2019 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

TAILGATE REPEATEDLY OPENED ON ITS OWN. TAILGATE LOCKED AND WILL NOT OPEN. I SEE RECALL FOR OTHER FORD SUPERDUTY RELATED TO SAME ISSUE BUT APPARENTLY THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.*DT*JB

MY VEHICLE HAD APPROX. 22000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT STARTED TO DEVELOP WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THIS IS WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES TERRIBLY WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANY BUMPS ON THE ROAD. IT CAN SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. AT APPROX. 27600 MILES I TOOK IT TO POWER FORD IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM FOR REPAIR. THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING DAMPENER HAD FAILED. THERE IS LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB. THIS DESIGN ISSUE EXISTS IN ALL 2006 TO 2019 FORD F-250S AND F-350S. THIS ISSUE MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND DECREASES THE MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE OF STEERING COMPONENTS CAUSING OWNERS TO INCUR THE EXPENSE OF REPLACING FAILED COMPONENTS AT UNREASONABLY SHORT INTERVALS OR INSTALLING AFTER-MARKET SOLUTIONS. WHILE FORD MAY SEE IT AS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, THE SHORT COMPONENT LIFESPAN AND VEHICLE CONTROL ISSUE INDICATES A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT WHICH THE NHTSA SHOULD ADDRESS.

VALVE STEMS ARE LEAKING ON ALUMINUM WHEELS DUE TO CORROSION BETWEEN METAL VALVE STEM AND ALUMINUM WHEELS. HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES BY DEALERS. SOME TIRES LEAK AIR AT A FASTER RATE. TIRES LOOSE AIR WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION.

WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES FROM USED VEHICLE PURCHASE (2-5-2021 WITH 33,400 MILES AT SALE), VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THREE (3) SEPARATE SEVERE AND SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATIONS (AKA DEATH WOBBLE) AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS OF 65-70MPH. INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AFTER CROSSING OVER BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS AND/OR ROUGH PAVEMENT. DRIVER HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING LANE OF TRAVEL AT THAT SPEED AND HAD TO MAKE EMERGENCY BRAKING IN ORDER TO EXIT ONTO SHOULDER. ONCE AT SPEEDS AROUND 5MPH, OSCILLATION CEASED. VEHICLE IS UNPREDICTABLE AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT SPEEDS 45-70MPH, AND I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHILE PULLING A TRAILER WHEN THE OSCILLATION OCCURS. MY UNDERSTANDING OF VEHICLE SUSPENSION DYNAMICS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A COMBINATION OF POSSIBLE FAULTY STEERING DAMPENER, FAILURE OF JOINTS, IMPROPER FACTORY ALIGNMENT SPECS, ALL COMBINED TO CREATE A RESONANCE IN THE SOLID AXLE. THIS ISN'T A "BAND-AID" FIX AND WILL REQUIRE REPLACING/UPGRADING SEVERAL COMPONENTS WHICH HAVE BECOME STRESSED DURING OSCILLATION. ALSO, CONSIDER ADJUSTMENT OF FACTORY SPECS ON CASTER. I AM AWARE OF FORD'S CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 20N04 (TSB), BUT I HAVE YET TO SEE A FULL RECALL ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS MATTER.

I WAS DRIVING MY NEWLY PURCHASED 2019 FOR F350 SUPER DUTY WHICH HAS 22,000 MILES, WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH AND GOING STRAIGHT WITH NOT THE SLIGHTEST OF TURN AND WITHIN THE FLOW OF HEAVY TRAFFIC, WHEN MY FRONT TIRES AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY AS I CAME OVER THE SMALL BUMP. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE HEAVY TRUCK AND WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM SWERVING INTO THE MEDIAN OR INTO ANOTHER CAR BESIDE ME. THE CONCRETE TRUCK BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON IT'S BRAKES AS WELL TO PREVENT FROM HITTING ME. I HAVE DRIVEN HEAVY TRUCKS FOR 25 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER FELT SO OUT OF CONTROL. HAD MY SON OR DAUGHTER BEEN DRIVING THE TRUCK THERE IS NO DOUBT THEY WOULD HAVE WRECKED AND MOST DEFINITELY HURT THE DRIVER IN THE KIA NEXT TO ME. I HAVE OWNED 5 FORD TRUCKS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS DEATH WOBBLE OCCUR IN THOSE TRUCKS. WHEN I GOT TO MY OFFICE I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND SAW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD F250 AND 350'S BETWEEN 2009 AND 2019. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY FORD FACTORY WARRANTY BUT THAT THEY GET 3-4 CALLS PER WEEK ABOUT IT. I HAVE NOT MODIFIED ANYTHING ON THE VEHICLE AND IT REMAINS A STOCK VEHICLE. FORD SHOULD NOT ALLOW THESE TRUCKS TO REMAIN ON THE ROAD. THEY ARE A DEATH TRAP AND WILL CAUSE FATALITIES IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE ABOUT THIS DEFECT IN THE STEERING STABILIZER AND TRACK BAR. I WILL BE SELLING THIS VEHICLE AS THE REPAIR IS OVER $2,500. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. AS THE ENFORCER OF SAFETY ON THE ROADS IT IS YOUR DUTY TO MAKE FORD RECALL ALL 250 AND 350'S THAT HAVE THESE INADEQUATE STEERING STABILIZERS AND TRACK BARS. PEOPLE WILL BE HURT AND KILLED. THE BLOOD WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS OF THE NTSA AND FORD IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE.

A SMALL ROCK SHOT UP FROM A SIMI IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK, HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND CRACKED MY WINDOW. I HAD IT REPLACED WITH AN OEM WINDSHIELD. NOW AFTER PARKING MY UNIT FOR 3 MONTHS, I FIND ANOTHER CHIP IN THE NEW WINDSHIELD, WITH ANOTHER CRACK. THE ISSUE RAISES THE QUESTION ON HOW SAFE ARE THESE OEM WINDSHIELDS?

ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55 MILES PER HOUR, I HIT A ROUGH PATCH ON THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT I THOUGHT THE FRONT WHEELS WOULD TEAR OFF AND I WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. I FEEL VERY LUCKY I DIDN'T LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND BE INVOLVED IN A MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ENDANGERING MYSELF AND OTHERS. I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OVER AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW MINUTES LATER. THIS WAS/IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

WHILE DRIVING EAST ON HWY 18 IN WASHINGTON STATE, WE WENT OVER A BRIDGE JOINT IN THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. THE TRUCK STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE OTHERS VEHICLES TRIED TO SWERVE AROUND TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE SHAKING DID NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY. WERE WE WHERE AT THERE IS NOT A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THANK GOD THE OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME WERE ABLE TO AVOID HITTING US OR ANYTHING ELSE WHILE I WAS TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK BACK UNDER CONTROL. THIS TRUCK IS ALMOST BRAND NEW WITH LESS THAN 13000 MILES. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN A ACCIDENT OR HAD ANY OTHER DAMAGE. I AM NOT WILLING TO PUT MY OR MY FAMILY'S LIFE IN DANGER SO THIS 70000 TRUCK WILL NOW SIT UNTIL IT IS FIXED.

TAILGATE RECALL (FORD # 19S48) WAS PERFORMED IN SPRING OF 2020. SUPPOSED TO FIX ELECTRONIC TAILGATES FROM OPENING INADVERTENTLY. IN OCTOBER OF 2020, MY TAILGATE DROPPED WHILE PULLING TRAILER, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TAILGATE.

THE TAIL GATE OPENS ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING AND HAS EVEN HAPPENED WHILE TOWING MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BOTH THE CAMPER AND THE TRUCK FORD CLAIMS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG AND THE RECALLS WORKING BUT THIS IS STILL HAPPENING