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When driving around 70 mph I hit a bump and the vehicle started shaking horribly. When I reduced the speed to around 50mph the shaking stopped. The technician called it a "death wobble" and after a few days, the vehicle was repaired for $3755.80.
High way speeds very bad shake. Death wobble. Need caster set more on a 2.5 - 3 degree. Everything is stock on this truck and as much as I paid for it I as sure wasn't expecting that to happen. I had to pull of the highway and stop completely and then gradually gain speed and avoiding hitting egg yokes dividing lanes. That would set it off running 55 to 60. My mechanic is the one who told me about the caster adjuster. I don't want to void my warranty much less have to buy something that should've been already installed on this beast of a truck.
While driving, if I hit a pothole or dips in the roadway, hit the transition from the roadway pavement to a bridge or overpass on the highway or hit a groove in the roadway the front end and the steering wheel can begin to shake and wobble erratically and sometimes violently. This is scary and has almost caused accidents. This usually occurs while driving at speeds between 55 and 70 mph. Also, when driving at speeds between 68 and 75 the steering wheel shakes. This occurs all the time. I have spent a lot of money on having all front end parts replaced, shocks replaced and two sets of brand new tires replaced within three and a half months.yet, still I get the vibrations in the steering wheel and front end.
While driving hit small cracks and bumps that caused a violent shaking of truck, got on brakes stopped and then it happened three more times regular expressway joints caused it, hwy 385 and I 240 both 4 lane expressways, no pot holes just joint connections at speeds of 45 miles a hour getting on expressway and at speed on I240 65 mph when it happened. Truck was going strait at all times when this happened. Truck is stock no modifications.
The front wheels will start shaking violently causing the entire truck to shake. This is known as the death wobble. The truck only has 56,000 miles and this has happened several times. It usually happens when you are in a slight turn at highway speeds and hit any type of bump or rough patch in the road.
- Cox¿S Creek, KY, USA
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At 42000 miles I started to experience what is known as the death wobble when I hit a rough patch in the road. Took the truck to the local dealer and they had it for a week and told me the couldn't find an issue. Issue is getting progressively worse and occuring more frequently.
While traveling 65mph in a posted 65mph zone, I drove over uneven pavement. This caused the steering wheel and vehicle to violently shake. So severe was the shaking that my coffee cup shook out of the snug cup holder it was in, the overhead sunglass storage compartment came open and the passenger-side sun visor came down. When I applied the brakes, the shaking became worse and I could not control the vehicle. Only when I decelerated without braking did the shaking stop, at about 35mph. This was extremely terrifying, so much so that a fellow motorist, who witnessed the ordeal, stopped behind me on the shoulder to make sure I was okay.
This truck starting doing the death wobble at about 50 mph. Ran over some rumble strips approaching a stop sign and the wheels shook violently. Put new drag link, tie rod and steering dampner, still did it. Put new trackbar and ball joint, bushing and had alignment still doing it. It is at dealer now replacing track bar ball joint, shocks and having alignment shimmed. Total cost about 3500.
When driving on road/interstate over 60 mph and hit a rough spot in the road the front end shakes violently. Almost loosing control of the vehicle. This happens very often. Shakes so bad you need to slow down to about 30 mph before it stops. Not safe.
With 37K miles on my vehicle and all maintenance performed and followed by dealer, I was driving down highway at 70 mph hauling a 13K lb 5th wheel rv when suddenly truck and steering started to shake violently. With a heavy load attached I braked and slowed vehicle to 50 mph to stop shaking. I was 200 miles from nearest Ford dealer in el paso and drove truck and rv there for immediate service. Internet research shows this condition is common with F250 trucks even under 10K miles! this is a very dangerous and life threatening episode especially at highway speed. There is a Ford tsa which describes this problem.
Death wobble- 2016 Ford F-250 is experiencing the death wobble at speeds above 60mph. This is a continuing problem, the service manager at my local dealership stated there is no tsb from Ford recognizing the 2016 has a problem with the death wobble. The dealership has replaced the parts in the front end that Ford says to on models that experience the same issue. This has not fixed the problem. This is a serious safety issue with all these vehicle and Ford knows about this issue and has not done anything to help the consumer. I have spent over $2000 to fix this and it's not fixed yet.
My truck, with 41,000 miles, is suffering whats being referred to online as the " death wobble ". the symptoms began at around 21,000 miles and it has grown steadily worse. It happens when hitting bumps or bridge expansion joints at highway speed, forcing me to slow to approx 20 mph to regain control, which is very unsafe on a crowded highway. The dealer I purchased the truck from new said it is not a warranty item and may not even be covered under my additionally purchased 10 year 100,000 mile extended warranty. The truck is essentially unsafe at highway speeds and my wife wont even ride in it. Ford is ignoring a huge problem with their product, people have already been hurt, someone is going to be killed! please help!! I have an appointment at the dealers service department for tueday, 10-23-18. They have informed me that any work they do may be on my dime, which just blows my mind. Again, please interject into this issue before someone is killed and to save the buyers from having to pay Ford to address this obvious engineering mistake.
Has a hissing sound under the passenger side, has been giving us upset stomachs and sometimes head aches, just plain sick feeling, when the ac and defrost are on. Also from end ABS seems to engage when going around a bend and then supposedly the auto correct kicks in and tries to correct the truck pulling steering wheel. Was told they tested one truck and it did it one time, this is after they put in countless hrs on labor plus a $1000 into a new steering column and determined that it is normal operating condition. Didn't buy it for this god for sake noise. As for the hissing, told me to detail the truck and that they were not going to do anymore for this. This has been going on since the first week of buying this truck. Over and over to the dealership, they keep putting new parts on. If this is normal operating conditions, than why don't they know what to replace and keep putting more test and parts. No answer on the hissing sound and very very rude managers at dealership.
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- New Boston, TX, USA