2019 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

MY VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY EXPERIENCES WHAT IS KNOW AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AFTER HITTING VARIOUS ROAD CONDITIONS; ROUGH PAVEMENT PATCH, HOLES, IRREGULAR ROAD HEIGHTS ON FREEWAYS, HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS. OCCURS AS LOW AS 40MPH IN THE CITY AND 65+ ON FREEWAYS. FORD DEALER INSTALLED A 'NEW IMPROVED STEERING STABILIZER' BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED IN LESS THEN A MONTH. I REPLACED THEIR STEERING STABILIZER WITH AN AFTERMARKET BRAND (MOOG). IT HAS HELPED PREVENT THE SERIOUS WOBBLE BUT WHEN TRAVELING OVER THE ROAD SURFACES IDENTIFIED ABOVE, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH SLIGHTLY (CONTROLLABLE) THEN STOPS AFTER RETURNING TO SMOOTH ROAD. STILL, MY HEART RACES, ANTICIPATING THE DEATH WOBBLE EVERY TIME. THE PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED AT ABOUT 15000 MILES AND NOW THERE IS 35000 MILES ON IT. I WILL NOT LET ANYBODY ELSE DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS DANGER. IF I COULD, I WOULD TRADE IT IN ON A DIFFERENT BRAND.

DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TRUCK HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE PAVED ROAD AND LOST ALL CONTROL OF STEERING AND STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. ONCE TRUCK CAME TO A NEAR STOP I WAS ABLE TO TAKE OVER STEERING AND THE WHEEL STOPPED SHAKING.

DEATH WOBBLE. I'M CONFIDENT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE TERM AS THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM FORD OWNERS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND THAT IS NOT AN EMBELLISHMENT. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I'M TRIED AND TRUE FORD, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND WILL NOT LET ANYONE OTHER THAN MYSELF DO SO. PLEASE TAKE THIS FOR ACTION, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT ISSUE. FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT HAS FAILED TO DELIVER A SOLUTION. IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING AS I HAVE HELD THAT COMPANY IN HIGH REGARD FOR YEARS.

AT 80 MPH A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD SENT MY TRUCK INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHICH VIOLENTLY SHOOK MY TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL. I HAD TO SLOW MY TRUCK DOWN TO 35MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN THIS MUCH

4-3-21, TRAVELING ON A MARYLAND INTERSTATE HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCUR TWICE IT OCCURRED FROM HITTING A BUMP ON THE OVERPASS WHICH CAUSED US TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL WHILE AMONGST TRAFFIC. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK THE FRONT END FELT FUNNY EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS

TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN GOING OVER MINOR ROAD IMPERFECTION SUCH AS A BRIDGE SEAM OR SMALL RUT WHEN OVER ~45-50 MPH. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES, WHOLE TRUCK FEELS LIKE IT IS HOPPING OR SHIMMYING. VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. WILL NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL I GET TO UNDER 40 MPH (WHICH IS ADDED DANGER ON A FREEWAY). THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY, AND IS GETTING WORSE.

VEHICLE GOES INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR DIP ON THE ROAD. MOST OFTEN OCCURS WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 60 MPH. THE SHAKING WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE VEHICLE'S SPEED IS REDUCED TO ABOUT 30 MPH. AT LEAST 50% OF THE VEHICLE'S CONTROLLABILITY IS LOST DURING THIS EVENT. THIS IS A CONTINUES PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WHEN THE ABOVE DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE MET.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OVER THE 5 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK, THE FRONT WHEELS OF MY 2019 F350 HAVE SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AFTER CROSSING MINOR BUMPS AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE SHUDDERING WAS VIOLENT ENOUGH TO POSE A SERIOUS THREAT OF AN ACCIDENT. IMMEDIATE, RAPID DECELERATION WAS THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL. MY INSTINCT (JUST MY OBSERVATION) IS THAT THE BUMPS CAUSED A SHUDDER IN THE FRONT WHEELS AND IF THE TRACTION CONTROL WAS ENGAGED THAT THE SYSTEM ENGAGING MADE THE SHUDDERING WORSE. THE LAST TIME AND THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS YESTERDAY 2/27/21 MY WIFE AND 2 SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME. DE-ACCELERATION, DANGEROUS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE ON ITS OWN, DID NOT STOP THE SHUDDERING THIS TIME, BUT DISENGAGING THE TRACTION CONTROL SEEMED TO STOP IT IMMEDIATELY. I OFTEN TOW A 30' FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER ON FAMILY TRIPS AND FORTUNATELY THE SHUDDERING HAS NOT YET HAPPENED WHILE TOWING THE CAMPER, BUT I FEAR WHAT COULD HAPPEN UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS IN FORD FORUMS AND HAVE COME TO KNOW THIS DEFECT IS COMMON WITH FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS AND IS KNOW AS THE F250/350 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS A VERY ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. I ALSO SAW THAT TAKING THESE TRUCKS IN FOR SERVICE HAS NOT HELPED OTHER OWNERS AND THAT FORD HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A COMMON, DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW ACROSS MULTIPLE YEARS OF THE SUPER DUTY LINE OF TRUCKS. I URGE THE NHTSA TO PRESSURE FORD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY.

WHILE RIDING AT 65MPH HIT SMALL BUMP ON INTERSTATE AND TRUCK PROCEEDED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY IN STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END, COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE UNTIL TRUCK CAME UNDER 40 MPH. THIS WAS DESCRIBED AS 'DEATH WOBBLE' UPON FURTHER RESEARCH.

THE TAILGATE ON MY FORD F350 WAS REPAIRED LAST YEAR FROM THE RECALL PERTAINING TO THE TAILGATE OPENING ON ITS OWN. THE TAILGATE OPENED ON ITS OWN AGAIN TODAY. 02/26/2021. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS TURNING RIGHT FROM A MAIN CITY STREET ONTO A SIDE STREET GOING ABOUT 10 MPH. TODAY I WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH AND TURNED LEFT INTO A PARKING LOT.