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.
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While driving approximately 65mph in the far right lane, west bound on the us 60, about mcclintock dr in mesa az, in my 2018 ford f250, I hit a small pot hole in the pavement, the truck instantly began jerking violently. It rapidly moved the truck toward the left hand lane. It was all I could do to get the truck back in my lane and slowly move to the shoulder. The violent wobble did not stop until about 35mph. I do not know what caused this. I got out to look at the truck, it appeared normal. I got back on the freeway and in about a mile, hit a expansion joint in the road and caused the truck to do it again. I called san tan ford to get the truck in to service, I dropped it off the same day. This is an extreme and violent wobble with no warning signs and very little ability to control the truck. Definitely a safety concern. I have since researched and found similar concerns with the 2017 -2019 f250 calling it a death wobble. Sounds right. The truck has under 13000 miles on it. I noticed at the dealer, while walking with the service tech, the tires seem to have strange wear pattern on the outside tread. It is a fully stock vehicle with no additions or alterations. All routine maintenence work has been done at the san tan ford, the same dealer as purchase. The dealer told me there was a bulletin out on the problem.
This submission is the second notice of "death wobble' on my 2018 ford f-250 truck. The truck had less then 14,000 miles on it. It occurred on november 9, 2019. I was merging into traffic on an interstate highway at about 65-70 MPH and crossed a bridge joint which caused the front wheels and steering wheel to shake violently. I slowed the vehicle and was almost rear-ended by a 18 wheel semi-truck that couldn't maneuver as it was being passed by a second truck on one side and another merging car on the other. I knew what the had caused the issue as this was the second occurrence in one year. I contacted the ford dealership on november 11th, 2019. They indicated they are aware of the dampener problem. I had them inspect the truck on november 16th at which time they ordered the parts to repair it. The same wobble occurred on november 15th while my wife was driving on a ramp from one expressway to another moving at approximately 55 MPH. I returned to the dealership on 11/29/19 and they still didn't have the part. Two weeks later they notified me that they had the part. It was repaired on 12/16/19. They replaced the steering damper assembly, part no. Spo hc3z 3e651 f. They indicated the dampener is part of tsb 19-2274 and due to large number of vehicles with the same issue, the part is hard to obtain. My wife is now leery about driving the vehicle.
My 2018 ford f-250 has the "death wobble". I purchased the truck in february 2018 and by december 2018 had driven less than 8,000 miles. While driving at 70 to 75 MPH on an interstate highway, I crossed an expansion joint on a bridge and the front-end started bouncing uncontrollably and the steering wheel shaking violently. The shaking stopped after slowing to under 45 MPH. I pulled to the side of the road and checked to see if a I had flat tire or other issue causing the problem. I called the ford dealership, from which I purchased it, for resolution of the problem. They indicated it that they believe the problem was the steering dampener. I brought it to the dealership for repair on 12/30/18 and they kept it for a week. They indicated the "damper" would be replaced under tsb 18-2268. They kept the truck until 1/7/19 until parts arrived. The repair invoice (attached) indicated they'd replaced a failed steering linkage damper, part no. Spo hc3z 3e651 f - damper assembly. This was not caused by lack of maintenance or improper use of the equipment. It was very frightening. The uncontrollable vibration and the need to suddenly slow on an expressway was extremely dangerous. Several trucks and cars had to take evasive action to miss me while I pulled over.
A residual vibration after hitting a bump started in feb 2019 at 8.6k miles. Dealership replaced damper assembly. All good for a while then vibration with hitting a bump started again in oct 2019 at 25k miles. On 11/2/19 at 26k miles at 70 MPH experienced severe/violent shaking in the steering wheel and had to slam on brakes to stop it and bring truck under control. The ford dealership replaced the damper assembly again and the stabilizer bar. Still had the residual vibration after a bump, took back in to dealership on 12/4/19 and they could not 'duplicate customer concern'. On 12/11/19 and 12/16/19 at highway speeds on I-87 between albany and glens falls, ny, I again experienced severe and violet vibration/shaking in the steering wheel. I had a difficult time keeping the truck in the lane I was traveling in and again had to immediately brake hard in heavy traffic to bring the truck back under control. Brought to a different dealership and now being told that despite 1/2 the tread life remaining on the tires that ford is recommending replacing the tires and that an alignment is needed. This dealership is refusing to do alignment unless we replace all 4 tires. At this time the truck has 27k miles on it. I cannot understand how ford can continue to deny this is a major safety issue with their trucks with all of evidence supporting otherwise.
When hitting bumps at interstate speeds of 65-75 MPH, the truck steering/tires/suspension goes into an uncontrollable wobble, "death wobble" having to slow down to roughly 25-30mph to get the truck to come out of the wobble. This problem creates an extremely dangerous situation!!!!! This has happened multiple times and I do not feel safe driving this vehicle.
Ford f250 lariat 2018 has death wobble at highway speeds between 50 and 80 MPH very unsafe scares the bjesus out of me n my family bought it to pull a trailer behind it . Donot want do do that in fear of someone getting severly injuried or worse!! Its been to ford dealership they want to put a bandage on it for $800.00 with no guarantee to fix the problem!! They taught their employees well deny deny deny. What a waste of 48,000 dollars (shame on ford ) bought on november 2 2019
1st incident 2/10/2019, when the vehicle hit a bump in road the truck steering would shake and cause vehicle to bounce to the right uncontrollable, vehicle in shop 2/12/19 to replace steering strut. Vehicle mileage 10,699 on 11/15/2019 a trip from md to ky, travel approximately 72 MPH and about 5 hours in trip, the vehicle hit a small bump in road on highway 79, the vehicle front began to shake violently and pull the truck to the right uncontrollable. I manage to maintain control and slow vehicle down at approximately 10 MPH on the should the shaking stopped. Contact dealer the same day and have an appointment on 12/2/19 to review. The vehicle steering shake when driving at speeds about 40 MPH and will began shaking again when hitting a bump in road. Vehicle mileage is 25210.
Truck shakes violently at highway speeds when you hit a rough spot on highway. Death wobble
Death wobble at about 3000miles after hitting a pothole on a city street , this seems to be a very common problem , when r u going to address the problem ? When people get killed ! How many complaints before u do something about it????
Hit very small bump on the highway and went into an extremely violent shaking and off-balance feeling pulled over to the side of the road that I had a flat tire went down the road and it happened again both instances happened at speeds between 55 and 70 MPH
Driving at 65 MPH the truck began to wobble uncontrollably. I was unable to control steering and was taken left across two lanes of traffic into the median on a highway. The truck wobbles and shakes so bad I was unable to reduce speed very quickly.
Tsb # 18-2268 at 60 MPH on a smooth flat highway and after crossing a bridge expansion joint the truck started to shake violently and was extremely difficult to control. The steering wheel shook so violently it was difficult to hold onto it. Once the vehicle slowed to under 30 MPH the shaking stopped. Because of traffic I was not able to change lanes and going from 60 MPH to 30 MPH in the left lane (fast lane) was extremely hazardous with a tractor trailer bearing down on me blowing madly as he tried to slow his truck down from rear ending me. I called the dealer and they are looking at it on 06/04/2019 @ ciocca ford in quakertown
At 17,000 miles the truck started going into what everyone calls a "death wobble" when at high speed and/or rough spot in the road. It is clear that they have a major safety issue here and they are doing nothing about it and their fix is only a patch that delays the problem to a later date.
At approximating 12161 miles on my truck, it is less than a year old , my f250 the vehicle exhibited (4-5 times) a violent oscillating or shaking of the entire truck when going over a bump in the pavement or over the expansion joint of a bridge. I have nearly lost control of the vehicle (4-5 times). My course of action is to take my foot off of the gas, slow down, safely pull to the shoulder of the road, slow down to 5mph, and then I can continue on. The shaking is so violent I thought the truck / I was going to flip over because of lack of steering.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford f-250. While driving 65 MPH, the front end of the vehicle violently vibrated and fractured the windshield. The vehicle was currently at autonation ford katy (20777 katy fwy, katy, tx 77450, (281) 305-8949) where the contact was informed that there was a possibility that the wheels were unbalanced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 26,000.
While driving on the interstate, at 70 MPH (posted speed limit) experienced extreme vibration/wobble in the steering wheel and tires after driven over slight rough patch on the highway. It was extremely hard to maintain control of the truck to get it to the shoulder of the highway through traffic. Vibration was apparently visible to onlookers, as several drivers motioned for me to pull over. Truck was bought brand new, six months ago, and only has 16k miles. Truck is stock, no modifications have been done on the truck. Vibration/wobble occurred several more times so we exited highway and returned home via backroads (posted speeds of 55 MPH or less) without further incident.
I was driving down I-10 going east on I-10 and crossed the bridge at the alabama/florida line. I was changing lanes while going across the bridge and hit a bump. The front end of the vehicle started violently shaking. The steering wheel was also violently shaking. I had no control of the vehicle and it shook until my speed dropped below 45 MPH which took about 20 to 30 seconds. I felt that if I had hit the brakes, that the front wheel would have sheared right off the axles. This was the most frightening situation I have ever experienced in a vehicle. I have kept the speeds below 50 since the incident and I do not feel safe in the vehicle.
Hit bump on highway and vehicle starts shaking out of control. This has happened over 5 times now. Ford would only replace steering dampener. It did it again after being in shop for 3 days. This is very dangerous and can only stop the shaking by slowing to a stop in the middle of the road as it is almost impossible to steer. From researching online, this is an ongoing problem referred to as the "death wobble". Ford refuses to look further into the suspension and steering components and claims everything is fine and it was the tire air pressure. The air pressure was to specs. And still did it.
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