2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70MPH HIT A SMALL BUMP. STEERING STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. DEATH WOBBLE. LUCKILY LOW TRAFFIC. ATTEMPTED TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER WHILE REDUCING SPEED. AT AROUND 35MPH THE SHAKING REDUCED AND STOPPED.

FROM THE TIME IT WAS BRAND NEW ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN DRIVING OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU BRAKE TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP, I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER DEALERSHIP FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE AND VOICED MY CONCERN AND THEY SAID FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL AN UPGRADED STEERING STABILIZER. I NOW HAVE 16,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK WITH NO IMPROVEMENT AND WHEN I CALL THE DEALERSHIP I AM TOLD THERE ARE NO REPAIR PARTS AVAILABLE.

EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE OSCILLATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL, REFERRED TO ME AT THE DEALERSHIP AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". HAVE TAKEN THIS TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES AND ON THE 4 VISIT I WAS TOLD THAT THE "STEERING STABILIZER" WAS BAD. THEY INSTALLED A NEW STABILIZER AND I ASSUMED IT TO BE FIXED. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE, DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 40 AT APROX. 75 MPH AND VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH I HAD TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD TO STOP. THIS HAS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE PROPOSED FIX WAS DONE. IN DECEMBER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 20N04 STATING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON STEERING LINKAGE "ONE-TIME REPAIR PROGRAM". THE LAST TIME I TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THAT THE NEW STABILIZER HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND THERE WAS NO MORE THAT KNEW TO DO. PART WAS REPLACED AND IT IS NOT FIXED!!

IT IS KNOWN ON THE INTERNET AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE." WHILE TRAVELING AROUND 70 MPH IN DRY CONDITIONS ON I-185, THE TRUCK HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD COMING OFF A BRIDGE. THE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY UNTIL I PULLED OVER. I HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE AS I WAS BEING TOSSED ABOUT AND HAD DIFFICULTY EVEN HOLDING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 10 MILES LATER. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES AND IS WELL MAINTAINED INCLUDED FRONT END ALIGNMENTS, BRAKES AND TIRE ROTATIONS.

THE STEERING BEGAN TO WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP GOING AROUND 60MPH. HAPPENED 3 TIMES. FORD HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT BUT IT HAS NOT WORKED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND IT IS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. VEHICLE IS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED TO AROUND 15MPH.

PURCHASED NEW, AT 9,000 MILES WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT 70MPH AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, CAUSING TRUCK TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO RAPIDLY DECREASE SPEED AND PULL INTO GRASS MEDIAN AS TO NOT GET STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. FORD SERVICE REPLACED FACTORY STEERING DAMPER WITH ANOTHER OEM FACTORY STEERING DAMPER UNDER WARRANTY AND ALIGNED THE VEHICLE. NOW AT 21000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, ON (8) SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD, WHILE TRAVELING OVER 55MPH THE VEHICLE HAS STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AGAIN. THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IS TO REDUCE SPEED AND STOP. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE FACTORY OEM STEERING PARTS, BUT HAS NOT YET PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON A PERMANENT FIX. THIS ISSUE WITH FAULTY OEM PARTS WILL SOON CAUSE THE LOSS OF LIVES IF A REMEDY IS NOT FOUND. I HAVE A BRAND NEW TRUCK I AM TOO SCARED TO DRIVE OR ALLOW MY FAMILY TO RIDE IN.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE STARTING SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEELS ACTING LIKE THEY WERE GOING FALL OFF AND LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL, VERY SCARY STOPPED AND EVERY THING STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE STARTING WORKING PROPERLY DRIVING ABOUT 55 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED PULLING A TRAILER

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON 1 285 IN ATLANTA I WAS ROUNDING A SLIGHT LEFT HAND CORNER HIT A BUMP AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. I ALMOST HIT 2 OTHER CARS WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND THE TRUCK WAS CHANGING LANES ON ITS OWN. THE SHAKING SUBSIDED AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN 30 DAYS AND THE MOST VIOLENT. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP THIS AM.

ON NO LESS THAN 10 OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT IS REFERRED TO FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY AS " STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION", ALSO KNOW AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SERVICED AROUND 16K MILES UNDER WARRANTY WHERE THE STEERING STABILIZER OR STEERING DAMPER WAS REPLACED. AT 38K MILES I HAD THE SAME VEHICLE INSPECTED BY THE SAME FORD DEALER FOR THE SAME ISSUE OF DEATH WOBBLE. I WAS TOLD THEY DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR 25 MILES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO ME WITHOUT ANY REPAIRS OR RECOMMENDATIONS MADE. THE DATE WAS 1/28/21 IN SERVICE AND 2/2/21 IT WAS RETURNED TO ME. SINCE THEN I HAVE DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 800 MILES WITH 1 "DEATH WOBBLE" EVENT. THESE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING AROUND 70 MPH AND HAS ON SEVERAL EVENTS LED TO ME HAVING MINIMAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 45 MPH WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE POINT WHERE THE WOBBLE STOPS. THE DANGERS INVOLVED WERE/ARE THE SUDDEN ONSET OF THE WOBBLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIFT OUT OF ITS' LANE AND INTO THOSE LANES SURROUNDING IT. ALSO OF DANGER IS THE SUDDEN SLOWING DOWN OF THE VEHICLE ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY CAUSING THOSE BEHIND ME TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO AVOID HITTING ME IN THE REAREND OF THE TRUCK OR THE TRAILER BEING TOWED.

2019 FORD F250 SHAKES VIOLENTLY SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING. HITTING BUMP ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED, OR EVEN LOW SPEEDS ON STREET MAKES IT DIFFICULTY TO STEER, AND DANGEROUS CLOSE CALLS. FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. HAVE CALLED FORD, AND AFTER BEING ON HOLD, OR TRANSFERRED SEVERAL TIMES, DISCONNECTED. NO CALL BACK RETURNED.