2011 FORD F-350 Complaints

DEATH WARBLE TWICE 7/15/2020 ON THE HIGHWAY DOING THE SPEED LIMIT ALMOST KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH TRUCK AND EMPTY TRAILER. DEATH WARBLE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME AND MONEY ON A TRUCK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, HIT BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE WHOLE FRONT END STARTS WOBBLING SO BAD AND HAD TO SLOW WAY DOWN TO GET IT TO STOP. WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY VEHICLE BEHIND ME AND CAR PULLED BESIDE ME AND WAS POINTING AT FRONT OF TRUCK, SO I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT. PULLED OFF ROAD AND NO FLAT, SCARED ME SO WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND PROCEEDED ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A COUPLE OCCASIONS, ALWAYS WHEN HIT A BY SPOT IN ROAD, ONCE GOING OVER SMOOTH RAILROAD TRACKS. ALSO WILL BE DRIVING AND FOOT ON GAS PEDAL AND ALL OF SUDDEN HAVE NO POWER. TRUCK WILL LOOSE ALL POWER OUT OF NOWHERE WHILE DRIVING AND OTHER TIMES WILL DRIVE JUST FINE. HAVE HAD TROUBLE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH IT STARTING, HAVE REPLACED BATTERIES TWICE AND PERIODICALLY WILL NOT TURN OVER, IT'S LIKE THE BATTERIES ARE COMPLETELY DEAD WHEN THEY ARE NOT.

08DURING 2018 WE TOOK AN EXTENDED CAMPING TRIP TO MAINE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME WE EXPERIENCED THE MOST INSTANCES OF WHAT I HAVE HEARD CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE".THE FIRST TIME WAS IN PENNSYLVANIA PULLING THE FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER WHEN WE HIT A POTHOLE AND WAS TERRIFIED I WAS GOING LOSE CONTROL. THIS OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE MORE TIMES, ONCE MORE WITH THE CMPER AND TWICE JUST TRAVELING WITH THE TRUCK, BUT ALL BROUGHT ON BY HITTING A BUMP IN THE PAVEMENT.ALL HAPPENED ON INTERSTATES AND FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC. HAVING TO COME ALMOST TO A STOP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IS NOT SOMETHING NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE.IN 2019 WE FINALLY GOT TO WHERE WE COULD FINANCIALLY HAVE A FORD DEALER LOOK AT.THIS. THEY REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS , UPPER AND LOWER AND ALIGNED THE FRONT END. SO FAR IT HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP AND WON'T STOP UNTIL SLOWING DOWN NEARLY STOPPING.

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE FRONT WHEELS BEGAN OSCILLATING (DEATH WOBBLE) AFTER GOING OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS. THE OSCILLATION MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AND THE ONLY WAY IT WILL STOP IS TO SLOW DOWN TO 25 MPH OR BELOW. NEARLY STRUCK IN THE REAR END BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL.

WHEN THE TRUCK REACHES SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE, THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE DRIVER LOOSES PARTIAL CONTROL AND HAS TO FIGHT TO KEEP THE TRUCK IN A SINGLE LANE FOR SAFETY UNTIL THE TRUCK SPEED GETS UNDER 45 MPH. THERE IS NO WARNING FOR THE WOBBLE. WE HAVE CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT, THE TIRES, THE TIE RODS, THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING, BRAKES AND BEARINGS AND ALL ARE IN MECHANICAL ORDER. WE DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY DAILY WITH TRAFFIC SPEEDS FROM 60-75MPH. I DO NOT HAVE PHOTOS, BUT WE DO HAVE A SHORT VIDEO OF IT HAPPENING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ELDER FORD OF ROMEO LOCATED AT 633000 VAN DYKE, WASHINGTON, MI 48095, (586)838-1250, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS IN REGARD TO AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BCM (BODY CONTROL MODULE) WAS REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000

PAEKING BRAKE BACKING PLATES COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH WHEN REPLACONG BRAKE ROTORS. FORUMS SAY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD POWDER COAT THE PARTS.IF THIS PRONE TO RUST. MAY CAUSE WHEEL.LOCK AT HIGH SPEED.

THE TRUCK HAS 8 CAB BODY MOUNT BUSHINGS THAT HAD DETERIORATED AWAY THAT LEFT THE CAB MOVING AND BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ON THE FRAME. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHILE IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN THE CITY. THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 80000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE OR WHEN THE DOORS WERE OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TYLER FORD (2626 S SW LOOP 323, TYLER, TX 75701, (800) 788-7876) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V128000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.