2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

LAST WINTER I HAD ISSUES WITH THE FROZEN DOOR LOCKS. MY DOORS WOULD OPEN BUT NOT CLOSE AND A FEW TIMES THEY WOULD NOT OPEN. THIS WINTER IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND JUST RECENTLY THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS COME OPEN AS WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO NOTIFICATIONS ON THE DASH CLUSTER OR INTERIOR LIGHTS ON THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT A DOOR WAS OPEN. JUST THIS PAST WEEK I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NOV 13, 2019 AND PICKED UP THE TRUCK ON THE SAME DAY. I DROVE FROM THE DEALERSHIP STRAIGHT HOME JUST UNDER 2 MILES AND I OPEN MY DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT CLOSE AND LATCH. I TOOK IT DIRECTLY BACK AND NOW I SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO OPEN RECALLS ON MY TRUCK.

25K MILES AND WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. FORD REPLACED A STEERING STABILIZER IDENTIFIED AS THE "FIX". 1K MILES LATER THE VIOLENT SHAKING IS BACK. I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK BUT NO ADDITIONAL FIX HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. I FEAR THAT REPLACING PARTS WILL ONLY DELAY THE ISSUE UNTIL IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. HELP!

AT 12PM 11/14/2019, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AT 70 MPH AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT A BRIDGE JUNCTION. SCARED ME BADLY AND I IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED AT ABOUT 40 MPH. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I BLEW A TIRE, HIT SOMETHING, THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO FALL OUT OF THE TRUCK OR WHAT! I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT MY TRUCK HAD WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". TODAY THE EXACT SAME DEATH WOBBLE ISSUE OCCURRED AT THE EXACT SAME PLACE IN THE ROAD. I HAVE A CALL IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE HOW THIS CAN BE REPAIRED. MY TRUCK IS ONLY AT 39K MILES AND WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN JAN 2018.

I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 75 MPH AND WENT OVER A BRIDGE HITTING A SMALL BUMP AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY LIKE A TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT OR SOMETHING. I SLOWED DOWN AND IT STOPPED. IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES NOT QUITE AS HARD BUT MAKES THE TRUCK HARD TO CONTROL. I GOT ON LINE AND SEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE F-250 TRUCKS. THIS CONDITION WAS CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" . FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE TRUCKS.

VIOLENT SHAKING AND A CONSISTENT VIBRATION UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

DEATH WOBBLE. OUTSIDE TEMP 49 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT - SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOST WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE. DRIVING 65 MPH AND FRONT DRIVER'S WHEEL HIT A COUPLE OF POT HOLES. ENTIRE VEHICLE STARTS TO WOBBLE SIDE TO SIDE. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SLOW DOWN TO GET IT TO EASE UP, AND THEN SOMETIMES CAN GET IT TO STOP IF I ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SLOW DOWN. AFTER IT HAPPENED THE THIRD TIME, WE HAD A MECHANIC CHANGE THE BALL JOINT, BALANCE AND ROTATED THE TIRES, THEN DO AN ALIGNMENT. BOTH TIMES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HAVE CLAIMED THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO BE IN THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENS, BUT LOOKING OVER THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS MODEL SO FAR, OVER HALF OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE THE SAME THING - SOME ARE LISTED UNDER SUSPENSION, AND SOME ARE LISTED UNDER TIRES. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING GOING ON HERE AND I'M APPALLED THAT THERE'S NOT BEEN A RECALL.

WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK STATS SHAKING LIKE CRAZY AND YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING. VERY DANGEROUS AND WAS LUCKY OT TO HAVE BEEN I AN ACCIDENT.

I'M AM REPORTING THE FAMOUS DEATH WOBBLE. WHEN I TALKED TO MY FOR REP HE SAID IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT FORD HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO FIX IT. THIS HAPPENED AT 55 MPH AND WAS SO EXTREME I THOUGHT MY VEHICLE'S WHEELS WERE GOING TO FALL OFF. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD SAFELY BUT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT FORUMS. PLEASE HELP FORD FIX THIS PROBLEM.

AT AROUND 65 MPH I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT WHEELS BEGAN TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY.

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AND HIT A SLIGHT VARIATION IN ROADWAY AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO GO INTO WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. I HAD MY 7 IN HALF MONTH PREGNANT WIFE AND 4 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE TRUCK WHEN IT HAPPENED. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL AND OVERTURNED THE TRUCK INTO TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS. I MANAGED TO HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WITH WHEEL WITH MY LIFE AND DRIVE OFF THE INTERSTATE INTO THE GRASS MEDIAN AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, FORCING THE TRUCK TO COME TO A STOP. THE TRUCK IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND NEARLY COST ME MY FAMILIES LIVES.