2018 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

ON 12/6/2019 WHILE TRAVELLING FROM FORT COLLINS, CO TO CHEYENNE, WY BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH, THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN THE RIGHT-HAND LAND AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER AND SLOW DOWN. THE SHAKING CONTINUED UNTIL I REACHED ABOUT 30 MPH AND THEN IT QUIT. THE TRUCK HAD JUST UNDER 30000 MILES. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE LOVELAND FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS FOR THE TRUCK. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY A BAD STEERING DAMPER AND THAT IT NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM FORD AND WON'T BE UNTIL THE 1ST QUARTER OF 2020. THEY HAD NO OTHER SUGGESTIONS EXCEPT TO MAKE SURE THE TIRES WERE IN GOOD SHAPE AND PROPERLY INFLATED.

AT 20000 MILES THE TRUCK STARTED DOING THE DEATH WOBBLE. IF I HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY AT BETWEEN 50 TO 70 MPH THE TRUCK GOES INTO A UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE AND LOSS OF CONTROL. VERY DANGEROUS . DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THIS VEHICLE WITH 19,000 MILES ON IT, GETS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE FRONT WHEELS, & STEERING WHEEL, START SHAKING VIOLENTLY, SHAKING THE WHOLE TRUCK CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT YOU LOOSE GRIP OF IT. THE TRUCK CAN'T BE STEERED AND ONLY BY SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN CAN THE VIOLENT SHAKING BE STOPPED. IT HAPPENS COMPLETELY RANDOMLY. IT HAPPENED TO ME AT 75 MPH, 70 MPH, & AT 55 MPH. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED EVERY TIME IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN IN MY LANE. I TOOK IT TO FORD & THEY PUT NEW PARTS ON BUT IT STILL DOES IT. LOOKING ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT. ALL SERVICE ON MY TRUCK HAS BEEN BY THE FORD DEALER, INCLUDING TIRE ROTATIONS, ETC.

ON 12/17/19 I WAS TRAVELING AT AROUND 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY WHEN I HIT A BUMP WHICH CAUSED VIOLENT OSCILLATIONS IN MY STEERING. I HAD NO CONTROL AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN RAPIDLY CAUSING A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRAVELING BEHIND ME TO CHANGE LANES QUICKLY.

WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 80 MILE AN HOUR AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL GETS A VIOLENT SHAKING AND THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTS SHAKING THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THIS IS TO HIT YOUR BREAKS AND SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR THIS DEATH WOBBLE PUTS YOU OUT OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE

EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON FREEWAY AND CROSSING A EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROADWAY. HAD TO SLOW TO UNDER 30 TO GAIN CONTROL. DURRING RUSH HOUR THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. FORD HAS REPLACED THE TRACK BAR BALL JOINT UNDER WARRANTY AT 15000ISH MILES DUE TO IT BEING COMPLETELY WORN OUT CAUSING ALL KINDS OF CODES AND ALARMS ON THE DASH.ONCE REPLACED THE CLUNKING AND THE TRACTION CONTROL ALARMS HAVE NOT RECURRED.

HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER EVEN THE SMALLEST OF BUMPS. I'VE HAD THE FRONT END PARTS CHANGED OUT (SHIMMY SHOCK, LINKS,ETC. HAVE THIS DONE EVERY 3,000 MILES ROUGHLY. I NOW HAVE 20,000 MILES ON MY VERY EXPENSIVE F350 POWER STROKE. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS FORD IS AWARE BUT DOESN'T HAVE A FIX. I KNOW THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OUT ON THIS BUT FORD IS DENYING IT..

EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AT FRONT. KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". TOOK IN TO FORD DEALERSHIP. ACCORDING TO THEM, PARTS ARE ON BACKORDER. TRUCK VIOLENTLY VIBRATES TO THE POINT WHERE I LOSE CONTROL WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP. ALMOST CRASHED INTO SOMEONE SEVERAL TIMES. HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY IN ORDER FOR VIBRATION TO STOP.

TAILGATE OPENS ON ITS OWN...NO INDICATION THAT IT IS OPEN...CAN NOT SEE IN THE MIRROR.

I WAS TRAVELING AT 64 MPH ON 75 SOUTH UNLOADED AROUND AUSTIN LANDING AREA WHEN MY TRUCK ENCOUNTERED A FEW CRACKS IN THE PAVEMENT. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WITH THE STEERING WHEEL RAPIDLY MOVING LEFT TO RIGHT. THE PROBLEM DID NOT CEASE UNTIL I REDUCED SPEED TO 20 MPH. TRUCK WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I HAVE NO MODIFICATIONS ON THE VEHICLE AND CALL SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT ALL SERVICE INTERVALS BY FORD DEALERS ONLY.