2018 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

Sunday 06/12/2022: Driving south in the center lane on I-65 near Shepherdsville, Kentucky, the front end of my truck began shaking uncontrollably. I had to fight to maintain control of my truck as I attempted to decelerate and steer towards the shoulder. The shaking lasted approximately 15 seconds before I could safely get to the shoulder, and numerous cars has to brake rapidly and swerved to miss me . As I pulled to the side, I exited and looked under the front end to inspect my truck for a broken part or damage. Upon visual inspection, I couldn’t see anything that appeared out of normal. I contacted the auto craft shop on Fort Knox on 06/13/2022, and they inspected the truck for broken or worn parts. They reported there was no excessively worn components.

Purchased my truck used on 10/12/2021 with 18,978 miles. I currently have 44,670.7 and I have had about 12 incidents of a shaking of the front end at highway speeds ( between 55-75) with two incidents happening in heavy Nashville traffic on I-65. The worse instance was 6/17/2022 when i crossed a road groove on the interstate (SB I -65 near a Riley Parkway) at approximately 70 mph and the entire front end shook uncontrollably. I worked to maintain control and move to the shoulder, but I was nearly rear ended by several vehicles and a tractor/trailer while attempting to get to the shoulder. My wife and children were in the truck too. I dropped the truck off at Murfreesboro Ford and they initially didn’t want to take the truck for inspection because they asked “ Is it currently doing anything? Drifting? Bouncing? Shuddering?” I replied, “No. it’s not doing anything now.” I had to insidt that the manager take the vehicle and inspect the front. This prompted me to look up the symptoms and learned about “death wobble!” I know why they didn’t want to take it in.

In 2019 I had to take the vehicle to the Ford dealership to have it inspected for violent shaking and loss of steering control after hitting a uneven spot in the road around 55 mph on a two lane highway towing a 40' 5th wheel. The dealership added a component which eliminated the issue for a short period of time. The vehicle has low miles and has exhibited the same issue 4 times in the last two months. Once it occurred at a speed of 35 to 40 mph on a city street and the last occurrence happened while on an on-ramp to the freeway. During the latest on-ramp event it occurred while accelerating to match freeway speeds a complete stop on the side of the freeway in order to get the shaking to stop.

(Death Wobble) Driving down the road and you hit a bump then the front end starts to shake viciously and out of control until slow down or stop to get the truck back under control. I’m afraid to have anyone in my truck besides me

The steering wheel shakes violently on my F350 Super Duty truck. Ford has supposedly fixed this issue for me twice. It typically occurs at speeds over 50 miles per hour. It can also happen after going over bumps or grooves in the road. To stop the shaking, I have to quickly slow way down or even stop completely. I tow a 15k pound 5th wheel with this truck. I'm concerned that this could cause a tragic accident especially since my family is also traveling with me in this vehicle. How can Ford not be responsible for fixing this serious issue, we are taking about losing steering control at high speeds.

my 2018 f350, has a very violent shake when driving 60 mph and above, I was driving when i hit a dip in the highway and the steering wheel started shaking real hard, I felt like i was gonna lose control it was wobbling violently. I took it into the repair shop where they to where able to mimic the issue. this issue just happened out of know where, with no warning.. i can see easily how this will be a safety issue to any one having this same problem wile driving, and a safety issue for others driving next to me..ford has told me they are aware of this issue but have done nothing to fix this safety issue..

Experienced violent wobble of my F350 when over 60mph. Hit a bump in the road and had to slow down in order for it to stop. Had to pull over to the side of the road in traffic to avoid an accident.

Lug Nuts "swell" up and are not easy to remove. I have not had a flat on the side of the road, yet, but I can forsee huge problems trying to remove these Swollen Lug Nuts in a bad situation. Contacted Ford Service since I have an extended warranty, but they would not cover giving me replacement Lug Nuts. Bad Design + Bad Service policy = Stranded Customer in Bad Situation

While driving on the interstate at approximately 65 miles an hour the steering wheel began to violently shake back-and-forth and causing me to lose control of the vehicle. The first time this occurred it was relatively short-lived and lasted maybe 15 seconds as a slowed. At that time I was unsure what I had just experienced and then noted it a second time up at which I had to pull the car to this over to the side of the road and stop. The last event occurred and was prolonged with really an inability to steer the vehicle I was able to stop it. I went home and started to find someone who would repair this. When describing it to the service center I was told that this is become known as the death wobble and he recommended I get it in for repair. I looked online at videos describing the death wobble this was exactly what happened to my vehicle. This is a horrendous safety issue that will likely take several lives until this gets reported and these vehicles repaired.

Ford starts to shake and lose control going over uneven pavement… causing me to have to slam on brakes to keep the violent shaking from persisting