2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TRUCK HAS 16,000 MILES ON IT. PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER. WITHIN 1,000 MILES EXPERIENCED RANDOM FRONT END SHAKE, WAS OCCASIONAL ON ROUGH ROAD. RECENTLY IT OCCURRED IN ONE WEEKEND 6 TIMES. ALL ON DIFFERENT INTERSTATE ROADS BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. SHOOK SO HARD AND VIOLENTLY BOTH FOG LIGHTS CRACKED ON THE TRUCK INCLUDING ONE OF THE FOG LIGHT MOUNTS. HAPPENS ON ANY ROAD. HAPPENS ANY SPEED ABOVE 45MPH. CONCRETE ROADS ARE THE WORST AND BRIDGE JOINTS. TRUCK NOW LOOSES GRIP WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS. FEELS LIKE ON ICE. CIOCCA FORD WILL NOT WARRANTY BROKEN PARTS SUCH AS FOG LIGHTS AND ONE MOUNT. THEY WILL NOT CORRECT ALIGNMENT ISSUE DUE TO STEERING STABILITY ISSUE AKA DEATH WOBBLE. TRUCK NOW PULLS TO THE RIGHT. TRUCK DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE WITH MY CHILDREN IN IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SNOW SEASON KNOWING ANY BUMP COULD SET IT OFF. I HAVE TRIED ALL DIFFERENT AIR PRESSURES STILL GET DEATH WOBBLE. STILL BREAKS TRUCK TRACTION ON BUMPS. THIS WOBBLE OCCURS EVEN ON SECONDARY ROADS. THE WOBBLE CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE BACK AND FORTH 3-4 INCHES. THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE TRUCK VIBRATES AND SHAKES. THE WOBBLE WON'T STOP UNTIL SPEED IS DROPPED BELOW 35MPH. THIS SHAKE WILL CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING AND CONTROL IN ANY WEATHER CONDITION. WHEN IT OCCURS YOU HAVE ALL YOU CAN DO TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL, THERE IS NO TURNING ABILITY WHEN THIS OCCURS. THE STEERING STABILIZER IS OFTEN QUOTED AS THE ISSUE FOR THIS. I BELIEVE FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH THE SHOCKS ARE ALSO NOT ADEQUATE FROM THE LOSS OF TRACTION STEERING. STEERING LINKAGE IS ALSO WEAK. FORD HAS A REENGINEERED SOLUTION, HOWEVER UNKNOWN AVAILABILITY. THIS TRUCK IS NOW A SAFETY HAZARD TO MYSELF AND OTHERS, AND CIOCCA FORD IS NOT OFFERING A SOLUTION FOR THE SAFETY CONCERN.

1ST INCIDENT 2/10/2019, WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD THE TRUCK STEERING WOULD SHAKE AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO BOUNCE TO THE RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLE, VEHICLE IN SHOP 2/12/19 TO REPLACE STEERING STRUT. VEHICLE MILEAGE 10,699 ON 11/15/2019 A TRIP FROM MD TO KY, TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 72 MPH AND ABOUT 5 HOURS IN TRIP, THE VEHICLE HIT A SMALL BUMP IN ROAD ON HIGHWAY 79, THE VEHICLE FRONT BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND PULL THE TRUCK TO THE RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLE. I MANAGE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND SLOW VEHICLE DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ON THE SHOULD THE SHAKING STOPPED. CONTACT DEALER THE SAME DAY AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON 12/2/19 TO REVIEW. THE VEHICLE STEERING SHAKE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOUT 40 MPH AND WILL BEGAN SHAKING AGAIN WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN ROAD. VEHICLE MILEAGE IS 25210.

WHILE TRAVELING ON I-74 AT 70MPH WE HIT A ROAD EXPANSION JOINT (SLIGHT BUMP) ON A BRIDGE AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE TO THE POINT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE BRIDGE RAILING, I HIT MY BRAKES TO TRY AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. I PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE AND STOPPED. I COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND CONTINUED ON AND AGAIN WHEN I WAS DOING 65MPH I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHEN WE HIT ANOTHER EXPANSION. IT SHOOK SO BAD IT ALMOST PULLED THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF MY HANDS. I GOT OFF TO THE SIDE AGAIN ALMOST CAUSING A TRAFFIC CRASH. I FULLY STOPPED AND THEN SLOWLY DROVE OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AND DROVE HOME ON A SECONDARY ROAD AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL I WAS ON INDIANA 63 / US 41 I GOT THE TRUCK TO 60 MPH AND IT AGAIN SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHEN WE HIT A SLIGHT BUMP OF AN EXPANSION JOINT. I AM TAKING IT TO THE SHOP TOMORROW MORNING. I NEVER KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM U TIL I LOOKED THIS UP ON GOOGLE. HOW CAN FORD CONTINUE TO SELL THESE TRUCKS WITH A KNOW SAFETY DEFECT AND NHTSA DOES NOTHING TO WARN US.

I STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE TO SEE IF OTHERS HAVE HAD IT. IT'S CALLED, THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE FORD DEALERSHIP KNOWS ABOUT IT BUT DOESN'T HAVE A FIX FOR IT. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN IN AND NO REPAIRS ARE NEEDED. HOW COME IT'S STILL HAPPENING?!?! THEY NEED TO HAVE A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. I DON'T WANT TO CRASH BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS WOBBLING SO MUCH! I THINK WITH THE AMOUNT WE PAID FOR THE TRUCK THIS SHOULDN'T BE A CONCERN BUT IT IS!!

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 65 THE STEERING WHEEL WILL START SHAKING SIDE TO SIDE VIOLENTLY. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. IT SHAKES SO BAD YOU ALMOST LOSE CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS TO SLOW WAY DOWN, TO APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH OR STOP COMPLETELY. THIS IS PRETTY CONVENIENT WHEN YOUR ON THE INTERSTATE. FORD NEEDS TO OFFER A REPAIR BEFORE SOMEONE DIES!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BRENENGEN FORD (LOCATED AT 615 S BLACK RIVER ST, SPARTA, WI 54656, (608) 269-3673) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DAMPER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

THIS TRUCK HAD DEATH WOBBLE AT 17K MILES, FORD REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER, WOBBLE IS BACK AT 40K MILES AND WE HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER STABILIZER OUT OF POCKET. THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL 17-19 F250S WE OWN THAT HAS HAD DEATH WOBBLE. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP WITH THE RECALL.

EXPERIENCE DEATH WOBBLE IN FRONT END AT 34,000 ANYTIME WHILE DRIVING ON A ROUGH ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AT EVERETT FORD (19501 I-30, BENTON, AR 72019, (501) 315-4700), BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO WHITSON-MORGAN OZARK (2001 N 18TH ST, OZARK, AR 72949, (479) 667-2162) TO BE REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

MY 2018 F-250 SUPER DUTY (PURCHASED NEW) DEVELOPED DEATH WOBBLE AT 21,700 MILES. WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS (55 TO 70 MPH) AFTER HITTING A SMALL SHARP BUMP, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY REQUIRING ME TO RAPIDLY DECREASE SPEED AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED FORD. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ONCE THEY RECEIVED THE PART. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER AND THE ISSUE WENT AWAY. AT AROUND 39,000 MILES THE ISSUE APPEARED AGAIN, THIS TIME WORSE THAN BEFORE. ON A BUSINESS TRIP FROM WAUSAU TO MILWAUKEE AND BACK THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY 5 SEPARATE TIMES ON THE SAME DAY. EACH TIME THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I AGAIN IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE FOR DEALER AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY. ABRUPT BUMPS IN THE ROAD, ROUGH ROAD, BRIDGE SEAMS ALL SEEM TO MAKE THE F-250 SHAKE TO THE POINT OF ALMOST LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IF I WAS PULLING MY CAMPER, TRAILER OR IF ROAD CONDITIONS WERE POOR I AM SURE THIS WOULD HAVE ENDED IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. I LIVE IN CENTRAL WI AND THE WINTER SEASON IS JUST BEGINNING. IF THE TRUCK WERE TO DO THIS ON AN ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROAD CHANCES OF GETTING IT BACK UNDER CONTROL WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE AND COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.