2019 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT'S COMPANY OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND HIGHER, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER SPEED HUMPS AND POTHOLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH COUNTY FORD (LOCATED AT 450 W VISTA WAY, VISTA, CA 9208, 888-689-6190) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING DAMPER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNSURE IF THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON A WARM, CLEAR, DRY DAY AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES PER HOUR, ON A STRAIGHT SECTION OF ROAD. I HIT A SMALL POT HOLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, FRONT TIRE. AT THAT EXACT MOMENT, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, AND THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGAN TO "BOUNCE" RAPIDLY. THE MORE PRESSURE I APPLIED TO THE BRAKES, THE LESS CONTROL I HAD STOPPING THE "BOUNCE". IN ORDER TO GET CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, I HAD TO SOFTLY APPLY BRAKE PRESSURE, WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING FIRM STEERING WHEEL CONTROL, UNTIL THE TRUCK CAME TO AN ABSOLUTE STOP. ON THAT SAME DRIVE HOME, NOW AT A SPEED OF 70 MILES PER HOUR, AND ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED OCCURRENCE, I RAN ACROSS AN EXPANSION JOINT OF A BRIDGE AND ROAD, THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AGAIN FOR A SECOND TIME. THE SAME MANEUVERS AS PREVIOUSLY STATED WERE USED TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FOR THIS SECOND TIME. EACH OCCURRENCE TOOK APPROXIMATELY 200 YARD FROM START OF BOUNCE TO COMPLETE STOP. THE TRUCK WAS QUICKLY TAKEN TO A TIRE/ALIGNMENT SHOP FOR REPAIR, IF NEEDED, HOWEVER THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE TRUCK DID NOT NEED AN ALIGNMENT, THOUGH THEY DID ROTATE THE TIRES. THE REPAIR SHOP ALSO STATED THAT THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOW KNOW AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE", AND SUGGESTED REACHING OUT TO FORD FOR SUGGESTIONS.

MY WIFE AND I WERE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM A SHOPPING TRIP LATE ONE SATURDAY EVENING. WE WERE ON A TEXAS FARM TO MARKET ROAD DRIVING APPX. 65 MPH. WE HIT A SMALL ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROAD AND TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES. I HAD TO ALMOST STOP IN THE ROAD BEFORE IT STOPPED SHAKING, IT WAS UNSTEERABLE WHILE IT WAS SHAKING. WHEN WE FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE FRONT END. I COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG SO WE FINISHED OUR TRIP HOME ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH. WHEN WE GOT HOME I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM ONLY TO FIND OUT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM (DEATH WOBBLE) I DROVE IT TO MY DEALERSHIP MONDAY MORNING AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE. THEY HANDED ME A PREPRINTED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #19-2274 DATED 10 SEPTEMBER 2019 AND BASICALLY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNTIL FORD CAME UP WITH ANOTHER FIX. APPARENTLY THIS SERVICE BULLETIN DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM . THIS WAS ON 16 DECEMBER 2019. PLEASE HELP!

TRUCK FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING AN IRREGULAR ROAD SURFACE OR EXPANSION JOINT DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS - THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO ABRUPTLY BRAKE TO SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH TO STOP THE "WOBBLE" AND RESUME DRIVING - THIS PRESENTS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS CONDITION DUE TO HAVING TO BRAKE SO ABRUPTLY AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION FOR OTHER CARS.

HIT BUMP ON HIGHWAY AND GET TERRIBLE DEATH WOBBLE. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT YOU HAVE TO MOVE OVER AND SLOW DOWN WHEN IT'S SAFE TOO.

VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS(70+MPH) WHEN HITTING ROUGH AREAS OR ENTERING BRIDGES. TODAY WE ALMOST HIT A BRIDGE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 OR 5 TIMES IN THE MONTH. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO QUICKLY REDUCE SPEED AND FIGHT STEERING WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS. VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THIS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH OTHER TRAFFIC. IT BEGAN DOING THIS 6 WEEKS AGO AT NEAR 8,000 TOTAL MILES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP TWICE FOR THIS IN 3 WEEKS AND IS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK MONDAY. THEY REPLACED STEERING STABILIZER THE FIRST TIME, ALIGNMENT THE SECOND TIME, IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FRONT END LIFTED MONDAY. VEHICLE IS 100% STOCK. RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TODAY AND TOLD THEM THEY COULD KEEP IT. IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO FOR US TO TRADE IT WE PLAN ON GETTING A LAWSUIT STARTED AGAINST THEM. THE DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT ARE LIMITED BY FORD ON WHAT THEY CAN DO, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TIMES IT IS BROUGHT IN TO BE FIXED. THEY SAID THEY CAN REPLACE ALL THE PARTS AT ONCE TO FIX IT BUT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BY FORD AND ARE FORCED TO DO IT IN STEPS. THIS SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS AND ALL OTHER PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENS. ALL OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN 7500 AND 9300 MILES.

AT HWY SPEEDS HITTING A SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK STEERING SHAKES VIOLENTLY HAVE TO FIND A SPOT TO SHUT THE TRUCK DOWN TO GAIN CONTROL AGAIN DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S FINE. CAN'T STEER IT AND LOSE CONTROL IF YOU CAN'T STOP QUICKLY . THIS HAS HAPPEN ON HWY AND MAJOR BUSY INTERSTATES MY TRUCK IS NOT THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS I KNOW OF SEVERAL F250 SUPERDUTY TRUCKS THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE .IT HAPPEN ANY TIME I DRIVE THE TRUCK SO I HAVE PARKED IT FOR NOW . STARTED IN OCTOBER 18,000 MILES TRUCK ONLY HAS 29,000 ON IT NOW BUT STOPPED DRIVING IT BEFORE I KILL MY SELF OR HURT SOMEONE ELSE ON THE ROAD I HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THIS HAPPENING

I WAS DRIVING OVER 55 MPH, I HIT A BUMP CREATED BY THE TRANSITION IN THE ROAD SURFACE FROM ASPHALT ROAD TO CONCRETE BRIDGE. MY VEHICLE STARTING SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEN WAS GOING UP AND DOWN, COULD NOT CONTROL TRUCK IN CURVE, NEAR HIT BRIDGE RETAINING WALL. HAD TO HIT BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THEN VEHICLE QUIT SHAKING AND I WAS ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE TRUCK

ON 12/14/19 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:25 PM CENTRAL TIME, WE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IN OUR 2019 FORD F-250 6.2L V8 WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ALONG I-35 IN SOUTHERN KANSAS BY MILE MARKER 31.6, JUST NORTH OF THE KS/OK STATE LINE. THE AIR TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS 39 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE BED OF THE PICKUP (WITH TONNEAU COVER) WAS EMPTY AND WITHOUT LOAD. THE HIGHWAY AT THAT SEGMENT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT THERE WAS A REGULAR EXPANSION JOINT ACROSS BOTH LANES OF THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 77 MPH ON THE OUTSIDE (RIGHT) LANE WHEN WE CROSSED THE JOINT. AT THAT POINT, THE "DEATH WOBBLE" BEGAN. THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL, GENTLY APPLIED THE BREAKS, AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE WOBBLE CONTINUED AND DID NOT CEASE UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER GATHER OUR BEARINGS, WE REENTERED TRAFFIC. WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT 50 MILES WE TRAVELED HOME. HOWEVER, ONCE ENTERING OKLAHOMA, WHERE THE HIGHWAY IS SIGNIFICANTLY IN GREATER ILL-REPAIR, THE DRIVER CONTINUED WITH CAUTION AT A SPEED NO GREATER THAN 70 MPH AND WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL.

CENTER LANE OF INTERSTATE AT 70MPH WHEN CROSSING A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND I WAS UNABLE TO STEER UNTIL SLOWING TO 30MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2X IN 2 DAYS. DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY WILL REPLACE STEERING DAMPER BUT THAT PROBLEM WILL RETURN. FORCE FORD TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES.