2011 FORD F-250 Complaints

"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.