2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING A 2019 FORD F250 XLT 4X4 DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH AND CROSSED A BRIDGE AND WHEN THE TRUCK CROSSED THE EXPANSION JOINTS THE TRUCK GOES INTO A VIOLENT WOBBLE, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY, LIKE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF CONTROL. IN ORDER TO CORRECT IT I HAD TO SLOW DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY TO 40 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES TRAVELING FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS. ONE TIME IT HAPPENED WITH 18 WHEELERS TRAVELING BEHIND ME AND NEXT TO ME AND IT FORCED ME TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY IN ORDER TO AVOID A SERIOUS INCIDENT.

ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS TRAVELING ON PAVED ROADS AT SPEEDS FROM ABOUT 50-75 THE RIGHT FRONT (1 TIME, 10/17/19) AND THE LEFT FRONT (4 TIMES, 3 ON 10/31/19 AND 1 ON 11/15/19) TIRES BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE...IT FELT LIKE THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS COMING APART...THIS WAS EVIDENTLY CAUSED/SET OFF BY RELATIVELY MINOR BUMPS/RIPPLES IN THE ROAD. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOSE CONTROL AND DIE OR KILL SOMEONE, BUT FORTUNATELY I'VE BEEN DRIVING OVER 40 YEARS SO I MANAGED TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN AND KEEP IT GOING STRAIGHT IN MY LANE AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY FORD THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH A "FRONT DAMPENER" OR SOMETHING..LEADING TO WHAT MY RESEARCH HAS SHOWN IS KNOWN AS A 'DEATH WOBBLE"...PERFECT NAME...FORD IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE WITH THIS PROBLEM! I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND HAVE A FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON "HELPING"....BUT FORD EVIDENTLY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM (THAT'S WHAT THE FORD MECHANIC SAID) AND THEY ARE NOT SHIPPING ANY PARTS TO THE DEALERS....MY DEALER IS WAITING ON ABOUT 10 PARTS PACKAGES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE....I AM BEHIND MOST OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THERE ARE OVER 2,000 PEOPLE WAITING FOR THESE PARTS, I SUSPECT MANY MORE GIVEN HOW MANY ARE A PROBLEM AT THE SMALL DEALERSHIP I USE, WITH ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED ACTUALLY GOING OUT TO DEALERS. IN THE MEANTIME MYSELF AND THE OTHER 2,000 OR SO PEOPLE, AT LEAST, ARE DRIVING THESE DANGEROUS VEHICLES. PLEASE MAKE FORD OWN UP AND SOLVE THIS PROBLEM! IF I COULD I WOULD PARK THE TRUCK AND LET IT SIT, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION...I JUST HOPE WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN, AND I KNOW IT WILL, I DON'T GET KILLED AND I DON'T KILL SOMEONE ELSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH OVER A BRIDGE OVERPASS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WENT INTO A DEATH WOBBLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PRESTON FORD (13580 W CENTER ST, BURTON, OH 44021, (440) 791-0978), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2019 F-250 4X4 "DEATH WOBBLE" AT 4,400 MILES. I NOTICED ON BACK ROADS AT 45-55 MPH FRONT-END LEFT ACTING LIKE IT WAS LOOSE ON STEERING, BUT I DON'T DRIVE IT MUCH. TOOK A TRIP AND SEVERAL TIMES (10+) AT 65-70 FRONT WOULD WOBBLE A LITTLE WHEN HITTING SMALL UNEVEN PAVEMENT. ONE TIME IT WENT INTO THE DEATH WOBBLE AND HAD TO DO AN EMERGENCY STOP INTO THE MEDIAN BECAUSE IT WAS SHAKING ITSELF APART. SHOOK SO HARD THE WATER BOTTLES WERE ABOUT TO COME OUT OF CONSOLE. I HAVE CALLED SERVICE CENTER AND LEFT A MESSAGE AND EMAILED MY SERVICE PERSON AND NO RESPONSE FOR 3 WEEKS NOW. I DON'T WANT TO THE TRUCK UNTIL IT IS FIXED FIXED.

DEATH WOBBLE- FREEWAY DRIVING, UNCONTROLLABLE, VIOLENT SHAKING, UNRESPONSIVE STEERING AND BRAKE CONTROL. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD IN THE DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, AND IT WAS NOT FIXED. I AM IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AS THE TRUCK IS UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES ON THE FREEWAY, AND THEN ANOTHER AFTER IT WAS TAKEN IN TO BE FIXED.

ELECTRONIC TAILGATE OPENS UP ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY OR WHILE PARKED. I NEARLY LOST MY CARGO DUE TO THIS WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, I INJURED MY HAND WHEN THE TAILGATE OPENED ON ITS OWN AND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE TAIL GATE AND TRAILER JACK. NOTHING BONES WERE FRACTURED BUT WAS REALLY SORE AND HAD BRUISING AND LACERATION. I FOUND ONLINE HOW THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED IN THE 2017 FORD SUPER DUTY BUT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED. I HAVE A 2019 SUPERDUTY AND WAS INJURED AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. I HAVE HAD THE TAILGATE OPEN ON ITS OWN 12 TIMES NOW AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY SPECIFIC ACTION/CONFIGURATION THAT TRIGGERS THIS. IT IS TOTALLY RANDOM. PLEASE HELP

AT JUST OVER 20K MILES ON THIS TRUCK THAT I PURCHASED NEW ABOUT A YEAR AGO: DRIVING AT SPEED AROUND 70MPH AFTER CROSSING AN OVERPASS ON A NEWER HIGHWAY THE FRONT END SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY STARTED TO SHAKE AND STEERING WAS COMPROMISED. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER OF THIS MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY AND WHEN GOING SLOW ENOUGH THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. I CHECKED THE TIRES AND UNDERCARRIAGE AND FOUND NO DAMAGE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS FROM VEHICLE. TPMS SYSTEM SHOWED TIRE INFLATIONS BETWEEN 59 AND 65 PSI ON ALL FOUR TIRES. I RESUMED DRIVING AND PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 10 MILES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. I PULLED INTO THE NEXT REST AREA AND DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD SUPERDUTY PICKUPS KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE", ALTHOUGH OTHER MANUFACTURERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS REPORTED. I'VE SINCE LEARNED FORD EVEN HAS A TECH SRVC BULLETIN OUT REGARDING THIS ISSUE (TSB 18-2668). I WENT TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID THEY GET 4 TO 5 COMPLAINTS A WEEK LIKE THIS. WE TALKED IN GENERAL TERMS UNTIL I MENTIONED I HAD FOUND THE REFERENCE TO A DEATH WOBBLE. UPON HEARING THAT THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT BRING IT UP, BUT NOW THAT I HAD MENTIONED IT THEY WERE FREE TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID FORD HAS A PRECISE SET OF PROCESSES IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THEY MUST BE FOLLOWED IN SEQUENCE. THEY SAID FIRST STEP WAS TO CHECK TIRE INFLATION AND THEY ALSO SAID THEY SHOULD ROTATE TIRES. I MENTIONED THAT HAD BEEN DONE AT A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE ABOUT 1K MILES EARLIER. THEY SAID IT DIDN'T MATTER SO THEY WENT AHEAD WITH THOSE PROCEDURES. THEY ALSO SAID THE PART IN THE TSB WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED ON DRIVE HOME SO PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. HAVE ANOTHER APPT WITH LOCAL FORD DEALER IN 2 WEEKS, HOPEFULLY TSB PARTS ARE IN BY THEN.

EXPERIENCED VIOLENT STEERING OSCILLATION WHILE TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT 75 MPH WHILE CROSSING A CONTROL JOINT AT A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO SHAKE TO PIECES AND SHOOK UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLES STEERING, ONLY BRAKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACE THE STEERING STABILIZER. THE VEHICLE IS ALREADY EXHIBITING WOBBLE AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES SINCE THE STABILIZER WAS REPLACED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ARE NOT DESIGNED CORRECTLY OR LOOSE.

GOING DOWN THE FREE WAY HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE NEXT THING THE TRUCK WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY I COULDN'T CONTROL IT.. I HAD TO CROSS A LINE OF TRAFFIC TO PULL OVER... THIS TRUCK IS BRAND NEW LESS THAN 10K MILES ... I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE DROVE 100 MILES IN ONE DAY AND IT DID THAT AFTER VIOLET SHAKING 9 TIMES

TAILGATE OPENED ON ITS OWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO TAILGATE WHILE BACKING TRAILER. THIS HAPPENED DURING COLD WEATHER DOWN TO 5 DEGREES ON HUNTING TRIP AND HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE IN WARMER WEATHER. WONDERING IF IT COULD BE FROZEN LATCH ?