2012 FORD F-250 Steering Problems

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2012 F-250 LARIAT 6.7 LITER DIESEL AND I STARTED HAVING WHAT SOME MAY CALL A "DEATH WOBBLE" ON MY FRONT END SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THAT BAD BUT AT OTHER TIMES FROM 40-60MPH IT GETS SO BAD I HAVE TO PULL OVER. I'M SO FRUSTRATED WITH IT AND IM EVEN AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE DRIVE IT IN FEAR THAT SOMETHING BAD MAY HAPPEN ONE DAY. FORD DELIBERATELY REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AND TRIES TO OFFER BANDAIDS FOR THE PROBLEM I NEED THIS FIXED BECAUSE I DIDN'T SPEND 70K ON A TRUCK THAT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE A LAWSUIT I JOIN A LAWSUIT AND GET THIS MATTER TAKEN ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE'S HEADS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING JUST BY LOOKING ONLINE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE 400 JUST EAST OF AUGESTA KANSAS THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A "DEATH WOBBLE". IT IS CALLED BY OTHER NAMES AS WELL, THE STEERING STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLE AND HAVE TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP. THIS WAS THE SECOND IT IN THREE WEEKS IT HARDENED. IT IS AT THE DEALS HIP NOW AND CAN NOT FIND THE CAUSE. THIS SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH THE MODEL OF TRUCK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. FORD MUST TAKE ACTION AND NOT WAIT AS LONG AS JEEP TOOK TO ADMIT THEIR IS THE PROBLEM I ORDER TO FIX. *TR

NEW 2012 FORD F250, SUPER DUTY, 4X4, CREW CAB TRUCK, PURCHASED 11/2013. APPROX. 1 MONTH PRIOR, THE TRUCK BEGAN HAVING A VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (75% HIGHWAY DRIVING, 25% CITY). THE VIBRATION GOT WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY. THE 2ND DAY THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXHIBITED A LARGE BULGE (TREAD SEPARATION) ON THE INSIDE TWO TREAD GROOVES. FORD REPLACED THE TIRE, WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME BRAND AND MODEL. ON 6/30/2014, THE FRONT DRIVER TIRE, WITH NO WARNING, DEVELOPED THE SAME ISSUE, A LARGE BULGE IN THE INSIDE TREAD GROOVES. THE TIRES ARE CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC LT275/65R18 123/120S TIRES, DOT# A3B9 479B 2511. BOTH TIRES HAD VERY LITTLE TIRE WEAR AND THE WEAR WAS EVEN ACROSS THE TIRE SURFACE, THE TIRES SHOWED NO SIGN OF POTENTIAL FAILURE. I DID GET TO SEE THE INSIDE OF THE SECOND FAILED TIRE, THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE EXCEPT THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL EXCESSIVELY IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014: ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY, TEMPERATURE 75 DEGREES. EXTREMELY DRAMATIC WHEEL WOBBLING. TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE, APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, DROVE OVER SEVERAL SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD WHEN THE SHAKING AND WOBBLING STARTED. TRUCK STARTED VEERING INTO LEFT LANE OF INTERSTATE. WE THOUGHT OUR WHEELS WERE COMING OFF DUE HOW VIOLENT THIS ACTION WAS. GENTLY APPLIED BRAKES, AND SHAKING/WOBBLING SUBSIDED AROUND 30 MPH AND PULLED OFF OF THE INTERSTATE. FIRST THING ACCOMPLISHED WAS GOING AROUND AND CHECKING EACH TIRE TO SEE IF THEY WERE LOOSE. THEY WERE SECURE. HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW MORNING, JUNE 17, 2014 AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED. TO SAY WE WERE TERRIFIED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. *TR

2012 F250 WITH THE DEATH WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END. DRIVING TRUCK DOWN HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND THE FRONT END JUST START TO SHAKE AND FEEL LIKE THE FRONT END IS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT WOULD STOP SHAKING. TAKE TRUCK TO FORD TO GET FIXED AND I'M TOLD THAT IT WILL NOT BE COVER UNDER WARRANTY. THE TWO FRONT BALL JOINTS GO OUT AND THE TRACK BAR AT 39K MILES. THEY TELL ME THAT IT IS NOT COVER UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. FROM WHAT I'M TOLD FORD KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HAS NOT FIXED IT YET. *TR

I WAS SAFELY OPERATING MY FORD F 250 ON A CONCRETE BRIDGE IN PINE ISLAND FLORIDA . I WAS TRAVELING @ 63 MPH AND WAS MAKING A SLIGHT LEFT BEND . THE TRUCK CROSSED AN EXPANSION JOINT AND WENT INTO UNCONTROLLABLE VIOLENT OSCILLATION OF SUSPENSION AND STEERING . THE OSCILLATION WAS SUCH THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO HOLD ON TO AND MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS MULTIPLE FLAT TIRES OR A WHEEL CAME OFF THE VEHICLE . HARD BRAKING TO UNDER 30 MPH WAS WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO STABILIZE STEERING TO "NORMAL" . THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED AND I DISCUSSED WITH MY SERVICE ADVISER AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM. I INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD SEE NO DAMAGE OF OBVIOUS PROBLEMS . I MONITOR TIRE PRESSURE REGULARLY , HAVE NO MODIFICATIONS TO SUSPENSION OR STEERING ON VEHICLE . THE NEXT TIME THIS...

VIOLENT SHAKING OF ENTIRE TRUCK (REQUIRING DRIVER TO PULL OFF HIGHWAY/ROADS - AT RISK) - SPEED APPROX ~45-70MPH HIGHWAY/OR BACK ROADS. THIS INCIDENT (UPON RESEARCH) IS KNOWN AND CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. THIS ISSUE CAUSES A FULL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE HERE (SEARCH INTERNET ON FORD 250 DEATH WOBBLE FOR VIDEO EVIDENCE - MANY INSTANCES) FORD MUST TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. I NOW HAVE A 2012 VEHICLE WHICH IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ISSUE IS ONGOING AND OCCURRED ON MANY DATES MANY TIMES EX. DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-7 MILES HOME FROM GROTON CT TO NIANTIC CT - FORCED TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY 3 OUT OF THE 4 TIMES THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' ENSUED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HIT A SMALL SEAM IN THE ROAD AT APPROX. 60 MPH AFTER HITTING THE SMALL SEAM MY WHOLE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO A POINT WHERE I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. ONCE THIS HAPPENED I BEGAN REDUCING SPEED AND AS THE SPEED WAS REDUCED THE SHAKING WAS REDUCED AS WELL. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO STOP THE SHAKING. ONCE STOPPED THE TRUCK DROVE FINE FOR A WEEK THEN DID IT AGAIN AND SINCE HAS DONE IT IN THE TWO WEEK FOLLOWING. THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, TRUCK HIT IRREGULARITIES IN THE ROAD. VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE SLOWED TO 10-15 MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY OCCURRED ON THIS INCIDENT. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND TRACK BAR ASSY / BUSHING WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND SERIOUS INCIDENT WAS @ 48,000 MILES A MERE 11,000 MILES LATER. WHILE TRAVELING 55-60 MPH THROUGH A LEFT HAND CURVE AND CROSSING ANOTHER IRREGULARITY IN THE ROAD (BRIDGE-PAVEMENT JOINT) THE TRUCK AGAIN BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC WHERE A LOG TRUCK WAS TRAVELING. THE LOG TRUCK WAS ABLE TO GET ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD IN TIME TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. AGAIN THE TRUCK HAD TO BE SLOWED TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AGAIN AND...

TRAVELING ON BUMPY ROADS AT 55 TO 60 MPH THE FRONT END WILL START TO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL I HAD TO BRAKE AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY AND I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO A FORD DEALER IN MINNESOTA. THIS DEALERSHIP PUT A DAMPENER ON THE FRONT END AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SOLVED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS STARTED AGAIN IN JAN OF 2013. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SHAKE AND I FEEL IT WILL CAUSE A ACCIDENT IF NOT RESOLVED. *TR