2015 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

SUPPOSED DEATH WOBBLE EXPERIENCE. TRUCK STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AND CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THANKFULLY THE SEMI DRIVER NEXT TO ME SAW THE FRONT WHEEL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND STARTED TO BRAKE. SEMI HAD TO LOCK UP HIS BRAKES DUE TO THE FACT I WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND COULD NOT KEEP THE TRUCK IN MY LANE AND CAME ACROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC UNCONTROLLABLY. AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT BY INCHES, BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN LOOKED IT OVER. EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE FINE, BUT NOW VERY CAUTIOUS TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN THIS OCCURRED I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE TRUCK BUT TO TRY AND NOT GET IT TO GO SIDEWAYS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING VEHICLES FOR YEARS INCLUDING EMERGENCY AND SEMI TRUCKS AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. NOW IT IS SCARY TO EVEN DRIVE THE TRUCK AND MY WIFE WON'T GET BEHIND THE WHEEL NOW. HIT A SLIGHT BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT RECOVER UNTIL STOPPED. WE ARE THANKFUL NOT TO BE SITTING IN A HOSPITAL OR EVEN WORSE!!

DEF HEATER FAILED. FORD HAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN, BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED.

MY TRUCK HAS 103,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING WHEN I HIT EVEN MINOR BUMPS OR TRANSITIONS/SEAMS IN ROAD, FROM PAVEMENT/BRIDGES/OVERPASSES. IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES RAPIDLY 4-6' BACK AND FORTH WHILE SHAKING. I'M AFRAID OF LOSING CONTROL OR CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. IT WILL NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH, AND THAT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IN 75 MPH TRAFFIC, FROM CENTER LANES, AND VERY OFTEN THERE IS NO SHOULDER TO SLOW DOWN ONTO, WHEN I'M ON A BRIDGE OR TOP OF OVERPASS. IT HAS HAPPENED AT SPEEDS AS LOW AS 55 MPH, CAN BE TRIGGERED BY A POT HOLE, & ANY BUMPS IN THE PAVEMENT.THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR ANY ROAD OVER 55 MPH. IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME 6/21/20 AND HAS HAPPENED NOW EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DRIVE IT. I HAVE CAPTURED THIS HAPPENING ON VIDEOS TWICE NOW. TODAY IS 8/9/20 AND IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 24 MILES TODAY. IF I DIE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT BE IN ABLE TO TELL ANYONE THAT THIS WAS ACTIVELY HAPPENING. THEY WOULD SAY I HAD 'FAILURE TO CONTROL VEHICLE'. I HAVE TAKEN TO SHOP AND HAD MULTIPLE SUSPENSION PARTS REPLACED AND IT'S STILL HAPPENING, ZERO IMPROVEMENT. NOW I'M TAKING IT BACK TO A MECHANIC TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PAID FOR YET, IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY, AND I'M EXTREMELY SCARED TO EVEN DRIVE IT. THIS CANNOT BE CAPTURED IN A PICTURE, YOU NEED TO SEE THE 2 VIDEOS I TOOK OF THIS HAPPENING TODAY.

I HAVE A 2015 F350 WITH 24881 MILES ON IT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" I HAVE READ ABOUT IN RECENT LAWSUIT NEWS ON THE FORD TRUCKS A HANDFUL OF TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I HAD TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY TO GET IT TO STOP. I USE THIS TRUCK MAINLY TO TOW MY BOAT AND IS COMPLETELY IN STOCK FORM. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING TO A 65K STICKER TRUCK WITH LOW MILES AND POSES A SERIOUS DANGER.

DEATH WOBBLE. WHEN THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP OR EVEN JUST A ROUGH ROAD AT 60 MPH OR HIGHER THE STEERING IS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH. IT SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND IS DANGEROUS, I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN EVEN WHEN I'M ON THE FREEWAY AND CARS HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS LIFE THREATENING

2015 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AFTER GOING OVER AN OVERPASS ON THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHOLE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. IT STOPPED AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND PULLING OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER. IT DID IT TO ME AGAIN 4 MILES LATER. I WAS TOLD I EXPERIENCED WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE "FORD DEATH WOBBLE".

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65-70 MPH, I DROVE OVER AN OVERPASS TRANSITION ON I-69 IN HOUSTON, WHICH WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF A SMALL BUMP, AND THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. ALL LOOSE BELONGINGS IN THE TRUCK WERE SLUNG AROUND IN THE CAB AND EVENTUALLY LANDED ON THE FLOOR, INCLUDING THE DRIVER AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL, AND OTHER VEHICLES CLEARED AWAY FROM ME. THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO KEEP WITHIN MY LANE, AND I SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL FROM ONE LANE TO ANOTHER. MY WIFE DROVE THE TRUCK ABOUT 3 DAYS LATER, AND A VERY SIMILAR EVENT OCCURRED AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 55 MPH ON A TEXAS HIGHWAY NORTH OF HOUSTON. SHE SAID THE TRUCK WAS VERY HARD TO CONTROL, AND SHE WAS VERY RATTLED DURING THE EVENT. AT WORK, WE HAVE MANY FOR SUPER DUTIES IN OUR FLEET, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE TRUCKS HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES, WITH LESS THAN 25K MILES ON THE NEW TRUCKS. WE HAVE ADDED DUAL STEERING DAMPERS TO THE FLEET TRUCKS AND HAVE NOT HAD AN ISSUE SINCE. FORD'S FIX FOR THE PROBLEM LASTED 2-3K MILES, AND THEN THE SAME PROBLEM RETURNED. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER WITH AN OEM STEERING DAMPER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SAWGRASS FORD (14501 W SUNRISE BLVD, SUNRISE, FL 33323), TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

MY TRUCK STARTED DOING THE DEATH WOBBLE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. I OWNED A FORD DEALERSHIP FROM 1993 TO 1998. I'VE BEEN DRIVING F350 TRUCKS GOR 40 YEARS. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. FORD MUST DO SOMETHING TO GIX THE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING ON I80 WHILE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR I HIT A SMALL LIP ON THE BRIDGE. I'VE PRETTY MUCH QUIT DRIVING MY TRUCK BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.

WHEN TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY ABOVE 60 MPH THE VEHICLE CAN DEVELOP A VIOLENT FRONT END SHIMMY AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP, POTHOLE, OR BRIDGE TRANSITION. UPON RESEARCH, THIS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A FORD SUPERDUTY DEATH WOBBLE. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER ALREADY TWICE, AND SO FAR AFTER SPENDING $855 AND NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR $670 MORE TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE WILL BE RESOLVED. THIS ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED ONLINE AND I AM VERY WORRIED WITH MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF THE CARS AROUND ME WHEN THIS VIBRATION OCCURS. THE ONLY TO REGAIN CONTROL, IS TO RAPIDLY SLOW TO ~ 40MPH. THIS IN ITSELF IS DANGEROUS IN 5 LANE CITY TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT [XXX] AS PROOF THAT THIS REPORT HAS BEEN VIEWED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR