Experiencing ford f250 "death wobble." not hitting any bumps or ruts before truck starts shaking. Only way to stop is take foot of accelerator and hit brake truck is two months old with 6,600 miles on odo. Started experiencing problem about 1 month ago. First two times happened about 45 MPH, last time at 55mph. Service manager at tallahassee ford says death wobble was on older trucks. Thinks is engine problem and does not know cause but first appointment available is 2 weeks out and I should continue to drive truck. Says cannot fix if they can't replicate. Very intermittent and I cannot replicate so unlikely they will. This is not an engine problem, is scary when happens, and feels like a very dangerous situation to me.
2019 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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Have noticed my truck has been driving different, the steering has been feeling off. Well today I was going down interstate I-4 and went over a bump and my truck started shaking so violently that I thought I was going to crash into a wall. It did not do it once it did it 3 times. I could not control the truck. It was the scariest thing. So unsafe
Death wobble when driving down the road. This vehicle when entering onto the interstate and driving over an expansion joint while merging into traffic at 75-80mph (speed limit on interstate was 80mph), the vehicle started to shake violantly in the front steering wheel, almost like a tire came off. I had a vehicle in the passing lane beside me with a horse trailer on and it was bad enough he slowed down and pulled away from us as I did everything I could to slow it down and get it off to the side of the road, until it hit about 20 or 25mph and stopped shaking. I own jk jeeps, so I know what the jeep death wobble feels like as I have had to repair it on my lifted jeeps, but this is a 2019 f250 with less than 45,000 miles on it and well, this should not be happening. This is extremely dangerous as I live in wyoming & travel with this truck as a work vehicle and travel in the pacific nw, and what would have happened if it would have been in winter driving condition and snow and ice on the road. It would have been all over! When I contacted dealer service department they said to bring it in, but doubted they had any options as it is a known problem. Kind of concerning!
I was driving down the interstate at approximately 70mph and my truck went into a "death wobble". I slowed down to around 15 MPH to make it stop. The following week, it did it again on the interstate at 75 MPH. I was in heavy traffic, with my family, and I had to put on warning lights, and slow down to an unsafe speed on the interstate. Later that week, a colleague borrowed my truck and was traveling down a highway that needed repairs, and the "death wobble" happened around 15 times. At this time, I won't drive the truck anywhere over 40 MPH due to fear of harming my family or someone else's family. When this "death wobble" happens, you lose complete ability to control the steering of the vehicle. You have to hold on tight and hope you can slow down safely. I refused to drive my vehicle anywhere over 40 MPH.
Truck has vibration, in front end, after repairs still has same issue ,this happens when going over bridges, around curves with uneven pavement.this is the 2nd ford f250 the first a 2017, that had the same issues resulting in an uncontrolable death wobble, I traded the 2017 off for a 2019 thinking it was just a lemon, now I know this is a ford design flaw. That they haven't fixed.I guess its going to take a lawsuit ,fatality to get them to recall these trucks!!!! Please help
While driving around a slow radius in the highway at about 50mph I hit a rough spot in the road that caused violent shaking of the steering wheel, which most refer to as "death woble". This caused the front end to loose traction and scoot across the road. To overcome it I had to significantly slow down my rate of speed. My currently has 2857 miles on it. This has happened to lesser amounts previously.
Truck has the death wobble goes into a violent shake very randomly with no warning have to apply heavy brakes to regain control. Steering wheel shakes very bad and the whole front end feels like it's going to come apart. Truck is very dangerous to drive.
In dec of 2018 the ford f250 exhibited the "death wobble" which happens when going straight down the onramp entering highway over an expansion joint or pothole at highway speeds above 45-50 MPH. The truck experience extreme "bump steer" and harmonic oscillations so harsh as to seem like it was a multiple tire blow out. Dealer tested and experienced same issue. Had 32,727 miles on the truck at the time. Ford tsb 18-2268 supposedly was the applied fix. However when going over bumps and expansion joints there is still a slight bump steer and shimmy but not enough to oscillate harmonically. I researched the issue and this has been happening for years on the superduty trucks. This is a control issue related to both part failures and design as many people are experiencing these incidents before 20,000 miles. Parts should not be wearing out this soon. Vin# (xxxxxx) ford superduty xlt f250 6.7l diesel crewcab 4x4 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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