Bump in road at highway speed make truck violently shake almost loosing control. Had to slow way down to regain control
2018 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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While traveling on interstate at highway speeds (65-75mph), a violent shaking and vibration began suddenly. Potholes or sudden jarring, such as traveling over a bridge expansion joint, seems to trigger the incidents. The vehicle continues to shudder and vibrate with such intensity, it makes steering and even holding the steering wheel tenuous and unpredictable. The vibration doesn't disappear until the vehicle has slowed to less than 40 MPH. It is a terrifying loss of control while moving at high speed. Rough pavement or transitions in the paving surface seems to trigger it. It has begun at speeds as low as 60mph and as high as 75mph. I have video which shows the effect inside the passenger compartment. This is a 2018 f250 with 46k miles and fully stock everything. Never been modified or used for heavy off road or towing use.
The front end shakes or wobbles violently at normal highway speeds after hitting even the slightest bump making it hard to maintain control of the vehicle. I received a recall notice from the manufacture to address this issue and had the vehicle repaired under this recall however, the problem persist.
Erratic steering and vibration between 40-60 MPH. This has been called the 'death wobble'. There are currently several lawsuits with ford. Took my truck to ford dealer last week for safety recall for replacement of damper assembly but still experience worst problem of wobble. Had to emergency stop almost causing an accident. Incident occurred in the interstate.
My 2018 f250 6.7 l diesel began to shake violently when drive on a flat surface highway at approx 55 MPH. Steering wheel shook violently and I lost control. Here's in to on coming traffic lane. Just missing a head-on collision with another vehicle. Front wheels and steering wheel did not stop shaking until a slowed to 20 MPH. Hapen with no large bumps. Normal highway conditions. Hapoen again the same day. Both were on straight roads. Appears this condition is referred to as the death wobble.
Drastic shaking of the front end/steering wheel when hitting bumps in road over 60 MPH - subsides after you brake to about 40 MPH. Very hard to control vehicle when it occurs.
I am experiencing the death wobble with this truck. I purchased it used in january, 2020. It has approximately 48,000 miles now. While driving, when hitting bumps, the steering wheel shakes violently. No crash, but can be scary at higher speeds.
The truck went into a "death wobble" at 65 miles per hour when it hits a bump in the road. This has happened on numerous occasions with no warning. The steering wheel will violently whip back and forth and the all you can do is get the truck stopped.
While driving on interstate highway 70 in the middle of denver, we hit a small expansion joint. The steering wheel was shaking so violently I couldn't hardly keep a hold of it to steer. I began braking and when I got down to 25 MPH it stopped. My speed wasn't excessive, I was doing the 65 MPH limit. It has done this "death wobble" twice since then, and now I am apprehensive to drive it on the interstate. I will make an appointment with our local ford dealer soon to look it over, but honestly I don't have any hopes to a remedy. I was hoping to report this, and hopefully with the many others that are having the same issue, ford may have to recall these trucks. Unfortunately, someone will have to perish to get any action from ford. Thank you, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
My vehicle has been in the dealer four times to correct what is known as the death wobble. Ford calls it steering oscillation. The death wobble occurs at highway speeds after I drive over a pot hole, expansion joint in a bridge that is not perpendicular or any road abnormality. After multiple ford dealers repaired it I have had no issues. However, after 5,000 to 10,000 miles the death wobble begins to happen. I've escalated the issue to ford multiple times but it falls on deaf ears. I have had no modifications made to the truck to cause this to occur. The truck is 100% stock. Please help. I am a single father and this is my daily driver.
Truck experiences the death wobble when hitting bumps in the road. Truck shakes violently and must pull out of traffic to reduce speed or stop before issue resolves. No warning light indicators illumnate. Truck has 58,000 miles now. Issue began around 44,000 miles. We have short video but cannot upload here due to file type not being permitted. After seeing the numerous complains on this website, wondering why nothing has been done. Ford clearly has been aware of this issue and continues to sell the truck with a known defect and a part on national back order.
While driving on interstate highway at 65 MPH, we hit an expansion joint and the steering wheel began shaking so bad we almost hit the truck next to us. The highway was so crowded all I could do was brake and hang on. Finally when the speed was at 25 it quit violently shaking. Checked the truck out at the next exit and found nothing obvious. On the way home, it did the same thing again with the same result. I have not driven on the highway since because I am scared that we could cause an accident. We live in a rural area with the closest dealer 75 miles away, I will get it there in the near future but my question is, is ford aware of the problem? The truck has less than 15000 miles, and should not be doing this. We are in our late 60?s and I can only hope I can hang on if it happens again. Thank you [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Travelling along a straight section of two-lane highway about 50 MPH and hit a bump or pavement fault in the roadway and immediately experiences a violent shaking in my front end like I had a blown tire. The steering wheel was also shaking violently. I immediately pulled over to inspect the front end. Couldn't find anything wrong.
The front shock absorber bushings are cracked and deteriorating .. Ford will replace them under warranty because they state that the cracked bushing can affect steering, handling and braking .. If the bushings fall apart suddenly the driver of the vehicle can lose control and crash and kill someone.. My service advisor said he has mever seen the problem before.. Being curious I looked at other vehicles on the lot.. Every single f250 and f350 vehicle I looked at had the same problem.. Even the new ones with zero miles had cracked bushings.. It looks like they will fall apart and fail just after the warranty ends. A failed bushing can cause all sorts of steering ans stabilty issues . I thought someone might like to know about this.. Im glad I noticed the cracked bushings before the warranty expires
My 2018 f250 4x4 crew cab has 25,500 miles on it and has been in and out of the ford dealer several times due to the "death wobble" issue. I almost lost control of the vehicle when it happened after hitting a small separating in the concrete on 1-75. The front end and steering wheel began to shake uncontrollably and the truck immediately begin to pull to the right. Luckily there was not a car in the right lane because there would have been an accident. As a result of this incident, I was immediately forced to pull off the road and stop the vehicle to access the situation. I got out to inspect all four tires thinking that I might have a flat tire. That was not the case. Ford should not be selling this vehicle at all until there is a design change to the front suspension. If my wife was driving when this happened I fear that she could of lost control and ended up in a major accident.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford f-250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v278000 (engine, equipment). The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle went over bump in the road and experienced the death wobble. The contact depressed the brake pedal and regained control of the vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the failure recurred five minutes later and regained control of the vehicle by depressing the brake pedal to reduce the speed of the vehicle. Columbia ford kia located at (234 willimantic rd, columbia, ct 06237), was contacted and made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was informed of failure. The failure mileage was 9,300.
It's called death wobble. 30,000 miles on truck. It has happen twice, once at a full stop, I started crossing a 4 lane highway and the whole front suspension started vibrating violently. I had no control. If another car was coming it could have been a wreck as I had no way of steering. I was only doing between 5 & 10 miles per hour. I had to come to a complete stop. The second time was today with 40,000 miles. I was going 65 MPH down a two lane highway, when it started vibrating out of control. Thankfully I was able to come to a complete stop in the middle of the highway without hitting or someone hitting me. I'm now afraid to drive this truck. Ford refused to fix the problem. What will it take, or how many people will get hurt.
Death wobble at 70mph on the plano, tx george bush toll way and i45 in corsicana, tx
While driving on i90 east bound in burns harbor indiana near the burns harbor exit driving straight at 70mph my truck began to shake violently and dangerously. I had to apply the brakes and slow down below 30mph to get the shaking to subside. On my return trip again on interstate 90 approaching calumet avenue in indiana I tapped the brake to turn off the cruise control while driving straight and the truck again shook so violently that I had to stop right on interstate 90 as I did not have much time to try and get to the shoulder. Luckily there was not any vehicles behind me. My f250 has 14,860 miles. I have owned it since new. This was the first time anything like this has happened. The conditions were sunny and dry, temp in the 50's. Please look into this problem as serious injuries could have occurred.
This has happened on multiple occasions, when driving at highway speed, around 70 MPH, if a pot hole or rough pavement in encountered the vehicle's front end begins to violentlyshake. The truck only has 25,000 miles on it. This is commonly known as the "death wobble." this is extremely dangerous to those in the truck and surrounding motorists as the only way to stop it is to slow down to around 20 MPH, which is dangerous if there is heavy traffic, say on an interstate. Ford is well aware of the problem but has offered no definitive fixes. A solution and recall are needed as if this issue has not killed someone already, it will. Please force ford to solve this issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford f-250. The contact stated that while driving at 70 MPH over the expansion joint on a bridge, the vehicle shook violently without warning. The brake pedal was depressed and as the speed was reduced the vehicle became more controllable. The contact stated that the failure was experienced intermittently. Al packer's white marsh ford located at 9801 pulaski hwy, middle river, md 21220, was contacted and an appointment was scheduled to have the vehicle diagnosed which was still pending. The manufacture was contacted and informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 9,800.
Truck experiences "death wobble" when traveling at highway speeds. Massive vibration that results in a temporary loss of control only resolved through lower speed.
Driving on the highway the death wobble occurred several times while driving 50-65 MPH. I had to slam on my breaks and was almost hit by two trucks.
I have a 2018 ford f-250 super crew 4x4 with 26,000 miles on it. I bought it as a certified pre-owned vehicle with approx. 13,000 miles on it. Within the last 30 days, I have experienced on 2 occasions a major shake in the front end. In both cases, I was driving on the interstate at highway speeds of 70-75 MPH. The problem occurred when driving over a rough spot in the roadway. After the 2nd. Occurrence, I took it to a ford dealership and they found tsb 19-2392 which outlines updated track bar and directs replacement. Within 500 miles since the replacement, I experienced once again the same problem. I have since learned that this is referred too as a "death wobble". I have searched and found several articles under this term on this same vehicle. Why hasn't this been addressed by the manufacturer by now? My work requires my ability to travel and I see no way how I can consciously consider myself a safe driver to others on busy roadways out there while driving near me should this occur again.
I just crossed over 15,500 miles and experienced the death wobble when going over a bridge. Will call dealer monday. This needs to be a mandatory recall as the steering wheel is literally jerked out of my hand. I was going approximately 50 MPH.
On 2 occasions driving at approximately 75 MPH - after hitting a minor rough patch in the road the truck / steering / front end began violently vibrate. I thought the truck was coming apart. After stopping on the side of the interstate and expecting the vehicle I couldn't find anything wrong. I thought after the first occurrence that it must have been a fluke. After the second time I realized that something must be wrong so I started some research on the internet. I discovered hundreds / thousands of people complaining of the same thing . . . "death wobble." I testify this is a very real problem and these trucks are dangerous.
While driving at interstate speeds the front end started to shake violently and without any reason. The vehicle was hard to control and was forced to slow down rapidly to regain control. This was the first time I had ever heard of "death wobble" this was a scary event considering I had no idea this could ever happen
Whenever I drive at a high rate of speed (65mph+) and a slight bump or a bridge joint connection, it sends the truck into an uncontrollable shaking of the steering wheel causing loss of control. I bought this truck 3 days ago and am already experiencing the 'death wobble' problem. I am genuinely concerned for the safety of myself, family, and other motorists on the road.
Travling 60 MPH .hit bump on a cruve ,steering wheel started shaking ,needed both hands on steering wheel to control truck .both feet on brake pedel .truck controled at 30 MPH ! Truck did not want to slow down
Truck is vibrating and wobbling while driving. Issue is causing loss of control of the vehicle which could easily result in a serious accident. I called ford and they had us take it in on 01/19/2020 to have it repaired under warranty. Evidently this is an issue with this truck and is under recall. The truck was said to have been repaired but the vibration and wobbling happened again today 01/28/2020 which was seriously scary. The driver had to fight with the steering wheel to try to keep the truck on the road. I called ford today to have the truck taken in tomorrow but I am concerned with the fact that many others are stating that this issue is not getting repaired properly and the issue keeps occurring after repair has taken place. I would like to know what can be done if this is not corrected this time. This truck is not safe to drive.
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