2018 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DEATH SHIMMY IN STEERING, HIT AN BRIDGE EXPANTION JOINT AND STEERING STARTS WOBBELING, HAVE TO PULL TO A COMPLETS STOP TO GET IT TO GO AWAY, HAPPENS ON VARIOUS BUMPS AND EXPANTION JOINTS ALSO,IN MOTION

WHILE ON VACATION TOWING MY 31' 10,000 POUND TRAVEL TRAILER AT 60 MPH HEADING NORTH ON HWY 89 ARIZONA IN EARLY MAY 2019 I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SCARY WOBBLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE VEHICLE IN WHICH I ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL AND SLOW DOWN TO 33 MPH TO GET THE WOBBLE TO STOP. WE WERE HALF WAY THROUGH OUR TRIP SO I KEPT THE SPEED AT 55 MPH OR LOWER TO GET HOME. I SINCE THEN RESEARCHED AND FOUND A FORD TSB CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TRUCK IN FOR A POSSIBLE REPAIR YET AS WE ONLY USE IT TO TOW WITH.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A SERIOUS DEFECT WHICH FORD NEEDS TO FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE. WHEN HITTING BUMPS OR BRIDGE TRANSITIONS ON THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY ALSO KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR ON A 75 MILE HOUR ROAD. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A ACCIDENT OR KILL SOMEBODY. MY TRUCK IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE 3RD TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR WITH UNDER 15,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER RESEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS FLAW WITH THE 2017 & 2018 FORD F250 TRUCKS. I SEE THAT SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED AND IT IS SAD THAT THAT A MANDATE IS NOT BEING ISSUED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION.

TSB # 18-2268 AT 60 MPH ON A SMOOTH FLAT HIGHWAY AND AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HOLD ONTO IT. ONCE THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO UNDER 30 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED. BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC I WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE LANES AND GOING FROM 60 MPH TO 30 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE (FAST LANE) WAS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER BEARING DOWN ON ME BLOWING MADLY AS HE TRIED TO SLOW HIS TRUCK DOWN FROM REAR ENDING ME. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT ON 06/04/2019 @ CIOCCA FORD IN QUAKERTOWN

WHILE PUTTING MY F250 IN GEAR (DRIVE), THE TRUCK TAILGATE WAS AUTOMATICALLY OPENED, WHICH THEN CRUNCHED INTO MY GOOSE NECK TRAILER WHEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE TAIL GATE HAS OPENED 3 TIME, WITHOUT USER INTERVENTION, IN THE FIRST 6 WEEKS I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE.

ON 4/19/19 I MISFUELED MY DIESEL VEHICLE. I STOPPED THE PROCESS IMMEDIATELY AND CALLED FORD FROM THE FILLING STATION. THE FORD SERVICE CENTER SAID THAT I SHOULD AVOID TURNING THE ENGINE ON, OR EVEN PLACING THE ENGINE IN ACCESSORY MODE BECAUSE IT WOULD ENGAGE THE FUEL PUMP AND FLOOD THE SYSTEM WITH GASOLINE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT I COULD NOT PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO BE WINCHED ONTO THE FLATBED TOW TRUCK WITHOUT TURNING ON THE ACCESSORY MODE. I CALLED FORD FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. FORD RECOMMENDED THAT I DISCONNECT A CABLE BENEATH THE TRUCK THAT WOULD DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION AND ALLOW THE TRUCK TO MOVE. BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS, I HAD TO TURN ON THE ACCESSORY TO GET THE TRUCK OUT OF PARK FOR TOWING. THIS CAUSED ABOUT $12,000 IN DAMAGE TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. MORE TO THE POINT OF THIS COMPLAINT, I LATER DISCOVERED THAT THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT IN THE MANUAL FOR MY TRUCK. FURTHER, THE PROCEDURE THAT IS IN THE MANUAL WAS NOT MENTIONED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FORD MANUAL CONTAINS A PROCEDURE THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE TRUCK. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT FORD IS RECOMMENDING A PROCEDURE THAT IS INHERENTLY MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE PROCEDURE IN THE MANUAL.

WHEN GOING 70 OR ABOVE AND U HIT A BUMP OR ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK DOES WHAT THEY CALL THE DEATH WOBBLE VERY SCARY AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE IF THIS DOES NOT GET TAKEN CARE OF THE TRUCK NEARLY LOSES CONTROL IT'S SO BAD

WHILE DRIVING HWY. 84 FROM LUBBOCK, TX HIT WASHBOARD RUTS IN SPAN OF 5 MILES. HAD 3 EPISODES OF TRUCK VIOLENT SHAKING OR DEATH WOBBLE , ALMOST LOOSING CONTROL IN TRAFFIC. 22,000 MILES ON TRUCK ALL HIGHWAY MILES. TOOK IN FOR WARRANTY WORK. RIGHT FRONT END REPLACEMENT. DRIVING 75 MPH HAD TO DROP DOWN TO 20 TO GAIN CONTROL. WARY OF ANOTHER EPISODE. FORD NEEDS TO FIX PROBLEM. THESE TRUCKS TO EXPENSIVE FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING.

AT 17,000 MILES THE TRUCK STARTED GOING INTO WHAT EVERYONE CALLS A "DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN AT HIGH SPEED AND/OR ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD. IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE HERE AND THEY ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT AND THEIR FIX IS ONLY A PATCH THAT DELAYS THE PROBLEM TO A LATER DATE.

WHILE DRIVING , FRONT END HAS A WOBBLE , OR LOOSENESS THAT MAKES IT KINDA SCARY TO DRIVE. AFRAID I'M GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK.