I bought this truck with 14000 miles 3 days ago. I was driving with kids 40mph when I hit a bump on road. The trick violently started shaking and did not stop until I completely stopped the truck. I called service and they said it is a death wobble and if they replace the manufacture part it will happen again in about 30k miles. I was driving on a city road when this happened.
2019 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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At approximately 55 MPH, I hit a bump in the road and the steering began to wobble uncontrollably and I lost control of the vehicle. The only way to make it stop was to slow down to approximately 25 MPH on a busy highway. Any time I hit a bump in the road at ~55 MPH or more, this happens. Truck has 25800 miles. It has been doing this for the last couple of weeks, but up until this time, it was not near as bad. It is very dangerous and impossible to control without slowing down.
Death wobble / severe shaking of steering wheel and almost lost control of vehicle. Was traveling down the road at around 70 MPH and hit a rough patch in the pavement at a bridge. Ford should issue a mandatory safety recall and replace the entire front suspension system and steering system and whatever else it takes to fully resolve. People will get injured or killed if this is not fixed.
I have the ford death wobble already been serviced after 1700 miles for this issue and don't think it solved the problem of a new steering stabilizer
Driving truck at about 50 MPH hit pot hole then started to violently shake had to slow down to bring it under control
The problem has happened about 5 times now, the last time I was towing my work trailer. It seems it is always at or near highway speeds and only if I hit some rough pavement or the start or stop of a bridge. After I hit the rough spots the front end and steering wheel starts to shake very violently. I have to slow down drastically to get it to stop, maybe around 25 MPH. The first few times where bad, but the last time with my enclosed trailer I was in the middle of I-75 in ft. Myers florida and I thought for sure it was going to cause a wreck. Fortunately traffic was not to heavy and everyone was able to get out of my way as I made my way to the shoulder. I really like the truck, but I can not have this happen as I am on I-75 with my trailer just about every weekday it would have not been such a good outcome if it would have been normal traffic for this time of year.
Going highway speeds I hit a small bump and had the death wobble very dangerous almost crashed only had 33k miles should be a recall
While driving down the interstate the pickup started shaking violently. Then the next time I was driving down the interstate and hit a bump in the road the pickup suddenly jumped into the oncoming traffic and then started shaking violently. It almost caused a major wreck.
Truck will start shaking uncontrollably after hitting small bumps on the road. Speed around 60-75mph
The truck has a death wobble. When we are on the freeway or hit a bump, it shakes uncontrollably and wont stop until we pull over and make it to a complete stop.
On february 29, 2020, at approximately 12:30 pm, I was driving on the freeway at approximately 60 MPH when all of a sudden the front end started to shake and vibrate. It was very extreme and I had to slow down and then pull off the freeway. All the tires were fine, and the shaking did stop as I slowed down.
Truck has sterring wobble when hitting bumps at highway speeds. Common term for this is death wobble. This is a $65,000 truck!
Truck has sterring wobble when hitting bumps at highway speeds. Common term for this is death wobble. Dealer said it needed front end alignment and sterring stabilizer. Over $500 worth of repairs and it is only some better. This is a $65,000 truck!
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 ford f-250. The contact stated while her husband was driving 70 MPH, the vehicle experienced the "death wobble". The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was parked for fifteen minutes before proceeding to the destination. Additionally, on occasions while attempting to start the vehicle, the key was placed in the ignition and several unknown warning lights illuminated and the failed to start. The vehicle was taken twice to banner ford located at (1943 n causeway blvd, mandeville, la 70471) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that steering damper needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 11,000.
While driving straight on a highway at approximately 55 MPH my truck's steering wheel began to violently shake. It also felt as if the whole truck was shaking. I decreased my speed to approximately 30 MPH and my truck quit shaking. This happened on 02/23/2020. This has happened 3 times since I have had my truck. One other time I was driving straight and the same thing happened. I was able to slow down and the truck quit shaking. The other time I was driving on a state highway and I was in a curve. The truck and steering wheel began to violently shake. I briefly lost control of the vehicle and went into the left lane. I slowed down and the shaking stopped. I was able to regain control of the vehicle. I will be contacting the dealer tomorrow morning on 02/24/2020. Luckily there was no oncoming traffic when my truck began to shake. After doing a little research, it seems that ford has a problem with these vehicles and my truck seems to have a death wobble. I am the only owner of my truck and it has less than 7600 miles. My truck is fully stock with the 18 inch rims and stock tires.
Driving down a straight one lane service road at about 50-55 miles per hour I experienced a violent wobble at the front end that forced me to grab the steering wheel tight with both hands and slow down to gain control of the vehicle which feels like it begins to bounce and drift sideways if I didn't. I'm afraid to hit even the slightest of bumps or pot holes now and even slow down in areas I know may have some. But what worries me the most is causing and accident or even worse letting my family use the vehicle and something happening to them as the problem seems to occur more and more frequently
Truck will on occasion hit a rough patch of road and start shaking uncontrollably until it is slowed down around 40 MPH. Usually happens when traveling at speeds over 60 MPH.
While on a highway on a long turn, a damage section of the road was approached. When the vehicle drove over the bump, the entire steering wheel became loose and loss tension, the vehicle discontinued turning for a moment then regain steering a second later. While turning, during the moment of loss steering, the vehicle swerved to the opposite direction of where the vehicles steering was positioned, then skidding the occurred and steering was regained. Speed was approximately 55mph
Death wobble. Violent shaking of the steering wheel. I have to slow almost a complete stop to get it to go away. This happens while driving at usually higher speeds from 50 MPH to 80 MPH when it hits a bump or a gap in the pavement.
Driving at 60mph I hit a bump (joint) between overpass and highway. Truck started violently shaking in the front end. Pulled over to side of road checked tires and lug nuts no issues. Drove home slowly
When driving at freeway speeds going over a rough patch of the freeway front end violently shakes uncontrollably to the point of having to stop completely. This has happened several times now and afraid to drive vehicle.
At speeds above 45 MPH, after driving over rough road, the steering wheel vibrates uncontrollably until speed is reduced. This is happening while in traffic and will eventually cause a serious accident or death! .
Driving vehicle at 45 miles an hour. Drove over an uneven patch of blacktop road and both front tires started wobbling. The term is called " death wobble".
Driving 65 MPH, encountered bump/ridge in highway surface. Front end began shaking violently to the point of almost losing control. Was able to brake abruptly and stop episode. This has happened two times recently.
Death wobble. Front wheels violently shake back and forth after hitting a bump on pavement. I was driving at 70mph on highway.
Mid to high speeds if I hit any sort of bump or any sort of hole in the road the front end starts to vibrate severely and steering wheel vibrates and shakes and I have to immediately decelerate. It is exactly what I see other ford users describing online as the death wobble.
I had 18000 miles on my new truck when the death wobble started. I sent the truck to natchez ford dealership 2 times. The first time they replace the drag link and did a alignment. Took it back at 22000 mile the truck stayed at the dealer for 3 weeks waiting on so upgrade damper. Drove the truck for 300 miles still wobble but not like before. Parts are not what's need to fix the problem. People at dealership has a fix for the issue but its is not cover under warranty
I am having some type of severe wobble steering/suspensions issue where it feels as if I have a flat tire on the front of the truck. The first time this happened it was so severe it cracked the windshield. The first occurrence I tried slowing down from 70 to get it to stop as I thought it was a flat tire. Once I slowed down to about 25 it stopped. The second time this happened I tried to give it about 30-45 seconds to see if it would stop but it didn't and progressively got worse. The third time this happened I got a bit more creative and tried to accelerate through this going up to 85 and that did not work so again got it to stop by reducing speed to 20-25. This is unsafe to the point where I am afraid to drive the vehicle on the highway in heavy traffic or on a highway without shoulders as if this occurs I may have to slow down to 20-25 MPH to get this to stop. This occurred on the highway (I-75 in fl) on 3 separate occasions and experienced the same problem 3 times over the period of 30 days. The tire psi was about 65-70 on all occurrences with dealer inspected "good tire tread". All 3 were routine drives to work and all occurred at the same speed of 70 MPH. All of them were cruising (not accelerating or decelerating) and in 6th gear in optimal driving conditions. This happened twice with no load and once with a bumper pull trailer (tongue weight of about 350-500 lbs, load weight of trailer+load around 5,000 lbs). My truck has only been serviced by ford and at the dealership where it was purchased. It was purchased new with only 13 miles when sold. I now have about 25,000 miles on the vehicle. The truck has 0 aftermarket parts or equipment and is 100% stock and has the original tires as well (continental w/kevlar).
I was driving down interstate at 70 MPH. The truck began to shake uncontrollably. I had to stop each time to resolve the issue. The truck had less than 6000 miles on it with no modifications. Extremely dangerous. This will kill someone. I usually use the truck to tow a 7000lb rv and cant imagine what would happen if I had been towing at the time. I contacted my local ford dealer and they acted as if it wasn't a big deal. This happened 3 times within a 20 mile distance. I was terrified to continue with my trip and was nervous the entire trip. Please address this. I hear it is a common problem.
Me and my wife were driving down the highway 70-80 MPH, and the truck began to wobble side to side, and I thought it was a flat tire. We slowed down to make sure everything was ok, and nothing was wrong. I started back on the highway, and about 10 minutes later we hit a bump going roughly 75 MPH, and the truck again started wobbling, I felt like I had no control of the vehicle. I just purchased this truck with 18,862 miles on it, and currently there is 19,541 miles on the odometer. I am going to take it to the dealership because I still have the manufacture warranty on the vehicle, but I feel very intimidated to drive it, and my wife refuses to drive the truck after this incident. All I have been able to see is that this is a result of the ford "death wobble". I do not know what components of the vehicle are causing this, but it is very frustrating to spend the amount of money that we did, only to find it being a possible death trap.
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