I was driving 65mph on I16 to get on I75 in Macon, GA. The truck started shaking as if I had blown all four tires. After taking it to a repair shop, I was told it is called a "Ford Death Wobble."
2015 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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The vehicle violently shakes at speeds above 60mph. I must abruptly slow down on highway or come to a complete stop. This is dangerous to me and other drivers.After further research I have found this issue has caused serious injury and death.
Death Wobble again after repair at 200,000 miles at local Ford dealer.
When I hit any kind of bump in the road, especially when you change lanes the truck shakes so violently you have to slow down to about 10 miles an hour to get it to stop. This has been happening for years & on a few occasions it almost caused an accident. On one occurrence it was so bad the truck shook me off of the highway. This is an ongoing issue, I have tried many repairs to try to alleviate this problem with no luck.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the contact experienced the death wobble. The contact stated that the vehicle shook violently after driving over and unknown object on the roadway. The contact stated that he had previously taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic for repairs to address the failure. The contact stated that several front-end components were replaced; however, the failure returned over time. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.
Unable to steer, vehicle was wobbling almost losing control while on highway vehicle began to bounce side to side.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 -75 MPH, the vehicle experienced the death wobble. The contact would aggressively apply the brakes to reduce the speed to 25 MPH. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who replaced the drag linkage, track bar, tie rod ends, stabilizer, and bushings. The failure had progressed since the repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving and exceeding 55 MPH, the vehicle would shake abnormally. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle with an unstated linkage failure. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the failure had reoccurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 37,000.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at high speeds, the vehicle experienced the death wobble. The dealer was made aware of the failure; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000. The VIN was unavailable.
For about the last 12 months, my truck has what they call the death wobble. This is happened continuously at speeds of 40 to 60 miles an hour and sometimes even takes me off the road and I have to pull over and stop. In addition, I believe the brakes went out due to the continuous wobbling
DEATH WOBBLE. I experienced the death wobble for the first time a few days ago on a road that I drive twice a day. This road has bumps in the road when you are heading west, but I was heading east and have never experienced any kind of steering issue when traveling that direction. The truck started shaking as the front springs and shock absorbers were fighting against each other. The steering wheel was uncontrollable. The only way to stop the wobble was to slow down to a near stop. Ford needs to issue a recall on this issue, as it is a safety hazard to the driver, passengers, and other vehicles on the road.
On more than one occasion I experienced a violent shaking while driving on highway speeds. The incident happened out of no where. I had my child in the backseat so I tried to slow down quickly not sure if made it worse but the shaking / wobbling didn’t stop till came to a complete stop. I was in fear of our safety so i got of the highway pulled aside and checked my superduty for suspension or steering issues. Everything thing looked normal so i decided to get back on the road. Truck seemed fine again. Didn’t think much of it till it happened again, same deal very scary. I did do a bit of research online and found out that this was a common problem with Ford super duty models. This is 2022 why hasn’t this been addressed? Do people have to die before Ford is held accountable? This is my work truck Mon-Fri and my family truck the rest of the time. I will get this repaired at my expense in order to keep my family safe. Please do something about this. Make Ford responsible for selling trucks that are dangerous to drive.
The death whobble on front end of trk.i done repaired numerous times can't get it fixed. This is ridiculous! Done been in numerous near misses very scary on the road or interstate comes out of nowhere it will take you off the road now this is my only vehicle and scared to drive it over 40 mph what do I do?
I’ve been experiencing the death wobble, which is a violent shaking that happens to the front end of my Ford F250 Super Duty trucks. It typically occurs at speeds over 50 miles per hour. It also happens after going over bumps or grooves in the road. To stop the shaking, I must quickly slow way down or even stop completely. It’s terrifying, especially when I’m driving with my 2 children in the truck.
At highway speeds if you hit a bump the front end goes into a wobble that translates to the steering wheel. If you slow down the problem stops .This has happened to me twice in the last 3 weeks. Incredibly dangerous especially in a 10,000 lb truck at 70 mph, and if you were towing something it could be catastrophic. I went online and found hundreds of people complaing about the exact same problem with their 2005 - 2019 F250 and F350's. Does someone need to get killed before Ford is forced to address the issue ????
A common, but irregular violent shaking of the steering after I go over a bump in the road of come off an overpass. Sometimes it happens once in a week, sometimes it will happen 2 times in 2 miles. The problem doesn't occur under 45 MPH. It is so dangerous that I don't want anyone driving my truck except me, in case this happens again. Very scary. Very dangerous.
The truck suddenly shakes violently when hitting a dip in the road around 50 to 60 mph. You must hit the brakes and slow considerably to stabilize the truck. This is extremely dangerous and is a Ford design issue. My son has a new F250 and it does the exact same thing. This has happened to me 4 times within the last 6 mos.
2015 F250 4x4 death wobble,
I purchased a 2013 Ford F-250 and ever since I bought it it had speed wobbles on the freeway. Took it into the dealership numerous times and they did nothing, I filed a lemon law complaint, they didn't help and again Ford did nothing!!!! Bought a 2015 been dealing with this same issue since I purchased it, on the freeway you feel your teeth are going to come out and rattle out of your skull! I just been dealing with it but the other night 10-06-21 I almost got into a major accident and almost died and that's when I thought I better look and see if there's any class action law suit going on against Ford, knowing this problem exist and not lifting a finger to fix the issue! Thank you! [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
It hits a small bump in the road an it shakes so hard that I ave to jerk the wheel hard one direction an slam on the brakes to make it stop. Normally it happens around 60-65. When it starts shaking if I am in traffic it is scary. Have to pull over to the side of road. I think I only have 80k miles on the thing. It is random. Sometimes it does it for no reason, sometimes you hit a bump an nothing happens. Once it starts nothing will stop it but to slow down really slow. I thought it was maybe a tire out of balance so I had them rotated an thought it fixed it. The only way to keep it from shaking now is to not drive it.
I was driving on I275 in Cincinnati, Oh. during morning rush hour. Traffic was very heavy and there were many cars close behind me. My speed was probably 70 mph. The highway took a turn to the left as I approached a bridge transition. Upon hitting the transition, the steering wheel was literally torn out of my hands and the vibration made me wonder if the front suspension had broken the vibration was so severe. I immediately responded with heavy braking and to this day, I can't imagine how countless cars didn't run into me from behind. I finally was able to regain control of the truck when my speed dropped below 30 mph and I pulled off the road into the center median at which point several cars following me displayed the middle finger salute as they passed by. I can't blame them. Thankfully, the event did not lead to a multi car chain reaction accident. This truck with these issues is a death trap. At the time of the incident, the truck had 17,500 miles on it.
At highway speeds the truck will start shaking violently with what seems to be referred to as the Death Wobble online. This started in may of this year. The truck has been to the dealer to fix this issue at least 3 times and is there again. I will obtain the paperwork from the dealer. I have video's of this, one from May 11 prior to the first fix, one on June 25th after the next fix and another one on August 28th. Prior to the August 28th video, the Dealer had made contact with Ford on June 25th to start a hotline case. Ford and the dealer said it's ok to keep driving it and not to bring it back to them until July 13th. After dropping this truck off on the 13th, they kept the truck until August 27th because they were working with Ford. This vehicle is not safe to drive. When it starts the death wobble, it will not stop before slowing down below 50 mph, in some cases even further than that. It is not something that would come thru in pictures but I can send you links to the video's I have.
I was traveling down Hwy 75 north at 70to 75 mph when i hit a series of bumps in succession and it sent the truck into a highspeed wobble which would not stop. I changed lanes thinking it was the road but it continued making steering difficult. I slowed down rapidly and moved off the road in traffic to a stop finally on the shoulder. Everything checked out and I proceeded on my way. This was very abnormal it was a excessively violent shake that did not stop until I stopped.
This is the second 2015 Ford F-250 we have driven with the death wobble. The first one was a test drive before we purchased the one we have. We were driving it on the interstate and hit a bump and it started shaking profusely and was very scary. I could see this causing a very bad accident. We figured this one had something severely wrong with it and wasn't in the best condition. It has 60K on it. The we have now has 150K on it and about 5K ago it did the same thing. We took it in for repairs and they replaced the components in the steering that seemed to be of issue. The issue is better but still has a bad shake in the front end when hitting a bump. This seems to be very common with these trucks up to model year 2019. Ford should issue a recall and fix the problem with these trucks.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at an unknown speed over a bridge, without warning, the vehicle began to shake uncontrollable. The contact took his foot off the accelerator pedal, coasted the vehicle to the shoulder of the road, and engaged the brake pedal which stopped the vehicle from shaking and the vehicle resumed normal driving. The dealer was contacted and informed the contact that the failure needed to be diagnosed, and to bring the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact mentioned the federal safety agency Campaign number: 20E090000 (Steering, Suspension, Equipment) as a possible solution to the failure however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 71,000.
When I am driving about 60 ish miles per hour and I hit a bump or like a small pot hole my truck's steering starts to shake and the entire frontend shakes so badly that I cannot control the truck until I can get it stopped. It does not do it all the time it happens all of a sudden. I have put new tires on the truck, new front end parts, had it aligned and it just keeps happening. It has been going on since the truck had 110,000 miles just out of my warranty but the Ford dealer just kept telling me it was the tires. This morning it was the worst that it ever have been.
Experiencing a "death wobble". At speeds of 50mph or more, on paved highways and streets, when hitting a bump a just the right angle, the front end will begin to shake violently. If feels like the entire front of the vehicle is coming apart. Episode may last as long as 15 seconds. Have replaced the front shocks, steering stabilizer, and numerous other parts as recommended by tipton motors (brownsville, texas ford dealership) and problem still exists.
I have been experiencing what people refer to as the death wobble. Truck starts to violently shake. This happened a few months prior then went away. Now it is not stopping
The "death wobble" has happened at least 6 times over the last 6 months. Front end violent shakes after hitting bump above 60 MPH.
While driving my 2015 f250 the front end began to shimmy and shake violently at 50 MPH. Truck was wobbling all over and to begin quick deceleration and slight braking. Once truck dropped to about 20 MPH the symptoms stopped. Looked over truck and saw no obvious issues . I drove slowly to repair shop and they checked over front end and stated would need traction rod, stabilizer and ball joints as this is known issues on 2005-2019 super duty vehicles. Ford dealer said they were unaware of any recall or issues but could check it out. If the other garage was corrected it would around $800 to 900 to repair. As I left and made right turn it again shimmied badly and I return to dealer. They suggested leaving truck and they could get to it in a few days. I feel this unacceptable from ford for a obvious safety issue. Has the federal safety agency been aware of this issue and is a recall to protect the consumer large investment in order? These trucks are not cheap and ford touts teh moto, built ford tough> please research and advise if there is a recourse for the consumers that are experiencing these safety issues. You can contact me at: [xxx]. Thanks for allowing me to express my concern for myself and others on the road that possibly receive life threatening injuries. Best and hope to here from you [xxx] parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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