2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT MANY REFER TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" NUMEROUS TIMES INCLUDING WHEN TOWING MY CAMPER WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS IN THE TRUCK. HITTING A BUMP OR SEAM IN THE ROAD AT OR APPROACHING HIGHWAY SPEEDS SENDS THE TRUCK STEERING INTO A VIOLET SHAKING THAT CAUSES ALMOST A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY TELL ME IT IS NOT COVERED AND THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE NUMEROUS STEERING COMPONENTS ON MY 2019 F250 WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR ME AND MY FAMILIES SAFETY LET ALONE OUR MONTHLY BUDGET. IT APPEARS FORD IS PUTTING CORPORATE PROFITS OVER THE SAFETY OF ITS LOYAL CUSTOMERS.

UPON ENTERING THE FREEWAY, THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WAS NEARLY OUT OF CONTROL. I PULLED TO THE SIDE, STOPPED, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, RESTARTED, AND CONTINUED ON. THE DEATH WOBBLE STOPPED FOR THE MOMENT.

AFTER ENGINE OIL CHANGE AT DEALER, TECH ADVISED OF POSSIBLE BAD TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET. TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIX PROBLEM COMING FROM TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL. GOT HOME AND INSPECTED IT AND FOUND SAME LEAK. CALLED DEALER AND TOOK BACK IN. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION DETERMINED LEAK COMING FROM TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMISSION. ORDERED MORE SEALS AND O RINGS. PARTS ON BACK ORDER FOR A MONTH. TECH NOT SURE WHERE LEAK IS COMING FROM. 2019 F250 ONLY HAS 14800 MILES.

TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH, HIT A ROUGHER SPOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRUCK BEGAN TO VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. I SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 35 AND IT WENT AWAY. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK WITH 19,000 MILES ON IT, AND IT NOW HAS 32,000. I DID SOME RESEARCH, AND IT IS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE."

VIOLENT SHAKING AT A SPEED OF 72MPH, SHAKING STOPPED ONCE SLOWED TO 50MPH. ISSUE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 18330 MILES ON IT.

TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, I CROSSED A SMALL BUMP IN THE INTERSTATE WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO START SHAKING VIOLENTLY, I TRIED TO CONTROL THE TRUCK BUT WAS LOSING CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I THEN HIT THE BRAKES TO DECELERATE THE TRUCK AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING AS IT NEEDED TO. THE SHAKING AND VIBRATION DID NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS UNDER 35MPH I HAD TO GET INTO THE LEFT EMERGENCY LANE TO AVOID CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I SAT THERE FOR A FEW MOMENTS TO GATHER MY SELF UP GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK CHECKED ALL 4 TIRES TO VERIFY NONE WERE FLAT AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH BACK TO MY RESIDENCE, WHERE I PARKED MY TRUCK UNTIL I DELIVERED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY MORNING TO ASSES THE TRUCK AND ALLOW THEM THE OPPERTUNITY TO MAKE NESSECARY REPAIRS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK. THE FIRST SCENARIO WAS PULLING A CAMPER ON THE INTERSTATE APPROXIMATELY 70MPH AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND REGAIN CONTROL AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH. IT WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED A STEERING DAMPENER AND CHECKED ALL SYSTEMS FOR PROPER FUNCTION. APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM WAS NOT ADDRESSED CORRECTLY BUT WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE MULTIPLE FACTORS CAUSING THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AS THE DEALERSHIP CALLED IT. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO CORRECT SOLUTION BUT MORE OF A TRIAL AND ERROR FIX.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2019 FORD F-250 SUPER-DUTY ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE TOUCH SCREEN RADIO DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS INTENSIFIED SO BRIGHT THAT IT APPEARED AS IF A HEADLIGHT WAS INSIDE THE CAR. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, I FOUND MYSELF TEMPORARILY NIGHT BLINDED AND I STRUGGLED TO HOLD POSITION IN MY LANE. I TRIED TO TURN THE RADIO OFF WITH NO SUCCESS. I MOMENTARILY SWITCHED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON WHICH NORMALLY DIMS THE RADIO DISPLAY BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP EITHER. I GRABBED A TOWEL FROM INSIDE THE CAB AND LAID IT OVER THE DASH AND RADIO SO I COULD BLOCK THE LIGHT AND DRIVE. THERE WAS NO PRIOR MALFUNCTION OR INDICATION OF IMPENDING ISSUE. SINCE THE OCCURRENCE, I HAVE LEARNED THAT FORD HAS A WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE SYNC 3 SYSTEM ALONG WITH NUMEROUS FAILED APIM MODULES. UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD AND I WANTED TO LET OTHER CONSUMERS BE AWARE OF THE DANGER.

I HAD A 2006 F250 SUPER DUTY WITH ONLY 120K MILES ON IT THAT WAS A DIESEL THAT HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE. FORD'S FIX FOR IT WAS TO SEND ME A LETTER SAYING TO SLOW DOWN AND MASH ON THE BRAKES. I FINALLY SOLD THAT BECAUSE IT ALSO HAD MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS AS WELL FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE TRUCK. I BOUGHT A 6.2L 2019 F250 NEW BECAUSE I WANTED A RELIABLE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL ACROSS STATES WITH MY FAMILY AND DOG. JUST HAPPENED TO ME 3 DAYS AGO WITH EVERYONE IN THE TRUCK AND IT WAS MUCH MORE VIOLENT. LUCKILY I HAD A PLACE TO PULL OVER ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND DID NOT GET IN HEAD ON. PRETTY UPSET WITH FORD AS THEY KNOWINGLY SELL THESE TRUCKS WITH EXISTING ISSUES THAT ARE DANGEROUS. TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY OUT OF CONTROL AND PLACES THE PEOPLE INSIDE IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN ME DONE TO STOP THE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END. THIS IS KNOWN TO MANY AS THE DEATH WOBBLE AND SHOULD DEALT WITH. THIS TRUCK WAS MOVING AT SPEED OF 60MPH ON A FLAT, STRAIGHT, SMOOTH ROAD.

WHILE DRIVING ON I-90 IN OHIO AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, I STRUCK A SMALL POTHOLE WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I BUMPED THE BRAKES AND THE SHAKING GOT EVEN WORSE AND STEERING WAS DIFFICULT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO STOP. I DROVE THE TRUCK AFTERWARDS APPROXIMATELY 700 MILES HOME. I WAS CAREFUL TO AVOID BUMPS OR HOLES, BUT BRIDGE SEAMS CAUSED A SIMILIAR PROBLEM MANY TIMES, ALTHOUGH NOT AS VIOLENT AS THE FIRST TIME. FORD HAS A SERVICE NOTIFICATION THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPENER IF YOU EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE A DAMPENER PROBLEM. I'LL ALLOW THEM TO DO IT, BUT SUSPECT I'LL HAVE MORE ISSUES.

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP I WOULD EXPERIENCE DEATH WOBBLE. THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL WITH SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I SLOWED BELOW 30 MILES PER HOUR. HERE IS A LINK TO A VIDEO OF ONE OF THE MANY INSTANCES THIS HAPPENED. FORD DID NOT FIX THIS FOR OVER TWO MONTHS BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED THE FIRST TIME AND THEN THE PARTS WERE BACKORDERED. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/8UCEGIR7T8E THE SEAT WILL WOBBLE AND MAKE A CLICKING SOUND