On several occasions, this vehicle with 19,000 miles on it, gets the "death wobble". The front wheels, & steering wheel, start shaking violently, shaking the whole truck causing loss of control. The steering wheel shakes so violently that you loose grip of it. The truck can't be steered and only by slamming on the brakes to slow down can the violent shaking be stopped. It happens completely randomly. It happened to me at 75 MPH, 70 MPH, & at 55 MPH. I was almost rear-ended every time it happened because I have to slow down in my lane. I took it to ford & they put new parts on but it still does it. Looking online, this appears to be an ongoing safety issue that ford can't figure out how to fix it. All service on my truck has been by the ford dealer, including tire rotations, etc.
2018 Ford F-350 SD steering complaints
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On 12/17/19 I was traveling at around 65 MPH on a highway when I hit a bump which caused violent oscillations in my steering. I had no control and had to slow down rapidly causing a tractor-trailer traveling behind me to change lanes quickly.
When traveling down the highway at 80 mile an hour and hit a bump in the road the steering wheel gets a violent shaking and the whole truck starts shaking the only way to correct this is to hit your breaks and slow down to approximately 25 to 30 miles an hour this death wobble puts you out of control of the vehicle
Experienced "death wobble" while driving at 70 MPH on freeway and crossing a expansion joint in the roadway. Had to slow to under 30 to gain control. Durring rush hour this was very unsafe. Ford has replaced the track bar ball joint under warranty at 15000ish miles due to it being completely worn out causing all kinds of codes and alarms on the dash.once replaced the clunking and the traction control alarms have not recurred.
Have experienced violent uncontrollable shaking in the front end when going over even the smallest of bumps. I've had the front end parts changed out (shimmy shock, links,etc. Have this done every 3,000 miles roughly. I now have 20,000 miles on my very expensive f350 power stroke. Dealership claims ford is aware but doesn't have a fix. I know there is a class action lawsuit out on this but ford is denying it..
Excessive vibration at front. Known as the "death wobble". Took in to ford dealership. According to them, parts are on backorder. Truck violently vibrates to the point where I lose control when I hit a small bump. Almost crashed into someone several times. Had to come to a complete stop on the highway in order for vibration to stop.
Speeds greater than 70 MPH and hitting small bump causes truck front tires/drive suspension to shake uncontrollably. Also known as a death wobble.
When driving about 55 MPH on a two lane highway and after going over a small roadway bump, my steering and entire truck started shaking violently. The shaking stopped after quickly slowing down to about 35 MPH. This has happened 5 times in the last month so far. I fear this will cause serious injury or death at some point, especially if the violent shaking occurs while towing our trailer. I do not let my 17 year old son drive the truck anymore due to fear this might happen to him while driving. The truck is a 2018 f350 with only 22,000 miles on it.
I was driving on I-5 south in portland oregon at a speed of 50 MPH around 12pm 12/01/2019 in my 2018 f350 diesel pickup.the driver side front tire encountered a small bump in roadway surface at which time that occurred the truck started shaking violently and steering was wobbling back and forth making the ability to control the vehicle almost impossible. This is a serious safety issue giving the ability to control the vehicle is almost completely lost. My wife and ii were in the vehicle at the time of the incident and both experienced this first hand. I have done some research and see that this is called a "death wobble" well having experienced it something needs to be done the vehicle is not safe I purchased the truck new and I am the original owner.
In january of 2019 while traveling at highway speed of approximately 65 miles per hour on the interstate in vt my truck steering wheel began oscillating uncontrollably causing violent shaking in the entire vehicle. I immediately pulled truck over as I thought I had a flat tire. Much to my surprise I found no problems apparent so I began on the highway again. About 5 minutes later I hit some bumps on the road and again the violent oscillation occurred. It seemed to be the front driver side where the problem was located. I pulled over again and further inspected suspension but could not find any problem. I called dealerships but being a sunday all we're closed and I was 8 hours from home. Again I got on the road....I noticed this violent shaking would occur at speeds at or above 60 MPH whenever I would hit a bump on the road. The shaking would continue until I brought the truck to a complete stop. For the remained of the drove home I drove in the slow lane at 45 miles per hour. When I returned home I spoke to my local dealership pottsville ford who advised me to bring vehicle for sevice. They examined and said that they would replace steering damper and the front bushings. This was covered under warranty. Again yesterday 11/19 while driving to pa to visit my brother in the hospital the same problem occurred while traveling approximately 68 MPH on i476 in pa. This time I was in the fast lane in much traffic and the oscillation nearly caused me a major accident prior to my being able to pull car over. I called dealer in pa who advised this is part of a tsb 19-2274 however part to fox is in back order and would not be covered under warranty as no recall exists. I am now stuck hours from home with no vehicle and no means to repair. This extremely unsafe condition should be evaluated by ford and given recall status to holder ford accountable to fix.
Death wobble!!! I have 15,600 miles on my vehicle and I can't not drive it down the road due to the death wobble. This has happened at speeds between 50 and 80 MPH and has nearly sent me into the ditch and other other vehicles
First time, was in motion pulling a trailer at about 70 MPH and hit a rough spot in the highway, truck started violently shaking and thought we were about to go into the ditch as I lost control of the steering. The truck brakes made it shake worse so I used the trailer brakes to slow down which made the shaking finally stop. Last time it happened hit an uneven part of a highway going about 60 MPH, not towing anything, truck started to violently shake and I lost control of the steering until it was slowed down enough to stop shaking. Unable to brake, just had to let it slow down on it's own. Wheels were wobbling.caused me to lose control of steering. Happens anytime I'm going over 60mph and hit an uneven spot in the road.
So far twice within one week (11/10/19 and 11/16/19) while traveling at highway speeds I experience violent steering oscillations. Researching online I see that many call this the "death wobble." the only thing that stopped it was decelerating to a very slow speed - not very safe on the highway. The first time it happened, I was traveling about 65 MPH and towing an airstream travel trailer (about 8,000 lbs). The second time I was traveling about 55 MPH and not towing. Both times it happened when hitting an expansion joint on the road. It appeared to occur several other times, but less sever and corrected itself. I have approximately 55k miles on the truck. Everything on the truck is original oem. All tires were properly inflated.
17000 miles on truck and has rapidly developed a death wobble in front of truck when anove 45 MPH and hit bump in road, must rapidly brake to control truck
When driving down interstate above 60 MPH on 11/14/2019, I hit a bump and the steering wheel and front suspension became to vibrate and shaking violently almost like the front driver side tire was going to come off. Took it to a dealership and they stated it experience the "death wobble" and that there is an issue with the front suspension on newer model f350 trucks. I had to keep the vehicle under 60 MPH in order to maintain control when the vehicle hit any bump in the roadway in order to maintain control of the vehicle. The entire suspension seemed to vibrate up and down anytime it hit a bump in the roadway when trying to go highway speeds.
Truck has a severe wobble when driving over a bump at like a bridge or pothole in the road when driving over 50mph.
My truck has the death wobble.. Started at 15k miles. Front sterring dampener has been replaced 2 times already and getting the 3rd one done today..truck now has 36k miles and am getting scared to drive her.. Small bumps in the road cause the truck to shake violently until I get to a complete stop...very dangerous when on the highway...also believe that this problem has caused issues with my tires as well as other suspension issues
If traveling 30 MPH or more, after riding over the slightest bump in the road, the vehicle will begin to violently shake and become impossible to steer. Only applying on the brakes for some time with bring the vehicle back to a controllable state. I have brought it in to the dealer to have this issue addressed 3 times - to no avail. While it will appear to be gone shortly after picking up from the dealer, it will soon begin to still occur again.
I was driving my 2018 f350 crew cab dually deisel traveling at approx. 55mph down a hill. I was towing my 20ft equipment trailer with my tractor on it for a combined weight of about 6k pounds. As I was traveling down this hill, I hit a pothole and immediately lost control of my vehicle as the steering wheel shook so violently, I couldn't keep my hands on it. I panicked and did what I could, which was slam on the brakes, which made the steering wheel shake even worse. As my truck was all over the road and my trailer fish tailing behind me, my passenger and I braced for impact. As the truck decreased in speed, I was finally able to regain control of the truck. My ford has 11, 800 miles on it. I purchased the truck used with 11, 400 miles on it, and now I'm beginning to realize why such a beautiful truck was traded in. I will be contacting my nearest ford dealership on monday. I'm just happy that I didnt kill anyone and was able to go home safe at the end of the day.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 ford f-350. While driving 45 MPH over a bump in the road, the wheels wobbled uncontrollably. There were no warning indicators illuminated when the failure occurred. The contact took the vehicle to landers mclarty ford of fort payne (1916 glenn blvd sw, fort payne, al 35968, 256‑273‑0060) and was informed that the tracking bar was replaced; however, the failure continued. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 32,000. The VIN was unknown.
While driving across a highway overpass at about 45 MPH and driving over a small rough spot, vehicle steering wheel began to shake violently to a point I had to hit the brakes hard, to slow down and regain control of my vehicle. If another vehicle had been driving past me while this was happening, I would have hit them. I special ordered this truck and didn't expect anything dangerous like this to happen in a new truck.
The truck experienced what is called death wobble hit a bump and tires and steering wheel shook uncontrollably told by ford this is a common issue. I have it on a drive camera uploading video. I was going 66 MPH on hwy 201 west bound slc, ut. Https://youtu.be/ltigjldxsjo link to video on youtube.
Experience front end wobble when encountering rough sections of highway . Occurs when driving highway speeds.
Traveling on the interstate at aprox 65mph hit a bump in the road and the front end started violently shaking & had to slow to below 30mph to get the shaking to stop. I have experienced this several times. I took the truck to the shop & they did a front end alignment and checked the balance of the tires, never mentioning the "death wobble". It did take care of the problem for 3 months however the problem has returned.
When traveling at freeway speeds (70 MPH), I hit a rough spot in the road and my steering wheel began to shake violently. I had to slow down to get it to stop. The truck has 13,256 miles on it.
A shaking or wobble in the front end generally occurs at speeds over 60mph, when you run over a rough spot in the road or a road seam. The front end will shake violently and the vehicle is difficult to control until you slow down (40-50mph). A ford dealer has looked at it and said that the alignment and tire balance is correct. However the problem still persists. This is very dangerous at highway speeds. Truck has 20k miles on it.
Traveling approximately 50 MPH over rough paved road, the steering started oscillating severely and continued until vehicle was slowed down to approximately 20 MPH. Happened the next day under very similar circumstances
When hitting a pot hole or expansion joint on roadways the truck has a violent shake or wobble in the front end making it very hard to control and drive.
While driving on the interstate, on multiple occasions, at speeds of 55-70mph I've hit a small bump or rough patch on the rode. This sends the steering wheel/front end into a violent, uncontrollable, oscillating wobble which requires you to pull off the road to get it to stop. This vehicle is un modified and well maintained since I purchased it brand new 9 months prior. These incidents have caused shoulder and neck pain and have made me scared to even drive it. Ford has yet to acknowledge or repair this issue.
Steering wheel oscillates above 50mph causing a steering to be come loose and unpredictable. Has been an ongoing issue since vehicle was new, has only gotten wore with accumulated mileage.
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