2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

OUR TRUCK DID THE DEATH WOBBLE NUMEROUS TIMES GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. VERY SCARY AND UNACCEPTABLE FOR FORD TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROMBLEM!!!!!!!!

UPON STARTING THE ENGINE, NO DASH DISPLAYS CAME ON. I LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING AND OPENED THE HOOD TO LOOK FOR WIRING ISSUES, FOUND NO DAMAGE. WENT BACK TO DRIVERS SEAT AND DASH LIGHTS WERE ALL ON ALONG WITH A "SERVICE REQUIRED" WARNING LIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER, THE WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF AND THE TRUCK APPEARS NORMAL.

2018 FORD F-250 DIESEL 4 WHEEL DRIVE - ABOUT 25,000 MILES ON IT I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST "DEATH WOBBLE" I HAD GONE AROUND A CURVE ON A NARROW ROAD (PROBABLY 45 MPH) AND HIT A BUMP JUST RIGHT AND THERE IT WENT, SCARED THE SNOT OUT OF ME, HIT THE BRAKES, IT STOPPED, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WEIRD. DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A LONG TIME. THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN A 4 LANE BUSY ROAD WITH A SEMI-TRUCK NEXT TO ME AND IN THE 20 MILES I DRIVE ON THAT ROAD TWICE DAILY (BETWEEN 55-65 MILES AN HOUR), IT DID IT 4 TIMES. THEN NOTHING. I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE B/C I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR INSPECTION 3/19/20, ALL SUSPENSION AND JOINTS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE FORD IS SUGGESTION COULD BE AN ISSUE HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND FOUND TO NOT BE LOOSE OR BROKEN. NEW TIRES ARE BEING PUT ON IT THIS WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER ALIGNMENT. AT THIS POINT AFTER ALL OF THAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN I WILL BE TRADING THIS VEHICLE. EVERYTHING I SEE SAYS FORD KNOWS AOBUT IT, HAS KNOWN ABOUT IT, AND IS EITHER UNWILLING TO FIX IT, OR DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A MAJOR RECALL ON ALL THE PARTS IN QUESTION IMMEDIATELY TO MAKE US GULLIBLE IDIOTS THAT BOUGHT THEIR PIECES OF JUNK AT LEAST FEEL LIKE WE CAN USE THEM SAFELY! I AM JUST NOW HEARING THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS FAMILY OF TRUCKS, IF I HAD KNOW THIS WAS THIS BIG OF AN ISSUE I WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT IT AND THAT IS WHAT FORD IS COUNTING ON AND THAT IS WRONG! I DO NOT FEEL SAFE TAKING MY FAMILY ANYWHERE IN THIS VEHICLE, IT'S THE ONLY ONE I HAVE AND I AM 1,800 MILES FROM ANY FAMILY, IF I HAVE TO GO HOME FOR AN EMERGENCY I WILL HAVE TO RENT A VEHICLE AT THIS POINT B/C I CAN'T IMAGINE RUNNING DOWN AN INTERSTATE AT 85MPH AND THIS HAPPEN!

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE TRUCK HAS EXPERIENCED A SEVERE WOBBLE IN THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION AFTER HITTING A SMALL POTHOLE OR BUMP. THE TRUCK BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO MANEUVER UNTIL SLOWING TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. DEATH WOBBLE.

TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 65MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO WOBBLE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS WOBBLING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH ON A BUSY, RAINY, AND WET HIGHWAY TO GET THE WOBBLE OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHILE ACCELERATING AND ENTERING AN INTERSTATE, I DROVE OVER A ROUGH SECTION OF ASPHALT WHILE MERGING INTO THE DRIVING LANE, WHICH RESULTED IN MY STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT SUSPENSION VIBRATING AND SHAKING IN A VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS MANNER. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY DEACCELERATE AND PULL OFF TOWARDS THE SHOULDER IN ORDER TO GET IT TO STOP. RESEARCHING FORUMS AND I LEARNED THAT IS BEING REFERRED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE".

WHEN TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN I CROSS A BRIDGE OR UNEVEN ROAD MY FRONT END WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND ALMOST HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR IT TO STOP SHAKING THE USED DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM SAYS IT BECAUSE SOME KIND OF SHOCK ON THE FRONT END BUT I'M NOT SURE IT ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT I'VE TRIED ADJUSTING THE AIR IN THE TIRES TO NO AVAIL I'M AFRAID TO EVEN LET MY WIFE DRIVE IT.

MY TRUCK STARTED EXPERIENCING THE WOBBLE AT 29500 MILE(1-22-20) DEALERSHIP INSTALLED PART#KC3Z*3E651*B* ON 1-21-2020. SAME PROBLEM AT MILE39200 (10-04-2020 , DEALERSHIP INSTALLED SAME PIECE ON 10-23--2021. SAME PROBLEM AT MILE 44100, 1-20-2021 DEALERSHIP INSTALLED SAME PIECE AGAIN ON 2-3-2021. WHILE DRIVING ON 2-4-2021 AND 2-6-21 WAS ALMOST THROWN INTO SHOULDER FROM SAME PROBLEM. EVERYTIME PROBLEM HAS OCURRED WAD DRIVING BETWEEN 70-78 ON HIGHWAY WITH MININMAL BUMPS.

PROBLEM PERSISTING REGARDING EVAP SYSTEM AND FUEL PUMP. VEHICLE HAS AN EXTENDED CRANK TIME AND SPUTTERS AT OR AROUND 400 RPM FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR SECONDS DUE TO THE LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE FUEL LINES DUE TO A FAULTY CHECK VALVE OR FAULTY EVAP PURGE VALVE. DUST CAN ENTER THE EVAP VENT AND OVERTIME WORK ITS WAY TO THE EVAP SYSTEM AND CAUSE THE EVAP PURGE VALVE TO STICK OR WORK PAST THE EVAP SYSTEM AND INTO THE FUEL VENT TUBE DESENDING INTO THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WHICH CAN CAUSE THE FUEL PUMP CHECK VALVE, WHICH KEEPS FUEL PRESSURE IN THE LINES AFTER THE MOTOR IS TURNED OFF, TO FAIL. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO,VEHICLE MAY NOT START AT ALL UNLESS FUEL IS PUMPED BACK INTO THE LINES BY TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE MOST OFTEN OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING OVERNIGHT OR SITTING DURING THE DAY WHILE I AM AT WORK. THIS ISSUE CAN BE FIXED BY REROUTING THE EVAP VENT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD BY THE FRESH AIR INTAKE AND REPLACING FUEL SENDING UNIT AND IN THE WORST CASE REPLACING THE FUEL TANK DUE TO THE ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENT AND ALSO REPLACING THE EVAP CANISTER. DATE GIVEN IS AN APPROXIMATE WHEN THE ISSUE BEGAN AND IS CURRENTLY AN ONGOING ISSUE. PLEASE NOTE THAT BATTERY IS NEW AND TESTED EXCELLENT AND I USE CLEAN FUEL FROM VALERO. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE IS ALSO WHY I HAVE POOR GAS MILEAGE AS WELL WHICH IS 11.4 MPG. VEHICLE HAS HAD NO MODIFICATIONS IMPACTING ITS WEIGHT AND I HAVE THE OEM TIRE SIZE AS WELL.

I EXPERIENCED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' FROM PREMATURE FAILURE OF VARIOUS STEERING AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AT APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES. THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TIMES ON A 200 MILE TRIP AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. A VIDEO OF ONE OF THE INCIDENTS CAN BE VIEWED AT HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/ALHDTXIRSIG