2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS APPROX 65-70 MPH I STRUCK A RIDGE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE THAT CROSSED THE ROADWAY IN A SLIGHT DIAGONAL MANNER. MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY CAUSING ME TO CROSS TWO LEFT LANES UNTIL I BRAKED HARD TO BELOW 25 MPH AND THE SHAKING STOPPED ALLOWING ME TO REGAIN CONTROL. TRAFFIC BEHIND ME HAD TO VEER OUT OF THE WAY AS I SLOWED DOWN DRAMATICALLY AND THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE TWO LEFT LANES.

AT 23,000 MILES MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. IT WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT I LOST CONTROL OF STEERING COMPLETELY. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING WAS TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES IN TRAFFIC BEFORE I HIT THE HIGHWAY DIVIDER. MY RESEARCH TELLS ME IT IS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT SHOOK SOMETHING LOOSE IN MY DIESEL ENGINE, BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING NOW. ON THE WAY HOME I STAYED ON THE SERVICE ROAD AND KEPT THE TRUCK UNDER 45 MILES PER HOUR. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT 45 MILES PER HOUR, SO I STARTED DRIVING AT 30MPH TO TRY AND MAKE IT HOME. IT HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES AT 30 MPH. I DISCOVERED THAT IT STARTS SHAKING WHEN I GO OVER THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN THE ROAD. IT SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY IT THROWS ME AROUND IN THE SEAT AND I CANNOT HANG ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN IT HAPPENS BEFORE IT WILL STOP SHAKING. ONCE I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP I CAN START ACCELERATING AGAIN WITHOUT IT SHAKING. AS SOON AS I DRIVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE SHAKING STARTS AGAIN. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE I LOOSE TOTAL CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, AND I AM A 6 FOOT MUSCULAR MAN. NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY I CANNOT HANG ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CALL IT THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

I BOUGHT A USED 2019 FORD F250 4X4 WITH 19K MILES FROM A DODGE DEALER. IT DROVE FINE ON THE TEST DRIVE BUT OF COURSE, TEST DRIVES ARE NEVER REAL WORLD SITUATIONS. I WENT OUT OF TOWN FOR A WEEK AND THEY DELIVERED IT TO ME THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THEY DROPPED IT OFF, I WENT FOR A DRIVE. WITHIN 5 MILES FROM THE HOUSE IT WENT INTO A DEATH WOBBLE. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE. IT WAS BEYOND SCARY! AT THE TIME IT STARTED, I WAS RUNNING ABOUT 70MPH ON A TWO-LANE ROAD. I LET OFF THE GAS AND THAT DIDN'T HELP. I LIGHTLY TOUCHED THE BRAKES AND IT GOT WORSE. SO I STOOD ON THE BRAKES AND THAT SHOT ME ACROSS THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE INTO THE DITCH ON THE LEFT. THE TRUCK WAS UNCONTROLLABLE, AND NEITHER THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES NOR THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS WERE ABLE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. I BELIEVE I ALMOST HAD A ROLLOVER. SLIDING SIDEWAYS, I WAS ABLE TO COME BACK OUT ON THE ROAD. I THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR I WOULD NOT BE REPORTING THIS. I AND THE OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THAT CAR WOULD BE DEAD! I CONTINUED ON MY TRIP TRYING TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. IT HAPPENED SIX MORE TIMES THAT DAY BEFORE I RETURNED HOME, AND I STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH IT. I CAN RECREATE IT AT ANY SPEEDS FROM 60 TO 80MPH. SINCE I BOUGHT IT AT A DODGE DEALER OVER A WEEK EARLIER, THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT TAKING IT BACK. NOW ITS AT A FORD DEALER GETTING LOOKED AT. THIS TRUCK IS BRAND NEW. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THIS ISSUE AND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET IT FIXED, THEY TRADED IT TO A DODGE DEALER BELIEVING THE DEALER WOULD NOT KNOW. IT WORKED BECAUSE NOW SOMEONE NEW HAS IT AND CANNOT GET OUT OF IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I KNOW FILING THIS COMPLAINT MAY NOT AFFECT ANYTHING, BUT I WANTED TO HAVE A RECORD OF IT.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIS GHWAY SPEED LIMIT OF 75 MPH I WENT OVER UNEVEN BREAK IN ROAD AND STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY STARTED SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THINKING I HAD A BLOWOUT. TIRES WERE OK. GOT BACK ON ROAD AND CONTINUED HOME. THIS WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES. A FEW DAYS LATER AT 75MPH EXPERIENCES IT AGAIN. THIS TIME ALMOST LOST CONTROL. CALLED DEALER WHO ACTED LIKE THEY NEVER HEARD OF IT, BUT TOOK IT IN. THEY CHANGED OUT DAMPER ASSEMBLY. I'M AT 12,000MILES NOW AND FEEL A VIBRATION STARTING UP. NOTHING LIKE THE FIRST TWO TIMES THOUGH. I AM WORRIED THAT THEY MAY NOT FIX AGAIN. I DO WORRY THAT IT COULD CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL ON CROWDED INTERSTATE. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE FOR RECALLING THESE TRUCKS.

VIOLENT DEATH WOBBLE IS OCCURRING EVEN AFTER REPLACEMENT OF STEERING DAMPER . HAPPENS AROUND TOWN, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ETC. TRUCK ONLY HAS 36,897 MILES

WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE IN PAVEMENT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD, AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGINS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. I'VE SINCE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND THIS IS REFERRED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE." THIS HAS HAPPENED AT 55 MPH AND AT 80 MPH. FRONT OF VEHICLE ALWAYS SEEMS TO "FLOAT" WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE IN PAVEMENT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND PULLING A 10,000LB CAMPER WEST OF COLUMBUS, OH ON A STRAIGHT PORTION OF I-70W, I HIT A GROOVE IN THE PAVEMENT WHILE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE SO INTENSELY THAT I COULD HARDLY MAINTAIN MY GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER TO SPEAK OF SO I STOPPED ACCELERATING AND BEGAN TO SLOWLY APPLY THE BRAKES IN CASE IT EXACERBATED THE ISSUE. THE SHAKING DID NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL I REACHED 40MPH. AT THAT POINT, I CONTINUED ON MY WAY AND RETURNED HOME. BOTH BEFORE AND SINCE THAT ISSUE, I HAVE EXPERIENCE SIMILAR MOMENTS OF SHAKING TO A MUCH LESSER DEGREE THAT I HAD EARLIER CHOCKED UP TO THE SUSPENSION BEING STIFFER THAN I WAS USED TO. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A DEALER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT FELT A REPORT WOULD BE PRUDENT DUE TO DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION AT HIGH SPEED.

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2020, I WAS TRAVELING IN MY 2019 F250 ON A SLIGHT DOWNHILL TWO LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN I ENCOUNTERED A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSED BY A ROOT GROWING UNDER THE PAVEMENT. UPON STRIKING THE BUMP, THE FRONT END SUSPENSION BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND VIBRATE TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND AT AROUND 30 MPH THE VIOLENT SHAKING CEASED. I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" FROM MANY ARTICLES AND REPORTS THAT I HAVE SEEN ONLINE REGARDING THIS MODEL TRUCK. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE ESCAPED UNSCATHED.

HIT A BUMPER ON HWY 51 GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK SO BAD I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED.

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2020, I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY MINOR SON GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD DOWNHILL WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSED BY A TREE ROOT. THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED WHEN MY SPEED WAS AT OR BELOW 30 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THIS PHENOMENON AS THE MORE COMMONLY KNOWN "DEATH WOBBLE." THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MY F250 HAS 25,400 MILES ON IT, HAS NEVER BEEN OFFROAD, HAS NEVER PULLED A HEAVY LOAD, AND HAS HAD ALL SCHEDULED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT THERE IS CLEARLY A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION RELATED TO THE SUSPENSION AND/OR STEERING.