While driving 85 MPH in an 85 MPH zone near the 9900 blk of N SH 130 NB a bump in the left hand lane sent the truck into a violent shake. Reducing speed did little to resolve the death wobble. Luckily no traffic was around allowing me to slowly reduce the speed and bring the vehicle to a stop on the shoulder. Only stopping made the violent wobble stop. Immediately drove to the tire shop and replaced with factory tires. Will have the vehicles front suspension checked by a certified technician.
2014 Ford F-250 suspension complaints
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Hitting a bump at highway speed (55+ MPH) causes the front end to shake violently as if the front tire has blown. Steering becomes difficult as the front end shutters. Slowing well below highway speed brings it back to a controllable state (had to pull over and completely stop once). Effect is worse as speed increases, above 70 MPH is nearly unrecoverable.
At speeds over 50 MPH severe shaking occurs and the truck becomes uncontrollable until speed is reduced to below 45 MPH. The truck's steering does not respond and cannot control the truck. At this point I can only drive the truck at speeds at or below 45 MPH. The issue occurred on a highway during the day. Ambient temperature was 52 degrees and there was no rain. The road area I was traveling through was known for uneven road surface and could cause some shaking in this truck and in other vehicles I've driven but never to this extreme. The severe shaking started while the truck was at 65 MPH (70 MPH zone) and braking also became difficult. I had to keep off the gas and let the truck slow itself to a stable speed then I exited the highway. The truck is a 2014 ford f-250 with approximately 109400 miles on it. The auto shop I will take it to tomorrow said that this is a common problem with these trucks and that I should report it.
When I hit a smal bump in road travel 60 MPH front end of vehicle vibrated violently as well as steering wheel out of control. Could barely keep control of steering wheel. Was on interstate highway had to come to complete stop
Death wobble
I we were on the highway going 65 MPH truck started violently shaking this is not the first time this has happened to us while driving this truck. It has also happened while going 30mph. It is very scary and feels like the truck is going to fall apart. We just bought this truck less that 60 days ago and this has happened 5-10 times. We have also made a complaint through ford motor as to what will be done with this issue. We had our little girl in the truck and she became very afraid of driving in the truck.
While driving, I experience a severe and horrifying 'death wobble' in my steering wheel, at which time the entire front end of my truck violently shakes. It becomes difficult to control it and forces me to apply my brakes in order to regain control. This has been happening for about 8 months and happens often. It happens at various speeds. Nobody appears to know how to fix it.
While accelerating on the entrance ramp to get on the highway, my 2014 ford f-250 superduty with 142,000 miles began to violently shake uncontrollably. I had barely reached 45-50 miles per hour when it happened. The shake was strong enough to throw my hands off the steering wheel. I was able to safely slowdown and pull the truck off the road thereafter. I am concerned about the drivability of this truck and have raised a concern with ford and the dealer that sold me the truck.
Vehicle will have violent shaking at highway speeds know as a "death wobble". Death wobble happened at different speeds and on different road terrains. This issues also happened when at highway speeds and braking around curves.
My 2014 f250 has recently had the condition described by numerous others as the ford death wobble. The truck has 35,000 miles and this dangerous condition just started. The first occurrence was on 12/9/20. Second on 12/11/20. Third and fourth occurrence on 12/13/20. The first two times the shaking was extreme, nearly jerked the steering wheel from my hands and could have easily caused an accident. The last two were less extreme but I still needed to slow way down to stop the shaking. All four times this occurred I was driving on straight, paved, roadway and hit a small bump in the road. The small bump set the shaking in motion. Approximate speeds were 60, 70, 65 and 65 MPH in order of occurrence. I was driving alone each time this happened so do not have any witnesses to this condition. However, as stated above, hundreds of others have reported this same condition with f250 and f350 trucks.
Driving at 70 miles per hour on a state hwy my front end started shaking violently. It almost caused me to crash ,I applied the brakes but made it worse.finally was able to regain control and stopped.
When driving approximately 58mph on city roads or interstate a slight vibration starts and turns into an uncontrollable wobble in front tires and steering wheel. No way to power thru the vibration you have to come to almost a complete stop at times for wobble to stop.
Truck violently starts shaking uncontrollably on highway at high speeds. This occurs if hit a bump in the road, pavement/groove changes, accelerating up to highway speeds to merge or getting on the brake at high speed on the highway. The "death wobble" is the experience I have been having and is now becoming way to common for the daily commute. This is happening on daily travel and when pulling a trailer loaded with horses. Purchased in 2016 with extremely low miles and the issue began showing in early 2017 and has since become more and more frequent and the safety of the vehicle is now uncertain every time I get in the vehicle.
My 2014 f250 has since around 80k miles had an uncontrollable wobble when at low highway speeds hitting even the smallest bump in the road. After multiple alignments and tire changes my dealer admitted that its known as "death wobble" and I need to do thousands of dollars in repairs that are very common. I am at 140k now and they finally admited that its a systemic problem
Several times now, when driving at speeds above 55, when I hit a very small bump in the road the truck starts shaking violently. It is to the point that, you can not control it until you stop. The problem does not happen every time driven, but it does occasionally. It feels completely unsafe to drive on the highway.
At approximately 181,000 this vehicle exhibited "sustained steering wheel oscillation" (aka death wobble). The vehicle was taken to a non-ford ase certified mechanic and repaired per ford tsb 18-2268, but did not correct the problem. Ford has claimed this vehicle is not on their list of vehicles subject to correction or mitigation. The only suspension modifications were aftermarket brakes and shocks (I.e. High quality components). The vehicle now has approximately 184,000 miles and still exhibits severe oscillations when traveling over a bump or rough surface, causing hazardous driving conditions and danger to other vehicles when a sudden slow-down or stop is needed to regain control of the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH and after driving over a bump in the road the front end began to shake, vibrate and wobble causing the driver to lose control of the steering and crash into a ditch. During the incident no injuries were reported. The contact was able to continue driving the vehicle. The failure had also occurred on several other occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000. The VIN was unavailable.
While driving at highway speeds, my truck experiences the "death wobble." if I hit a bump when traveling above 60 MPH the front wheels wobble like a shopping cart and the front end shakes violently. The steering wheel shakes in my hands. These conditions continue until the vehicle is slowed down to 35-40 MPH.
Death wobble while driving on highway front end shakes uncontrollable.
Multiple times before the occurrence yesterday , I would hit a bump and it would seem like the front of the truck would skip a little, replaced shocked and steering damper , 6 months later I hit a little bump going about 70 MPH and the steering wheel started to shake vigorously and I almost lost control of the vehicle . This is very dangerous and needs to be addressed by ford especially since the infamous death roll has been affecting these vehicles for over a decade .
My 2014 ford f250 platinum diesel has exhibited death wobble on multiple occasions. I have experienced the issue at different speeds on the highway anywhere from 50 to 70 MPH after hitting small bumps in the road. I have taken the truck to blaise alexander ford on multiple occasions to address the issue. The first time they replaced steering stabilizer and it was worse after I got the truck back, the second time they replaced the tie rods and gave it a front brake job, got the truck back and it was even worse, the third time they replaced the steering gear box. Still no effect on the death wobble issue. I then drove the truck with their mechanic who told me it could be the shocks or the tires or maybe a spring or coil is broken. The truck is unsafe and ford needs to figure out how to fix it. The truck only has 70,000 miles on it.
Death wobble, became uncontrollable, shaking violently after going over spacers on a bridge under normal operating conditions
Death wobble started at higher speed. Has progressively gotten worse. Everything is tight in the front end. Changed ball joints both wheel bearings track bar and bushing and steering dampener and nothing has helped. Happened on 2 sets of tires.
Truck when it gets up to about 63mph or hits a pot hole ..small bump in road it does the death wobble, in other words the steering wheel shakes violently, the problem stated in june of 2018 as continues to this day
2014 f250 diesel experiences multiple 'death wobbles' while driving on highway at speeds over 60mph and passing over expansion joint on bridge or other like crevices. Felt like the front end was falling apart with violent front end shaking, had to slow down to 35 MPH to regain control of the vehicle. Took truck to dealer and had to pay $150.00 for diagnosis. Ford claims all front end suspension parts need replacing as well as a front end alignment. The truck has just over 100k miles on it and is mostly highway miles. It's just out of an extended warranty and ford estimates the repairs at over $1,300.00 with no guarantees that this will solve the problem. This is a design flaw by ford. I've owned ford trucks for many many years and have never experienced this in any of the past super duty's that I owned.
Driving at highway speed 65-70 MPH on ca-99 on 11-30-2019 between bakersfield and fresno I experienced several "death wobbles." this vehicle was repaired for this problem at future ford in sacramento, ca. On 03oct19 by replacing steering damper and track bar. Also an alignment was done. Evidently the problem still persists on certain occasions.
2014 ford f250 VIN # [xxx]. The death wobble occurred 1st time on 11/3/19 with my son driving around 10:00 a.m. On 11/09/19 approximately 11:00 p.m with myself driving home. Went over a bridge that was just replaced this summer about 3 miles from home on st, rt. 729, sabina, ohio 45169. About 1/2 from burristown rd. Which I turned to the right. I was slowing down for my turnoff and complete shaking of the truck. It has had a shake over bumps and bridges but nothing like the whole truck violently shaking. I have an appointment with bedford ford in washington c.h., 43160 on wednesday 11/13/19 to replace all 4 tires and to look at the front end. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
While vehicle is in motion, at approximately 60 MPH vehicle begins to wobble violently. Truck is virtually uncontrollable until speed is reduced significantly. A quick google search identifies the problem as a worn out drag link. It also seems to be a common problem on many years of this vehicle.
When in motion at highway speeds (60mph +) my truck will violently shake and wobble if a small bump is hit. It looses steering control and is not even close to safe. You have to come to a stop to get the shaking and out of control wobble to stop.
My ford truck typically experiences the death wobble when traveling more than 50 MPH and at least one of the tires hits a groove or bump in the road. The only way I know to control the violent shaking is by quickly reducing speed, which is very dangerous in traffic
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