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Started having death wobble last year at about 95000 miles. Put new tires on it, new rotors, trackbar, draglink, tie rods. I think it is a lot more controllable but it still bump steers in curves and the steering wheel shakes violently when hitting a bump but doesn't break into death wobble. I've just reported three vehicles that have this problem all in the last year.
Vehicle steering begins violent wobble at mid and highway speeds. This has progressively gotten worse and is normally initiated by expansion joint and road features. The wobble becomes uncontrollable and is a serious risk to the driver and adjacent vehicles.
Death wobble experienced by me on 5/10/19 doing 60 on rural road. Experienced the death wobble on the interstate going 65 at least 6 times the next time. A motorcycle almost crashed-Ford fixed by front end alignment-experienced it again and almost lost control on the interstate. Took to Ford to repair and the svc mgr suggested we file a case number with Ford cas-22221345-C3V0P4 on 7/23/19, Ford cust experience specialist suggested we take to another dealer, took to took to gordie boucher who said it recommends replacing both tie rods due to inner tie rod at the pitman arm has play in it and the right side upper tie rod has play it it toopreplaced left side drag link and the right side upper tie. Dealer stated worse truck they had ever driven. Death wobble happened again going 35 down hwy H in kenosha county. Everytime this happened we had to pull over to the side of the road or an off ramp on the interstate due to construction. Waiting for an off ramp is the scariest because you hope you can control the truck to make it off the interstate. My husband did research and found others replaced the following so he did the same-replace the steering shock, the stabilizing bar assembly, the track bar assembly, and the front shocks. Ford did 2 front end alignments, they turned rotors also..Ford customer experience specialists keeps telling us to take to the dealer to determine the problem. Per Ford, tire tread and wear are good. It appears everything my husband has done has fixed the problem, but we will see when we drive down the road on our next interstate trip. Right now we have paid out $1,675 and my husband has done all the work. We are scared to death that something is going to happen. We are unsure what steps we should be taking, but we are afraid we could die and no one knows about this.
Driving 55 mph on hwy 161 in ar (in motion) when I hit a rough spot about 2' bump that completely crossed the lane I was driving in, the front wheels shook so violently I was about to lose control when the steering locked up. I had to bring the vehicle to a complete stop before I could regain control of the steering. I took the truck to a front end shop and all they could find wrong was the ball joints were a little worn, I had them replaced and the truck did better for about 3,000 miles and now it's worse than ever. A truck with 66,000 miles on it should not be having this problem. Has there been any other complaints like this with Ford.?
- England, AR, USA
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My truck has gone into what they call a death wobble when driving at highway speeds going over a bridge expansion joints. This has happened a few times. Front end shakes violently causing me to drive off the highway on to the berm. I cut off the car next to my during one of these occurrences almost hitting his car. The latest occurrence was 6/17/19.
I have experienced what has become known as the Ford death wobble. My first experience with this was at less than 50,000 miles. I was exiting a freeway off ramp at about 60 mph with my steering wheel cocked just to the left. I hit a slight bump in the road and my steering wheel became violent in my hand causing me to briefly loose control and almost run off the road. This is an experience that nobody should ever have to experience. I cannot remember a time in my 55 years that I felt so hopelessly out of control of a situation. I immediately took it to a shop and had some front end parts replaced and had the front end aligned. The problem was cured for another 40,000 miles until it happened again. It happened a total of three times at freeway speeds and the only way I could make it quit was by hitting the brakes and getting down below 20 mph. Of course at freeway speeds this is very dangerous and embarrassing. Replaced several front end parts again, the problem went away again until the next time. Then again this time which is the 4th time in 150,000 miles. I do not know how I have not been killed by this very common Ford problem. Unfortunately this time I have replaced almost the whole front end, had the front end aligned and the problem has now gotten so bad that I cannot even drive the truck. If I get up over 40 mph I can even feel in the steering wheel that it is right on the verge of the dreaded death wobble. I have no doubt that people have lost control and have even been killed by this issue. I talked to a gentleman at Ford and he acted as if he had never heard of this issue. This must be fixed!!
Whenever I hit a bump going 30 plus miles an hour the front end shakes violently in the steering wheel jumps out of my hand. I have changed the shocks balance the tires and inspected all the suspension components and I cannot find the problem.
Traveling at or above 60 mph when hitting over pass or bridge expansions truck will start to violently shake and go into what is called death wobble. Noted this truck has only 37,000 miles but started doing this at around 29,000 miles. It is stock truck with stock tires. Been to two Ford dealers and alignment place with no positive results in fixing this problem. Truck is now at 3rd dealer who says needs $650 repairs of bushings which Ford says they won't cover because truck is out of warranty by 1000 miles. Even though truck was took to dealer for same problem before warranty was out. Thanks Ford. When this death wobble occurs it is very dangerous and I will not let my wife drive this truck anymore. This has happens numerous times now please do something about Ford not addressing this issue.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. While driving 40 mph, the steering wheel jerked as if it had been snatched out of the contact's hands. The vehicle stopped when it drove into a ditch. The contact restarted the vehicle and drove slowly to the dealer (all star Ford palestine, 2929 S loop 256, palestine, tx 75801) where it was diagnosed that the traction bar failed. The manufacturer referred the contact to the dealer, who stated that they would attempt to repair the failure. The failure mileage was 21,000.
F250 death wobble my 2015 F250 pick-up truck is only three years old with 38,000 miles and it has the death wobble. When driving on the highway at 50 mph or higher, pressing the brake and hitting a bump in the road causes the vehicle to go into an uncontrollable wobble. It is called the death wobble. It happens every time on the highway. Tires and brakes are brand new - sill happens.
While driving down the interstate under normal conditions, the truck unexpectedly starts what is called the "death wobble". the steering wheel and the truck starts to shake uncontrollably, and the only solution to fix the problem is come to a very slow speed or a dead stop. This is very unsafe, especially when it happens on a major interstate. There are a ton of complaints out there regarding this matter, and several videos out there regarding this matter. Ford needs to issue a recall on this matter, as it is extremely unsafe, and someone will be injured or die because of this. My truck is pampered, and only has 55K on it, so this isn't because of abuse.
There is an issue with the truck losing steering when encountering bumpy roads or multiple potholes in a row whenever speed is above 30 mph. At highway speeds I have literally lost control enough that I cross lanes, uncontrollably because I have encountered defects in the road surface. I have traveled across the same road surface in other vehicles at similar speeds and have no noticable effects. The 2015 F250 sd has the same loss in control every time.
I have experienced an extreme shimming (death wobble) numerous times while driving at speed on the freeway. After going over a bridge expansion joint or just a rough spot in the highway, my truck starts shimming so violently that I have to brake hard to slow the truck until it stops. This happened to me twice yesterday (7/14/17). The first time it happened I almost caused an accident behind me when I applied the brakes. The second time I was in the slow lane and was able to get on the shoulder to decelerate. This was the first time my wife was with me when this happened and she said if she was driving she would have lost control of the truck. I understand from speaking with other Ford F-250 4X4 owners that this is a common issue. Is anything being done to remedy this issue. I did not see any recall for this on your site or on Ford's site. I have an appointment at the local Ford dealer, next Wednesday to have them check the front suspension for any defects but I wanted to add my name to what I am sure is a long list of people with the same complaint. Does somebody have to die because of this issue before it is addressed?
Was driving on the highway 70 mph and changing lane I hitting the pothole and the truck start bouncing and I have to slow down to stop the bouncing very dangerous to drive. I had a same truck back in 2005 working for the company was doing same thing please can someone help ?
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle suddenly became turbulent, shook, and a knocking noise was heard from the engine. The contact would have to park and turn off the vehicle in order to stop the failure from occurring. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer five times. The dealer stated that this was a common failure with the vehicle and there was no remedy. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred. The manufacturer stated that the failure did not qualify under the lemon law. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 19,000.
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- Ennis, TX, USA