2019 Ford F-350 SD: jerking or lurching

Filed Nov 16, 2022 · Steering, Suspension · 12,000 miles · SC

The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH and driving over a rough patch of roadway, the steering wheel started jerking to the left and the right. The vehicle had experienced the death wobble. The contact slowed down to 30 MPH and the vehicle started driving properly. The contact resumed driving 55 MPH and the vehicle drove normally. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who diagnosed that the sway bar needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000.

Filed Jul 6, 2022 · Steering, Suspension · OK

During the past two weeks while pulling a 5th wheel trailer I have experienced multiple incidents of violent front end shaking; a feeling that the front of my truck is almost floating from side-to-side and a rapid jerking of the steering wheel back and forth. The only way to regain control of the vehicle is a hard breaking to slow the truck from my normal towing speed of 65 mph to around 40 mph. When this happens in heavy traffic pulling a 12,000-pound trailer I’m afraid I will hit a vehicle on either side of me or be hit by a vehicle from behind due to the hard breaking. It happened 3 times on the same day during a recent 400-mile travel day along I-40. The events were precipitated by rough road, potholes, transitions between the roadway and a bridge, etc.

Filed May 22, 2022 · Steering · NC · 1 injury

While driving a 2019 Ford F-350 dually with approximately 18000 miles. When a hole or unevenness in the road is encountered, on now multiple occasions, the steering wheel will jerk violently side to side until the vehicle speed is reduced or stopped in order to stop the shaking. When the brake is applied quickly, as a natural reaction to the shaking, the shaking seems to intensify which perhaps due to being the driver can be felt in both the steering wheel and brake pedal. The vehicle is available for inspection. This vehicle weighs in excess of 7000 pound. The need to reduce speed in the presence of traffic and loss of steering control could cause a serious accident. As stated the issue has now occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle has not yet been looked at by a service center or any other entity but will be asap. Today is Sunday. The vehicle produces no lights or warnings prior to, during or following an occurrence. The prompt for writing this complaint is; My wife was in the vehicle on the most recent occurrence and now wants to get rid of the vehicle. Which in my opinion would only pass th concern along to someone else. I have owned more than one of the Super Duty Trucks and have been aware of what is termed “Death Wobble” for years. This 2019 vehicle is way more violent in its shaking causing tenderness in my left wrist and started occurring at way less mileage than in past Ford Super Duty trucks. Hopefully at some point, before more people and property are damaged, corrections will be made. Thank you for your time.

Filed Sep 21, 2021 · Suspension · NM

Employee was driving down a highway when he suddenly lost power to the rear wheel making the truck jerk to the left. Passenger side dual rear wheel axle shaft sheared in half at the base of the housing causing the rear wheels to come loose. No warnings on dash just loss of power.

Filed Jun 10, 2021 · Steering · FL

We hit a small pothole in the highway going 70mph and lost all steering input to the vehicle. Steering wheel started jerking violently side to side. I could hardly hold onto it. I slowly applied breaks and was able to move onto shoulder, vehicle still was erratic until almost a dead stop. I thought I rolled a tire on the rim it was so rough feeling. Got out and did a visual inspection and tires were all good, checked under vehicle and no debris picked up or anything else that would cause this. Slowly got back onto highway and it was fine after that. I had one other experience like this but I thought it wasn’t nearly this bad. Construction bumps in road about 45mph and had moderate wheel jerk side to side but it corrected once past the rough pavement. This latest time it didn’t stop until i stopped vehicle. Best regards, [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Filed Jan 6, 2020 · Suspension · 26,000 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2019 ford f-350. After the contact purchased the vehicle, there was a slight shimmy in the front end. While driving 70 MPH over a pothole, there was a shimmy in the front end, the vehicle jerked and veered into a ditch. The contact was able to continue driving. While driving less than 70 MPH, the vehicle operated as intended. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to sanderson ford (6400 n 51st ave, glendale, az 85301, (800) 729-3501), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact called surprise ford (16825 w waddell rd, surprise, az 85388, (623) 792-2522) where an appointment was scheduled. The manufacturer was contacted and planned to diagnose the vehicle, but no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 26,000.

Filed Nov 18, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 10,980 miles · TX

Sever death wobble at speed and while breaking. Stealing wheel jerks violently to the point vehicle control is difficult.