2019 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

THE PANO ROOF ON MY 2019 FORD F350 EXPLODED OUTWARD LIKE POPCORN. THE TRUCK HAS 14,000 MILES. IT WAS SITING STILL WHEN THE GLASS EXPLODED. FORD HAS REFUSED TO HELP AT EVERY LEVEL CONTACTED.

ON NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED'S AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING THAT WOULD NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 20 MILES AN HOUR

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN SLOWEST INTERMITTENT MODE WHEN SWITCHED TO THE OFF POSITION. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE HEADLIGHTS TO BE ILLUMINATED. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS FROM A FULL STOP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH WIPER SWITCHES AMONGST F-350 PICK UP TRUCKS IN FLORIDA OR HOTTER CLIMATES. PART COST IS $75.00 DOLLARS PLUS TAX AND 1 HOUR OF LABOR $130.00. THIS CAUSES DRIVER DISTRACTION AND CRASH POTENTIAL.

MY 2019 F350 TRUCK EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE MULTIPLE TIMES ON RECENT TRIP. WHILE TOWING OUR CAMPER WE HIT A SEEM IN THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO START VIOLENTLY SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. I THOUGHT WE BROKE AND AXLE. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK AND PULL OVER. I COULD NOT FIND ANY DAMAGE AND SO WE CONTINUED. THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 18500 MILES ON IT. THIS DID NOT OCCUR AGAIN FOR ABOUT 1500 MILES WHERE IT HAPPENED WHEN WE HIT A SMALL POT HOLE WITH OUR FRONT LEFT TIRE. AGAIN, VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING THAT ONLY STOPS WHEN SPEED IS BELOW 30 MPH. I SLOWED TO PULL OVER BUT IT STOPPED WHEN MY SPEED GOT LOW ENOUGH. WE CONTINUED CAUTIOUSLY NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED. I DID SOME RESEARCH BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING AT THE TIME. WE WERE ON AN 8 WEEK TRIP AND HAD STARTED OUR RETURN DIRECTION SO WE CONTINUED. ABOUT 1300 MILES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN, STOPPED WHEN OUR SPEED DROPPED. THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AND NOW UNDERSTOOD THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING. I HAD TO DECIDE HOW TO PROCEED AS WE HAD OUR FAMILY AND CAMPER 1400 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AT THIS POINT. I DROVE VERY CAUTIOUSLY, AND DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS IT HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES, ONCE WITHOUT THE CAMPER. ON OUR LAST LEG FROM TN TO NC THE ROADS WERE ESPECIALLY BAD AND WE HAD 5 MORE INCIDENTS. I DROVE 45 MPH WITH MY HAZARDS ON MUCH OF THE WAY TO GET THE TRUCK HOME. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ANYMORE. ANY SEAM IN THE ROAD OR POT HOLE THAT IMPACT THE FRONT TIRES AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH WILL NOW CAUSE THIS TRUCK TO GO INTO VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING THAT ONLY STOPS WHEN SPEEDS ARE REDUCED TO BELOW 30 MPH. VERY BAD SITUATION TO BE IN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS SEEMS TO BE SUCH A KNOW ISSUE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

I WAS DRIVING HOME LATE ONE NIGHT FROM WORK, RUNNING ABOUT 55-60 AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND GOT WORSE AS I TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES. IT CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO A FARM FIELD(LUCKILY NO DAMAGE)! SO I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND CHECKED EVERYTHING, I THOUGHT A WHEEL WAS FALLING OFF OR SOMETHING BUT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, SO I SLOWLY DROVE HOME AND WOULD START TO FEEL THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE WHEN I WOULD APPLY BRAKES BUT NOTHING LIKE BEFORE.

PREMATURE TIRE WEAR AS A DIRECT RESULT OF DEATH WOBBLE. 65000 MILE 10 PLY COMMERCIAL FRONT TIRES ARE BALDING ON THE OUTER AREA OF THE TIRES DUE TO FRONT END TROUBLE CAUSED BY DEATH WOBBLE, CURRENT ACTUAL MILEAGE 21,571 FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS ISSUED A FIELD SERVICE ACTION 20N04 THEY ARE FINALLY ADMITTING THERE IS A DEATH WOBBLE ISSUE AND FRONT END TROUBLE, HOWEVER THEY ARE CLAIMING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR IN NOT A RESULT OF THE FRONT END PROBLEMS. FRONT TIRE PREMATURE TIRE WEAR IS A DIRECT RESULT OF SERVICE ACTION 20N04 FOWLERVILLE FORD DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO WARRANTY AND REPLACE TIRES STATING FORD MOTOR COMPANY CLAIMS THE PREMATURE TIRE WARE IS NOT A RESULT OF DEATH WOBBLE SERVICE ACTION 20N04.

2019 F350 DUALLY WITH 21,000 MILES VALVE STEMS LEAK ON FACTORY WHEELS. FRONT PASSENGER TIRE LOSES AIR AND GOES FLAT OVERNIGHT. REAR PASSENGER TIRE LOSES AIR 30 POUNDS OVERNIGHT DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRES THERE ARE TWO BOTH LOSE 20 POUNDS OF AIR OVERNIGHT FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE LOSES AIR 10 POUNDS OVERNIGHT SIX VALVE STEMS IN ALL EVERYONE OF THEM LEAKS. TRUCK IS IN FOWLERVILLE FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE VALVE STEMS REPLACED.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED PULLING A TRAILER EXPERIENCING VIOLENT FRONT END VIBRATION AND WOBBLE, THIS CAUSED US TO RUN OFF THE ROAD INTO THE SHOULDER NEARLY CAUSING YA TO FLIP OVER INTO THE MEDIUM. THE TIRES ARE PROPERLY INFLATED AND CHECKED DAILY. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING AND WOBBLE HAPPENS ALMOST DAILY IN A TRUCK PURCHASED AS NEW. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING STARTED AT AROUND 7000 MILES AND HAS CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE AT FOWLERVILLE FORD IN MICHIGAN TO HAVE THIS ISSUES AND OTHER LOOKED AT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM.

THIS MODEL HAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR TAILGATE OPENING UNINTENDEDLY. I HAD MY IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. MY TAILGATE UNINTENDEDLY OPENED AGAIN, AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT AND MY TRAILER. THE TRUCK WAS ALSO LOADED WITH MIC ITEMS THAT COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT ON AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF MORE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND RISK TO OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT CORRECTED.*DT*JB

HIT A BUMP AND THE WHOLE TRUCK SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOOSING CONTROL. WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING WAS TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND ALMOST STOP.