2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH, WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. SLOWED DOWN TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WITHOUT ANY VIBRATION.

THIRD INCIDENT OF VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-70 MPH. ALL THREE OCCURRENCES HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER GOING OVER RELATIVELY SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD, PERHAPS 2-3 BUMPS, ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DURING 2 OF THOSE INCIDENCES. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DURING THE MOST RECENT ONE YESTERDAY (3/11/2021) WHILE I WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. SHE NO LONGER WANTS TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AND DOES NOT WANT ME DRIVING IT EITHER. I HAVE ALSO HAD A HANDFUL OF SITUATIONS WHERE IT WILL BEGIN JUST SLIGHTLY AND I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUMPS IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITH ALMOST 100% PREDICTABILITY. I AM A PRIOR FEDERAL AGENT AND HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR TACTICAL DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WITH THAT SAID, THE SHAKING AND LOSS OF CONTROL EXPERIENCED ON A ROUGHLY $75K VEHICLE THAT IS AROUND A YEAR OLD IS NOT ONLY RIDICULOUS FROM A PRODUCT STAND POINT, BUT ALSO, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IN TERMS OF PASSENGER SAFETY. OUR CHILDREN WERE WITH US ON 2 OF THESE OCCASIONS. THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE RATTLING, OR SHAKING. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS IN ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE DRIVEN AND IT IS A VIOLENT WOBBLING OF THE ENTIRE TRUCK, NOT JUST THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION AND IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AND ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OTHER VEHICLES NEARBY. IN ONE INCIDENT THE DRIVER OF ANOTHER VEHICLE TO MY LEFT WAS GLANCING OVER AT ME AS I SLOWED DOWN DURING THE VIOLENT SHAKING BACK AND FORTH. THE DRIVER ALSO HAD A VERY CONCERNED LOOK AND EXPRESSION OF PANIC, UNDOUBTEDLY WONDERING WHY A NEW TRUCK WOULD BE WOBBLING UNCONTROLLABLY AT HIGH SPEED DOWN A FREEWAY. TRUCKS IN PARTICULAR SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE MORE RUGGED THAN OTHER VEHICLES. THE FACT THAT THE PROBLEM SEIZES AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE IS ALSO PUZZLING.

19000+ MILES. SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENS. AT HIGHWAY SPEED TRUCK FRONT END SHOOK VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER A BRIDGE OVERPASS. 'DEATH WOBBLE'. ALMOST LOST CONTROL. WAS HAULING A TRAILER. ALMOST CAUSED A HUGE ACCIDENT. HAD IT BEEN A WINTERY DAY WOULD HAVE EASILY GONE OFF ROAD. WILL TAKE TO DEALER, EVEN THOUGH IT IS PROVEN NOT TO FIX ANYTHING. IT WILL JUST POSTPONE IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN LATER.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DEATH WOBBLE , SUSPENSION. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM NO RESULTS

WITH 21,000 MILES ON TRUCK I EXPERIENCED UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATIONS AFTER HITTING AN EXPANSION GAP JOINT ON HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO DEALER AND THEY INSPECTED AND REPLACED STEERING DAMPENER. NOW WITH 32,000 MILES ON TRUCK SAME EXACT ISSUE AFTER HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD AND EXPANSION GAPS ON ROAD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. TOOK TRUCK BACK TO DEALER AND THE SERVICE TECH ORDERED ANOTHER STEERING DAMPENER ON BACK ORDER. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ASE CERTIFIED AND HE INFORMED ME THERE WAS SOME PLAY AT THE DRAG LINK WHERE THE PITMAN ARM MEETS THE KNUCKLE. FORD NOW HAS MY TRUCK AGAIN AND I WAS INFORMED THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE OSCILLATIONS. MY TRUCK NOW HAS 34,650 MILES ON IT AND THE PROBLEM STILL IS NOT FIXED.

THE STEERING OF MY VEHICLE WENT INTO A VILOENT SHAKE THAT REQUIRED ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES WHILE DOING 65 MPH. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 29,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION.

JUST BOUGHT TRUCK LAST FRIDAY AND DROVE YESTERDAY (3/3/21) FOR THIRD TIME AND ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY DRIVING AROUND 60-65MPH AND STARTED TO CROSS A BRIDGE THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I MEAN WHOLE TRUCK WAS SHAKING ANDI DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED..I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND GET TO OUTSIDE LANE AND PULL OFF ROAD.. LOOKED AROUND TRUCK SAW NOTHING OUT OF ORDINARY AND CONTINUED TO DEALER TO GET THE 2 NEW TIRES PUT ON THAT WERE ORDERED AND WHEN I TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED THEY SAID OH NO ES WE KNOW HOW TO FIX JUST GET A NEW STEERING DAMPER AND THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER FROM FORD AND HAVE BEEN AND MAY NOT BE IN UNTIL END OF MONTH..AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY SAID IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FIXED AND IF NEED TO DRIVE DON'T GO OVER ABOUT 40-45 MPH..I WAS FRANTIC AND SCARED THANK GOD NO CARS AROUND ME..

TRUCK SEEMS TO HAVE A DEATH WOBBKE AT ABOUT 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I HIT A OVER PASS JOINT IN THE ROAD OR ANY SLIGHT BUMP WHILE DRIVING FORD HAS REPLACE THE DAMPNER 4 TIMES NOW BUT THE PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK AND NOW IT CAN BE FELT IN THE BREAKING OF THE TRUCK WHEN STOPPING TO ABRUPTLY!

UNSTABLE DRIVING AT 50 MPH AFTER SMALL ROAD UNEVENNESS. (DEATH WOBBLE) ALMOST HIT A VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 52 IN PUERTO RICO. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND PROVIDED WITH A FIX BUT THE PROBLEM PERSIST INCREASINGLY. ALSO, COMPUTER CODE P2074 FOR A 2019 UNIT. OIL LEAKING FROM THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE UPPER CRANKCASE. HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER ON MARCH 08, 2021. DEALER INFORMED, UPFRONT, THAT THERE IS NO PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR THE SO CALL DEATH WOBBLE UNLESS FORD ISSUES A RE-CALL AND PROVIDES IT.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY MAKING VEHICLE HARD TO HOLD IN THE ROAD. I HAD TO TRY TO GET OVER INTO SLOW LANE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN SO IT WOULD STOP SHAKING. I GUESS THIS IS KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WALK.