2012 FORD F-250 Complaints

MY TRUCK HAS THE DEATH WOBBLE I BROUGHT THIS ISSUE IN SEVERAL TIMES AT THIS TIME NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHAT THE ISSUES WAS OVER THE YEARS IT BECAME WORSE I FIXED SOME OF THE ISSUE AT MY OWN EXPENSE STILL HAVE ISSUES WORRIED I MAY DIE OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE WHEN THE WOBBLE OCCURS

DRIVING VEHICLE LAST YEAR BOTH MY WIFE AND MYSELF EXPERIENCED WHAT IS NOW KNOW AS 'THE DEATH WOBBLE' WHERE THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE WILDLY ABOVE APPROX 60 MILES PER HOUR. MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DEALER TO INSPECT/FIX THE PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED MY VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING 'DEATH WOBBLE' (SERVICE ADVISORS WORDS)COMMON TO F250'S. OVER 1400 DOLLARS WORTH OF REPAIRS WERE MADE IN JUNE OF 2018. REPORTED SYMPTOMS AGAIN TO MY DEALER WHEN TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN FOR NORMAL SERVICE. WAS ADVISE STEERING BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. OUR DRIVING HABITS ARE TO AVOID ANY POT HOLES OR OTHER ROAD ANOMALIES WE KNOW ABOUT ON THE HIGHWAYS WE DRIVE ON BECAUSE THE WOBBLE CAN STILL BE FELT. MY PLAN IS TO HAVE THE STEERING BOX REPLACED THIS WEEK WHICH WILL COST OVER 1000 DOLLARS.

BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND YOU ALMOST LOOSE CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY TO RECOVER CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IS TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP. IT IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. MY TRUCK IS STOCK FROM THE FACTORY AND ONLY HAS 56,00O MILES ON IT.

DRIVING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON A SLIGHT RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY SCARES MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER SO BAD THEY WANT ME TO TRADE FOR A GMC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION AFTER DRIVING OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DURING THE FAILURE THE DRIVER WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER PARAMOUNT FORD OF VALDESE LOCATED (101 MALCOLM BLVD, VALDESE) WHO REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK AND BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACE BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY IT WILL INADVERTANTLY BEGIN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE SPEED IS ALMOST REDUCED TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES REGARDLESS OF THE TIRE TREAD WEAR. HAS OCCURRED WITH BRAND NEW TIRES.

GETTING THE DEATH WOBBLE, HAVE REPLACED THE SHOCKS AND DAMPER, NOT LUCK. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY SOMETIMES WHEN HIT A BUMP AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. ITS TERRIBLE.

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 65 SOUTH FROM MONTGOMERY, AL HEADED HOME TO DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL, WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE THAT HAD BUMPS IN THE ROAD FROM WHAT I THINK WERE WHERE BRIDGE ROAD SECTIONS. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF A FOUR PART OF THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN I FELT THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2012 FORD F250 FX4 STARTED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK SO BAD I COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE! I THOUGHT THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK WAS COMING LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE! I COULD BARELY HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL! I REDUCED SPEED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD AS I MANEUVERED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE FAR RIGHT. THANK GOD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT! A POLICEMAN STOPPED TO ASSIST ME ONCE I HAD THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE AND I TOLD HIM I WAS ALREADY SEARCHING FOR THE NEAREST FORD DEALERS FOR HELP. LOCAL DEALERS WERE TELLING ME I WOULD NEED TO HAVE SEVERAL FRONT END SUSPENSION PARTS REPLACED, BUT WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PARTS AND BE SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD DO WORK. I GOOGLED WHAT HAPPENED AND FOUND OUT THIS WAS HAPPENING AT AN ALARMING RATE FOR A LOT OF FORD F250 AND F350 TRUCK OWNERS. IT IS CALLED THE "THE FORD F250/F350 DEATH WOBBLE"! APPARENTLY THIS IS A FORD DESIGN DEFECT THAT CAUSES THIS TO HAPPEN AT ANY MILEAGE ON VEHICLE. I DECIDED TO TRY TO SLOWLY DRIVE MY TRUCK BACK TO OUR HOME IN DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE TRUCK SEEMED TO BE OKAY AFTER THE INCIDENT AS I DROVE BACK HOME AT A SLOW SPEED. I HAVE BEEN FEARFUL SINCE TO DRIVE MORE THAN 60MPH WITH IT AND MY WIFE WIL NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK ANYMORE! FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS!!

CURRENTLY HAVE 53K MILES. PROBLEM RARE, STARTED AT 10K OR LESS. WITH OUR WILTHOUT PICKUP CAMPER LOADS: AT 60MPH OR HIGHER WHEN HITTING BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS OR RR TRACKS (PARTICULARLY AT ANGLES) IN WHICH ONE WHEEL STRIKES IRREGULARITY FIRST, A VIOLENT WHEEL AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE BEGINS. MUST IMMEDIATLY SLOW VEHICLE TO STOP IT. COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHEN ACTIVE. TOTAL OF PERHAPS 6 OCCURRENCES. CURRENTLY IN SHOP FOR INVESTIGATION. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THIS TRUCK BETWEEN THE LINES ON THE ROAD. IT HAS ABOUT 4 INCHES OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND OVERCORRECTING THIS IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS....I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT