2018 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

THE TAILGATE OPENS ON ITS OWN. THE LATEST INCIDENT, THE TAILGATE OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE TRAVELING. INITIALLY I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE PRESS THE TAILGATE BUTTON BUT AFTER SECURING THE KEY TO ENSURE NOTHING PRESSES AGAINST THE BUTTON FOUND OUT THAT IS THAT IS NOT THE CASE. LATEST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 29 JUL 19 AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO MY TRAVEL TRAILER AND THE TAILGATE ITSELF . I AM CURRENTLY USE S BUNGEE CORD TO SECURE THE TAILGATE FROM OPENING.

WHILE DRIVING ACROSS A HIGHWAY OVERPASS AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A SMALL ROUGH SPOT, VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO A POINT I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD, TO SLOW DOWN AND REGAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. IF ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVING PAST ME WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, I WOULD HAVE HIT THEM. I SPECIAL ORDERED THIS TRUCK AND DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING DANGEROUS LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN IN A NEW TRUCK.

WE ARE EXPERIENCING NUMEROUS UNCOMMANDED TAILGATE DROPS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR JUST RUNNING. WE RECENTLY WERE TOWING OUR 5TH WHEEL TRAILER AND WHEN WE PULLED INTO FUEL UP OUR TAILGATE DROPPED AND DAMAGED BOTH THE TRUCK'S TAILGATE (TOP MOLDING) AND PUT A HOLE IN THE FRONT COMPARTMENT DOOR OF THE FIFTH WHEEL. (PICTURES PROVIDED). WE HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK INTO TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND PER FORD MOTOR COMPANY, THEY HAVE STOPPED TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. ON ANOTHER DAY, WE EXPERIENCED THREE DIFFERENT UNCOMMANDED TAILGATE DROPS WHILE WE WERE TOWING OUR BOAT. ONE TIME, MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING THE TRUCK AND I WAS STANDING ALONGSIDE THE TRUCK AND THE TAILGATE DROPPED UNCOMMANDED.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I26 INTO ASHEVILLE AND THE TAILGATE OPENED WE HEARD A NOISE WENT TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE POISE WAS WORSE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY GOT OUR TAILGATE HAD COME OPEN AND WAS SHREDDED BY THE HORSE TRAILER. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED WHILE PULLING THE TRAILER BUT IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIME PREVIOUSLY BUT I ASSUMED I HIT THE BUTTON ON THE KEY. DIDN'T THINK MUCH MORE BUT NOW SEEING THIS IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. SCARY

I OWN A 2018 F 350 DUAL REAR WHEEL PICKUP. I HAVE HAD LEAKING TIRES/RIMS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. MY OWN RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS TO BE A CONTINUING PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT RESOLUTION. TWO OF THE TIRES STILL LEAK A LOT AND 2 OF THE TIRES LEAK SLOWER. THE INNER TWO REAR WHEELS DO NOT LEAK LIKELY BECAUSE THEY ARE STEEL RIMS, AND NOT THE ALUMINUM ONES CONNECTED TO A STEEL TPMS SENSOR THAT CAUSES CORROSION.

DEATH WOBBLE ON FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 75MPH, WENT OVER A SMALL BUMP WHEN GOING OVER AN OVERPASS AND IT WAS SHAKING SO HARD I ALMOST CRASHED WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK AND I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND COMPLETELY STOP BEFORE I COULD GET IT TO STOP , TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 18,000 MILES ON IT. TOOK IT IN TO FORD AND THEY SHOW THE CASTER BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT. JUST HAD IT ALIGNED AT A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP A FEW WEEKS AGO. NOW I'M BEING TOLD I HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE SOME SORT OF BOLTS AND IT'LL TAKE ABOUT 2.5 HOURS TO REPLACE, WHICH MEANS A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS?!

THE TRUCK EXPERIENCED WHAT IS CALLED DEATH WOBBLE HIT A BUMP AND TIRES AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY TOLD BY FORD THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I HAVE IT ON A DRIVE CAMERA UPLOADING VIDEO. I WAS GOING 66 MPH ON HWY 201 WEST BOUND SLC, UT. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/LTIGJLDXSJO LINK TO VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.

AFTER PARKING AND GETTING OUT OF TRUCK AND CLOSING THE FRONT DOOR THE REAR WINDOW IN THE CAB SHATTERED AND BOWED OUTWARDS. IT WAS 60 DEGREES OUTSIDE . FORD SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER A REPLACEMENT . TRUCK HAS 12391 MILES ON IT. FORD SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND REFUSED TO ADMIT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE GLASS.

THE TAILGATE WILL COME DOWN WHILE RIDING DOWN THE ROAD OR AFTER HITTING A BUMP. VERY UNSAFE WHILE HAULING OR TOWING. THERE IS NO INDICATOR IN THE CAB TO TELL YOU THE TAILGATE HAS DROPPED. HAVE HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE AT LEAST 4 TIMES. VEHICLE IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD.

EXPERIENCE FRONT END WOBBLE WHEN ENCOUNTERING ROUGH SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY . OCCURS WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS.