2019 FORD F-250 Unknown Or Other Problems
110 NHTSA complaints on file
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Truck tailgate has been opening on it’s own while I’m driving for several weeks. The first few times I thought I had maybe pushed the FOB in my pocket somehow. I pull a bumper pull trailer most of the time and I had been taking the FOB out of my pocket and setting it in my console so I would not “accidentally” open the tailgate. Over the weekend I ran to the store and when I put my truck in reverse I could see from the camera that the tailgate was already open, and the FOB was sitting inside my console. Today I’m pulling a trailer and the tailgate opened up again at some point and smashed the tailgate all up from it crushing against the jack on the trailer. FORD tells me my truck wasn’t involved in the recall that was issued for this already and yet my truck...
Back window blew out closing the drivers door
DEATH WOBBLE, VIOLENT SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER SMALL BUMP IN ROAD
MY TRUCK WAS PARKED LAST NIGHT AND I CAME OUT TO IT THE MORNING AND MY REAR HEATED SLIDING GLASS WINDOW WAS SHATTERED
VIOLENT SHAKING AT A SPEED OF 72MPH, SHAKING STOPPED ONCE SLOWED TO 50MPH. ISSUE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 18330 MILES ON IT.
TWICE NOW WHEN WE HAVE BEEN ON I75 IN BRANDON, FL , WE CAME OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AT 60 OR 65 MPH AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY MAKING STEERING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HORRIFYING. BOTH TIMES WE HAD TO PULL OVER ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER AND COME TO COMPLETE STOP. WE THOUGHT WE HAD LOST THE TREAD ON A TIRE OR HAD SOME OTHER TIRE ISSUE. WE DIDN'T. WHEN WE STARTED AGAIN, THE TRUCK DROVE FINE. IT HAS ALSO BECOME SLIGHTLY UNRESPONSIVE GOING BUMPS ON THE HIGHWAY PREVIOUSLY BUT I HADN'T CORRELATED THE EVENTS. I HAVE NOW SINCE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE STEERING DAMPENER ISSUE. OUR DEALERSHIP IN FT MYERS, FL WILL NOT FIX IT UNTIL 5/6/21.
TRUCK SEEMS TO HAVE A DEATH WOBBKE AT ABOUT 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I HIT A OVER PASS JOINT IN THE ROAD OR ANY SLIGHT BUMP WHILE DRIVING FORD HAS REPLACE THE DAMPNER 4 TIMES NOW BUT THE PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK AND NOW IT CAN BE FELT IN THE BREAKING OF THE TRUCK WHEN STOPPING TO ABRUPTLY!
JUST BOUGHT TRUCK LAST FRIDAY AND DROVE YESTERDAY (3/3/21) FOR THIRD TIME AND ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY DRIVING AROUND 60-65MPH AND STARTED TO CROSS A BRIDGE THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I MEAN WHOLE TRUCK WAS SHAKING ANDI DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED..I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND GET TO OUTSIDE LANE AND PULL OFF ROAD.. LOOKED AROUND TRUCK SAW NOTHING OUT OF ORDINARY AND CONTINUED TO DEALER TO GET THE 2 NEW TIRES PUT ON THAT WERE ORDERED AND WHEN I TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED THEY SAID OH NO ES WE KNOW HOW TO FIX JUST GET A NEW STEERING DAMPER AND THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER FROM FORD AND HAVE BEEN AND MAY NOT BE IN UNTIL END OF MONTH..AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY SAID IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FIXED AND IF NEED TO DRIVE DON'T GO OVER ABOUT 40-45 MPH..I WAS FRANTIC AND SCARED THANK...
WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY , TAILGATE OPENED ON ITS OWN AND TAILGATE FELL OFF
REAR & FRONT CAMERAS ARE VERY CLOUDY CAN'T SEE WHAT'S BEHIND ME , CAN'T EVEN SEE A TRAILER TONGUE. VERY SMOKEY
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE GOING DOWN A ROAD AT ABOUT 55 MILES PER HOUR AND ALL THE SUDDEN MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY I HAD A REAL HARD TIME MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING SO BAD THERE WAS CARS BEHIND ME AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, THIS WAS EXTREMELY SCARY I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A NEW VEHICLE COULD HAVE SUCH A MAJOR PROBLEM MY TRUCK IS A 2019 F250 WITH 17,000 MILES NOW I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN, WHAT IF MY KIDS WERE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME AND THIS CAUSED US TO BE IN A ACCIDENT. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED, I CALLED FORD AND MADE A APPOINTMENT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT IN THREE WEEKS... SO...
I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY ON AN INCLINE AND SLIGHT CURVE. THERE WAS A LITTLE DIP IN THE ROAD. THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I PULLED OVER CHECKED TRUCK AND TIRES OVER. FOUND NO PROBLEM. I PULLED BACK ON THE FREEWAY AND THEN IT DROVE NORMAL. DID RESEARCH AND I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE DEATH WOBBLE BEFORE THAT.
FORD F-250 AT HIGHWAY SPEED (50-70MPH) WILL BECOME TOTALLY UNSTABLE AFTER HITTING AN UNEVEN SECTION OF ROAD, BUMP, POT HOLE. VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE CONTROL IS NOT GAINED UNTIL THE TRUCK IS SLOWED DOWN TO 15-20 MPH. OTHER CARS NOTICE AND SLOW DOWN, TO AVOID POSSIBLE COLLISION. THE ISSUE IS AND WILL RESULT IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE WAS EXPLAINED AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
FILED CLAIM 11365809. ISSUE RESOLVED AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP ON 10/27/2020 FOR 2ND TIME. ON 11/14/2020 ISSUE REOCCURRING. VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH. "DEATH WOBBLE"
HAD TAILGATE RECALL DONE IN FEBRUARY 2020. TAILGATE CONTINUES TO OPEN ON ITS OWN. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. RECENT INCIDENT 11/9/2020 TAILGATE OPENED TWICE WHILE ON ROAD AND DAMAGED 5TH WHEEL CAMPER CARGO DOOR. VEHICLE AT DEALER 3 DAYS COULDN'T GET TAILGATE TO REPEAT INCIDENT. ADVISED NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PRIOR TO LEAVING DEALER TAILGATE WOULDN'T OPEN. RECALL FIX HAS NOT WORKED. I SEARCHED INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM.
DEATH WOBBLE
THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS AT SPEED 60 MPH OR OVER. IF ONE TINY BUMP IS HIT WHILE ON A HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE SPEEDS DROPS TO AROUND 40 MPH. IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPING MORE FREQUENTLY.
VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. "DEATH WOBBLE". ISSUE HAD BEEN "RESOLVED" BY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND DAMPER WAS REPLACED. ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN MONTHS AFTER INITIAL REPAIR.
DRIVING 65, HIT ROUGH PART OF THE ROAD, DEATH WOBBLE STARTED (STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END SHAKING VIOLENTLY). IT SENT ME INTO THE OTHER LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND IT STOPPED WHEN I GOT DOWN TO AROUND 30-40 MPH. DID IT AGAIN LATER IN THE WAY, SAME SITUATION. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT AND IT ONLY HAS 32,000 MILES.
DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHIMMY 'DEATH WOBBLE' SO BAD I HAD TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AFTER I WAS BELOW 10 MPH THE SHIMMY STOPPED
WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE IN PAVEMENT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD, AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGINS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. I'VE SINCE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND THIS IS REFERRED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE." THIS HAS HAPPENED AT 55 MPH AND AT 80 MPH. FRONT OF VEHICLE ALWAYS SEEMS TO "FLOAT" WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE IN PAVEMENT OR BUMP IN THE ROAD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS.
WHILE DRIVING WESTBOUND ON I-10 I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OFF THE NORTH BOUND OFF RAMP AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO "WOBBLE" I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THIS NOT BEING THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED I KNEW NOT TO HIT THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK CONTINUED GOING WEST, I WENT THROUGH TWO MEDIANS AND HIT A SIGN BEFORE STOPPING IN A SOUTH BOUND ON COMING TRAFFIC LANE. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE DOCUMENTED TIMES WITH TWO DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY WERE ALSO GIVEN A LIST OF OTHER OCCURRENCES. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS CALLED THE 'DEATH WOBBLE" AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED IN FOR THE ISSUE I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, THAT POSSIBLY GETTING NEW TIRES OR ALIGNMENT MAY HELP. NOTHING HELPED, I WAS JUST IN ON JULY 30TH FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THE...
DEATH WOBBLE !!!! STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AROUND 75 MPH ,,, ,GOING AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE ,AND HIT A SEAM IN THE ROAD OR A POTHOLE ......TRUCK HAS 10,000 MILES ON IT !!! TRUCK IS NOT RAISED OR ALTERED IN ANYWAY !!!! HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT ..
VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES ON INTERSTATE WITH NO WARNING. VEHICLE WAS COMPLETLEY COMSUMED IN FIRE WITHIN SECONDS AND REDUCED TO A PILE OF STEEL AND ASHES. ODOMETER READ 10500 MILES
WHILE DRIVING & PARKED AIR THE BAG SYMBOL COMES ON ALONG WITH CROSS TRAFFIC SYSTEM FAULT & BLIND SPOT SYSTEM FAULT THE AC BLOWS HOT AIR, WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS, TURN SIGNAL, AND TOUCH SCREEN ALL STOP WORKING. IT'S LIKE YOU ARE COMPLETELY LOCKED IN THE TRUCK.
I WAS DRIVING 70-75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY F250 TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING (AKA THE "SHAKE OF DEATH" OR "DEATH WOBBLE") AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. I ALMOST CRASHED. ALL MY BELONGINGS IN MY TRUCK WERE ALL OVER. THE VEHICLE ALMOST FLIPPED. ITS A MIRACLE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY "FIXED" THE "DAMPER ASY". FORD IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MANY CUSTOMERS. DOING RESEARCH I REALIZE HOW MANY CLOSE CALLS AND INJURIES PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM ON THE SAME YEAR FORD TRUCKS, THERE IS ALSO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT'S BEEN PENDING FOR A WHILE APPARENTLY. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL THESE TRUCKS BEFORE TRAGEDY HAPPENS! *TR
DEATH WOBBLE AFTER HITTING GROOVE IN HIGHWAY, WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL STEERING ON TRUCK. *TR
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MY F250 WHICH IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD WOULD BEGIN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW IMMEDIATELY ALMOST TO A FULL STOP...IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS TWICE. ONCE I RAN OFF THE ROAD TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL. IT WOULD HAPPEN VERY RANDOMLY AND THEN NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR DAYS OR WEEKS. YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED THREE TIMES SO I GOT SCARED, PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THEY SAID, BASICALLY, OH, THAT'S THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WE HAVE FIXED TWO OTHERS LIKE THAT. I GOOGLED DEATH WOBBLE TODAY AND THAT IS WHAT MINE DID. SCARY. I'M WORRIED IT WILL CONTINUE. I OWE $60,000ISH ON A WORK VEHICLE I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE VIDEO BUT IT IS TOO BIG TO UPLOAD. *TR
HIT A BUMP RUNNING 75 MPH ON A HIGHWAY AND EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE IT FORCED ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN LESS THAN 2 MILES.
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE INCLUDING THE STEERING WHEEL! I WAS GOING 65 MPH AND I COULD BARLEY HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL IT WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY! BOTH OF MY WRISTS ARE SWOLLEN AND BRUISED AS WELL AS MY RIGHT THUMB. MY NAIL ON MY RIGHT THUMB IS CRACKED AND BRUISED AS WELL AS A RESULT OF HOLDING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL AS HARD AS I COULD. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN AS SOON AS I COULD BUT I SWERVED INTO THE OTHER LANE AND THEN INTO A DITCH. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS VIOLENT SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES TO ME, IT SEEMS TO GET WORSE EACH TIME! THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE AND I WANT JUSTICE. THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, THE HIGHWAY I WAS ON WAS...
I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I WENT OVER AN AREA THAT HAD A PATCH IN THE ROAD AND AS SOON AS I HIT THAT BUMP MY TRUCK FELT LIKE I WAS GONNA LOOSE CONTROL. I ALMOST WENT INTO ANOTHER LANE BUT THANKFULLY I HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TRUCK JUST VIBRATED SO HARD. I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT TENDS TO DO THAT ON BUMPS. *TR
LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, IT GOES INTO A DEATH WOBBLE THAT I CAN'T STOP. THE TRUCK USUALLY HAS TO GET DOWN BELOW 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPS WOBBLING. I LOST A BOAT OFF A TRAILER BECAUSE THE TRUCK AND TRAILER GOT SIDEWAYS
DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AROUND 70 MPH THEN AFTER BREAKS WERE APPLIED THE TRUCK STARTED TO GO INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHICH ALMOST MADE ME CRASH.
DEATH WOBBLE / SEVERE SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT AROUND 70 MPH AND HIT A ROUGH PATCH IN THE PAVEMENT AT A BRIDGE. FORD SHOULD ISSUE A MANDATORY SAFETY RECALL AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND STEERING SYSTEM AND WHATEVER ELSE IT TAKES TO FULLY RESOLVE. PEOPLE WILL GET INJURED OR KILLED IF THIS IS NOT FIXED.
MY 2019 FORD F250 HAS A DEATH WOBBLE. I WAS DRIVING ON 3/22/2020 AT ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 15 MPH TO GET THE WOBBLE TO STOP. THE TRUCK IS 8 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 24,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE TRUCK HAS DONE THIS. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT 50 MPH. THIS WOBBLE WAS VIOLENT, AND IF I HADN'T SLOWED DOWN IT COULD OF CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THERE WERE CARS COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
DEATH WOBBLE
DEATH WOBBLE! UNSAFE!
WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH MY TRUCK'S STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. IT ALSO FELT AS IF THE WHOLE TRUCK WAS SHAKING. I DECREASED MY SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND MY TRUCK QUIT SHAKING. THIS HAPPENED ON 02/23/2020. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK. ONE OTHER TIME I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND THE TRUCK QUIT SHAKING. THE OTHER TIME I WAS DRIVING ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND I WAS IN A CURVE. THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I BRIEFLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WENT INTO THE LEFT LANE. I SLOWED DOWN AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALER TOMORROW MORNING ON 02/24/2020. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN...
DEATH WOBBLE. VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO SLOW ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP TO GET IT TO GO AWAY. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT USUALLY HIGHER SPEEDS FROM 50 MPH TO 80 MPH WHEN IT HITS A BUMP OR A GAP IN THE PAVEMENT.
ME AND MY WIFE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 70-80 MPH, AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO WOBBLE SIDE TO SIDE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLAT TIRE. WE SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OK, AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. I STARTED BACK ON THE HIGHWAY, AND ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER WE HIT A BUMP GOING ROUGHLY 75 MPH, AND THE TRUCK AGAIN STARTED WOBBLING, I FELT LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS TRUCK WITH 18,862 MILES ON IT, AND CURRENTLY THERE IS 19,541 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I STILL HAVE THE MANUFACTURE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE, BUT I FEEL VERY INTIMIDATED TO DRIVE IT, AND MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AFTER THIS INCIDENT. ALL I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE IS THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF THE FORD "DEATH...
I HAVE HAD WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCUR 3 TIMES ON MY 2019 FORD F250 TURBO DIESEL SUPER DUTY , I HAVE 23,198 MILES ON IT. GOING FREEWAY SPEED, WHEN YOU HIT UNEVEN HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY, I HAD TO SLOW TO 30 MPH OR ONE OF THE TIMES COME TO A COMPLETE STOP
DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 68MPH AND PASS AN UNEVEN PART OF THE ROAD AND TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTS SHAKING. HAD TO PULL OVER FOR IT TO STOP. THEY CALL THIS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND THE CONFIRMED IT WAS THE ISSUE AND INSTALLED KC3Z 3E651 B :DAMPER ASY. OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND A DAMPER INSTALL HAD THE PROBLEM RETURN.
STERRING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. PROBLEM IS KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE
STERRING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. ALMOST HIT SOMEONE HEAD ON AT 55 MPH! PROBLEM IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE!
DRIVING 68-70MPH DOWN FREEWAY AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO DEATH WOBBLE. HAD TO PULL OVER TO GET IT TO STOP. 2019 F250 16.9K MILES. TERRIFIED MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE.
LOCAL HIGHWAY DRIVING THE TRUCK SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES OR UNTIL THE TRUCK SLOWS TO A NEAR STOP. THE SHAKE WILL ALSO OCCUR WHEN HITTING A POT HOLE, GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS OR BRAKING. THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OCCURRED AT 17,000 MILES AND HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO A CURRENT 26,000 MILES. AFTER TAKING TO FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT SEVERAL TRUCKS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME AND THE PART(S) WERE ON BACK ORDER. AFTER APPROX. 30 DAYS, THE DAMPNER CAME IN, HOWEVER, THE DEFECT HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. RETURNED TO FORD SERVICE AND HAD A TIRE ALIGNMENT DONE. TO NO AVAIL, THE SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS DEFECT AND FOUND THE FORD COMMUNITY IS CALLING THIS OCCURRENCE AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE".
HIT A BUMP ON THE ROAD AT 45MHP AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY HAD TO TAP THE BRAKE TO STOP IT.
DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE IN F250. WHEN DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS IF DEALERSHIP DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS VEHICLE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
EVERY TIME I HIT A SPEED BUMP THE ENTIRE VEHICLE STARTS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND I HAVE TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL WITH ALL MY STRENGTH.
AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING AND TRUCK BECAME UNDERIVABLE. THE COMMON TERM FOR THIS IS 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I'VE HAD THE SAME ISSUES 5-6 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 WEEKS.
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