2019 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

MY 2019 FORD F350 HAS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" THAT STARTED AROUND 40,000 MILES. TODAY IT HAS 43,747 MILES. UPON RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I AM FILEING THIS COMPLAINT. THIS PROBLEM IS DEADLY. THE WOBBLE HAPPENS AS FREEWAY SPEEDS AND STOPS AFTER QUICK DECELERATION. I HAVE WITNESSES TO THIS ON TWO OCCASIONS.

HITTING A BUMP OR BRIDGE JUNCTURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (>65) CAUSES A VIOLENT RESONANCE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS SIDE TO SIDE RAPIDLY. THE SHAKING GETS WORSE UNLESS YOU QUICKLY SLOW DOWN TO <35 MPH. TIRE PRESSURES WERE AT THE FORD RECOMMENDED PSI AND THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN PAYLOAD AND TOWING LIMITS. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH ABOUT 26,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. FORD "FIXED' THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED AGAIN AT 33,000 MILES. FORD ISSUED A NEW FIX WHICH HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE VEHICLE WHICH NOW HAS 41,000 MILES. THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE DRAG LINKS AND PUT A VERY STIFF STEERING DAMPER ON WHICH GREATLY INCREASED THE STEERING EFFORT. THE UNDERLYING ISSUE OF POOR FRONT SUSPENSION DESIGN IS STILL THERE AND WE CAN FEEL THE ISSUE IS COMING BACK AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. ONE OF THE TIMES THIS HAPPENED, A TANKER TRUCK WAS FOLLOWING ME AND HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE OTHER LANE ON I-65 NEAR CULLMAN, AL TO AVOID ME WHEN I HAD TO SLOW QUICKLY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT IS VERY VIOLENT AND YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. IF YOU DO NOT SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATELY, IT GETS WORSE.

WHEN TRAVELING @ NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF I CROSS UNEVEN PAVEMENT OR ROUGH ROADS THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY SIDE TO SIDE. WHEN ROAD SMOOTHS AND ALONG WITH BRAKING TO REDUCE SPEED THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. HAVE TAKEN INTO DEALERSHIP AND STEERING DAMPENER WAS REPLACED BUT PROBLEM IS STARTING BACK. 25,500+/-MILES

I OWN A 2019 FORD F350 WITH ABOUT 13,500 MILES ON IT. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT SEEMS TO BE NAMED THE FORD "DEATH WOBBLE". WHEN DRIVING OCCASIONALLY THE TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DEATH GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL TO AVOID LOSING CONTROL. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 10-15 TIMES IN ABOUT 4 MONTHS. FORD DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO PUT IN WRITING AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THE EXACT ISSUE I AM BRINGING THE TRUCK IN FOR. THEY CALL IT "RECALLS" HOWEVER THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO MOVE SIDE TO SIDE MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY IN THE LANE OF TRAVEL. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OF 30 MILES PER HOUR ON CITY ROADS AND 65 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. SLOWING DOWN OR REMOVING YOUR FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR ONLY MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE AS WE SLOW DOWN. I HAVE A VIDEO RECORDED OF ONE OF THE TIMES THIS OCCURRED WHICH WE WERE GOING ABOUT 63 MILES PER HOUR, WE SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 42 MILES PER HOUR RAPIDLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP CONTROL. DOING THIS ALMOST CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND US TO HIT US AND THE CAR TO THE RIGHT OF US NEEDED TO STEER OUT OF THE WAY QUICKLY. FORD DOES NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE, THE FRONT TIRES ON THE VEHICLE LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN CHOPPED UP DUE TO THE BOUNCING THAT OCCURS DURING THE WOBBLE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF FORD DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE A VIDEO THAT I WILL GLADLY SHARE, THIS ONLY LETS ME UPLOAD PICTURES

WHILE DRIVING THERE CAN BE A CLUNKING NOISE HEARD AND FELT FROM UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT GOING 60-80 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CLUNKING IS INTERMITTENT. THE CLUNKING HAPPENS MORE WHEN WE ARE TOWING OUR RV WHICH IS 16K LB. WHEN THE RV IS UNATTACHED THE CLUNKING CAN BE HEARD AND FELT LESS. MOST OF THE ROADS ARE SMOOTH WHEN THE CLUNKING STARTS. A 2019 F450 OWNER TOLD US THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUES AT 7000 MILES AFTER PUTTING IT INTO 4L. THEY INFORMED US THE TOOK IT INTO FORD AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF THE TRUCK, A PART WAS BROKEN OFF. FORD FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS A FACTORY CAUSED ISSUES.

TWICE TODAY I EXPERIENCED THE SO CALLED 'DEAD WOBBLE' DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATES 70 MPH. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY & DECREASE MY SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 25-30 TO GET IT TO STOP.

GOING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 50 MPH HITTING MINOR BUMP IN THE ROAD. FRONT OF TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK AND HAD DIFFICULTY SLOWING IT DOWN. I CROSSED THE CENTER LINE WITH IT BEING UNABLE TO BE CONTROLLED. FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AFTER ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. TRUCK IS ALMOST BRAND NEW AND ONLY 13,000 MILES.

PURCHASED A 2019 F350 IN OCTOBER OF 2018 AND STARTING AT 20,000 MILES OR LESS VEHICLE STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE OR WOBBLE. THIS FIRST HAPPEN WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 58 MPH, AND TRUCK STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK STARTED TO WOBBLE AND SHAKE. I PULLED OVER UNSURE WHAT TO DO, BUT NOTHING SEEMS WRONG, AS IN FLAT TIRE, AND DRIVE SHAFT. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. I HAVE INFORMED THE DEALER WITH NO RESPONSE AND OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER WITH NO RESPONSE. AT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENT, THEY ACKNOWLEDGE TO COMPLAINT BUT DO NOTHING.

WHILE TRAVELING OVER BUMPS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN STEERING AND IN CAB. EVEN AFTER STEERING DAMPENER WAS FIXED.

THE TRUCK HAS 26000 MILES ON IT BUT IT HAPPENED AT AROUND 20000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING DOWNHILL AND THE TRUCK, WHEN I TOUCHED THE BRAKES, STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE BACK AND FORTH. I COULD NOT CONTROL IT I THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS SHUTTING DOWN OR SOMETHING BUT IT WAS NOT. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER, IT WAS SCARY. I LOOKED AROUND MY TRUCK TO SEE IF THERE WAS A TIRE ISSUE BUT FOUND NOTHING. I HAD IT HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE ON THE SAME TRIP. I HAD SERVICE DONE RECENTLY BUT THERE WAS NO MENTION ABOUT THE RECALL AND JUST SAW THERE IS ONE. I HAVE THE FORDPASS APP AND IT SHOWED UP BUT I WANTED TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT EVEN NOW THE 2019S STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM OF UNCONTROLLED WOBBLE. I DID NOT KNOW OF THIS BEFORE I PURCHASED BUT HAVE NOW LEARNED IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS AND IT STILL EXISTS. MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE TRUCK AT THE TIME AND IT COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY BUT THERE WAS NOT TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD THANK GOD!