2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

ERRATIC STEERING AND VIBRATION BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THIS HAS BEEN CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVERAL LAWSUITS WITH FORD. TOOK MY TRUCK TO FORD DEALER LAST WEEK FOR SAFETY RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF DAMPER ASSEMBLY BUT STILL EXPERIENCE WORST PROBLEM OF WOBBLE. HAD TO EMERGENCY STOP ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE INTERSTATE.

MY 2018 F250 6.7 L DIESEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVE ON A FLAT SURFACE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 55 MPH. STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND I LOST CONTROL. HERE'S IN TO ON COMING TRAFFIC LANE. JUST MISSING A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. FRONT WHEELS AND STEERING WHEEL DID NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL A SLOWED TO 20 MPH. HAPEN WITH NO LARGE BUMPS. NORMAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS. HAPOEN AGAIN THE SAME DAY. BOTH WERE ON STRAIGHT ROADS. APPEARS THIS CONDITION IS REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE.

DRASTIC SHAKING OF THE FRONT END/STEERING WHEEL WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD OVER 60 MPH - SUBSIDES AFTER YOU BRAKE TO ABOUT 40 MPH. VERY HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE WHEN IT OCCURS. *TR

I AM EXPERIENCING THE DEATH WOBBLE WITH THIS TRUCK. I PURCHASED IT USED IN JANUARY, 2020. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES NOW. WHILE DRIVING, WHEN HITTING BUMPS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. NO CRASH, BUT CAN BE SCARY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *TR

THE TRUCK WENT INTO A "DEATH WOBBLE" AT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITH NO WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL VIOLENTLY WHIP BACK AND FORTH AND THE ALL YOU CAN DO IS GET THE TRUCK STOPPED.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 IN THE MIDDLE OF DENVER, WE HIT A SMALL EXPANSION JOINT. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY I COULDN'T HARDLY KEEP A HOLD OF IT TO STEER. I BEGAN BRAKING AND WHEN I GOT DOWN TO 25 MPH IT STOPPED. MY SPEED WASN'T EXCESSIVE, I WAS DOING THE 65 MPH LIMIT. IT HAS DONE THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" TWICE SINCE THEN, AND NOW I AM APPREHENSIVE TO DRIVE IT ON THE INTERSTATE. I WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER SOON TO LOOK IT OVER, BUT HONESTLY I DON'T HAVE ANY HOPES TO A REMEDY. I WAS HOPING TO REPORT THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE MANY OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, FORD MAY HAVE TO RECALL THESE TRUCKS. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO PERISH TO GET ANY ACTION FROM FORD. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE AC LINE FITTING OVERHEATED CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE AND ARC WHICH IN TURN MELTED THE PRIMARY WIRING HARNESS FOR THE ENGINE. THIS ALSO RESULTED IN THE WIRE CATCHING FIRE AND CAUSING BURN DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE WATER FROM THE CAR WASH PREVENTED FURTHER FIRE DAMAGE.

WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 40 -45 MPH AND THE TRUCK GOES OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, EXPANSION JOINT, OR OTHER CHANGE THE STEERING JUMPS BACK AND FORTH TO THE POINT THAT THE FRONT END FEELS VERY LOOSE AND IT IS NOT EASY TO CONTROL.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN US 1 NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, WHEN I TRAVELED ACROSS AN UNEVEN (ROUGH PATCH) IN MY LANE AND MY STEERING WHEEL ALONG WITH WHAT FELT LIKE THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. I LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY AND QUICKLY DROPPED MY SPEED AND THEN STEERED MY TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. ONCE I COMPOSED MYSELF, I RECALLED THAT THE STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL ONCE MY SPEED WAS DECREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. I MADE SEVERAL NOTES IMMEDIATELY ABOUT WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE THIS HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED CALLING MY DEALERSHIP TO RELAY WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED AND TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. AFTER SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS AND 2ND OPINIONS, NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD CONFLICTING STORIES FROM FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK ANY LONGER. I'VE HAD EVERY PART OF THE STEERING (DAMPER, LINKAGE, CASTER, ETC) CHECKED AND BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE SPENT LOTS OF MONEY TRYING TO REPLACE PARTS I THOUGHT COULD BE THE CULPRIT. DURING THIS TIME, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE TWO MORE TIMES. I WAS DRIVING MY STOCK ( NO MODIFICATIONS) IN NORMAL CONDITIONS WHEN THIS EXACT PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME WAS WHILE I WAS TRAVELING DOWN US1 SOUTH AND CROSSED A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH, WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY, I HAD TO LET GO AND JUST QUICKLY APPLY THE BRAKES TO REDUCE THE SPEED SO I COULD AGAIN GRASP THE STEERING WHEEL AND DRIVE TO THE SHOULDER IF THE ROAD. AFTER 4 DIFFERENT MECHANIC SHOPS AND GETTING THE "RUN AROUND" FROM FORD, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. I AM CURRENTLY PUTTING A OVER $300 STEERING STABILIZER ON TO HELP MASK THE PROBLEM IF THIS HAPPENS ONCE AGAIN.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER FOUR TIMES TO CORRECT WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. FORD CALLS IT STEERING OSCILLATION. THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER I DRIVE OVER A POT HOLE, EXPANSION JOINT IN A BRIDGE THAT IS NOT PERPENDICULAR OR ANY ROAD ABNORMALITY. AFTER MULTIPLE FORD DEALERS REPAIRED IT I HAVE HAD NO ISSUES. HOWEVER, AFTER 5,000 TO 10,000 MILES THE DEATH WOBBLE BEGINS TO HAPPEN. I'VE ESCALATED THE ISSUE TO FORD MULTIPLE TIMES BUT IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. I HAVE HAD NO MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE TRUCK TO CAUSE THIS TO OCCUR. THE TRUCK IS 100% STOCK. PLEASE HELP. I AM A SINGLE FATHER AND THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER.