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Front suspension shakes violently when traveling above 50mph and striking any type of uneven road surface. Bumps, holes, groves, expansion joints, etc cause the front wheels to shake uncontrollably until the truck slows down to approximately 25mph.
Numerous times since I bought the pickup I have experienced the death wobble. I bought the pickup Oct. 2019 and have put 6K miles. I've had the tires checked but was told all tires we fine. I've had them rotated too. The times this has happened I've been on the freeway going about 60 to 70 miles per hour. If I hit some type of transition or uneven area on the freeway it begins to shake violently and I have to quickly maneuver to the shoulder without causing an accident. It has become more frequent and I am frightened that the wheel will fly off or I'm going to end up slamming into another vehicle or maybe even the median wall. The only way that the shaking stops is if I slow down under 50 miles per hour. Then and only then I can continue on and pick up speed, but has happened shortly after back to back to back.
With approximately 35,000 miles on the truck, I experienced a extremely violent oscillation in the steering. Everything in the truck was shaking and it was difficult to hold onto the steering wheel and maintain control of the vehicle until I could decrease speed to about 50mph or less. The oscillation did not happen again for approximately 6 months. Then it happened again 2 times back to back. After that I did not have the issue for more than a year. Then about 3 months ago (with roughly 49,000 miles), it started back again and has happened countless times since. When I reach 60mph the oscillation starts out light but progressively gets worse until it is in a full on "death wobble". all items in the truck are shaking around and falling in the floor. My wife will not drive the truck due to this issue and I wouldn't feel comfortable with her driving it. I am writing this report mainly for the thousands of other Ford Super Duty owners that have experience this issue and for some, have been in accidents because of it. There are literally facebook groups created solely for the discussion of the "Ford death wobble" and any potential solutions. From reports I have read, the dealerships, in many cases have not been successful in correcting the issue. Some reports state the repairs and say that it was a "band-aid" and that the issue returned shortly after the repairs. Others say that the dealers have told them that there is nothing else they can do. There also have been some reports that says it was corrected, at least for the time being. I have seen reports on vehicles as new as 2019 models with around 5,000 miles on them. This is definitely a safety related issue and I hope Ford is pushed to make this right for their customers. I have videos but they are the wrong file type. Date below is most recent occurrence. Thanks!
When truck hits a bump at highway speeds, especially in a left hand curve and down hill slope, it starts shaking violently. It becomes hard to steer and braking hard only makes the problem worse. You can only left off the gas and slow down hoping you can keep it on the road until it stops. It happened twice on our family vacation with my wife and kids in the truck. They feared for their lives. After that trip the dual steering stabilizer, 2"lift and adjustable track bar were installed.it took 6 months of replacing different parts, alignments, balancing tires, modifying suspension to finally correct the problem at a cost of over $2,600.
- Frisco, TX, USA
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I have a 2015 F250 6.7 platinum powerstroke with 78K on it and I'm experiencing the "Ford death wobble." I can not get a straight answer from anybody and I'm stick with this issue. The truck is not even safe to drive. As soon as my speed reaches around 50mph I get an uncontrollable front end shaking, to the point where the steering wheel takes 2 hands to hold onto and I have to decelerate to about 10-15mph to straighten the truck out again. I thought it was tires, so I went out and had $1,600 worth of tires put on it with an alignment, nope. Not the tires. So I took it my local mechanic, who I trust very well. He went through my front end with a fine tooth comb only to discover a worn U-joint on the four wheel drive axel which isnt the cause of the Ford death wobble. He literally told me that he was at a loss for word and could not find the problem because my front end was so tight and stiff. Long story short, I called my local Ford shop and they told me that Ford recognizes the problem and that it's a steering dampener. Well, guess what? my 2015 F250 does not have a steering dampener! the Ford service manager told me I was pretty much fu*%ed! wow! what a slap in the face!!
Death wobble: When the vehicle is moving and hits a groove or bump (does not have to be a major groove or bump) in the road going upward of 50 mph, it will begin to shake violently. The shaking can only be stopped by a sudden and substantial reduction of speed, which adds to the danger, particularly on the highway. I have several videos of this occurring that I would like to share. The videos take place after bringing it to my local Ford dealer and them claiming nothing is wrong.
While driving on the freeway at approximately 60-70 mph I drove across a bridge transition point when out of the blue my truck began to wobble excessively to the point I had to merge to my right and slow down to under 40 mph to get the wobble to stop. Cars behind could see I was in some sort of trouble and they would not pass me. Once the wobble stopped I proceeded to merge back onto the freeway and once again the wobble started as soon as I passed over the bridge transition. Again I applied my brakes and moved over to the right for my safety as well as others. The mileage on my truck at that time was 20,780 miles. I took the truck to my Ford dealer and explained the situation to them. They inspected the truck and replaced the steering damper assembly. The problem did go away until August 19, 2019 with 34,052 miles when it happened again in the same location. I returned to the dealer again and they replaced the steering damper again. It resolved the issue for 1695 miles and it happened again several time at different locations on different freeways. This time replacing the damper did not work. They also told me I needed to have them install a caster/camber adjuster shim to resolve the problem. That also did not work. They have readjusted the camber and caster with worse results. They now tell me that I need to replace my tires which still have 6/32 of tread left on them. The truck has now been at the dealership for six weeks with no fix available. They put a set of tires and rims off of another new truck and said the problem went away. So what there telling me is I will have to replace my tires every 20,000 miles which be ridiculous. Ford has a big problem that they don't want to admit. I believe a dual steering stabilizer unit will fix this problem but they don't want to admit that would work. This needs to be a recall asap to save lives.
I recently purchased a 2015 F250 Super Duty. It was a clean title no accidents. Shortly after purchasing the truck I was driving between 43 -55 mph on a county road when my steering wheel and in fact the entire truck started shaking so violently I was having trouble maintaining control. I managed to slow down quickly and it stopped. After several more occurrences all at the same speeds I took my truck to a specialty wheel and alignment shop and paid nearly 1,000 dollars to have this fixed. After new bushings, new tires, new shocks, new steering and new alignment it abated for 3 months. It is now back and as scary as ever. I had a 2004 F250 Super Duty and never had this kind of issue. I have now learned this is a known problem that Ford will not acknowledge or even recall. I may have to sell this truck because of the danger to the rest of my family. There is also a class action law suit over this known and very dangerous problem. Please look into this before more money and more damage is caused. If you have not been in a truck that does this come to Texas and take a ride with me. I promise it will scare you into action. This has been my problem since March. It is always on rougher roads or after hitting uneven pavement.
Hello, on highway going between 60-70 miles an hour, it goes into a death wobble that nearly threw truck off road. Very scary situation. Appears from reading online this had been an ongoing issue with Ford F250 pickup trucks from reading online consumer complaints.
The steering on my 2015 Ford F250 has a very serious wobble. It occurs at highway speeds (55-70 mph), it is a very violent shaking that almost caused me to lose control of my truck. I have replaced the steering damper, shocks and steering arm ball joint. I am in the process of replacing all tie rod ends now as I am afraid to drive it over 50 mph.
While going 70mph on highway I drove over an uneven paving seam on a slight left corner and truck went into a front end wobble causing me to have to pull over the side of the highway to get it to stop.
2015 Ford F 250 has death wobble was driving 70mph the steering has a uncontrollable shaking and bouncing in the steering has to slow vehicle to 30 mph to get shaking to stop and is very dangerous to do in heavy traffic
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.
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.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. While driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle struck a bump in the road and shook violently without warning. The vehicle was taken to all star Ford-kilgore (903-984-2006, located at 1615 us-259, longview, tx 75602) where it was diagnosed that the shocks and tires needed to be replaced. The tires and the shocks were replaced, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who confirmed the dealer's diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.
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.
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- Jefferson, LA, USA