2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TAILGATE OPENS UNEXPECTITALY. HAPPENS AT REST AND WHILE MOVING. DON'T KNOW IT HAS HAPPENED UNTIL EXITING THE VEHICLE OR PUTTING IN REVERSE.

ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2019, TWO SEPARATE OCCURRENCES OF VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE/SHIMMY. THIS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 45/50MPH ON A FLAT RURAL ROAD. THROUGH FOLLOWING RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE FORD F250'S AND THAT IT'S TITLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'.

DRIVING THE TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. WE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY IN THE FRONT END. I SLOWED THE TRUCK TO A STOP, WAITED A MINUTE AND BEGAN DRIVING, THE SHAKING WAS GONE AND DID NOT RETURN. WE DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER BUMPS BEFORE WE GOT HOME.

EVERY TIME I HIT A SPEED BUMP THE ENTIRE VEHICLE STARTS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND I HAVE TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL WITH ALL MY STRENGTH.

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY AFTER WE JUST PURCHASED OUR NEW F250 SUPER DUTY WE ALMOST HIT THE CAR NEXT TO US AND WENT IN TO A DITCH. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF AROUND 65 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING DOWN THE ROAD AND I COULD NOT MAINTAIN THE TRUCK IN MY OWN LANE ALMOST CAUSING A MULTI CAR ACCIDENT. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HAD TO CALL FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME PICK UP MY FAMILY WHICH WAS 2 HOURS AWAY FROM OUR HOME BECAUSE THEY WERE CRYING AND SCARED TO RIDE IN OUR NEW TRUCK WE JUST PURCHASED. I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE SO I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND MADE SURE ALL LUG NUTS WERE TIGHT WHLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. TURNS OUT AFTER RESEARCH THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM!!. I WANT THIS REPAIRED BY A DEALERSHIP BUT DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AS OF NOW THIS IS OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE AND COULD GET SOMEONE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.

AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING AND TRUCK BECAME UNDERIVABLE. THE COMMON TERM FOR THIS IS 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I'VE HAD THE SAME ISSUES 5-6 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 WEEKS.

WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK IN CITY OR HIGHWAY IF YOU HIT A BUMP OR BRIDGE THE STEERING WARBLES SOME TIME VERY VILLAIN. THIS MAKE IT VERY SCARY TO DRIVE BEEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACE THE TIE ROD AND DAMPER AND THE STEERING STILL HAS THE SAME THING.

UNCONTROLLALBE WOBBLE AT HIGH SPEEDS WHEN HITTING BUMPS ON OVERPASSES,OR VERY ROUGH SPOTS IN THE ROADWAY, OR BRIDGE CROSSINGS. THIS HAS OCCURED TO ME FOUR TIMES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, & AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 60MPH - 80MPH. EACH TIME WAS A VERY HAIR RAISING SITUATION TO SAY THE LEAST. ALSO EACH TIME WHILE TRYING TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL YOU HAD TO SLOW DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET IT TO STOP THE SEVERE WOBBLE, & WHEN I SAY SEVERE WOBBLE IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT TIRES WERE GOING TO COME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. NOT ONLY DOES THIS PUT ME IN DANGER , BUT IT PUTS EVERYONE ELSE IN DANGER THAT IS AROUND ME AT THE TIME THIS OCCURS. I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IN THE WINTER TIME WE CAN SEE A LOT OF SLICK ROADWAYS, & I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THIS IF IT HAPPENS TO ME IN THESE CONDITIONS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE UNDER GOOD FAITH FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO BE A SOUND VEHICLE, HOW CAN I EVEN PUT MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN IT WHEN I KNOW IT MIGHT GET THEM HARMED OR EVEN KILLED IF THIS OCCURS.

WHILE DRIVING OVER 60MPH IF YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT STOP IS TO SLOW DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN YOUR ON AN INTERSTATE WITH 3-5 LANES OF CARS AND HAVE TO TRY AND STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. FIRST NOTICED IN SEPT AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEAST 2 TIMES GOING IN FOR THE 3RD TIME ON DEC 6,2019

2019 F250 PURCHASED NEW IN JUNE AND DROVE IT FOR 5000 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON OCT. 11TH ON HWY. 76 IN COLORADO DOING 65 MPH HIT A SMALL LAPS BETWEEN ROAD AND BRIDGE ABOUT 1-2 INCHES HIGH AND TRUCK SHOOK FRONT END AND STEERING UNCONTROLLABLY. HAD TO VERY SLOWLY DECREASE SPEED TO 35 BEFORE IT WOULD STOP WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO STEER DURING THAT TIME. SENT TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A SHOCK ON FRONT STABLIZER WITH HEAVIER SHOCK. PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH VIBRATION AND STEERING AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR DIP USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT NOT AS HORRIFIC AS BEFORE. TRUCK AGAIN WENT INTO SERVICE AND I HAD TO ASK DEALER TO CHECK REST OF FRONT END AND WHEELS AND TIRES FOR BALANCE AS THEY TOLD ME FORD HAS NO FURTHER FIX..TWO WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALACE AND WERE CORRECTED BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES AND I WAS GIVEN A LETTER FROM FORD THRU THE DEALER STATING THAT IF A VIBRATION OCCURS BETWEEN 3-5 SECONDS AND RETURNS TO NORMAL THAT THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. I FEEL IF THIS HAPPENS DURING WEATHER CONDITIONS OR WHILE PULLING MY 12,000 LBS. 5TH WHEEL TRAILER A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS VIBRATION THAT IS VERY UNCONTROLLABLE. FORD CONTINUES TO DENY ANY PROBLEM OR OFFER FURTHER RECOURSE.