While traveling at 65 mph, the truck crossed a separator strip resulting in loss of steering control. Vehicle steering wheel began violently "shaking" left to right and began to swerve violently in an area of heavy traffic. The vehicle was towing a 37 ft. 5th wheel at the time of the incident and I had to use a combination of braking and defensive steering to slow/stop the vehicle in the right side ditch of the road. Incident resulted in extreme wear to braking components, and minor alighnment issues due to leaving the roadway. Upon inspection by a certified mechanic, the issue was determined to be, "death wobble" and multiple components were replaced with OEM parts. Parts, services, inspection all paid for by me, yet the vehicle continues to shake violelently at random. New tires an quarterly alignments have not resolved this issue and 3 different Ford mechanics have advised removing the vehicle from service to avoid further accident or injury. Ford Motor has repeatedly denied assistance in any capacity concerning this issue.
Ford F-350 power steering loss problems
92 of the 2,894 owner complaints about the Ford F-350 describe loss of power steering, most of them for the 2000 model year.
- owner complaints
- 92
- worst model year
- 2000
- typical mileage
- 86,985
By model year
Often reported together
Loss of power 28Stalling 11Brake failure 5Fuel pump 3Steering lock-up 2Transmission failure 1Tire blowout 1
What owners say
13nov2020 at 10:13-h while vehicle is in motion at speeds 50-55 and higher the steering wheel shakes so violently that safe control of vehicle is lost until vehicle is completely stopped. This steering vibration problem can be found at numerous places on the internet and ford is already aware of problem. The most likely place for the dangerous loss of steering control is when vehicle crosses over a non-parallel bridge expansion joint. This vehicle is one of multiple vehicles in the fleet with same problem. A duplicate vehicle safety complaint is being filed for VIN [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
13nov2020 at 10:30-h while vehicle is in motion at speeds 50-55 and higher the steering wheel shakes so violently that safe control of vehicle is lost until vehicle is completely stopped. This steering vibration problem can be found at numerous places on the internet and ford is already aware of problem. The most likely place for the dangerous loss of steering control is when vehicle crosses over a non-parallel bridge expansion joint. This vehicle is one of multiple vehicles in the fleet with same problem. A duplicate vehicle safety complaint was already filed for VIN [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Truck has developed a very extreme death wobble in the front end at speeds over 50 MPH,when you hit any small bump, terrifying experience, loss of steering control.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f-350. The contact stated that while the owner was operating the vehicle, the power steering assist malfunctioned. The contact indicated that the power steering assist was available while turing the steering wheel to the left however, was not available while turning the steering wheel to the right. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic however, the cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 190,000.
Driving at highway speed (55-75 MPH) the front wheels will start to shimmy and shudder causing steering wheel and front tires to oscillate severely (death wobble) when driving over rough surfaces. This causes entire vehicle to shake uncontrollably. This has caused loss of steering control and can only be be stopped by stopping or slowing vehicle. (unsafe at highway speeds with traffic following)
4 months ago I was traveling at 50 MPH. While driving my ford f350 superduty at that speed the truck had an extremely bad and violent shake in the steering wheel. During this time I had no steering control, braking was at a very minimal, and pulled the truck into oncoming traffic. This has happened 6 other times in the past 4 months. During this time ford mechanics have told me that this doesnt appear to be a common issue since it doesnt happen all the time. I replaced shocks, tires, and even had the suspension looked at by certified mechanics and nobody has an answer for this problem. This problem is a known issue by the federal safety agency and ford and nobody seems to be doing anything to fix this issue. It's getting to the point where I cannot drive my only mode of transportation for fear of causing a serious accident injuring or killing myself, my family, or someone else in the road. If an investigation is not done very soon I will seek legal action against ford and against the federal safety agency for overlooking the severity of this problem. You can read all the other reports on what the internet is calling the death wabble. This is not an isolated situation and if I need to bring this to the attention of the news so it's more public I will do this.
Takata inflators; my vehicle started all types of problems intermittent ones that cost me several thousand dollars never fixing the problem this is were it all began,,.my vehicle died going up fairly steep hill to grave yard, it immediately rolled back shoving a family members vehicle down hill a ways until they turned away from the cliff edge leaving me all alone.until going through a run off ditch stopping over it into 2 trees. I had no steering no brakes and thank god the trees were there to stop my truck if not their was a 100 foot cliff next.. I know nothing about recalls or such I just tried to fix my truck problem by problem as symptoms came on I have all types of recent receipts that all came from silverish dark maybe even gray matter stuff in the tank. When I get my bank statement I will itemize all and submit them when final cost is over.
The steering is hard to turn I have to wrestle with it very often..
The high pressure fuel pump failed, causing the truck to lose power while merging onto the interstate. Our vehicle did not die completely, as I've heard most do. If we had been hauling our rv, it could have been catastophic in that situation. Ford has had these pumps recalled on other vehicles (a van?), but because the repair is costly, I believe that ford may not want to recall these vehicles. The worst part of it is that anyone that owns an f350 buys it to haul something. In our case, a 13000 pound rv. If we lost power steering and brakes in the mountains of colorado and wyoming, it would not be good. Every mechanic we talked to about this seems to feel this is a common problem on the f350 6.4l powerstroke
Related recalls
Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion)
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: medium duty trucks and chassis-cabs. One or more of the four rivets on the lower steering shaft flex coupling may not have been crimped during the sub-assembly process.
- Risk
- If a rivet is not crimped, the flex joint can rotate on the shaft and there would be a reduction in or loss of steering control.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the lower steering shaft rivets and replace any shafts with uncrimped rivets.
Recall number 98V116000 · Recall details
Steering: steering wheel/handle bar
- What is wrong
- Keys attached to the key ring of an ignition key while it is in the vehicle ignition can become lodged in the steering lock receiver as the steering wheel is being turned.
- Risk
- The lodged keys can cause loss of steering control, whichcan result in an accident when the vehicle is being used on the highway.
- Remedy
- A shield will be positioned between the steering wheel and the ignition switch and held in place by the steering lock band.
Recall number 93V066000 · Recall details
Questions about the Ford F-350 power steering loss
Which Ford F-350 years have loss of power steering problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2000 (17 complaints), 1999 (10 complaints) and 2008 (9 complaints).
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