2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

WAS DRIVING 65 MPH AND HIT A VERY SLIGHT ROAD IMPERFECTION. STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VERY VIOLENTLY. FELT LIKE FRONT END WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR THE SHAKING TO END. HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS CALLED 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. PARTS ARE APPARENTLY ON A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER WITH NO ESTIMATED DATE OF AVAILABILITY. VERY SCARY INCIDENT AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE CASES. SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.

HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING FORD'S "DEATH WOBBLE" NUMEROUS TIMES. VEHICLE IS ONLY 8 MONTHS OLD WITH APPROX 20K MILES. NOTHING HAS BEEN CHANGED ON THE VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASE DATE. TRAVELING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 & 75MPH, AND IF TRUCK ENCOUNTERS ANY DEVIATION IN ROAD (SMALL HOLE, BUMP, ETC), DEATH WOBBLE CAN OCCUR. FRONT SUSPENSION CAUSES SEVERE VIBRATION; STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE WHEN TRAVELING AT THOSE SPEEDS. MUST BRAKE TO LOWER SPEED OR PULL OVER AND STOP COMPLETELY DEPENDING ON SEVERITY OF SHAKING. HAVE REPORTED THIS TO LOCAL FORD DEALER ON 12/11/19; THEY SEEM WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE. WAS TOLD PARTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ARE ON BACK-ORDER BUT SHOULD HAVE THEM IN 4-6 WEEKS. NOTE: THE DATE INDICATED BELOW IN WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN IS ROUGHLY WHEN THE 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED. HAVE HAD AT LEAST 15 INCIDENTS SINCE THEM.

THIS ISSUE HAPPENED ON OCTOBER FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND ONLY ON ONE OCCASION. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON DECEMBER 18 AND 20TH. THIS TIME 3 TIMES ON THE 18TH AND TWICE ON THE 20TH. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 288 NORTH FROM MANVEL TX TO HOUSTON TX AFTER WORK. WAS DRIVING AT AROUND 65 MILES PER HOUR AND CAME ACROSS AN IMPERFECTION ON THE ROAD, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE VIOLENTLY, ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP WAS TO SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 40 MILES PER HR, THIS HAPPENED WHILE TOWING 4 THOUSAND LB TRAILER. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE 18TH AS WE WERE GETTING CLOSER TO HOUSTON. WE WENT OVER ANOTHER ROAD IMPERFECTION AND AGAIN IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE VIOLENTLY. IT SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK SHAKES UP AND DOWN SIDE TO SIDE AND YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK SHAKE AND TRANSFERS THE VIBRATION TO THE HEADLIGHTS. THE VIBRATION WAS ALSO FELT ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT FEELS LIKE I WAS GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. ONLY WAY I GOT IT TO STOP WAS TO SLOW DOWN DRAMATICALLY TO AROUND 40MPH AND BELOW.

DRIVING AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR, HIT A BUMP AND THE WHOLE STEERING SYSTEM WENT INTO A WOBBLE THAT I COULDN'T STOP UNTIL I CAME TO ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NEVER HAPPENED THIS BAD BEFORE BUT ON OCCASION WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP OVER AN OVERPASS ON A FREEWAY WOULD WOBBLE FOR COUPLE SECONDS AND OUT BRIEFLY LOSE LITTLE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THE ONE YESTERDAY ALMOST CAUSED ME TO CRASH. THIS LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET. COULD HAVE HAD A COLLISION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC

HAD 5 INCIDENTS OCCUR WITH "DEATH WOBBLE". STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 8500 MILES AT 65 MPH. HAD TO SLOW VEHICLE TO 55-60 MPH TO STOP SHAKING. HAD SHAKING OCCUR AT 65, 70, 75 AND 80 MPH. HITTING SLIGHT PAVEMENT BUMPS ON ROADS/FREEWAYS AND PAVEMENT TO BRIDGE TRANSITIONS. RECORDED ONE INCIDENT ON VIDEO WITH PASSENGER. TOOK VEHICLE IN AND STEERING DAMPER WAS REPLACED WITH RANCHO BRAND DUE TO BACK ORDER OF PARTS.SEEMS TO ONLY RESOLVED ISSUE TEMPORARY AS THE SHAKING IS COMING BACK AGAIN. WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE TRUCK NOW, HAD TO INVEST IN ANOTHER SAFER VEHICLE DUE TO THIS F250. HAPPENED ONCE WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED AND NEARLY CAUSED US TO GET REAR ENDED BY A SEMI ON THE FREEWAY.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2019 F250 SUPER-DUTY ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY IN CLEAR WEATHER I DROVE THROUGH A DIP IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND OSCULATING FROM SIDE TO SIDE . I HAD TO GRIP AND IMMEDIATELY GRIP AND START TO BRAKE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I SLOWED TO GET IT TO STOP AND PROCEEDED ON WITH CAUTION. THIS TRUCK HAS 19305 MILES SHOWING WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED. I AM AFRAID TO LET MY FAMILY IN MY NEW TRUCK.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALERT YOU TO A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT IS OCCURRING ON THOUSANDS OF LATE MODEL FORD F250 PICKUP TRUCKS. THE ISSUE IS BEING CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE." THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS WHEN THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS POT HOLES OR OTHER IRREGULARITIES SUCH AS RAILROAD TRACKS, IT WILL LOSE STEERING CONTROL WHICH RESULTS IN THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING VIOLENTLY. FORD IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL. RATHER THAN ACCEPTING THE PROBLEM AS A DESIGN DEFECT, THEY APPARENTLY ARE ATTEMPTING TO BLAME IT ON WORN STEERING PARTS THEREBY TREATING IT AS A MAINTENANCE ITEM, MUCH LIKE A REQUIREMENT TO CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 5,000 MILES. HOWEVER, IN REALITY THIS IS NOT THE CASE. MY NEW VEHICLE WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD WITH ONLY 3,000 MILES WHEN I ENCOUNTERED A ROUGH SECTION OF HIGHWAY GOING AROUND A CORNER AND THE STEERING WHEEL NEARLY CAM FREE FROM MY HANDS AND STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING MAKING ME FEEL ALMOST CERTAIN I WAS GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I LET OFF THE GAS, THE SHAKING STARTED TO SUBSIDE AND I REGAINED CONTROL CURRENTLY, THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO APPEAR WHENEVER I ENCOUNTER POOR PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, IN WHICH I IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN TO MINIMIZE THE 'DEATH WOBBLE.' YOU CAN VERY EASILY VALIDATE MY CLAIM MY DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH ON 'FORD F250 DEATH WOBBLE.' AS I HAVE JUST RECENTLY LEARNED, COUNTLESS OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS I'VE CONTACTED SEVERAL LOCAL FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND LEARNED THEY ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THEY CLAIM THE PARTS ARE ON 'BACK-ORDER.' I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE FEW VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED ARE RECEIVING A 'STEERING DAMPER' TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION, IT ONLY LESSENS THE AFFECT.

AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN I DRIVE OVER A BUMP OR EXPANSION JOINT ON A BRIDGE IT INITIATES EXTREMELY SEVERE SHAKING/WOBBLE OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE TRUCK. THE SHAKING/WOBBLE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. THE TRUCK IS 11 MONTHS OLD. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST EVENT WAS IN OCTOBER 2019 AT 17,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND THE LAST TIME IN DECEMBER 2019 WITH 20,400 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELTS STAYING LATCHED AND THEY WILL NOT HOLD THE CAR SEATS IN PLACE, I HAVE 2 SMALL GRANDCHILDREN THAT RIDES IN MY VEHICLE AND IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THEM TO BE IN MY VEHICLE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. THIS OCCURED BEFORE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND CONTINUES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING.

TRUCK VIBRATES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP SHAKING. THE VIOLENT SHAKING ONLY HAPPENS WHEN TRUCK IS ABOVE 45MPH. SHAKING COMES ON SUDDENLY AND FEELS LIKE IT VEERS TO THE LEFT. THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH.