2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

UPON HITTING A SEAM SUCH AS A ROAD/BRIDGE SEAM AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. ONCE I SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR THE SHAKING STOPPED. ALL OF MY LUG NUTS ARE TIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE BUT WITH LIGHT SHAKING UPON HITTING ANY BUMP OR SEAM AND THEN STOPS. THIS TIME IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL I SLOWED

HAD TAILGATE RECALL DONE IN FEBRUARY 2020. TAILGATE CONTINUES TO OPEN ON ITS OWN. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. RECENT INCIDENT 11/9/2020 TAILGATE OPENED TWICE WHILE ON ROAD AND DAMAGED 5TH WHEEL CAMPER CARGO DOOR. VEHICLE AT DEALER 3 DAYS COULDN'T GET TAILGATE TO REPEAT INCIDENT. ADVISED NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PRIOR TO LEAVING DEALER TAILGATE WOULDN'T OPEN. RECALL FIX HAS NOT WORKED. I SEARCHED INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM.

UNINTENDED TAILGATE OPENINGS ; GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR THE TAILGATE CAME OPEN AND LOST SOME CARGO . THE VEHICLES BEHIND MINE HAD TO CHANGE LANES AS WELL AS GO OFF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION .THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 11 TIMES . THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING , ALL OTHER TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. FORD HAS TRIED TO TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WITH NO SUCCESS . THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE OVER 70 DAYS SINCE NEW . THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS HAS BEEN REPLACED , FORD PUT IN THE IDENTICAL HARNESS WITH NO NEW IMPROVEMENTS . THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS . FORD ALSO CLAIMS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH UNINTENDED TAILGATE OPENINGS .THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD . THE VEHICLE WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURED .

PREVIOUSLY I EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF CONTROL AND VIOLENT SHAKING WHILE OPERATING MY VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS INCLUDING A BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH WERE ONLY RESOLVED AFTER REDUCING SPEED BY MORE THAN 50 MPH. A LOCAL DEALERSHIP COMPLETED A SERVICE BULLETIN HOWEVER A COUPLE DAYS LATER A LIGHTER VIBRATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ON A PHONE CALL THAT IT WAS PROBABLY JUST ROUGH ROAD AND THAT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED. TODAY THE ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED MORE THAN 20 DEGREES AND THE VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO STAY IN THE LANE OF TRAVEL, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT BECAME CONTROLLABLE AGAIN.

MY 2019 FORD F250 WITH 16K MILES EXPERIENCED A MAJOR STEERING SHAKING I.E. "DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER HITTING A SMALL TRANSITION ON A BRIDGE APPROACH AT 62 MILES PER HOUR ON FLAT PAVEMENT. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY HOME. I INSPECTED THE STEERING COMPONENTS AND THEY APPEAR TO BE SEVERELY WORN OUT, ESPECIALLY THE TRACK BAR AND TIE ROD BEARINGS/BUSHINGS.

IN HIGHWAY OR EXPRESSWAY DRIVING WITH SPEED LIMITS OF 55 OR MORE, AFTER DRIVING OVER A ROAD CRACK, BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, OR A SMALL BUMP THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND LOOSES ABILITY TO STEER. ANY CHANGE IN SPEED WORSENS IT AS WELL AS BRAKING. CONDITION CONTINUES UNTIL TRUCK REDUCES SPEED TO AROUND 30MPH.

WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON INTERSTATE 20 IN THE DFW AREA MY TRUCK HIT A BUMP ON A BRIDGE AND STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR THIS TO SUBSIDE. HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE AND IS COMMON IN MY TYPE VEHICLE. HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THIS. I HAVE 25K MILES ON TRUCK AND THIS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. 75 MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE IS A TERRIBLE PLACE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND I FEEL EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE I SURVIVED THIS SITUATION.

AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT 70MPH MY TRUCK ENTER A DEATH WOBBLE AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE DEATH WOBBLE DID NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I SLOWED TO 35MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEER DAMPER AND FRONT SHOCKS. 5 MONTHS LATER MY TRUCK STARTED TO GET THE DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN.

TRUCK TAILGATE OPENS RANDOMLY. THIS WAS A PROBLEM ON OVER 20 OCCASIONS BEFORE THE FORD SUPERDUTY TAILGATE RECALL WAS IMPLEMENTED. HOWEVER, SINCE THE RECALL FIX WAS IMPLEMENTED ON MY TRUCK IN MARCH 2020, THE TAILGATE HAS OPENED ON IT'S OWN AT LEAST 6 MORE TIMES! USUALLY I DISCOVER THE TAILGATE HAS OPENED UPON REACHING A DESTINATION, BUT OF THE SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS OPENED AND I'VE HEARD THE THUNK, IT SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE TRUCK IS AT REST AND I HAVE JUST SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE, DRIVE TO REVERSE, REVERSE TO DRIVE, ETC. MOST RECENTLY ON 10/26/2020.

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80 OUTSIDE OF RENO, NEVADA AT APPROXIMATELY 72 MPH WHILE TURNING SLIGHTLY LEFT I ENCOUNTERED A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD FROM A BRIDGE TO ASPHALT TRANSITION. MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF TRUCK. I COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL AS THERE WAS A SEMI TRUCK IN THE RIGHT LANE BESIDE ME. I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND SLOW THE TRUCK TO UNDER 20 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. PLEASE RECALL THIS ITEM AS FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLAW IN THEIR VEHICLES. I AM AFRAID TO OPERATE THIS VEHICLE.