2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I HAVE HAD WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCUR 3 TIMES ON MY 2019 FORD F250 TURBO DIESEL SUPER DUTY , I HAVE 23,198 MILES ON IT. GOING FREEWAY SPEED, WHEN YOU HIT UNEVEN HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY, I HAD TO SLOW TO 30 MPH OR ONE OF THE TIMES COME TO A COMPLETE STOP

"DEATH WOBBLE" OVER THE PAST 5 MONTHS (IT IS NOW 1/30/2020) THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, TYPICALLY HIGHWAY SPEEDS, RANGING ANYWHERE FROM 50-80 MPH. ALTHOUGH, IT HAS HAPPENED AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 40-45. IT HAPPENS OUT OF NOWHERE WITH NO APPARENT PROVOCATION, I.E., HITTING A POTHOLE, TURNING, HITTING THE BRAKES, ETC. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND NOTHING SEEMS TO MAKE IT STOP. I'VE TRIED HITTING THE BRAKES, SLAMMING THE BRAKES, CONTINUING TO HOLD MY SPEED STEADY, ACCELERATING SLIGHTLY, AND PRAYING TO GOD TO MAKE IT STOP. NOTHING WORKS, IT JUST EVENTUALLY STOPS BUT NOT BEFORE TRAFFIC CLEARS ALL AROUND ME. IT IS NOTICEABLE FROM OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE AS I HAVE SEEN DRIVERS HIT THE BRAKES AND FALL BACK IN TRAFFIC AROUND ME. THE VIOLENT SHAKING MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STEADY OR IN MY LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE VIOLENT SHAKING MAKES THE VEHICLE BOUNCE ALL OVER THE ROAD. IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL STEADY OR STRAIGHT. IT IS TERRIFYING AND UNNERVING. I BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO KILL ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. I HAUL TRAILERS WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ALMOST DAILY. MANY TIMES I AM ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON CITY STREETS. IF IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, THE DAMAGE WILL BE COSTLY AND MAY KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF. I AM AFRAID TO THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THESE UNEXPECTED, VIOLENT SHAKES HAPPEN WHILE I AM HAULING HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

SOMETIMES WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND IT IS STILL DOING IT. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM BUT DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TRY. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED FORD, THEY WERE FAST TO RESPOND TO EMAIL FOR A WHILE BUT HAVE NOT RESPONDED IN THE LAST MONTH. I HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THIS HAPPENING, MY WIFE IS SCARED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT ALL. IT HAS 13000 MILES. I HAVE SAVED ALL EMAIL COMMUNICATION WITH FORD, AND ALL MY DOCUMENTS FROM WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR THE SERVICE WORK. THEY REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS ON THE FRONT END, THEY WOULD HELP FOR A WHILE BUT THE DEATH WOBBLE WOULD RETURN IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES. THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CONGESTED FOUR LANE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED A STEERING MALFUNCTION THAT WAS HORRIFYING. I PURCHASED MY 2019 F250 NEW IN EARLY NOVEMBER 2018. THERE HAVE BEEN NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 21000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST EVENT WHICH OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 2020. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF A CONGESTED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN THE METROPOLITAN ST.LOUIS MISSOURI AREA. I WAS DRIVING UNDER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT DUE TO THE VOLUME OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AT THAT TIME. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE DUE HAVING NO PLANS TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE FOR MANY MILES AND TO AVOID ALL OF THE VEHICLES SWITCHING LANES TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE. THE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT DID NOT RAISE ANY OBVIOUS CONCERNS BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME FREEZE/THAW WEATHER THIS WINTER SEASON. I WOULD CHARACTERIZE/ASSOCIATE THE ONSET OF THE EVENT WITH A MODERATE BUMP IN THE PAVEMENT, POSSIBLY A RAISED JOINT FROM THE RECENT FREEZE/THAW WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT DEFECT INITIATED A STEERING BUMP TO THE LEFT TOWARDS A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL AT WHICH TIME I RESPONDED BY INCREASING MY GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL MORE FIRMLY TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE FAR LEFT LANE IN WHICH I HAD BEEN TRAVELLING. THE BUMP STEERING EVENT SPONTANEOUSLY PROGRESSED TO A VIOLENT FRONT END WOBBLE THAT WAS VERY INTIMIDATING TO MYSELF AND MY ADULT SON WHO WAS RIDING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE WOBBLE APPEARED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT LEFT SIDE WHEEL BUT THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS OSCILLATING EXTREMELY VIOLENTLY. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND NAVIGATE THROUGH THE THREE CONGESTED LANES OF TRAFFIC ONTO THE SHOULDER AND THEN AN EXIT RAMP AT WHICH TIME THE EVENT CEASED ONCE THE VEHICLE SLOWED SIGNIFICANTLY PRIOR TO A STOP. I EXPERIENCED A SECOND SIMILAR EVENT SAT, 2/02/20.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A DANGEROUS STEERING CONTROL ISSUE WHEN GOING OVER SLIGHT BUMPS IN THE STREET AT CITY SPEEDS, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES MODERATELY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS IS A KNOWN ENGINEERING DEFECT IN THE FORD F-250. THE VEHICLE GOES OUT OF CONTROL WITH VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, AND THE PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT. FORD SEEMS TO BE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM WITH A STEERING DAMPENER, WHICH JUST MASKS THE PROBLEM. THIS 2019 F-250 ALREADY HAS FOUR SAFETY RECALLS, IN ADDITION TO THIS VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION, WHICH HAS NOT HAD A RECALL. AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND POLICE ADMINISTRATOR, I SIMPLY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT FORCED FORD TO ADDRESS THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE.

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY, HIT ROUGH AREA IN ROAD, TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. SLOWED SPEED TO 30 MPH BEFORE IT QUIT. IT DID IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MILES, TRUCK ONLY HAS 12,000 MILES ON IT.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60 MPH, AFTER HITTING A SLIGHT INDENT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL BEGINS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO APPLY MAXIMUM BRAKING AND BRING THE TRUCK TO A LOW SPEED FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP AND GAIN CONTROL. THE FIRST INCIDENT STARTED WHEN THE TRUCK HAD AROUND 21,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES ON HIGHWAYS, EXPRESS WAYS & REGULAR ROADS & DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE STEERING OF THE TRUCK HAS BECOME VERY LOOSE DUE TO THE VIOLENT SHAKING. IT SEEMS LIKE THE EPISODES ARE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I HAVE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL FORD DEALERS ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FIRST DEALER TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES. THE SECOND DEALER SAID THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WERE HAVING TO REPLACE STEERING / STABILIZER RODS.

STERRING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. ALMOST HIT SOMEONE HEAD ON AT 55 MPH! PROBLEM IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE!

STERRING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. PROBLEM IS KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 68MPH AND PASS AN UNEVEN PART OF THE ROAD AND TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTS SHAKING. HAD TO PULL OVER FOR IT TO STOP. THEY CALL THIS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND THE CONFIRMED IT WAS THE ISSUE AND INSTALLED KC3Z 3E651 B :DAMPER ASY. OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND A DAMPER INSTALL HAD THE PROBLEM RETURN.