2011 Ford F-250 SD: ball joint or control arm failure

Filed Apr 29, 2019 · Suspension · 45,423 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford f-250 sd. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced the 'death wobble' when driving highway speeds and over unleveled land. The vehicle was unsafe to drive over 35 MPH due to the violent shaking and vibration. An independent mechanic diagnosed the failure as the 'death wobble' and replaced the tract bar, ball joints, steering stabilizer, steering damper, and performed an alignment; however, the failures continued intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 45,423.

Filed Dec 2, 2016 · Suspension · 200,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford f-250 sd. While driving various speeds over a bump in the road, the front end of the vehicle wobbled very violently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on numerous occasions for a diagnostic testing and repair. The contact stated that the ball joints, shock absorbers, and other unknown components were replaced or repaired by the dealer, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Jul 24, 2014 · Steering, Suspension · 15,000 miles · NC

Death rumble: after any new set of tires gets about 15,000 -20,000 miles on them, the infamous "death rumble" occurs on this model truck. When traveling at speeds of 60 or more and you turn or hit a bump, the front end of the vehicle starts shaking and vibrating violently. You have to come to an almost immediate stop in order to get the vehicle to stop the shaking. It is so bad that you cannot control steering at times and is even visible to others not in the vehicle. All ford dealers that I have spoken with about this are aware of the issue but blame it on tires or tire pressure. I have tried several types of tires (as I know have over 125,000 miles on my truck) and always inflate them as per my owner's manual...this does not help...nor does rotating, balancing, checking brakes, ball joints, suspension, etc. You can watch many many videos of this problem of youtube and other locations, see write-ups in magazines, and as I said, dealers even know about this issue...so why is it not getting corrected???

Filed Aug 28, 2013 · Suspension · 9,012 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

2011 f -250 sd4x4 had 08 king ranch never a prob in 87k miles.the 11 is dangerous!!!!!!!!! This truck will be doing fine on the road, hit a bump or rough spot in the road and truck goes into (death wobble mode ) the whole truck starts bouncing and shaking and viloently wobbling. Have had it back to ford store 4 times. They replaced steering stablizer shocks and ball joints at my expense duh!!! First 3 times they couldnt find anything wrong.it kept doin it . I took it back and they did the repairs I stated. Well I thought it was fixed ...wrong, 22 miles after repair it did it again in a curve,, I couldnt control the wobble and ended up goin thru a fence into a field..have terrible cut on legs and face....filed lawsuit yesterday..will keep you posted...ford has a major engineering prob. They continue to ignore,,,I intend to get their attn,,,,,jc

Filed Feb 5, 2012 · Steering, Suspension · 10,000 miles · MO

I was driving on highway 55 north in imperial missouri with my 3 yr old son in rear car seat when I went over some normal road bump and my front end started shaking so violently that I had to come to a complete stop to correct the shake. This all happened in the fast lane as I had no way to move to left or right. Thank god I was not being tailgated! I was scared half to death and my 3yr old was crying so hard that he couldn't breathe! I took it straight to dealership and they did a tsb for a steering dampener and told me it was fixed. The very next morning it did the violent shake again. Took it straight back to dealership and they had a ford engineer look at it and they replaced a track bar ball joint and said it was good now. I told them that I wanted to test drive it before I took it this time and they let me. Still had the problem and when I told him that he said that the engineer said I needed to put new tires on and a alignment before they do anything else. There is something more than tires and alignment wrong with my truck!!!!! My family truck has become a death trap!!!! Please help with this matter before someone is killed! If this was your child in this truck you would understand my concern!!!