2018 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

UPON REACHING SPEEDS AT OR ABOVE 60MPH AND DRIVING ON BUMPY, UNEVEN OR SMALL FISSURES IN THE PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE'S FRONT WHEELS SHAKE AND WOBBLE VIOLENTLY AND IS AT TIMES VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

TWENTY THOUSAND MILES AND FRONT END PARTS ARE WORN CAUSING " DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN HITTING BUMPS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, SOMETIMES VERY EXTREME SHAKE,

EXTREME, UNEXPECTED VIBRATION IN FRONT END AFTER HITTING SMALL IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAT REQUIRED EMERGENCY BRAKING TO NEAR COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WOBBLE/VIBRATION IS SO SEVERE THAT FRONT OF VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND REQUIRES EVASIVE DRIVING TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SOME CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING SOUTH BOUND ON I-15 NEAR CLEARFIELD UTAH I WAS DRIVING NORMAL HWY SPEED OF 65 MPH WHEN I WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND SUDDENLY MY VEHICLE WENT INTO A UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE IN ME STEERING. IT FELT LIKE MY TIRE WAS WOBBLING OFF OF THE AXLE. I ALMOST WIPED OUT AN ENTIRE FAMILY NEXT TO ME BUT LUCKILY THE DRIVERS PASSENGER SEEN MY UNCONTROLLABLE TRUCK AN TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 22,000 MILES ON IT.

PURCHASED NEW IN WENATCHEE WA. AT LESS THAN 18,000 MILES I NOTICED A FRONT END SHAKE AND BOUNCE WHEN I WOULD DRIVE OVER ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION JOINT IN A BRIDGE. AT AROUND 18,400 IT BECAME A VIOLENT UP AND DOWN BOUNCE SIDE TO SIDE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMING ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE. THE LAST TIME IT DID THIS I WAS GOING AROUND A SLIGHT RIGHT HAND CURVE ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES PER HOUR. THERE WERE MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE HIGHWAY WHICH A FILLED WITH TAR TO SEAL THEM. AFTER RUNNING OVER THEM THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING, THE WHEELS WERE VIOLENTLY BOUNCING UP AND DOWN AND IT BOUNCED US INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. I HAD TO LOCK UP THE BRAKES TO STOP THE SHAKING. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN THE ONCOMING LANE. TOOK IT TO MY DEALER. THEY EXAMINED IT AND FOUND NEARLY ALL OF THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS WERE WORN OUT. THIS IS AT 18,000 MILES ON A TRUCK THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN ON ANYTHING BUT MAJOR HIGHWAYS. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAD TO FIX A FEW ALREADY BUT SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ONE THIS WORN OUT AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. THEY INSTALLED ALL NEW PARTS. I ASKED IF THE NEW PARTS WERE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES THAT FAILED, (SUCH AS NEWER BATCH NUMBER), THEY SAID NO. TOOK THE TRUCK HOME. WE HAVE NOW PUT ON ANOTHER 2,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS STARTING TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR A PROBLEM LIKE THIS ON ANY VEHICLE MUCH LESS A TRUCK WE PAID CLOSE 70,000 DOLLARS FOR. I HAVE ALL OF THE PAPERWORK FOR THE REPAIRS THEY DID.

WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE VIGOROUSLY UNTIL THE TRUCK IS SLOWED DOWN. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAD TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT FORD KNOWS OF THE ISSUE AND CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. A TSB WAS ISSUED, 19-2393 HOWEVER THERE ARE NO PARTS TO CORRECT THIS.

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK WILL START TO SHAKE OTHERWISE KNOW AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME I NEED NEW TIRES AND NEED A NEW STEERING DAMPER PER TSB-19-2392. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE 400.00 FOR THE PART. MY RUCK IS UNDER WARRANTY AND I PURCHASED THE FORD PROTECTION PLAN. THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR US TO DRIVE. IT SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS

THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH OUR TRUCKS, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY.*DT*JB

TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY. VERY UNSAFE. I HAVE A VIDEO TO SUBMIT IT IS VERY HARD TO SHOW SHAKING OFF A TRUCK IN PICTURES. *BF PLEASE SEE ATTACHED VIDEO. I HAVE FILED 6 COMPLAINTS FOR 6 DIFFERENT TRUCKS.*JB

DEATH WOBBLE WHEN HITTING BUMPS AT OR ABOVE 50 MPH. VEHICLE IS ALL STOCK, IT STARTED ABOUT 25K MILES.