2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

FORD F-250 AT HIGHWAY SPEED (50-70MPH) WILL BECOME TOTALLY UNSTABLE AFTER HITTING AN UNEVEN SECTION OF ROAD, BUMP, POT HOLE. VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE CONTROL IS NOT GAINED UNTIL THE TRUCK IS SLOWED DOWN TO 15-20 MPH. OTHER CARS NOTICE AND SLOW DOWN, TO AVOID POSSIBLE COLLISION. THE ISSUE IS AND WILL RESULT IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE WAS EXPLAINED AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING A 70 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A BUMP ON THE ROADWAY, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SOUTHWEST FORD LOCATED AT 3000 FORT WORTH HWY, WEATHERFORD, TX 76087, (844)253-7070 WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,949.

WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, AND I HIT A POTHOLE OR UNEVEN EXPANSION JOINT, MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCES WHAT'S CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY IN YOUR HANDS, YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS SLOW DOWN AND WAIT FOR IT TO STOP. NOT VERY SAFE WHEN YOU'RE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED WAS NOVEMBER OF 2019, 29400 MILES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARTS UNTIL JANUARY TO PUT ON MY TRUCK. THE PART IS JUST A STEERING DAMPER, WHICH IS A BAND-AID FOR THE OVERALL ISSUE. NOW MY TRUCK IS DOING IT AGAIN(62,900MIKES), 9 MONTHS AFTER REPAIR.

IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS MY 2019 F-250 TRUCK HAS STARTED SHAKING WHEN REACHING SPEEDS AROUND 50 MPH. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK STARTS RATTLING AND STEERING WHEEL STARTS JOLTING BACK AND FORTH AT A RAPID PACE CAUSING YOU TO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS OCCURS ON WELL PAVED ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. WHEN SEARCHING FOR WHAT THE CAUSE MAY BE FOR THIS ISSUE, I FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AND REPORTS ABOUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS DEFINITIONS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THE 2019 TRUCK FOR JUST OVER A YEAR AND HAVE LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT. I DID BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE TRUCK SO HOPEFULLY FORD WILL HONOR IT AND FIX IT CORRECTLY SO I CAN SAFELY DRIVE IT AGAIN.

TRUCK EXPERIENCES 'DEATH WOBBLE' MEANING IT STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING (IN MOTION) MAKING IT UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS OCCURS MOST OFTEN ON THE FREEWAY. TRUCK HAS ALREADY RECEIVED WHAT FORD SAID REPAIRS THE ISSUE, BUT ISSUE STILL CONTINUES

INITIALLY THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHILE GOING OVER EXPANSION JOINTS ON THE INTERSTATE DURING A RECENT TRIP. REALLY SCARY EVENT WITH MY SON IN THE VEHICLE. TODAY I HIT A POTHOLE WHILE GETTING ON THE ONRAMP TO THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLED UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD 2 18 WHEELERS BESIDE ME AND TRAFFIC BEHIND ME APPROACHING FAST. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SHOULDER WHILE ALMOST GETTING RAMMED IN THE REAR. SAME DAY I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD GOING 70 MPH AND WITH NO TRAFFIC AROUND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY AND MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO VIDEO THE INCIDENT. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER AND COME TO A STOP FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. 2 TIMES IN THE SAME DAY FOR THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE BUT THE 3 TIME IN A WEEK THAT I HAVE BEEN SCARED TO DEATH I WAS ABOUT TO DIE IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

TRUCK HAS 26,600 MILES, TIRES ROTATED FROM NEW PER MANUAL AT FORD DEALER. TIRE PRESSURES AT SPEC. NORMAL TIRE WEAR. 90% PAVEMENT DRIVEN. ON FAMILIAR TWO LANE PAVED STATE ROAD DURING CLEAR WEATHER WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 70-75MPH UPON HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN OSCILLATING AT A HIGH RATE WITH MY COMPLETE INABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE ROAD HAD A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND I WAS UNABLE TO MANIPULATE THE TRUCKS DIRECTION CAUSING AN ONCOMING VEHICLE TO LEAVE THEIR LANE INTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID COLLISION. IMMEDIATELY UPON THIS HAPPENING I LET OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES FOR FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL FURTHER WITH A VEHICLE ONCOMING. ONCE THE VEHICLE PASSED I FIRMLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND UPON SLOWING TO ABOUT 40-45MPH THE TRUCK SELF CORRECTED AND I REGAINED FULL CONTROL. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT MY STEERING WHEEL IS NOW 3-5 DEGREES OFF CENTER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT TRACK WHEN DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY THE TRUCK EXHIBITED THE WOBBLE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60-75MPH AFTER HITTING MINOR POTHOLES AND BRIDGE APPROACHES AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN A NORMAL COURSE OF DRIVING. MY LOCAL FORD DEALERS SERVICE ADVISOR SAID I HAD EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPNER AND RE-ALIGN THE TRUCK UNDER WARRANTY. I AM NOT CONVINCED THIS IS THE TOTAL SOLUTION AND I AM VERY SKEPTICAL OF CONTINUING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. HAD I BEEN ON A BUSIER ROAD I AM NOT SURE THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME.

OUR 2019 F250 FIRST EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" IN MARCH OF 2020 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE STEERING DAMPNER WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. WE THEN HAD "DEATH WOBBLE" OCCUR FOR THE SECOND TIME OCTOBER 2020, ONCE AGAIN DRIVING 75 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE STEERING DAMPNER WAS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. HERE WE ARE IN NOVEMBER 2020, TWO WEEKS AFTER HAVING THE DAMPER REPLACED AGAIN AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING "DEATH WOBBLE" FOR THE THIRD TIME. EVERY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT LEAST AT 70-75 MPH. WE CALLED FORD AFTER THE SECOND TIME AND WERE TOLD WE HAD TO HAVE THE ISSUE OCCUR 3 TIMES BEFORE THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING.

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN E-470 NEAR SOUTHLANDS MALL, WHEN WE HIT A BRIDGE JOICE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POT HOLE. THIS SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED OUR 2019 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY LARIAT WITH A LITTLE OVER 27K MILES, TO BEGIN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, TO WHERE WE HAD TO SLOW TO 20 MPH AND VEER FOR THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, OR RISK BEING PROPELLED INTO THE NEIGHBORING VEHICLE. COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND RIDICULOUS TO SEE THIS OUT OF A NEW TRUCK. SCARED THE LIVING HELL OUT OF US. AND WE CONSISTANTLY TRAILER HORSES , IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE TRAILER OUR HORSES?? OH MY GOD.

I EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY IN OREGON AND AS I CROSSED ONTO A BRIDGE ON THE GRANDE RONDE RIVER AT ABOUT 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN AND REGAINED CONTROL. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE TRUCK HAD BEEN REPAIRED FOR THAT ISSUE. THE TRUCK HAD FEWER THAN 27,000 MILES AND THE DAMPENER HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE.