2019 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

WHEN CROSSING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. SOMETIMES IT'S SLIGHT AND OTHER TIMES IT'S SEVERE.

TRUCK GETS SUPER STRONG DIESEL SMELL AND SOME WHITE SMOKE IN CAB OF TRUCK HAPPENS AT RANDOM

TAILGATE RANDOMLY OPENS WHILE DRIVING. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. (JULY-NOV 2019)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OVER A ROUGH ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ED KOEHN FORD LINCOLN OF GREENVILLE (11064 W CARSON CITY RD, GREENVILLE, MI 48838, (616) 754-4689) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING STABILIZER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TONY BETTEN & SONS FORD (3839 PLAINFIELD AVE NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49525, (616) 363-6841) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT FORD WAS WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

MY WIFE AND I WERE HEADED TO COSTCO AND WERE DRIVING THROUGH WEST CHESTER OHIO. WE WENT OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS ON PRINCETON GLENDALE RD. JUST BEFORE PORT UNION RD. ONCE WE WENT OVER THE TRACKS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO JUMP AND SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. IT WAS VERY SCARY. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE TRUCK WOBBLED SIDE TO SIDE FOR A GOOD DISTANCE AFTER WE WENT OVER THE TRACKS. THE WOBBLING WAS FELT EXTREMELY STRONG IN THE FRONT END AND CARRIED THROUGH THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. IT ONLY SUBSIDED AFTER SLOWING THE TRUCK DOWN BY LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND LETTING IT COAST TO ABOUT 25 MPH. THANK GOODNESS WE WEREN'T ON THE HIGHWAY OR WORSE YET, THAT WE WEREN'T TOWING ANYTHING. WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK TO TOW A LARGE FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE TOWING THIS ON THE HIGHWAY WE WOULD PROBABLY LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THAT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC TO SAY THE LEAST. I HAVE JUST UNDER 4,000 MILES ON MY NEW TRUCK AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS MINIMAL. SO MINIMAL THAT WE WROTE IT OFF AFTER IT HAPPENED. BUT, IT TOO HAPPENED AFTER GOING OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS ON A RURAL ROAD JUST OUTSIDE OF SEVEN MILE OHIO. IT WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND. SINCE THIS HAPPENED I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO LOOK TO THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFO. IT SEEMS THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM WITH THE SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. THERE IS A PLETHORA OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT SAME THING. MY FEAR IS CONTACTING MY LOCAL SALES DEALERSHIP AND GETTING THE STANDARD JARGON. HAVING THE MECHANIC TAKE IT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND THEN CALL ME AFTER I DROP IT OFF TO THEM FOR THREE DAYS AND THEM TELL ME THAT NOTHING OCCURRED AND NOTHING APPEARS BROKEN. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I HAVE ALMOST 4,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE.

GOING STRAIGHT AT 55 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING ,WOBBLING AND LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS I RAN OFF OF THE ROAD INTO THE MUD ON A COUNTY BLACKTOP ROAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.

SEVER DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEED AND WHILE BREAKING. STEALING WHEEL JERKS VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT VEHICLE CONTROL IS DIFFICULT.

I WAS DRIVING 70MPH AND HIT A BUMP WHEN THE TRUCK BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. I COULD NOT TURN TO GET OFF THE HWY AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 25MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED.

IF THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP ADDY SLEDS ABOVE 45 MILES PER HOUR, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAVE MULTIPLE VIDEOS OF MULTIPLE INSTANCES, TOO LARGE TO UPLOAD HERE.

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH ON A CURVED 2 LANE HIGHWAY I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE WILDLY AND ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING BY COMING TO AN ALMOST COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A NARROW 2 LANE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY. AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP I HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE AND ACTUALLY CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND WENT SEVERAL FEET INTO THE ONCOMING LANE.