2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-70 MPH, ESPECIALLY OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO EARNHARDT FORD (LOCATED AT 7300 W. ORCHID LN, CHANDLER, AZ 85226, 833-735-9304) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING AND SHOCK RESISTANCE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A PART CALLED THE SHIMMY SHOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 4-8 WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD RETRIEVE THE PART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELLING AT 75 MPH, THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE SHAKING DID NOT STOP UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED TO LESS THAN 35 MPH.

VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 20K MILES WHEN THE "DEATH WOBBLE" ISSUE STARTED. DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH, HIT BUMPS OR BRIDGE EXPANSIONS RENDERS THE TRUCK UNCONTROLLABLE WITH THE ONLY REMEDY TO SLOW BELOW 40 MPH TO CEASE. WORST SCENARIO ALMOST SENT MY UNCONTROLLABLE TRUCK OFF THE HIGHWAY. VERY FRIGHTENING AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SUPPOSE IT WILL TAKE MULTIPLE FATALITIES AND LAWSUITS BEFORE FORD TAKES THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY. GETTING NOWHERE WITH FORD WARRANTY SERVICE. ABOUT TO TRADE THIS JUNK OFF FOR A DODGE.

WHEN DRIVING AT 50-55 MPH, VEHICLE HAS WENT INTO EXTREMELY VIOLENT, UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS IN ROAD (IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, AND WITH BUMPS YOU NORMALLY WOULD NOT NOTICE OR ADJUST SPEED FOR IN A SMALL CAR). THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE STEERED OR CONTROLLED WHEN THIS OCCURS OTHER THAN APPLYING THE BRAKES. TTHE BRAKES DO NOT WORK OR STOP YOU AS FAST AS THEY SHOULD WHEN THIS HAPPENS (I AM ASSUMING DUE TO ALL THE SHAKING). LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED IT CAUSED ME TO VEER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE AND I NARROWLY AVOIDED A HEAD ON COLLISION. IF THE ONCOMING VEHICLE HAD NOT REACTED TO MY TRUCK MOVING IN TO THEIR LANE WE WOULD HAVE COLLIDED. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED. THEIR HAS BEEN NO RECALL BUT FORD HAS ISSUED A TECH BULLETIN ABOUT THE ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL RESULT IN LIVES LOST (IF IT HASNT ALREADY). I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR PARTS TO FIX THIS (IVE ALREADY BEEN WAITING 10 DAYS AND FORD HAS NO CLUE WHEN THEY WILL BE IN. I WAS TOLD IT MIGHT BE AS LONG AS 60 DAYS BEFORE PARTS COME IN (UNLESS I USE LEMON LAWS TO REMEDY IT). HOW MANY 2019 F250S HAVE BEEN IN HEAD ON COLLISIONS THIS YEAR? IS THERE A STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE? HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE? I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THERE ARE 2-3 OTHER TRUCKS AHEAD OF MINE WAITING ON THE SAME PART. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVEN 7 MONTHS AND ONLY HAS 13,000 MILES ON IT,

AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED, I EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WITH MY 2019 F250, AND IT HAS APPROX 8000 MILES ON IT. WENT OVER A MILD BUMP ON THE FREEWAY AT 65MPH AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END INCLUDING STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, ROCKING THE VEHICLE SIDE TO SIDE, ONLY STOPPING WHEN I PULLED OVER AT THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE VIBRATES, SHAKES, AND ROCKS ALL THE TIME, WORSE THE FASTER YOU'RE GOING. SPRADLEY BARR FORD DEALERSHIP IN CHEYENNE, WY SAID THEY NEED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPENER BUT THE PART IS ON BACKORDER WITH 30,000 TRUCKS AHEAD OF MINE. IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, AND I HAVE NO ESTIMATED TIME WHEN I MIGHT GET IT BACK. IT'S RIDICULOUS TO BE MAKING A GIANT MONTHLY PAYMENT ON A TRUCK THAT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND WITH NO EXPECTED DATE WHEN I WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT RETURN MY PHONE CALLS REQUESTING A LOANER VEHICLE EITHER.

WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON ILLINOIS RT 29 NEAR PEORIA, IL, I TRAVELED OVER AN OLD SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN PAVED OVER. THEY STICK UP JUST ENOUGH TO FEEL THEM WHEN YOU PASS OVER. AFTER TRAVELING OVER THESE AT 60 MPH, THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK WENT INTO AN INSTABILITY INVOLVING EXTREME TIRE HOP AND SHAKING. THE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATED RAPIDLY AND STEERING FELT COMPLETELY OF CONTROL FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS. LUCKILY THIS WAS ON A STRAIGHT AWAY THAT REQUIRED LITTLE COURSE CORRECTION. I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR 3 DAYS AND TRAVELED ABOUT 300 MILES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. IT IS RELATED TO A RESONANCE CONDITION AS IT TAKES THE RIGHT SPEED AND LOADS INTO THE SUSPENSION TO CREATE THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. IT IS VERY SCARY. YOU NEED TO INVESTIGATE THIS IN DETAIL.

I OWN A 2019 F-250 AND WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES PER HOUR AND A CAR CUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD TO BRAKE HARD AND THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT WHERE I THOUGH I WOULD LOSE CONTROL. I HAD TO BRAKE EVEN HARDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I CALLED MY DEALER/SERVICE AND THE TECH TOLD ME "FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HE WOULD ORDER THE PARTS!" FORD: IF YOU KNOW OF THE PROBLEM THEN WHY NOT DO A MASS RECALL TO SAVE LIVES?

THE TRUCK JUST TURNED 15,000 MILES AND HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERE DEATH WOBBLE AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS NO PARTS TO FIX MY TRUCK TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRIVE. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES WITH MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS IN THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK BECOMES ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE AND YOU CAN BARELY BRAKE OR STEER WHEN THE SITUATION HAPPENS YOU HAVE TO TRY TO GET OFF THE ROAD ASAP AND HOPEFULLY NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE TRUCK NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP THE GET THE UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING TO STOP.. FROM WHAT I READ ON THE INTERNET, THERE IS NO FIX AND THIS TRUCK IS GOING TO GET ME IN TO AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO HITTING A CENTER DIVIDE. THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER AND THE CONDITION IS GETTING WORSE. I FEAR THAT A WRECK IS EMINENT. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. A FIX IS NEEDED ASAP OR FORD NEEDS TO BUYBACK THESE FAULTY VEHICLES.

WHEN HITTING SOME BUMPS ON THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED (40 TO 80 MPH.) THE VEHICLE CAN BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND WILL NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO LESS THAN 10 MPH OR A COMPLETE STOP. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/YOGDZCO-L7M

STARTING AT ABOUT 15000 MILES, THE DEATH WOBBLE STARTED. WHEN GOING ANYWHERE ABOVE 55 MPH, THEN GOING OVER SEMI-ROUGH ROAD OR HITTING A BUMP OR EXPANSION JOINT ON THE FREEWAY, IT GOES INTO THIS DEATH WOBBLE. THE STEERING WHEEL ROTATES BACK AND FORTH RAPIDLY AND THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES DRAMATICALLY. WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO ABOUT 20-30 MPH, IT STOPS. SPEED BACK UP AGAIN AND IT STARTS AGAIN. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY HAVE NO PARTS TO FIX IT. SUPPOSEDLY IT IS THE STEERING STABILIZER THAT IS FAILING. I HAVE A CASE WITH FORD CUSTOMER CARE WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT AT. NO RESOLUTIONS AS OF YET. IT CONTINUALLY DEATH WOBBLES TODAY. I CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANYWHERE ON GETTING IT FIXED BY FORD UNDER THE WARRANTY.