2019 Ford F-250 SD: jerking or lurching

Filed Aug 31, 2026 · Steering · KS

I experienced a severe, violent, and uncontrollable front-end suspension and steering wheel oscillation—commonly known as the "Ford Super Duty Death Wobble." While traveling at highway speeds approximately 70mph, I came across a bridge expansion joint (nothing unusual) and immediately upon impacting the joint, the front axle began shaking so violently that it caused a sudden, near-total loss of steering control. The violent shaking made it nearly impossible to maintain a straight lane of travel, risking a catastrophic multi-vehicle collision. The steering wheel jerked violently side-to-side, forcing me to rapidly and dangerously decelerate in active highway traffic to regain control of the vehicle. This defect created an extreme, unpredictable safety hazard. I immediately let-off the accelerator with some braking to stop the oscillation and regain control. A local specialty alignment shop previously attempted an adjustment, as I had experienced this a couple of months before (although not as severe as this most recent incident) on [XXX] in eastern [XXX]. The adjustment temporarily masked the underlying issue for approximately 2.5 months before the violent oscillation returned as I am reporting now. The local Ford dealership (Victory Ford) has confirmed that the vehicle qualifies for Customer Satisfaction Program 20B02 (Steering Linkage Damper Replacement), demonstrating the manufacturer's awareness of this dangerous defect. However, no formal safety recall has been issued. Aside from Fords damper replacement online research and an independent alignment shop recommends replacement of track bars, bushings, steering damper, etc. with heavy duty parts. Fords damper replacement is reported to only mask the real problem. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Jun 20, 2026 · Transmission · MO

At around 139,000 miles i started to noticed some intermittent noise coming from the drivetrain. I took it to two different repair shops and was told it was tire noise. over time the grinding noise increased to the point of shuddering and jerking while shifting with no warning lamps showing. At 144,500 miles I contacted my aftermarket warranty and they said to take it to a certified shop to get it checked out. They did not have any preferred shops in my area so I took it to US Automotive. At 145,000 miles the shop contacted the warranty company and proceeded with investigation of the issue. After inspection and tear down they confirmed the transmission had the typical failure for the 10R80 10-speed automatic transmissions. They turned over there findings and the warranty company which has agreed to the findings and has offered a replacement used transmission with 125,000 miles on it and will also not cover the full cost to install the used unit. I feel that this is fraud and outside of the warranty agreement. I am now paying the expense to put the original transmission back into the truck to try to take it the 2.5 hours back to the dealership which sold me the truck along with the warranty to see what they will do in the matter. I hope it doesn't fail on the highway on the way.

Filed Jun 20, 2025 · Fuel system · 132,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle jerked, and the low fuel pressure warning light illuminated. The contact stated the failure occurred while driving uphill and with a tractor and trailer hitched. The vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with fuel systems failure. The contact was informed that the fuel system needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The contact referenced an unknown recall; however, the VIN was not included. The contact was advised to contact the federal safety agency Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 132,000.

Filed Dec 3, 2022 · Steering, Suspension · TX

Driving down highway at Tx highway speed limit, going over a short bridge and over an imperfect road on 4 occasions, truck went into serious jerking & shaking and became uncontrollable when pressed brakes and trick departed and almost off road and I had almost no control of vehicle. . DEATH WOBBLE every time I hit a bump! At every speed. Can’t hardly hold onto steering wheel and everything is shaking and no matter what speed I travel this continues to happen! This is not that quick little shimmy - this is a full on jerking and vehicle is going all over the road and will not stop shaking and jerking. Hitting the brakes magnifies the death wobble. When death wobble starts, this vehicle is no longer under my control- I barely missed hitting the side of that culvert bridge! Then the pickup shaking and unable to control it went into the other lane. despite deceleration to 20 mph the pickup continues to shake and jerk violently and veers off the road. Ford denied that this occurs and when I bought this pickup (used) they laughed at me and said it’s nothing. This is dangerous and now how do I get home with the babies safely?! I have almost had 3 accidents during this 40 minute trip due to this horrendous death wobble. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1557613-death-wobble-tsb-info-requested.html https://thelemonfirm.com/2019/12/13/be-afraid-be-very-afraid-of-the-ford-super-duty-death-wobble/ https://www.fordtruckzone.com/threads/ford-death-wobble.674704/ https://fordauthority.com/2019/08/new-lawsuit-alleges-ford-super-duty-f-250-f-350-death-wobble/amp/

Filed Oct 24, 2022 · Steering, Suspension · CO

From the day I bought the truck in November 2019 it would jerk aggressively when hitting expansion joints. 6 Months ago I asked a dealer to fix it and they did nothing. Then, between 10/8/22 and 10/15/22 we experienced for incidents of the death wobble on E470 and north I-25 in Colorado. Each incident occurred in heavy traffic. The only way to regain control was to pull off the road and completely stop. I currently have the vehicle scheduled to go to a dealer, but need this fixed as it is not safe to drive.

Filed Oct 14, 2022 · Steering, Suspension · MI

At interstate speeds, my vehicle can go into a mode where in the steering wheel jerks violently, along with the front end shaking violently. This has happened twice in 2022, and rough pavement appears to initiate the event and pulling over to the shoulder, coming to a complete stop is the only way to stop the shaking.

Filed Oct 13, 2022 · Steering · MO

Death wobble at 70 mph jerking both hands 6 to 8 inches back and forth uncontrollable on I-70 in Kansas went from right lane to left lane then left hand shoulder before getting it under control lucky no other cars around everything was blurry from shaking only have 37,000 miles on it thought me and wife were going to die drove only 60mph after that crazy

Filed May 20, 2022 · Suspension · MO

Problem is in the front end suspension that effects the steering when the truck begins to suddenly shake violently at around 63 mph--a simple expansion crack in the road, or a bridge crossing initiates the event. The steering wheel has nearly been jerked out of my hands at said speed and only stops after rapid slow-down. This first happened when the truck had about 20,000 miles on it and was on a two lane, well-maintained highway in east central Illinois. A couple of other violent events have occurred since that time and many others were stopped by my immediate slow-down; a hazard to drivers following closely behind. The first time it happened, I thought a tire had exploded or a wheel had come off the truck and I slowed and pulled off to the side of a two lane road (emergency flashers were put on to warn other cars). The man I was with and I walked all around the truck and examined what had come loose or off, and found nothing. I had already had the tires rotated twice, but had them again rotated and balanced within about 10 days. I took the truck back to the dealer for a rear axle recall, but I stressed at this time, that there was a serious issue with the front end. I described the violent wobbling and steering wheel jerking to the head maintenance man at Poage Ford Dealer in Bowling Green Missouri and he admitted that Ford had a real problem and, at least 3 other owners had the same complaints, and parts would be ordered (steering damper suggested but mechanic didn't know for certain if this was a fix on a newer truck) for my truck but I would be 4th in line at this small town dealer. The truck is still well inside a 3 year warranty and I called same dealer 2 weeks later to ask if the part had been received; and no, it had not. From what I have read this steering damper does not fix the problem. Only the dealer service department has inspected the truck. I don't think insurance is going to be interested in paying for a manufacturing defect, but I will call them

Filed Feb 23, 2022 · Steering · NC

We were driving on the highway 74 in NC going roughly 65 mph and passed over some bumps in the roadway. The truck went into a violent jerking of the steering wheel back and forth and would not stop until we slowed down and pulled off the freeway. This has now happened approximately 5 times. We no longer feel safe to drive on the freeway at highway speeds nor do we feel safe pulling our horse trailer. Pulling horse trailers is the reason we bought the truck. My daughter, who is a relatively new driver, was driving and this was very frightening to both of us. This is very unsafe and any trucks that could potentially have this issue need to be recalled and fixed free of charge to the consumer.

Filed Jan 6, 2022 · Steering, Suspension · FL

Driving down the highway doing somewhere between 75-80. Hit a small bump in the road and then it felt like the front end of my truck exploded. The steering wheel started violently jerking and the whole truck was shaking from the inside out. I held as tight as I could to stay inside my lane since I was surrounded by many vehicles travel long as fast as me. I slowed down as fast as I could and was able to get the truck to the shoulder. I went out to look and see if I hit something or if my tires had exploded and could find nothing wrong. I got back in the truck and checked my dash indicators and tire pressure and everything was fine. So I started to drive on the shoulder to see if I could keep going. Everything seemed fine so I got back on the highway and headed home. Maybe 4-5 miles later I was doing about 60 and the same thing happened but even worse. I’m really lucky I was able to keep control. I pulled over and rested the truck then took a side street and went 30 or under home. Upon getting home I messaged my friend about what happened and he sent me a bunch of links about the ford death wobble. I watched the videos and this is exactly what happened to me. I’m furious that ford isn’t being made to address this. If I had my kids in the car or was otherwise not strong enough to hold that steering wheel In place I wouldn’t be here typing this tonight. I’ll be taking the truck to the dealer in the morning but anything short of them replacing each and every component in this system will not be acceptable

Filed Sep 30, 2021 · Suspension · TX

Last month we purchased a 2019 F250 SD..with less than 32K miles...(under Warranty). Since the purchase, we have had 3 incidents of the Ford "DEATH WOBBLE", each one increasingly worse than the last. The local Ford dealer finally ( a week to get in ) begrudgingly DROVE & INSPECTED the truck & said "NOTHING WRONG". We asked they check the bushings, balljoints, steering system for Wobble... they said NO SUCH THING...and then aligned the front tires free of charge ? Two days later as I was heading to Texas...I hit a bump in the road and the RIGHT tire lost contact w/the road. Then after it made contact w/road, I had EXTREME jerking Left & Right IN THE STEERING...causing the truck to veer into the left lane ( a 4 lane)...I was within 2' of hitting the concrete divider ! Traffic behind me SLOWED. The WOBBLE is most violent when the Truck hits a defect in the pavement at 45 to 70MPH wherein the wheel is momentarily airborne...THEN on impact w/the road, the Wobble begins..there is NO CONTROL at that point. Once in Texas, I went to an Independent Service Center who had a great deal of experience w/the DEATH WOBBLE...not only verified the problem as the Death Wobble BUT FIXED IT !...to the point my wife will now travel with me...she had refused the trip from AL. to Tx. I did not blame her...it is very scary stuff. Safer on the airline, Covid & all ! PARTS NEEDED: Caster/camber adjusting bushings, Rod Assy-Drag Lind, Tie Rod Ends, 2 Ball Joints, Stabilizer/Track Bar, Tie rod end were all replaced. It drives good, no Death Wobble !!...VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD...

Filed Jun 26, 2020 · Steering, Transmission · CA

Sometime while the automatic level is engaged in drive the transmission stalls and then violently engage. Making a jerky motion. Steering wheel shakes a lot at 60mph on the free way.