2016 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

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  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - ODESSA, TX

    WHILE DRIVING THE F350 AT 70 MPH OUT OF NOWHERE THE VEHICLE STARTED THE DEATH WOBBLE AT THE FRONT END. MAKING IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE! MY FAMILY AND I ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE! I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 30 MPH TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL!

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  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - LOVELAND, OH

    MY TRUCK HAS 56000 ON IT AND YOU CANNOT HOLD IT ON THE ROAD. I HAVE HAD THE STEERING LOOKED AT AND THEY CANNOT FIND WHATS WRONG. THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD SUPERDUTY AND THERE ARE SEVERAL LAWSUITS FILED WITH NO RECALLS. *TR

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  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - WOODINVILLE, WA

    I NEED A WIRING HARNESS FOR MY REVERSE CAMERA ON MY F350. THERE ARE 0 PARTS AVAILABLE AS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS AS IS THE IN CAB PORTION OF THIS HARNESS. I'VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE DEALERS AND FORD THEMSELVES AND THERE IS NO INTENT TO MAKE THIS PART, WHICH MEANS MY REVERSE CAMERA WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION. PART NUMBER FC3Z-14A412-A

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  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - STOCKBRIDGE, MI

    DEATH WOBBLE! THE KNOW PROBLEM FORD HAS WITH THEIR SUPER DUTY TRUCK BUT WON'T FIX! I AM A 56 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPEN. MY STEERING WHEELS STARTED SHAKING SO HARD I THOUGHT ALL 6 OF MY TIRES HAD BLOWN. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER MY VEHICLE AND THAN GOD THERE WAS NO OTHER CARS NEAR ME. IT IS JUST GETTING WORSE NOW. I HIT ANY LITTLE BUMPS ON EVEN THE SIDE ROAD AND THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPENS AGAIN. CALLED MY FORD DEAL AND THEY SAY NO KNOW FIX FOR IT. I CAN BRING IT IN AND THEY CAN TRY TO REPLACE THE STARING TRACKING BAR. BUT DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL FIX IT. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND PAY FOR THE FIX! I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY OWN VEHICLE! *TR

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  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - ENTERPRISE, OR

    WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE TRUCK ENCOUNTERS A BUMP ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION, SOMETIMES A DEATH WOBBLE (SEVERE TIRE/SUSPENSION BOUNCE) OCCURS THAT ONLY CAN BE STOPPED BY SLOWING SEVERELY. THE BOUNCE/WOBBLE IS SO SEVERE THAT YOU CAN NOT STEER OR DO ANYTHING EXCEPT HANG ON AND JAM ON THE BREAKS TO GET IT TO STOP.

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  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - GRANBURY, TX

    TRUCK HAS ~130K MILES. AT RANDOM TIMES, TYPICALLY DURING BREAKING THE DRIVERS FRONT WHEEL WILL SHIMMY OR VIBRATE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON CITY STREETS, STATE HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. DEALERS ARE OF NO HELP. DATE SELECTED FOR OCCURRENCE BELOW IS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS ~6 MONTHS AGO. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - LARGO, FL

    ABOUT 2018 MY 2016 F350 DIESEL GAS MILEAGE WAS GOOD AROUND 16 MPG CITY AND 19MPG HWY I TOOK MY TRUCK TO FORD FOR SERVICE BECAUSE THE REGENERATION WOULD KEEP COMING ON ALL THE TIME WELL THEY FINELY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR BUT DID NOTHING TO REPLACE ANYTHING BUT THEY TOLD ME FORD COMPANY TOLD THEM TO RE-FLASH MY COMPUTER IN MY TRUCK BECAUSE THEY HAD A UPDATE WELL MY GAS MILEAGE WENT DOWN TO 11 MPG CITY AND 9 MPG HWY AND I TRY TO TAKE IT BACK AND TELL ME IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.....SO THEY DID SOMETHING TO MY FUEL MILEAGE WHICH IS TOTALLY WRONG WHAT THEY DID TO ME BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT THE TRUCK THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS BETTER SO I AM LOOSING MONEY EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT BECAUSE WHAT THE DID BEHIND MY BACK OUR FIRST TRIP ABOUT OCT 2019 WE HAD POWER LOSS WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 60 MPH WHERE NO MATTER HOW FAR I PUSH THE GAS PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR NOTHING HAPPEN OF FLAT LAND WHILE TOWING AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE SPEED LIMIT WAS HIGHER THEN 60 MPH WHERE PEOPLE WERE RUSHING AROUND ME AND HONKING THERE HORNS AND WE COULD NOT PULL OVER WITH NO POWER TO GET OVER A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WE HAVEN'T USED THIS TRUCK MUCH IF I DID WOULD HAVE MORE PROBLEMS SO I WILL NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR ON THE 2ND TRIP ALSO I HAVE CHECK ENGINE THAT COMES ON WITHOUT TOWING BUT GOES OUT AFTER AWHILE AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY CANT DO ANYTHING ..I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT 20,203 MILES AND NOW I ONLY HAVE 20,300 ON A 2016 F350 TRUCK RIGHT NOW AND IT IS MAY 22, 2020 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON MORE THEN ONE TIME BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK A PICTURE. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - DUNKIRK, MD

    THE DEATH WOBBLE ON A 2016 FORD F 350. I HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT AND I THOUGHT I HAD A BLOWN TIRE . GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND CHECKED TO SEE IF I HAD A BLOWN TIRE? NOPE PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD NO PROBLEMS! THE THE NEXT DAY HIT A POT HOLE AND SAME THING HAPPENED. HAD A SHOP REPLACE TRACK BAR BUSHING AND THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED, MIND YOU NOT TWO DAYS LATER IT OCCURRED AGAIN , NOW I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED WITH 23000ISH MILES AND THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM DID NOT TELL TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT A LIFT KIT THAT WAS INSTALLED REPLACING THE SHOCKE STEERING DAMPENER AND ADDED A DUAL STEERING STABILIZER, AFTER 800$ LATER NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - FATE, TX

    I HAVE THE DEATH WOBBLE !!! I CAN JUST BE DRIVING DOWN ANY ROAD AND COME ACROSS THE SLIGHTEST CHANGE IN SURFACE AND THE FRONT END JUST STARTS SHAKING TO WHERE I HAVE TO COME TO A STOP TO GET IT TO STOP. I HAD IT REPAIRED AT A LOCAL SHOP AND IT DID IT ON THE WAY HOME.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 FORD F-350 SD
    - SODUS, NY

    BEFORE PURCHASING THE TRUCK IT WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO ME IT WAS IN ACCIDENT OR A TREE OR SOMETHING FELL ON IT THE ROOF/ BACK WINDOW WAS LEAKING I TOLD THEM (DEALERSHIP), WHEN IT RAINS OR WHEN IT SNOWED THE WATER LEAKED INSIDE THE TRUCK, I WAS BACKING UP TO PUT SMALL TRAILER ON IT AND IT BUMPED THE BACK WINDOW AND IT SHATTERED, CALLED SAFELITE IN ONTARIO TO FIX WINDOW, FOUND OUT THE BACK WINDOW WAS FULL OF BUNDLE, THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT CAUSE IT HAD SO MUCH BUNDLE IN IT, SAFELITE STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS IN WRECK AND IT WAS REPAINTED AND WHOEVER HAD IT BEFORE I PURCHASED IT FIXED IT AND SOLD IT, I CALLED A FEW OTHER PLACES AND THEY WON'T FIX IT EITHER CAUSE THAT SAME REASON, I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A BODY SHOP. I TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I GOT IT FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. WHEN PURCHASED THE TRUCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE IN THE DOOR THERE WASN'T A STICKER THERE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, IT'S NO STICKERS IN NONE OF THE DOORS IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP EVERY OTHER WEEK AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE FIXED. SINCE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, IT SEEMS LIKE SINCE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 2019. I HAVE SPENT MORE MONEY INTO GETTING THE TRUCK FIXED THAN DRIVING IT. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING TREATED UNFAIR AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FOR WHAT THEY SOLD ME THIS TRUCK FOR AND IT HAS ALL THESE PROBLEMS. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FOR WORK (OWN BUSINESS) AND CAN'T GET THE JOB DONE AND PAY PAYMENTS ON TIME IF I DON'T HAVE A PROPER TRUCK TO GET THE WORK DONE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE