Vehicle started shaking violently when I was driving on the highway with 60 MPH, I lost control. Luckily there was no car next to mine but if there was I would have crashed. I can not trust this truck any longer. I am terrified to drive.
2019 Ford F-350 SD steering complaints
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Our vehicle has experienced the ford "death wobble" on multiple occasions. This is particularly concerning and dangerous while towing a 20k pound fifth wheel. At one point the wobble was so severe that it damaged our fifth wheel, the bed of the truck, and we could not control the vehicle when we hit a bump in the road. Ford has a bad reputation for this issue, long standing, and I request the federal government would investigate why they continue to produce vehicles without correcting the issue. We have had ours fixed but this could have resulted in death and it is not acceptable that ford continues to sell a product with a potentially deadly safety issue. The date below is one of many dates.
While driving my ford f350 approximately 50mph on a state highway, I hit a slight depression in the roadway after crossing a bridge. The vehicle's front end and steering wheel began shaking violently . I had to come to almost a complete stop to make the shaking stop. I believe this to be the problem described as the ford death wobble. The vehicle had 27800 miles at the time of the incident. I have scheduled an appointment with the dealer for an inspection and repair. I stopped to examine the front of my vehicle, but there was no apparent reason for the incident.
Driving down the road at around 60 MPH when truck had violent shaking issue. Had to come to a complete stop to get it under control. Shaking so bad could hardly hang on to steering wheel. Thought that was scary and odd, went down the highway about a mile did it again! (this was going straight but hitting some uneven road. Once was a seam at a bridge) turned around and head home did it twice more. Ready for it this time. Got home looked on the computer found it is a known problem called the death wobble. Called dealer and they said bring it and we will replace the steering shock. Well as a mechanic of heavy equipment and a driver of pick up trucks for over 40+ years I know this is only a band aid! The value of the truck and the value of the lives in this truck demands more attention then a band aid. No dash cam to capture event and not going back out and trying to get it as they have it on youtube (come to find out). I now know this is a known problem but not sure if the wife could have been able to hold on to the wheel and if not the would have been a crash. Wish I had known this before I bought this truck! Very very dangerous. As a known issue (for some) for a few years now do people need to die before ford has a recall on this and fixes the issue. I thought I did my research on this vehicle through car fax and other sites and did not see this issue.
On three occasions, on highways, we have hit a pot hole or bump, and the f350 goes into an extreme wobble with the steering wheel. It is incredibly jarring and we've almost lost control. When brought to dealer, they replaced the damper. I've now done research and there are countless persons going through this exact issue: https://www.facebook.com/groups/158686091563038 I can't believe this is so prevalent and unaddressed. Someone's going to be hurt badly or worse. Apparently the dealers just are replacing the damper to cover themselves. This is not a long term solution. I have no video, but the facebook group has tons! It's crazy and it is exactly what happened!
My 2019 ford f-350 with 16,000 miles on the odometer is experiencing violet shaking of the steering wheel while traveling at speeds of 50-65 MPH on the highway. The only way to get the vehicle under control is to slow down on dangerous highways to below 30 MPH. I feel it's going to cause an accident sooner or later. The vehicle is all stock and no modifications of the tires, wheels, or suspension have been performed.
I was driving on the freeway at about 70 MPH and went over a bridge seam in the roadway. The seam was at an angle. The entire vehicle shook badly. The steering wheel shook and rattled so much I had difficulty holding on to it. As a result, the truck veered out of my lane and in to the other lane (thank goodness there wasn't another vehicle there) before I could grab the wheel again and slow the truck. Had to slow down to about 30-35 MPH to get the shaking to stop. Surprised I wasn't rear-ended in that process... This has happened several times - all while at or over about 50 MPH, and after driving over some uneven pavement/pavement imperfections (very mild unevenness such as a bridge seam and small roadway patch; doesn't matter if I hit it at an angle or not). The first time this happened was 5/25/2020 when I bought the truck. It didn't last long and I thought it was a fluke... But now it happens more frequently. The truck shakes even worse/ shaking lasts way longer when the uneven surface is more pronounced such as a pothole, the uneven surface is an angle, or the path driven is on a curve. I once had a jeep wrangler (early 2000's) that did this. It was known as the "death wobble." this feels the similar except the shaking is more violent.
While driving my ford f350 on a rural highway at 55 MPH (60 MPH limit) went over railroad tracks and experienced what is commonly known as the "death wobble". My truck only has 12,200 miles on it. I have heard of this, but until you experience it for yourself, there is no way to know how scary it is to lose control of a 7,000+ pound vehicle. I was lucky that I was able to pull over on the shoulder to stop it, this time. I have read several blogs about ford dealers not treating this seriously unless the incident(s) are reported to the federal safety agency. I am sure this will happen again as it seems to always be present on vehicles that start.
Hit a few bumps in the road and the front left (drivers) tire wobbles as if is going to fall off. Have to slow from interstate sppes to 25 MPH to stop it. This has happened several times now.
Going down the road at highway speeds. Hitting a bump truck shakes uncontrollably it's worse when in a curve. Have to slow down to approx 35 MPH to get it to stop.
Driving down the road at 65 MPH in the fast lane in bumper to bumper traffic hit a bridge joint and the truck severely started shaking un uncontrollably until I slammed on my brakes and slowed to 35 MPH . Same trip 5 min later hit a small pothole in the road same thing only worse .. My wife and kids were in the truck and witnessed it and now she wont drive the new truck with only 13k miles on it .... This problem needs addressed asap !
My 2019 ford f350 has the "death wobble" that started around 40,000 miles. Today it has 43,747 miles. Upon researching this problem, I am fileing this complaint. This problem is deadly. The wobble happens as freeway speeds and stops after quick deceleration. I have witnesses to this on two occasions.
Hitting a bump or bridge juncture at highway speeds (>65) causes a violent resonance in the front suspension. The truck shakes violently and the steering wheel turns side to side rapidly. The shaking gets worse unless you quickly slow down to <35 MPH. Tire pressures were at the ford recommended psi and the vehicle was within payload and towing limits. This happened multiple times with about 26,000 miles on the truck. Ford "fixed' the problem, but the problem recurred again at 33,000 miles. Ford issued a new fix which has been applied to the vehicle which now has 41,000 miles. The fix was to replace the drag links and put a very stiff steering damper on which greatly increased the steering effort. The underlying issue of poor front suspension design is still there and we can feel the issue is coming back and it is only a matter of time before it happens again. This is very dangerous. One of the times this happened, a tanker truck was following me and had to swerve into the other lane on I-65 near cullman, al to avoid me when I had to slow quickly to regain control of the vehicle. When this happens, it is very violent and you can not control the vehicle. If you do not slow down immediately, it gets worse.
When traveling @ normal highway speeds if I cross uneven pavement or rough roads the steering wheel shakes violently side to side. When road smooths and along with braking to reduce speed the problem goes away. Have taken into dealership and steering dampener was replaced but problem is starting back. 25,500+/-miles
I own a 2019 ford f350 with about 13,500 miles on it. On multiple occasions I have experienced what seems to be named the ford "death wobble". When driving occasionally the truck starts to shake uncontrollably causing the driver to death grip the steering wheel to avoid losing control. This problem has occurred 10-15 times in about 4 months. Ford does not have a recall on this problem, and they are refusing to put in writing at the service department the exact issue I am bringing the truck in for. They call it "recalls" however there is no recall for this issue. When this occurs, the vehicle attempts to move side to side making it nearly impossible to stay in the lane of travel. This has occurred at speeds of 30 miles per hour on city roads and 65 miles per hour on the freeway. Slowing down or removing your foot from the accelerator only makes the problem worse as we slow down. I have a video recorded of one of the times this occurred which we were going about 63 miles per hour, we slowed down to about 42 miles per hour rapidly in an attempt to keep control. Doing this almost caused the car behind us to hit us and the car to the right of us needed to steer out of the way quickly. Ford does not have a fix for this issue, the front tires on the vehicle look like they have been chopped up due to the bouncing that occurs during the wobble. Someone is going to get killed if ford does not fix the problem. I have a video that I will gladly share, this only lets me upload pictures
Twice today I experienced the so called 'dead wobble' driving down the interstate at approximates 70 MPH. I had to pull to the side of the highway & decrease my speed to approximately 25-30 to get it to stop.
Going down the road about 50 MPH hitting minor bump in the road. Front of truck started shaking violently. I was unable to control the truck and had difficulty slowing it down. I crossed the center line with it being unable to be controlled. Finally was able to gain control after almost a complete stop. Truck is almost brand new and only 13,000 miles.
While traveling over bumps excessive vibration in steering and in cab. Even after steering dampener was fixed.
On normal highway speed's after hitting a small bump I experienced a violent shaking in the steering that would not go away until I slow down to under 20 miles an hour
My 2019 f350 truck experienced the death wobble multiple times on recent trip. While towing our camper we hit a seem in the road which caused the truck to start violently shaking uncontrollably. I thought we broke and axle. I was able to slow the truck and pull over. I could not find any damage and so we continued. The truck had approximately 18500 miles on it. This did not occur again for about 1500 miles where it happened when we hit a small pot hole with our front left tire. Again, violent uncontrollable shaking that only stops when speed is below 30 MPH. I slowed to pull over but it stopped when my speed got low enough. We continued cautiously not knowing what happened. I did some research but could not find anything at the time. We were on an 8 week trip and had started our return direction so we continued. About 1300 miles later it happened again, stopped when our speed dropped. This time I was able to find information on the "death wobble" and now understood this is exactly what we were experiencing. I had to decide how to proceed as we had our family and camper 1400 miles away from home at this point. I drove very cautiously, and despite my best efforts it happened 2 more times, once without the camper. On our last leg from tn to nc the roads were especially bad and we had 5 more incidents. I drove 45 MPH with my hazards on much of the way to get the truck home. It seems to be getting progressively worse and I would say it is not safe to drive anymore. Any seam in the road or pot hole that impact the front tires at speeds above 50 MPH will now cause this truck to go into violent uncontrollable shaking that only stops when speeds are reduced to below 30 MPH. Very bad situation to be in, especially when this seems to be such a know issue. This should not be allowed to continue.
I was driving home late one night from work, running about 55-60 and the steering wheel and truck started violently shaking and got worse as I tried to apply brakes. It caused me to run off the side of the road into a farm field(luckily no damage)! So I shut the truck off and checked everything, I thought a wheel was falling off or something but everything was good, so I slowly drove home and would start to feel the steering wheel shake when I would apply brakes but nothing like before.
When driving at highway speed pulling a trailer experiencing violent front end vibration and wobble, this caused us to run off the road into the shoulder nearly causing ya to flip over into the medium. The tires are properly inflated and checked daily. This violent shaking and wobble happens almost daily in a truck purchased as new. This violent shaking started at around 7000 miles and has continued. The vehicle is currently in ford dealership service at fowlerville ford in michigan to have this issues and other looked at. This is an extremely dangerous problem.
Hit a bump and the whole truck shook and vibrated violently to the point of loosing control. We were driving on the freeway at approximately 60 MPH. The only way to stop the shaking was to apply the brakes and almost stop.
While pulling a gooseneck trailer with my compact tractor on it driving down a 2 lane road at aprx. 50 MPH hit a bump in the road and I experienced for the first time in my life what's known as death wobble. Felt like the front tires were rapidly bouncing up and down. I immediately raised my foot off the acceleration pedal. Once it coasted down to about 40 MPH the vibration stopped. A couple hours later it happened again on the interstate doing about 70 MPH, same trailer setup as before. Raised my foot off the pedal and once the truck slowed down a little bit the vibration went away. The truck still has the original tires on it and they have been rotated. I checked the tire pressures a couple of days ago and they were at/near the factory recommend pressures. Truck has around 38k miles on it.
Death wobble
This vehicle violently shakes after hitting a grooved surface or a small bump in the road. The shaking takes a great deal of power to bring the vehicle back under control.
This vehicle violently shakes after hitting a grooved surface or a small bump in the road. The shaking takes a great deal of power to bring the vehicle back under control.
When I hit bumps in the road I get a violent steering wheel shake, known as death wobble. Happens at slow speeds on the windy road I live on, probably going roughly 25-35 MPH usually when I hit a bump while turning. I have heard this is a common problem in these vehicles . It seems to be getting worse as time goes on. The vehicle only hads 8500 miles on it and was purchased new from dealer.*dt
Five occurrences of 'death wobble' experienced so far. No aftermarket accessories have been installed on the vehicle and everything is stock factory installed. 1) the 1st occurrence was on 10/5/2019 and we were driving solo up a hill on hwy 550 doing about 45-50 MPH climbing a hill. We hit a bump and I thought we had flat so pulled over to check. Check and no flat so proceeded and it never happened again so I never brought in to have the dealer (ford) look at it. I don't have the specific mileage when this occurred. 2) the 2nd occurrence was on 5/14/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on southbound I-25 in the middle lane doing about 55 MPH. I hit a bump and the truck shook violently and scared us to death as we had traffic on both sides of us and need to slow rapidly. Luckily, I was able to slow down quickly while keeping the truck in my lane and not get re-ended. This is a very scary feeling having a truck out of control towing a 12k trailer in heavy traffic. Mileage was 21,927. 3) the 3rd occurrence was on 5/14/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on hwy 24 w doing about 45 MPH. I hit a bump and the truck shook violently again and I was able to slow down rapidly as we were heading up hill. Mileage was 21,975. 4) the 4th occurrence was on 5/14/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on hwy 24 w doing about 45 MPH. I hit a bump and the truck shook violently again and I was able to slow down rapidly as we were heading up hill. This was the third one in about 50 miles. Mileage was 21,980. 5) the 5th occurrence was on 5/17/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on hwy 115 n doing about 55 MPH. I hit a bridge abutment truck shook violently again and I was able to slow down rapidly. Mileage was 22,175. Working with the dealer to get ford tsb 19-2274 accomplished.
When driving at highway speeds (60+MPH) and the truck hits a bump in the road, the truck experiences death wobble to a degree that the brakes have to be applied emergent until the truck slows below 10mph. Which causes the truck to become a road hazard. Fear is that the death wobble will cause an accident. As well, there is increasing front end vibration when driving above 60mph on apparent smooth interstates.
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