2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

WHILE TOWING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER ON THE 10E BOUND WE HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT WE HAD BLOWN A TIRE. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN AND AT ABOUT 30MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED AND THEN I PULLED SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. I EXITED THE VEHICLE TO INVESTIGATE AND THERE APPEARED TO BE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND A SERVICE TECH SAID "IT SOUNDS LIKE DEATH WOBBLE". THAT WAS THE FIRST I HAD EVER HEARD OF DEATH WOBBLE. WE WERE ABLE TO LIMP THE TRUCK HOME AT 40MPH AND THEN IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAD THE TRUCK FOR 2 WEEKS BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS SITUATION THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AND I CAN ONLY HOPE NEVER HAPPENS TO ANYONE ELSE.

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH MY TRUCK'S STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. IT ALSO FELT AS IF THE WHOLE TRUCK WAS SHAKING. I DECREASED MY SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND MY TRUCK QUIT SHAKING. THIS HAPPENED ON 02/23/2020. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK. ONE OTHER TIME I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND THE TRUCK QUIT SHAKING. THE OTHER TIME I WAS DRIVING ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND I WAS IN A CURVE. THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I BRIEFLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WENT INTO THE LEFT LANE. I SLOWED DOWN AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALER TOMORROW MORNING ON 02/24/2020. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH, IT SEEMS THAT FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND MY TRUCK SEEMS TO HAVE A DEATH WOBBLE. I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF MY TRUCK AND IT HAS LESS THAN 7600 MILES. MY TRUCK IS FULLY STOCK WITH THE 18 INCH RIMS AND STOCK TIRES.

DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT ONE LANE SERVICE ROAD AT ABOUT 50-55 MILES PER HOUR I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT WOBBLE AT THE FRONT END THAT FORCED ME TO GRAB THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHT WITH BOTH HANDS AND SLOW DOWN TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH FEELS LIKE IT BEGINS TO BOUNCE AND DRIFT SIDEWAYS IF I DIDN'T. I'M AFRAID TO HIT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OF BUMPS OR POT HOLES NOW AND EVEN SLOW DOWN IN AREAS I KNOW MAY HAVE SOME. BUT WHAT WORRIES ME THE MOST IS CAUSING AND ACCIDENT OR EVEN WORSE LETTING MY FAMILY USE THE VEHICLE AND SOMETHING HAPPENING TO THEM AS THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY

TRUCK WILL ON OCCASION HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AND START SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL IT IS SLOWED DOWN AROUND 40 MPH. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2019 F-250 PICKUP ON THE INTERSTATE AND AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE TRANSITION BACK TO THE HIGHWAY THAT WAS FAIRLY ROUGH DUE TO THE BRIDGE SEAM, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE WHOLE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 70MPH. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SLOWING DOWN AND MOVING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VIOLENT SHAKING ABATED AS I SLOWED BELOW 30MPH. I CHECKED OUT THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE TRUCK AND THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ANYTHING AMISS SO I DROVE HOME AT NO MORE THAN 60MPH AND TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. WHEN I DESCRIBED THE SYMPTOMS TO THE DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HE SAID, "SOUNDS LIKE THE DEATH WOBBLE." I ASKED HIM WHAT HE MEANT AND HE INDICATED THAT FORD F-250S AND F-350S SEEM TO HAVE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAT LEADS TO THE PROBLEM I DESCRIBED. AND, HE ALSO INDICATED THAT FORD HAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN OUT TO THEIR DEALERS TELLING THEM WHAT TO REPAIR WHEN THIS MALFUNCTION ARISES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT STABILIZER AND ANOTHER FRONT END PART AND RETURNED THE TRUCK TO ME. IT APPEARS TO DRIVE OK AFTER THE REPAIR WAS EFFECTED. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH OF THE TERM "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF POSTS DESCRIBING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS I DESCRIBE ABOVE. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WIDE SPREAD AMONG LATE MODEL FORD F-250S AND F-350S. HAD MY "DEATH WOBBLE" INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY OR WHILE TOWING A TRAILER, I FEAR IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

WHILE ON A HIGHWAY ON A LONG TURN, A DAMAGE SECTION OF THE ROAD WAS APPROACHED. WHEN THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER THE BUMP, THE ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND LOSS TENSION, THE VEHICLE DISCONTINUED TURNING FOR A MOMENT THEN REGAIN STEERING A SECOND LATER. WHILE TURNING, DURING THE MOMENT OF LOSS STEERING, THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHERE THE VEHICLES STEERING WAS POSITIONED, THEN SKIDDING THE OCCURRED AND STEERING WAS REGAINED. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 55MPH

DEATH WOBBLE. VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO SLOW ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO GO AWAY. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT USUALLY HIGHER SPEEDS FROM 50 MPH TO 80 MPH WHEN IT HITS A BUMP OR A GAP IN THE PAVEMENT.

DRIVING AT 60MPH I HIT A BUMP (JOINT) BETWEEN OVERPASS AND HIGHWAY. TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING IN THE FRONT END. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD CHECKED TIRES AND LUG NUTS NO ISSUES. DROVE HOME SLOWLY

WHEN DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS GOING OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF THE FREEWAY FRONT END VIOLENTLY SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO STOP COMPLETELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW AND AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE.

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH, AFTER DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL SPEED IS REDUCED. THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH! .