2019 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

I EXPERIENCED THE FORD "DEATH WOBBLE". TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT 70MPH PULLING A LARGE 5TH WHEEL TRAILER I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO SLOW TO 40 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED. I THOUGHT THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO COME APART. AS SOON AS I MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY KEPT IT FOR A DAY AND SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG BUT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SAID FORD WAS WORKING ON A SOLUTION THAT WAS NOT YET READY. I ASKED THE DEALER TO ROTATE THE TIRES AND ALIGN THE FRONT END. THEY KEPT THE TRUCK ANOTHER DAY AND COMPLETED MY REQUEST. THE TRUCK IS A 2019 AND HAS JUST OVER 21,000 MILES. EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP NOW I GRIP THE WHELL A LITTLE HARDER. I NOW UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED FOR THE ISSUE AND I WOULD FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THE NHTSA HAS NOT STEPPED IN. I HOPE YOU HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH FORD AND WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I AM NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH WITH COMPUTERS TO UPLOAD A DOCUMENT. THE ONLY DOCUMENT I HAVE IS THE WORK ORDER FROM THE DEALER.

DRIVING AT 50 MPH, HIT A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD, EXPERIENCED SEVERE SHAKING OF TRUCK AND STEERING OUT OF CONTROL. THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED TO A NEAR STOP. FIRST HAPPENED 1/17/20 WITH 12,005 MILE. DEALER REPLACED STEERING DAMPER ON 2/1/20 AT 13,120 MILES.

TRUCK'S STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AT APPROX 65 MPH PULLING A CAMPER. TRUCK WAS UNCONTROLLABLE! TRUCK CONTINUED TO 'DEATH WOBBLE' MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD TRUCKS. IF YOU ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL YOU WOULD WRECK!

EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE." THE STEERING WHEEL AND TIRES SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLE AND I NEARLY CRASHED. HAD TO SLAM ON THE BREAKS AND STOP. ONLY HAVE 26000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I AM TAKING IT IN FOR THEM TO WORK ON BUT IT CONCERNS ME THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. OUR OTHER TRUCK THAT IS EXACTLY THE SAME DID THE SAME THING THIS WEEK TOO AND ARE TAKING IT IN ALSO. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THING WITH THESE TRUCKS. LUCKY NO ONE GOT HURT OR KILLED. REALLY SCARED ME TO DEATH.

WAS DRIVING WITH A LOAD OF ~19,000 POUNDS (FIFTH WHEEL) AT ~55 MPH, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL I CAME TO A STOP. THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS DRIVING WITHOUT A LOAD AT ~60 MPH, HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BAGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL I CAME TO A STOP. THE TRUCK HAS DONE THIS MORE THAN 5 TIMES BUT LESS THAN 10 DURING THE LAST 30 DAYS. THIS ISSUE BEGAN WHEN MY TRUCK HAD ~24000 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS WHILE DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAYS AND LOCAL ROADS, BUT ALL PAVED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE. THERE IS A STEERING DAMPENER THE DEALERSHIP WOULD LIKE TO TRY. I AM UNABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE, ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP.

SEVERE SHAKING AND MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING SYSTEM CAUSING AN ALMOST LOSS IN CONTROL. TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR THE 5TH TIME TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT 55-60 MILES PER HOUR ON A SMOOTH HIGHWAY WHEN I HIT A PATCH OF LIGHT BUMPS / GROOVES. THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WOULDN'T STOP UNTIL I SLOWED TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN A 2 MILE STRETCH. THIS IS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' ISSUE REPORTED BY THOUSANDS OF FORD OWNERS AND REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES CONTROL AND GETS KILLED.

FRONT WHEELS/STEERING STABILIZER BARS. 2019 F-350 SRW WITH 8' BED AND 5400 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE FRONT WHEELS STARTED BOUNCING WHEN HITTING POTHOLES. IT WAS NOTICEABLE AT LOWER SPEEDS (LESS THAN 35MPH) BUT IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DEFINED AT SPEEDS OF OVER 35-40MPH. I DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT UNTIL IT OCCURRED A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE DOING ABOUT 45MPH AND TO A POINT WHERE I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NOTE: THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD OR DRIVEN RECKLESSLY. I RECENTLY TURNED IT IN TO FORD WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER INSTANCES REPORTED WITH THE SAME MODEL/YEAR TRUCK. TECHNICIAN STATED IT IS BECOMING A COMMON COMPLAINT AND RELATED TO A FAULTY FRONT WHEEL STABILIZER BARS. FORD IS CURRENTLY REPLACING THE STABILIZER BARS ON MY TRUCK. HENCE I FELT OBLIGATED TO REPORT THIS ISSUE IN HOPES TO AVOID SOMEONE POSSIBLY GETTING INTO A SEVERE ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS FAULTY STABILIZER BARS.

WAS T BONED ON JAN. 17,2020 . HIT ON PASSENGER SIDE. TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE INSIDE CAB OF DRIVER SIDE ALMOST TRAPPING ME INSIDE.

ON 1/13/20 WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL. BY THE TIME I GOT SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO SOP I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE (INCOMING TRAFFIC). LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC OR I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS COMPLAINT AS I WOULD OF BEEN HIT HEAD ON AND HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. MY DEALER SAID HE HAD ANOTHER TRUCK WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND IT WOULD TAKE 2 MONTHS TO GET A PART TO MAYBE FIX IT. $65,000 AND I HAVE A TRUCK I'M SCARED TO DRIVE. IT'S A 2019 WITH 7,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE A PREGNANT WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN. THE ISSUES WITH THESE TRUCKS ARE DEATH TRAPS. THIS TRUCK IS BASICALLY A ONE TON WRECKING BALL THAT I CAN LOSE CONTROL OF AT ANY MINUTE. IT'S MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. MY WIFE WON'T GET IN IT AND WON'T ALLOW THE KIDS IN THE TRUCK. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. SINCE IT HAPPENED I RESEARCHED POSSIBLE CAUSES AND HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE IN THESE VEHICLES. AT THIS POINT I'M AFRAID TO I'M EITHER GOING TO DIE OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE IN THIS VEHICLE. IF I COULD SIMPLY RETURN IT I WOULD TOMORROW.