2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH ON I-565 IN HUNTSVILLE, AL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE HIGHWAY. STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AND VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND THE SHAKING STOPPED AND DID NOT REOCCUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING TO HIS DESTINATION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER - GULF COAST FORD (3000 N, STATE HWY 288, ANGLETON, TX 77515, (713) 422-7200) AND MADE THE DEALER AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000.

TWICE NOW WHEN WE HAVE BEEN ON I75 IN BRANDON, FL , WE CAME OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AT 60 OR 65 MPH AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY MAKING STEERING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HORRIFYING. BOTH TIMES WE HAD TO PULL OVER ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER AND COME TO COMPLETE STOP. WE THOUGHT WE HAD LOST THE TREAD ON A TIRE OR HAD SOME OTHER TIRE ISSUE. WE DIDN'T. WHEN WE STARTED AGAIN, THE TRUCK DROVE FINE. IT HAS ALSO BECOME SLIGHTLY UNRESPONSIVE GOING BUMPS ON THE HIGHWAY PREVIOUSLY BUT I HADN'T CORRELATED THE EVENTS. I HAVE NOW SINCE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE STEERING DAMPENER ISSUE. OUR DEALERSHIP IN FT MYERS, FL WILL NOT FIX IT UNTIL 5/6/21.

THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. WAS DRIVING AT 65 ON I 5 OVER THE ALTAMONT AND LOST CONTROL OF STEERING HAD TO HIT BRAKES TO SLOW TO 45 TO GET VEHICLE BACK UNDER CONTROL. HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES ALMOST CAUSING EXTREME ACCIDENTS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS IS HAPPENED AND IT IS GETTING WORSE AND HARDER TO CONTROL.

UNATTENDED TAILGATE. TAIL GATE OPENS ON ITS OWN AFTER SAFETY RECALL WAS PREFORMED. DEALER CAN'T REPRODUCE ISSUE. TAIL GATE OPENS RANDOMLY. MY TAIL GATE IS DAMAGED. FORD REFUSING TO SOLVE ISSUE. I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT YOUR AGENCY HAVING SAME COMPLAINTS AFTER RECALL WAS PERFORMED. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN RIGHT WHEN I START THE TRUCK AND PUT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE.

EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH. WE BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THIS IS A VERY SCARY EVENT. I AM SO SURPRISED THAT THE NHTSA HAS NOT FORCED FORD TO DO A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE.

I AM ON MY SECOND HOOD. THE FACTORY HOOD STARTED FAILING AT THE LATCH. THE HOOD BEGINS TO CRACK OUT AROUND THE LOOP THAT LOCKS INTO THE LATCH. IT CAME APART STRUCTURE WISE AND I HAD IT REPLACED. NO RECALLS WERE FOUND IN ANY SYSTEM. THIS ISN'T THE ONLY TRUCK IN OUR FLEET THAT HAS DONE THIS. WE'VE HAD TWO OTHERS. NOW, AFTER A RECENT REPLACEMENT, HERE I AM AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HOOD IS CRACKING OUT AGAIN, AROUND THE HOOP AND IT FLIES UP AND 'DANCES' IN THE WIND AND ESPECIALLY PASSING SEMI TRUCKS. THIS HAS TO BE A RECALL AND I CANNOT BE THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS TROUBLE. HOOD FEELS AS IF IT WILL BREAK AWAY AND END UP ON THE WIND SCREEN. PICTURE BELOW IS OF THE ORIGINAL FACTORY HOOD.

WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME. ON THE WAY HOME I EXPERIENCED IT MULTIPLE TIMES. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP. AFTER RESEARCH IT APPEARS THE EXPERIENCE IS REFERRED TO AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. IT IS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE WHEN YOUR FAMILY IS IN THE TRUCK WITH YOU.

VEHICLE HAS A DEATH WOBBLE WHEN I HID SMALL POT HOLES IN THE ROAD WHILE TRAVELLING AT AROUND 70-75 MPH. SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. TODAY IT WAS SO SEVERE I ALMOST CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR, BRACED BOTH FEET AND IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE WHOLE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY. UNTIL I GOT IT TO STOP.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED OF 70MPH THE VEHICLE HIT A SMALL BUMP WHICH CAUSED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO START TO RATTLE VIOLENTLY . THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RATTLE UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL IT WAS ABLE TO DECELERATE TO A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 25MPH. PREVIOUS TO THIS SCARY EXPERIENCE THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE SOME CONTROL AND FEEL WHEN SMALL BUMPS WOULD BOUNCE THE SUSPENSION.