TRUCK DID NOT DRIVE THAT WELL. STIFF STEERING. THE TRUCK FELT WEIRD AND SHOOK WHEN YOU HIT BUMPS. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE KEPT IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK. I WAS TOLD ANOTHER ALIGNMENT AND STEERING DAMPENER WAS REPLACED. AFTER GETTING IT BACK. THERE IS NO CHANGE. IT STILL DRIVES BAD. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. JUST MASKED BY THE ALIGNMENT. I REPORTED IT TO FORD CORPORATE. THEY SAID THE TRUCK DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING CONSIDERING HOW MUCH I PAID FOR IT.

TRAVELING BETWEEN 55-65 ON THE HIGHWAY I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO STOP. VERY UNSAFE.

JULY-2019 - WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY (DEATH WOBBLE) AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN GRADUALLY AND THE SHAKING STOPPED AROUND 40 MPH. HAD IT SERVICED AT A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS FIXED UNDER TSB 18-2268 WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL DAMPENER. SEP-2019 - DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED AGAIN FOLLOWING JULY REPAIR ON HIGHWAY WHILE TOWING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED SERVICE AT A DIFFERENT LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A NEW TSB THAT SUPERCEEDS THE PRIOR ONE. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL DAMPENER AGAIN BUT WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT IT WAS STILL THE SAME OEM PART NUMBER USED FOR THE DAMPENER. OCT-2019 - DEATH WOBBLE OCCURED AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN A ROW THIS TIME CAUSING ME TO VEER INTO ANOTHER LANE. IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULE SERVICE APPOINTMENT AT A 3RD FORD DEALERSHIP. REPAIR CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AT THE TIME I'M WRITING THIS SO NO OUTCOME YET. BEGAN A FORMAL INQUIRY WITH FORD ON POTENTIAL BUY-BACK OR REPLACEMENT.

1ST INCIDENT-DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AFTER HITTING A SMALL RISE GOING OVER AN OVERPASS. EXTREMELY BLESSED THAT I WAS IN AN EXPRESS LANE (TOLLED) AND NO ONE WAS AROUND ME. 16FT TRAILER WAS HOOKED UP AND IT TOOK EVERY BIT OF STRENGTH I HAD TO KEEP THE TRUCK IN THE 2 LANES AND NOT THE WALL. THANKFUL NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE AROUND ME. 2ND INCIDENT- AGAIN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE NEXT DAY; A VERY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSED THE VIOLENT SHAKING. I WAS NOT TOWING, BUT I DID HAVE VEHICLES AROUND ME THIS TIME THAT THANKFULLY WERE PAYING ATTENTION AS I WAS IN AND OUT OF THE FAST AND MIDDLE LANE. THE EXPERIENCE IS INDESCRIBABLE AND FRIGHTENING.

I PURCHASED THIS F350 NEW, AND TOOK DELIVERY OF THIS VEHICLE ON DECEMBER 12 2019. 8 TIMES SINCE RECEIVING. THIS VEHICLE I HAVE EXPERIENCED EIGHT (8) UN COMMANDED TAILGATE RELEASES. I NOTICED THAT THE TAILGATE WAS DOWN WHEN RECEIVING A WARNING WHILE BACKING. I HAVE A TONNEAU COVER ON THE TRUCK WHICH PREVENTS THE REAR CAMERA FROM SHOWING THE TAILGATE OPEN. AS OF YET I HAVE NOT LOST ANY CARGO AS A RESULT OF THIS OPENING. I DID NOT HIT I THE INSIDE RELEASE, OR THE KEY FOB TO DIRECT THE OPENING.

I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED 65 MPH DOWN THE LHIGHWAY MWITH MY SON IN THE TRUCK WITH ME. MY TRUCK BED WAS EMPTY. I RAN OVER SEVERAL SMALL POT HOLES OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND I ADVANCED DOWN THE INTERSTATE. I HELD ON TO THE WHEEL AS HARD AS I COULD AND TRIED TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND NOT LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL. THE VIOLENT SHAKING ONLY GOT WORSE UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE DOWN TO BELOW 20 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES WERE HONKING AND POINTING AT THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. THIS DEATH WOBBLE WHICH I AM HEARING BEING REFFERED TO IS STARTING TO HAPPEN WITH MORE FREQUENCY. I AM TERRIFIED OF LETTING ANY OF MY FAMILIY DRIVE MY NEW $85,000 FORD F 350 KING RANCH. I AM TAKING IT TO A FORD SERVICE THIS WEEK TO GET FIXEDL. THE MORE I RESEARCH THE "DEATH WOBBLE" THE MORE I AM FINDING OUT THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NEW FORD TRUCK OWNERS JUST LIKE ME THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND HORRIFYING PROBLEM. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS TRUCK YET TO FIX THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT WOUD NOT BE SUPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THIS NEGLECT BY FORD HASN'T RESULTED IN DEATH ALREADY. THIS DEATH WOBBLE HAS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS GOING 45 MPH.

COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH) HIT ROUGH ROAD ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO STOP THE SHAKING. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SO FAR. APPROXIMATE MILAGE 13,000. AT DEALERSHIP NOW FOR ATTEMPTED FIX.