2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

IF YOU GO OVER 60 MPH AND HIT A BUMP OR SOMETIMES DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HIT A BUMP THE WHOLE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES OUT OF CONTROL. OBVIOUSLY THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AS THERE IS A NICK NAME "THE DEATH WOBBLE" FOR IT. I TOOK MY TRUCK IN AND NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY CLOSE TO $800 TO REPAIR IT WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND HAS TRIED TO CONCEAL. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT STARTED IN CALIFORNIA. FORD SHOULD BE MADE TO RECALL THERE F250 AND F350'S TO DO THE REPAIRS AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE. THEY SAY ITS OK JUST DON'T DRIVE OVER 60 MPH. IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS

TRUCK BECOMES UNABLE TO CONTROL GOING INTO A FULL DEATH WOBBLE WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD, POT HOLE, ROUGH PATCH, BRIDGE TRANSFER JOINT. HAD A TSB ON THE STEERING STABILIZER TO BE REPLACED AT 14K MILES. HAD DEATH WOBBLE START OCCURING AGAIN AT 21K, DOESN'T MATTER IF ITS A STRAIGHT PATCH OF ROAD OR CURVE. ANY BUMP WHEN TRAVELING OVER ABOUT 40MPH PUTS THE TRUCK INTO AN IMMEDIATE DEATH WOBBLE.

WAS DRIVING DOWN HWY ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN I HIT A BUMP AND THE PICKUP BEGAN TO SHAKE SO BAD I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO ROLL IT. IT IS WAS AS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP IT HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES DRIVING ON A NORMAL HWY. IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN YOU HIT THE BREAKS. TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT. PICKED IT UP AND WENT ABOUT 20 MILES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. FORD DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THEY FIXED IT. BUT IT IS NOT!!! I PRINTED OFF WHAT I FOUND ON INTERNET TO FIX IT AND A LIST OF PARTS BUT THEY DID NOT DO ANY OF WHAT THE PAPER SAID.

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 70MPH HEADING INTO A LEFT CURVE TURN ON THE EXPRESSWAY THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS OCCURRED WITH NO WARNING AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I SLOWED TO 30MPH. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. THE TRUCK HAS 28000 MILES ON IT AND ALL STOCK.

TRUCK DEVELOPS SERIOUS WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END/STEERING AND ONLY WAY TO CORRECT IS TO SLOW DOWN 15 MPH OR MORE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS AND I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAID THE STEERING DAMPER WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE IS IN STOCK CONDITION, SAVE FOR THE REPLACEMENT STEERING DAMPER (WHICH I ASSUME IS OEM SINCE IT WAS DONE AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP) AND STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL TIRES.

I HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AT 55 MPH ON A 2 LANE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF MY HANDS AND THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTED SHAKING AND BOUNCING VEERING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC PULLING LEFT TOWARDS A SEMI. I HIT THE BRAKES AND TURNED THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AS HARD AS I COULD ONLY TURNING RIGHT SLIGHTLY ENOUGH TO MISS THE TRUCK. I PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE WHEELS AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. I DROVE AWAY CAUTIOUSLY AND YOU COULDN'T TELL ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED. CALLED DEALER HE SAID OH YEA DEATH WOBBLE. NICE TO KNOW THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT IT. AN OLDER OR WEAKER PERSON WOULD BE DEAD ALONG WITH ON COMING DRIVER/PASSENGERS. SCARED TO DRIVE MY $70K TRUCK!!

PROBLEM IS WHAT IS KNOW AS "DEATH WOBBLE" WHERE YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING BECAUSE BOTH FRONT WHEELS ARE SHAKING VIOLENTLY, HITTING BRAKES MAKES IT WORSE, VEHICLE HAS TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY TO GET SHAKING TO STOP. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HIT UNEVEN PAVEMENT OR BUMPS IN ROAD.I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 70 PLUS MILES PER HOUR. MY TRUCK IS STOCK FROM DEALER WITH NO UPGRADES OR CHANGES. FORD HAS ONLY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER WHICH WENT BAD AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 4000 MILES. THERE ARE ALOT OF OTHER TRUCK OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AND FORD DOESNT SEEM TO HAVE OR OFFER A REAL FIX FOR THE ISSUE. WHEN THIS OCCURS IT IS CAUSING ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR ON OTHER FRONT END STEERING CONTROL COMPONENTS. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO FURTHER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BADLY HURT OR KILLED. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IF ANY ADDITIONAL DETAIL OR INFORMATION IS NEEDED PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I HAVE SEVERAL WITNESSES WHEN THIS ISSUE HAPPEND.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE RUNNING 68 MPH I CROSSED A STRAIGHT BRIDGE AND ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE VIBRATION/LOSS OF CONTROL COMING FROM MY FRONT SUSPENSION. AFTER HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BRIDGE THE VIBRATION WAS SO SEVERE AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I SLOWED THE TRUCK TO 20MPH. I WAS FORCED TO USE BOTH LANES TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN WITHOUT WRECKING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON CONDITION THAT SOME PEOPLE REFER TO AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. VEHICLE HAS 30K MILES AND WAS PURCHASED NEW BY ME AND HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED. SUSPENSION AND TIRES ARE 100% STOCK.

WHILE TRAVELING AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD GOING AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE LEFT THE TRUCK HIT A ROUGH PATCH IN THE ROAD AND THE FRONT WHEELS STARTED OSCILLATING UP AND DOWN CAUSING ME TO LOSE ANY CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I COULD BARELY HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE IT WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY UNTIL I HAD SLOWED ALMOST TO A STOP. I THEN PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND EXAMINED THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY NOTHING WAS BROKE OR LOSE THAT I COULD FIND. THE INCIDENT WAS VERY UNNERVING AND I NOW AM VERY APPREHENSIVE AND DO NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE.

DEATH WOBBLE AT ABOUT 3000MILES AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE ON A CITY STREET , THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM , WHEN R U GOING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM ? WHEN PEOPLE GET KILLED ! HOW MANY COMPLAINTS BEFORE U DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT????