2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DEATH WOBBLE. VIOLENT SHAKING OCCURS AROUND 45MPH. IT HAS OCCURRED ON SMOOTH ROADS AND HIGHWAY AS WELL AS SLIGHTLY BUMPY ROADS. HARD BREAKING IS NEEDED TO GET IT TO STOP, OR RETURN TO A NORMAL DRIVING FEELING. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN THIS OCCURS. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND IT SCARES ME HAVE THEM RIDE WITH ME. NOT ONLY THAT, THE OTHER DRIVERS SAFETY IF THE TRUCK WAS TO LOSE CONTROL. NOW I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT SAFE FOR US, AND THESE PROBLEMS FORD WON'T FIX LEAVES US WITH A TRUCK THAT WE CANNOT GET RID OF DUE TO THE PROBLEMS WITHOUT PUSHING IT ONTO SOMEONE ELSE AND PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. THIS IS MY FIRST COMPLAINT. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC TO HAVE THEM CHECK OUT MY SYMPTOMS. THEY REPORTED EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND TIGHT.TIRES WERE ROTATED AND ALIGNMENT PERFORMED, THIS DID NOT FIX OR HELP THE PROBLEM. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, AND STORIES, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 28000 MILES ON IT. TO NEW TO BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF ISSUES.

IT'S CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. 30,000 MILES ON TRUCK. IT HAS HAPPEN TWICE, ONCE AT A FULL STOP, I STARTED CROSSING A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND THE WHOLE FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY. I HAD NO CONTROL. IF ANOTHER CAR WAS COMING IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WRECK AS I HAD NO WAY OF STEERING. I WAS ONLY DOING BETWEEN 5 & 10 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE SECOND TIME WAS TODAY WITH 40,000 MILES. I WAS GOING 65 MPH DOWN A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, WHEN IT STARTED VIBRATING OUT OF CONTROL. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT HITTING OR SOMEONE HITTING ME. I'M NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK. FORD REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHAT WILL IT TAKE, OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL GET HURT.

DEATH WOBBLE AT 70MPH ON THE PLANO, TX GEORGE BUSH TOLL WAY AND I45 IN CORSICANA, TX

DRIVING VEHICLE BETWEEN 55-60MPH, STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKING AFTER GOING OVER ROAD EXPANSION JOINT ON 2 LANE DRY ROAD. NO - LIMITED STEERING CONTROL. MILEAGE ON TRUCK 34,800, TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED, 3 PASSENGERS, NO TRAILER OR LOAD. ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL WAS TO HEAVILY APPLY BRAKES, BRING HIGHWAY SPEED DOWN 30MPH.

WHILE DRIVING ON I90 EAST BOUND IN BURNS HARBOR INDIANA NEAR THE BURNS HARBOR EXIT DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 70MPH MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND DANGEROUSLY. I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN BELOW 30MPH TO GET THE SHAKING TO SUBSIDE. ON MY RETURN TRIP AGAIN ON INTERSTATE 90 APPROACHING CALUMET AVENUE IN INDIANA I TAPPED THE BRAKE TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND THE TRUCK AGAIN SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD TO STOP RIGHT ON INTERSTATE 90 AS I DID NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO TRY AND GET TO THE SHOULDER. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT ANY VEHICLES BEHIND ME. MY F250 HAS 14,860 MILES. I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE NEW. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND DRY, TEMP IN THE 50'S. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AS SERIOUS INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED.

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH AND HIT EXPANSION JOINT IN BRIDGE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL TO VIOLENTLY SHUTTER. SHUTTER DID NOT STOP UNTIL VEHICLE SPEED WAS REDUCED TO UNDER 25MPH. MY FAMILY WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME. NEEDLESS TO SAY A VERY SCARY SITUATION, ESPECIALLY FOR MY CHILDREN, ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. THROUGH RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND AN ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE DEATH WOBBLE AS ITS CALLED IS A RESULT OF A FAULTY TRACK BAR, AND OR THE STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK.

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AROUND 70 MPH, IF A POT HOLE OR ROUGH PAVEMENT IN ENCOUNTERED THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END BEGINS TO VIOLENTLYSHAKE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE." THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO THOSE IN THE TRUCK AND SURROUNDING MOTORISTS AS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 20 MPH, WHICH IS DANGEROUS IF THERE IS HEAVY TRAFFIC, SAY ON AN INTERSTATE. FORD IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS OFFERED NO DEFINITIVE FIXES. A SOLUTION AND RECALL ARE NEEDED AS IF THIS ISSUE HAS NOT KILLED SOMEONE ALREADY, IT WILL. PLEASE FORCE FORD TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH OVER THE EXPANSION JOINT ON A BRIDGE, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND AS THE SPEED WAS REDUCED THE VEHICLE BECAME MORE CONTROLLABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENTLY. AL PACKER'S WHITE MARSH FORD LOCATED AT 9801 PULASKI HWY, MIDDLE RIVER, MD 21220, WAS CONTACTED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,800.

TRUCK EXPERIENCES "DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MASSIVE VIBRATION THAT RESULTS IN A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL ONLY RESOLVED THROUGH LOWER SPEED.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING 50-65 MPH. I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BREAKS AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY TWO TRUCKS.