2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DURING DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 73 ON THE HIGHWAY I WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND WHEN THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE JOINT IN THE ROAD IT SENT THE TRUCK INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHICH CAUSE THE TRUCK TO VEER INTO THE OTHER LANE. I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD AND IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE NOT HARDLY WORKING. IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 1/8 OF A MILE TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 50 WHERE IT REGAINED CONTROL. STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND COULD NOT KEEP IT IN MY LANE. TRUCK WAS BOUNCING UNCONTROLLABLY AND ALMOST TOOK IT OFF THE ROAD.

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS AND STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. IN THE COURSE OF THE EVENT, ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST. VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE STARTED UNTIL AFTER A FEW MINUTES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY FOUND A DEFECTIVE STEERING STABILIZER. PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH FORD FOR REPLACEMENT AND LEAD TIME IS UNKNOWN AT TIME OF THIS POSTING.

THE TRUCK HAD DAMPERS REPLACED AT 43,000 MILES TO CURE THE FRONT END VIOLENTLY SHAKING. IT SEEMED TO CURE IT FOR ABOUT 15,000 MILES. NOW WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP THE FRONT END SHAKES VERY VIOLENTLY CAUSING ME TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE. YOU HAVE TO APPLY THE BREAKS AND SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO AT LEAST 40 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED AT 64 MPH WITH PROPER AIR PRESSURE. IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE BY OTHER F 250 OWNERS. IT HAPPENED AFTER YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

I WAS ACCELERATING ON AN ON-RAMP AND AT ABOUT 60MPH ON SLIGHTLY ROUGH PAVEMENT THE TRUCK FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING STARTED OSCILLATING AND BECAME VERY VIOLENT. I WAS MERGING IN TRAFFIC BUT WAS FORCED TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY TO KEEP THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. THE OSCILLATIONS CALMED AT AROUND 40MPH. FORTUNATELY THE OTHER VEHICLES MANAGED TO AVOID ME. COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. ON THE WAY HOME AFTER MERGING ONTO I81, I WENT OVER A BUMP ON A BRIDGE AND THE OSCILLATIONS STARTED AGAIN. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT SO I COULD SLOW DOWN QUICKLY. AT ABOUT 45MPH THE OSCILLATIONS STOPPED. I DROVE HOME SLOWLY AND PARKED THE TRUCK AS IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 26K MILES, HAS REGULAR DEALERSHIP SERVICE, PROPERLY INFLATED TIRES AND THIS JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

A RESIDUAL VIBRATION AFTER HITTING A BUMP STARTED IN FEB 2019 AT 8.6K MILES. DEALERSHIP REPLACED DAMPER ASSEMBLY. ALL GOOD FOR A WHILE THEN VIBRATION WITH HITTING A BUMP STARTED AGAIN IN OCT 2019 AT 25K MILES. ON 11/2/19 AT 26K MILES AT 70 MPH EXPERIENCED SEVERE/VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO STOP IT AND BRING TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DAMPER ASSEMBLY AGAIN AND THE STABILIZER BAR. STILL HAD THE RESIDUAL VIBRATION AFTER A BUMP, TOOK BACK IN TO DEALERSHIP ON 12/4/19 AND THEY COULD NOT 'DUPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN'. ON 12/11/19 AND 12/16/19 AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON I-87 BETWEEN ALBANY AND GLENS FALLS, NY, I AGAIN EXPERIENCED SEVERE AND VIOLET VIBRATION/SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME KEEPING THE TRUCK IN THE LANE I WAS TRAVELING IN AND AGAIN HAD TO IMMEDIATELY BRAKE HARD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TO BRING THE TRUCK BACK UNDER CONTROL. BROUGHT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND NOW BEING TOLD THAT DESPITE 1/2 THE TREAD LIFE REMAINING ON THE TIRES THAT FORD IS RECOMMENDING REPLACING THE TIRES AND THAT AN ALIGNMENT IS NEEDED. THIS DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO DO ALIGNMENT UNLESS WE REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK HAS 27K MILES ON IT. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW FORD CAN CONTINUE TO DENY THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THEIR TRUCKS WITH ALL OF EVIDENCE SUPPORTING OTHERWISE.

IT CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM IOWA ON DECEMBER 3RD. I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD DOING 70 MPH. THE WHEELS AND STEERING STARTED VIBRATING SO BAD IT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. I HIT THE BRAKES AND PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. WHILE PULLED OVER A SEMI TRUCK HIT THE REAR OF MY CAMPER TOTALLING IT. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO MISSOURI WITH CAMPER. THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPENED TWICE. AFTER THE SECOND I DROPPED THE SPEED TO 60 AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THE DEATH WOBBLE IS WELL DOCUMENTED AND ITS A SHAME THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS A POWERFUL INSTITUTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND ABOVE, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO DECELERATE SIGNIFICANTLY TO STOP THE WOBBLING. TRI-STATE FORD (LOCATED AT 2117 S MAIN ST, MARYVILLE, MO 64468, 660-582-3677) DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING DAMPER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS25169176Q0R9D3. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. *LN *TR

MOVING ON I-25 NEAR FORT CARSON, CO ON NOV 3RD AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH. EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHAKING IN STEERING WHEEL SEVERALLY EFFECTING CONTROL OF TRUCK. WAS ABLE TO SLOW, AND CHECK VEHICLE FOR SUSPECTED FLAT TIRE. FOUND NO ISSUES, PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION BACK UP TO HIGHWAY SPEED, EXPERIENCED IT AGAIN. PROCEEDED TO HOME AT 50MPH, HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT ON HIGHWAY SINCE. FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS I NEED A NEW STEERING STABILIZER, AFTER SIX WEEKS I'M STILL WAITING FOR PART TO COME IN. AS I RESEARCH MORE, IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM MAY REQUIRE MORE PARTS - AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN! FORD DOESN'T SEEM TOO CONCERNED OR MOTIVATED TO FIX MY PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY PULLING MY 23 FOOT ENCLOSED SNOWMOBILE TRAILER WITH TWO SNOWMOBILES INSIDE. I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VERY VIOLENTLY. I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. MY TRUCK CONTINUED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY CAUSING ME TO SWERVE ON THE FREEWAY UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN TO 50 MPH. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS VIOLENT SHAKING WHEN PULLING A TRAILER OR NOT PULLING A TRAILER DOWN THE FREEWAY. MY TRUCK HAS UNDER 47,000 MILES ON IT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, AROUND 73 MPH, THE TOAD HAD A BUMP WHERE IT WENT TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION. AS SOON AS WE HIT THE BUMP, THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. COULDN'T STEER, OR DO ANYTHING. KIDS IN THE BACK SCREAMING, MY HUSBAND HOLDING THE WHEEL AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE TRYING TO KEEP FROM KILLING US, ONCE DECELERATING, WE FINALLY GAINED CONTROL, BUT ONLY AFTER SWERVING THROUGH 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC, WHERE WE WERE VERY LUCKY THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC DIRECTLY BESIDE OR BEHIND US. THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK WHEN GOING OVER A RAILROAD CROSSING, BUT NOT TO THIS EXTENT. THE STEERING DAMPER HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. THE TRUCK HAS 51K MILES ON IT!