2012 FORD F-350 Steering Problems

DEATH WOBBLE!!!!!! WILL ALMOST SHAKE YOU OFF THE ROAD VERY DANGEROUS. GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. HIT A BUMP IT WILL START GOING ABOUT 60-70 MPH

HAVE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE WOBBLE AT APPROXIMATELY 55 - 60 MPH SEVERAL TIMES ON A FREEWAY AND AGAIN ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY. STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BEGINS WOBBLING SEVERELY AND HAVE TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO GET THE WOBBLE TO STOP. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE WOBBLE CAN TAKE YOU OUT OF YOUR LANE OF TRAFFIC AND YOU NEED TO SLOW QUICKLY TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AT SPEEDS OF 65-70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, AFTER HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE STEERING SHOOK VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOOSING CONTROL. IT WOULD ONLY STOP BY SLOWING TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THIS HAD TO BE DONE ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES.

WHEN ABOVE 50 MPH, IF I HAPPEN TO HIT A BUMP OR BUMPY SPOT IN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES SO AGGRESSIVELY THAT IT WANTS TO PULL YOU INTO THE OTHER LANE OR OFF THE ROAD. THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK LITERALLY FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO VIBRATE INTO PIECES. SCARES THE HECK OUT OF ME. 105K MILES. FACTORY SIZED OEM TIRES. SECOND SET OF TIRES ON THE TRUCK. 80 PSI. I REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER ON THE TRUCK WITH A NEW ONE FROM FORD DEALER. STILL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY.

THIS TRUCK HAS A DEATH WOBBLE,IT'S A NICE TRUCK,BUT GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE FRONT END SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL IT DOES IT WITH OR WITHOUT A TRAILER.I CONTACTED FORD HEADQUARTERS AND WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER WHERE THEY ALIGNED IT AFTER I HAD NEW TIRES,TRACK BAR BALL JOINT,STEERING STABILIZER,U-JOINTS,AND FRONT SHOCKS INSTALLED.IT COST ME$2000.00 FOR THIS TO BE COMPLETED.WELL SORRY TO SAY IT WAS A BAND-AID FIX.AFTER 2500 MILES IT IS BACK AND WORSE THAN EVER I HAVE ONCE AGAIN CONTACTED FORD WHERE I HAVE RECEIVED YET ANOTHER CASE NUMBER,I AM TO TAKE IT BACK IN ON 3/19/19 SO THEY CAN LOOK AT ONCE AGAIN.THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. GOOGLE DEATH WOBBLE THERE ARE ALOT OF VIDEOS ON THIS SUBJECT.THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEXINGTON PARK FORD (2125 GREAT MILLS RD, LEXINGTON PARK, MD), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,600. *TT *TR

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IMPERFECTIONS IN PAVEMENT, TO INCLUDE CHANGES IN ROAD GRADE OR EXPANSION JOINTS, CAUSE SEVERE OSCILLATION IN BOTH FRONT TIRES. THE CONDITION IS UNPREDICTABLE, AND UNCONTROLLABLE. IN THIS CONDITION, THE DRIVER CANNOT STEER THE VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE IS 4 YEARS OLD, BUT ONLY HAS 39,800 MILES. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH FACTORY WHEELS, TIRES AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. IT HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED, OR OTHERWISE DAMAGED. HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS/DOCUMENTS/AND OWNER TESTIMONIALS CAN BE FOUND BY SEARCHING SUPER DUTY DEATH WOBBLE ON THE INTERNET.

DEATH WOBBLE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS. WE HAVE REPLACED TIRES, SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPENER AND TRACK BAR. IF WE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHILE IN A CURVE THE DEATH WOBBLE IS SO SEVERE IT IS LUCKY THAT I HAVE NOT LOST CONTROL. BUT THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO STOP THE TRUCK - ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN KILLED WITH PEOPLE BARELY ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ME. IT SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE THAT IS, AS YET, UNACKNOWLEDGED. COMMONLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE 'FAULTY PARTS' THAT DO NOT FIX THE ISSUE FOR MORE THAN A VERY SHORT TIME. TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY PRETEND TO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE AS THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE STATED IN COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE INTERNET. IT HAS BECOME EVEN MORE SEVERE AND...

DEATH WOBBLE: DRIVING OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF FREEWAY OR OVER AN OVERPASS CROSS JOINT BETWEEN 50 - 65 MILES PER HOUR, I EXPERIENCE VIOLENT SHAKING DUE TO OSCILLATION OF THE FRONT WHEELS AND AXEL. MUST REDUCE SPEED TO ~30 MILES PER HOUR TO MAKE THE SHAKING STOP. I HAVE REPLACED/UPGRADED FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS AND STEERING DAMPER WITH LITTLE EFFECT. I WILL NEXT REPLACE TIRES, ALIGN THE FRONT END AND HAVE THE TRACK BAR (PANHARD BAR) REPLACED. THIS FIRST HAPPENED IN AUGUST 2015, THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL. MY TRUCK IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY. I KNOW A SPOT THAT THE OSCILLATION WILL OCCUR, AND DRIVE TO AVOID IT, HOWEVER IT HAPPENS REGULARLY WITHOUT WARNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY VIBRATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO FORCE THE VEHICLE TO DECREASE IN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS EVENTUALLY TURNED OFF TO STOP THE VIBRATION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THIS WAS COMMON AMONG FORD VEHICLES AND WAS KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE." THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50 AND 62 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN A VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING IN THE STEERING REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO DECREASE SPEED BELOW 45 MPH TO STOP THE OSCILLATIONS. AT THE TIME THIS IS HAPPENING THERE IS LITTLE CONTROL OVER STEERING AND FRONT WHEEL TRACTION IS REDUCED TO ALMOST NOTHING WHEN IT HAPPENS ON A CURVE RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO REMAIN ON THE ROADWAY. THIS IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "FOR DEATH WOBBLE" AND CAN BE SEEN ON YOUTUBE. THE EARLIEST INCIDENCE I'VE SEEN DATES TO 2007. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT FORD HAS PRESCRIBED A NUMBER OF THINGS TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION WHICH THE DEALER HAS DONE AND IT STILL HASN'T RESOLVED THE SITUATION. THE REPAIRS HAVE BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY THUS FAR, BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO FURTHER SOLUTIONS TO FIX THE ISSUE. WET OR SLICK CONDITIONS RENDERS THIS VEHICLE UNUSABLE BECAUSE OF THE...

ON I-81 THRU HARRISONBURG, VA CROSSING A BRIDGE WITH SEVERAL BUMPS IN IT. THE STEERING WENT INTO UNCONTROLLED VIBRATION LIKE IT WAS COMING APART. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. 20 MPH AT NIGHT ON AN INTERSTATE IS HARDLY SAFE. ANOTHER TIME IT OCCURRED WHILE ENTERING AN ON-RAMP TO AN INTERSTATE. AGAIN, I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. THE GUY BEHIND ME, ALSO TRYING TO MERGE, ALMOST HIT ME. THE VIBRATIONS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE TRUCK WAS ALMOST NEW. THE FORD DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. I THINK IT REPRESENTS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. IT ONLY OCCURS UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AT SPEEDS OF 50-60 MPH, A SLIGHT TURN AND ROAD BUMPS OF A CERTAIN FREQUENCY TO INITIATE THE SHAKING. UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, A MECHANICAL RESONANCE WITH POSITIVE FEEDBACK SEEMS TO CREATE THE UNCONTROLLABLE SHUDDER. *TR

THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME I WAS ON A TRIP IN CANADA FROM TEXAS. THE ROAD WAS A LITTLE BUMPY (FARM ROAD) I WAS DRIVING 30 M/H ACCELERATING TO GET TO 60 M/H WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING SO BADLY MY HEAD HIT THE SIDE WINDOW. I COULDN'T STEER THE TRUCK AT ALL I SLOWED DOWN TO 0M/H PUT IT ON PARK THEN STARTED ROLLING SLOWLY AND IT WAS GONE. IT DID IT TO ME 3 TIMES ON A 3 WEEKS PERIOD. SINCE THE ROADS ARE BAD UP THERE I KINDA LEFT IT AS THAT AND TOLD MY HUSBAND ABOUT IT WHEN I CAME BACK TO TEXAS. WE HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND THEY COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE WRONG UNDER THE TRUCK. I WAS MONTHS WITHOUT HAVING ANYTHING SIMILAR HAPPENING TO ME AND YESTERDAY I AM ON I-10 ROLLING ABOUT 65M/H AND THERE IT GOES...

FIRST INCIDENT AT 20K MILES: AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I CROSSED A BRIDGE JOINT AND THE FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE HORIZONTAL STEERING STABILIZING SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED. SECOND INCIDENT AT 49K MILES. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY THE FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE HORIZONTAL STEERING STABILIZING SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED. 99.9 PERCENT OF THE MILES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE ON HIGHWAYS. THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT GO OFF-ROAD. THE FAILURE OF THE HORIZONTAL STEERING STABILIZING SHOCK ABSORBER IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. HAD I BEEN ON SLIPPERY ROADS OR TOWING A TRAILER WHEN THE SHOCK FAILED, LOSS OF CONTROL AND SERIOUS INJURY COULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

AT 55 MILES AN HOUR ON ROUGH PAVEMENT, THE TRUCK BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE BACK AND FORTH. THIS SHAKING AND JERKING CAUSED ME TO ENTER INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. IN ORDER TO REGAIN I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE PEDAL CONTROL THEREBY GETTING THE SPEED DOWN TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. FORD SUGGESTED I CHECKING THE BALL JOINTS AND THE STEERING STABILIZERS. AFTER SPENDING OVER $600 IN PARTS (NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY)AND REPLACING THE WHOLE FRONT END LINKAGE, THE VEHICLE THEN DROVE FINE UNTIL I REACHED ANOTHER 45 THOUSAND MILES OR APPROXIMATELY 90 THOUSAND MILES TOTAL ON TRUCK. NOW IT HAS REPEATED THE SAME PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN THROWING ME INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE REASON FOR PURCHASING A NEW TRUCK IS TO HAVE A SAVE VEHICLE TO USE FOR PERFORMING MY JOB. THIS TRUCK HAS ALL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED IN...

FRONT WHEEL WOBBLE AFTER HITTING BUMP. *TR