2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

SOMETIMES WHEN HITTING A BUMP WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 60MPH THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK WILL START TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE MAKING IT HARD TO STEER AND KEEP CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO SHAKE UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 25MPH AND THEN THE SHAKING STOPS AND IT DRIVES FINE.

THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT HWY SPEEDS WHEN YOU GO OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. IT IS BAD ENOUGH IT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND NEEDS ADDRESSED. FORD DEATH WOBBLE

VEHICLE STARTS TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY AFTER HITTING MINOR BUMPS IN ROAD WHEN TRAVELING AT ANYTHING EXCESS 25MPH. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX ACTIVE RECALL FOR STEERING DAMPENER BLAMING FEATHERED TIRES WHICH WE BELIEVE ARE A DIRECT RESULT FROM THE EXCESSIVE SHAKING OF STEERING.

VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS ~23,500. WHILE TOWING A GOOSENECK TRAILER THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY TOWED SEVERAL TIMES, ON I-74 ON WET PAVEMENT, SPEED 70 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VIBRATION FREQUENCY WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE 4 HZ. I GRADUALLY SLOWED THE VEHICLE WITH SUSTAINED VIBRATIONS OCCURRING UNTIL SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND INSPECTED ALL TRUCK AND TRAILER TIRES AND THE STEERING LINKAGE BUT I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ABNORMAL. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE TRUCK WAS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE. THIS PHENOMENON REOCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE NEXT 15 MILES. THIS WAS EASILY THE MOST VIOLENT SHAKING AND FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE DUE TO A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. IN WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS, I SUSPECT I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I COMPLETED THE TRIP AT SPEEDS UNDER 60 MPH AND THE VIBRATIONS DID NOT RETURN. ONCE I UNHOOKED FROM THE TRAILER, THE VIBRATIONS RETURNED DRIVING DOWN A TOWNSHIP ROAD AT 55 MPH. EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, IT IS STARTED BY DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FREQUENCY AND AMPLITUDE OF THE VIBRATIONS ARE CONSTANT WHILE DECREASING VEHICLE SPEED UNTIL THE VIBRATIONS STOP, TYPICALLY AROUND 30-40 MPH. TO DATE I HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATIONS OF RECALLS RELATED TO THIS PHENOMENON. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FROM STATED THAT THEY HAD "HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM IN SOME 2017 MODELS, BUT NEVER IN A 2019 MODEL." THIS TRUCK IS PRIMARILY HIGHWAY DRIVEN. IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT ANY SUSPENSION COMPONENTS SHOULD WEAR ENOUGH TO CAUSE A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE IN LESS THAN 25,000 MILES. FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THIS ISSUE.

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITHIN THE PAST MONTH WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON SMOOTH ROAD SURFACES , MY VEHICLE BEGAN VIOLENTLY SHAKING MAKING IT ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE . INITIALLY I ASSUMED I HAD A BLOWOUT AND SLOWED AND PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER . ONCE I SLOWED TO LESS THAN 20 MPH THE SHAKING CEASED AND MY TRUCK FELT NORMAL . I RESUMED MY DRIVE WITHOUT ISSUES. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS GOING 70 MPH ON A CROWDED URBAN TOLLWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATELY DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC . THE TRUCK IS NOT DRIVABLE AT GUEST SPEEDS AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROADWAY AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE A 2019 FORD F-250 JUST OVER ONE FEAR OLD THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN OFF ROAD OR OR MODIFIED . I CALLED MY TIRE DEALER AND HE SAID THIS WAS COMMON. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS ISN'T INVESTIGATED! IT FEELS THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION /STEERING GET IN TO SOME SORT OF RESONANCE THAT BUILDS RAPIDLY AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SPEED GOES BELOW ABOUT 20 MPH. EACH TIME THIS OCCURRED AT GUEST SPEED OF 70-80 MPH. I HAVE AN APPOINT TO HAVE A TORSION BAR PLACED MEXT WEEKEND AS MY TIRE MAN SAYS THIS IS COMMON AND WILL FIX IT. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY AS MY TRUCK IS UNDER WARRANTY.

THE TRUCK DEVELOPS A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OFTEN INDUCED BY ROAD BUMPS OR BRAKING. THIS IS THE SECOND 2019 F250 TRUCK I'VE OWNED THAT DEVELOPED THIS PROBLEM WITH LESS THAN 20K MILES I TRADED THE FIRST ONE AFTER THE WARRANTY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM

ON 9/8/20 I EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE ON I-29 IN IOWA. THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. WE WERE TOWING OUR FIFTH WHEEL WHICH MADE THIS EVEN MORE CONCERNING. RESEARCHING THE "DEATH WOBBLE" ON F250S WHICH IS WELL DOCUMENTED IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR OUR FAMILY.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 10 IN MADISON COUNTY FLORIDA, WE CROSSED A BRIDGE AT 70 MPH AND STARTED TO EXPERIENCE TEMPORARY LOSS OF STEERING DUE TO EXTREME VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. WE HAD TO SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN TO 5 MPH TO MAKE IT STOP. AFTER RESEARCH WE DETERMINED THIS IS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE.

WHILE DRIVING WESTBOUND ON I-10 I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OFF THE NORTH BOUND OFF RAMP AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO "WOBBLE" I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THIS NOT BEING THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED I KNEW NOT TO HIT THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK CONTINUED GOING WEST, I WENT THROUGH TWO MEDIANS AND HIT A SIGN BEFORE STOPPING IN A SOUTH BOUND ON COMING TRAFFIC LANE. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE DOCUMENTED TIMES WITH TWO DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY WERE ALSO GIVEN A LIST OF OTHER OCCURRENCES. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE" AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED IN FOR THE ISSUE I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, THAT POSSIBLY GETTING NEW TIRES OR ALIGNMENT MAY HELP. NOTHING HELPED, I WAS JUST IN ON JULY 30TH FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THE RECALL I LATER FOUND OUT ABOUT WAS NOT ADDRESSED. WHEN THE ISSUE WAS DISCUSSED WITH JONES FORD I WAS TOLD "LUCKY THING IS NO ONE HAS DIED FROM THIS"

ON AFTERNOON OF 9.4.2020, EXPERIENCED THE STEERING WHEEL "DEATH WOBBLE" DRIVING WEST ON U.S. HWY 254 BETWEEN EL DORADO, KS AND BENTON, KS. SMOOTH HIGHWAY, BUT SEVERE WOBBLE OCCURRED DRIVING OVER BRIDGE SEAM AT 65-70 MPH. SPEED LIMIT IS 70 MPH. WOBBLE STOPPED BETWEEN 55-60 MPH. LASTED FOR 5-6 SECONDS, WITH NO CONTROL. GOOD WEATHER. NO RAIN. TRUCK BED NOT LOADED. TRUCK HAS 32,000 MILES, IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. ALWAYS SHEDDED, GOOD TIRES. PURCHASED USED FROM MARMIE FORD, GREAT BEND, KS ON 7/11/2020.