2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT SLOWED DOWN, PULLED OFF THE ROAD, AND THE WOBBLING STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

DEATH WOBBLE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY HITS A BUM AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES OUT OF YOUR HANDS MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE, NO CONTROL. HAVING TO COME TO A STOP WHEN IT QUITS.

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS HIT A ROUGH PATCH IN ROAD AND A VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL OCCURED. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DID NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. TRUCK IS 100% STOCK

SO I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE FRONT END OF MY 2019 FORD SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I TOLD THEM ON APRIL 26TH THAT IT SEEMED TO BE PULLING AND THEY CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND WITHIN SPECS. I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM UNTIL SEPTEMBER WHEN IT GOT REALLY BAD AND ANYTIME I WENT OVER A UNEVEN PATCH OR A CHANGE IN ROAD MATERIAL IT WOULD JERK ME OUT OF MY LANE. I TOOK IT TO THE QUICK LANE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN BAKERSFIELD ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE DRAG LINK, THAT IT HAD BROKEN AND THEY HAD REPLACED IT. IT DROVE OKAY FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AS I WAS GOING OVER A BRIDGE MY TRUCK STARTED TO DO THE DEATH WOBBLE, MY STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK WAS BOUNCING. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO GET THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL AND I WAS ONLY DOING 45 ORIGINALLY. I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE STEERING DAMPER AND THEY REPLACED IT AND THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. WELL LESS THEN THREE WEEKS LATER ITS STILL DOING IT JUST NOT AS SEVER. I CALLED FORD AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT AND EXPLAINED IT WAS HAPPENING AGAIN ONLY TO GET MY APPOINTMENT CHANGED DUE TO A MEETING AND A PROMISE THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER WOULD CALL BACK. NEVER GOT THE CALL AND NOW IM PAYING FOR A TRUCK THAT IS JUST SITTING IN MY FRONT YARD BECAUSE ITS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DOING ROUGHLY 70-75 MPH AND HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD (ALMOST LIKE A DOUBLE GROOVE IN THE PAVEMENT). IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE HIT THE BUMP, THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT IT FELT AS IF IT WAS "FLOATING" ON THE ROAD. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WE THOUGHT WE HAD BLOWN A TIRE, SO WE REDUCED OUR SPEED AND MOVED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. AS IT TURNS OUT, WE HAD NOT; WE CHECKED THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF ANY OF THE SENSORS INDICATED THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. IT APPEARED AS IF EVERYTHING WAS OKAY SO WE WENT BACK TO DRIVING TO WORK. THE NEXT DAY, THE VERY SAME THING OCCURRED AND AGAIN, WE PULLED OVER. THIS TIME, WE DIDN'T GET OUT TO CHECK THE TIRES BUT WE DID RUN THROUGH OUR SENSORS BUT AGAIN, EVERYTHING APPEARED FINE. SO, WE SLOWLY RETURNED TO DRIVING. AS SOON AS WE GOT TO WORK WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM PICK THE TRUCK UP WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE TRUCK IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. WITH WHAT LITTLE RESEARCH WE HAVE DONE, IT APPEARS THAT OUR TRUCK HAS WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE".

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH OVER A SMALL UNEVEN PORTION OF ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT HAD TO SLOWLY APPLY THE BRAKES AND DECELERATE TO 35 MPH FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. THE CONTACT CALLED BRIGHTON FORD (190 W BROMLEY LN, BRIGHTON, CO 80601, 303-800-3235) FOR AN APPOINTMENT; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,800.

GOING 65-70 MILES ON FREEWAY AND MY TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE OUT OF CONTROL. I HAVEN'T HAD IT MORE THAT 4 MONTHS AND THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED 3 TIMES. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ANYONE BEFORE AND IT HAS. ITS SOMETHING THEY CALL A DEATH WOBBLE. IT IS VERY SCARY AND NOTHING I CAN DO TO CONTROL IT. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY TRUCK THAT I JUST PAYED 50K AND CANNOT DRIVE!

VEHICLE BUCKS UP/DOWN LEFT/RIGHT WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS IF THE VEHICLE HITS ANY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD.

MY TRUCK HAS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" FOR THE SECOND TIME. IT WAS REPAIRED AT 12,000 MILES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IS DOING IT AGAIN AT 20,000. WHEN I HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROAD OR A BRIDGE JOINT THE STEERING WILL START SHAKING TERRIBLY. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. THIS ALMOST KILLED ME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019. I HIT A BRIDGE JOINT GOING 58 MPH IN A 70 MPH ZONE. THE VEHICLE STARTING SHAKING SO BAD I COULD BARELY HOLD IT IN THE LANE. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE BETWEEN TWO SEMIS WITH ANOTHER SEMI CLOSE BEHIND ME. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN SO FAST THE SEMI BEHIND ME LOCKED HIS TRAILER BRAKES AND ALMOST HIT ME. THEY BLOCKED TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE SO I COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES ON 10/12/19 AND 6 TIMES ON 10/13/19 AND NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER THOSE DATES. THE TRUCK IS NOW IN THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE FIXED AGAIN.

THE TRUCK SUFFERS A SEVERE 'DEATH WOBBLE' WHEN HITTING EVEN THE TINIEST OF BUMPS, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LOSE CONTROL.