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I've hit the "death wobble" in my 2018 F-250 at 30,000 miles. It has happened three times after hitting a bump in the road driving at highway speeds 70-75mph. It stopped after aggressively braking and slowing to about 30mph. I have an appointment with a local dealership to repair but I'm not confident it will be resolved after reading about other owners experiences.
While traveling with my wife and two small children North on I-25 near the E-470 exchange doing the posted speed limit of 75mph, we hit a small bump in the far right hand lane and the truck began to violently shake and wobble to the point I almost lost control and hit an 18 wheeler in the adjacent lane. I was forced to apply my brakes aggressively to try and control the vehicle. I pulled off the highway and stopped to inspect the front end. I could find nothing wrong with the tires, rims, nor the front axel. I have since spoken to the Ford dealership where I purchased this vehicle from and have been given the same song and dance that I see reported frequently online regarding this death wobble experience and the dealership's involvement, or lack there of, in dealing with providing a resolution.
Ford F250 lariat 2018 has death wobble at highway speeds between 50 and 80 mph very unsafe scares the bjesus out of me N my family bought it to pull a trailer behind it. Donot want do do that in fear of someone getting severly injuried or worse!! its been to Ford dealership they want to put a bandage on it for $800 with no guarantee to fix the problem!! they taught their employees well deny deny deny. What a waste of 48,000 dollars (shame on Ford ) bought on November 2 2019
Truck has 16,000 miles on it. Purchased new from dealer. Within 1,000 miles experienced random front end shake, was occasional on rough road. Recently it occurred in one weekend 6 times. All on different interstate roads between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Shook so hard and violently both fog lights cracked on the truck including one of the fog light mounts. Happens on any road. Happens any speed above 45mph. Concrete roads are the worst and bridge joints. Truck now looses grip when driving over bumps. Feels like on ice. Ciocca Ford will not warranty broken parts such as fog lights and one mount. They will not correct alignment issue due to steering stability issue aka death wobble. Truck now pulls to the right. Truck does not feel safe to drive with my children in it, especially in the snow season knowing any bump could set it off. I have tried all different air pressures still get death wobble. Still breaks truck traction on bumps. This wobble occurs even on secondary roads. The wobble causes steering wheel to shake back and forth 3-4 inches. The entire front of the truck vibrates and shakes. The wobble won't stop until speed is dropped below 35mph. This shake will cause loss of steering and control in any weather condition. When it occurs you have all you can do to hold the steering wheel, there is no turning ability when this occurs. The steering stabilizer is often quoted as the issue for this. I believe from my experience and research the shocks are also not adequate from the loss of traction steering. Steering linkage is also weak. Ford has a reengineered solution, however unknown availability. This truck is now a safety hazard to myself and others, and ciocca Ford is not offering a solution for the safety concern.
1st incident 2/10/2019, when the vehicle hit a bump in road the truck steering would shake and cause vehicle to bounce to the right uncontrollable, vehicle in shop 2/12/19 to replace steering strut. Vehicle mileage 10,699 on 11/15/2019 a trip from md to ky, travel approximately 72 mph and about 5 hours in trip, the vehicle hit a small bump in road on highway 79, the vehicle front began to shake violently and pull the truck to the right uncontrollable. I manage to maintain control and slow vehicle down at approximately 10 mph on the should the shaking stopped. Contact dealer the same day and have an appointment on 12/2/19 to review. The vehicle steering shake when driving at speeds about 40 mph and will began shaking again when hitting a bump in road. Vehicle mileage is 25210.
- Jefferson, MD, USA
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While traveling on I-74 at 70mph we hit a road expansion joint (slight bump) on a bridge and the truck began to shake and wobble to the point I almost lost control and hit the bridge railing, I hit my brakes to try and control the vehicle when I was almost hit by a semi truck. I pulled off the interstate and stopped. I could find nothing wrong and continued on and again when I was doing 65mph I almost lost control of the truck when we hit another expansion. It shook so bad it almost pulled the steering wheel out of my hands. I got off to the side again almost causing a traffic crash. I fully stopped and then slowly drove off of the interstate and drove home on a secondary road and it was fine until I was on Indiana 63 / us 41 I got the truck to 60 mph and it again shook violently when we hit a slight bump of an expansion joint. I am taking it to the shop tomorrow morning. I never knew this was a problem U til I looked this up on google. How can Ford continue to sell these trucks with a know safety defect and NHTSA does nothing to warn us.
I started looking into this issue to see if others have had it. It's called, the "death wobble". the Ford dealership knows about it but doesn't have a fix for it. It has been taken in and no repairs are needed. How come it's still happening"!"! they need to have a fix for this issue. I don't want to crash because the truck is wobbling so much! I think with the amount we paid for the truck this shouldn't be a concern but it is!!
The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-250. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle experienced the "death wobble". there were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to brenengen Ford (located at 615 S black river St, sparta, wi 54656, (608) 269-3673) where it was diagnosed that the damper assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 9,000.
The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-250. While driving 60 mph over a bump in the road, the vehicle experienced the "death wobble" without warning. The contact had the vehicle repaired under warranty at everett Ford (19501 I-30, benton, ar 72019, (501) 315-4700), but the failure recurred. The contact took the vehicle to whitson-morgan ozark (2001 N 18th St, ozark, ar 72949, (479) 667-2162) to be repaired; however, the failure continued. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and filed a complaint. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 20,000.
My 2018 F-250 Super Duty (purchased new) developed death wobble at 21,700 miles. While driving at freeway speeds (55 to 70 mph) after hitting a small sharp bump, the truck began to shake violently requiring me to rapidly decrease speed and come to a complete stop on the side of the freeway. I immediately contacted Ford. The dealership told me the parts were on back order. I returned to the dealer once they received the part. Dealership replaced the steering damper and the issue went away. At around 39,000 miles the issue appeared again, this time worse than before. On a business trip from wausau to milwaukee and back the vehicle began to shake violently 5 separate times on the same day. Each time the only way to regain control of the vehicle was to pull to the shoulder and come to a complete stop. I again immediately called the for dealer and have an appointment today. Abrupt bumps in the road, rough road, bridge seams all seem to make the F-250 shake to the point of almost loosing control of the vehicle. If I was pulling my camper, trailer or if road conditions were poor I am sure this would have ended in a horrible accident. I live in central wi and the winter season is just beginning. If the truck were to do this on an ice or snow covered road chances of getting it back under control would be impossible and could result in death or serious injury.
Bought vehicle on 4/16/19 used with 22,0000 miles. Returned to dealership where it was purchased on 4/23/16 due to 'death wobble' for repairs. The damper assembly was repaired. Returned truck to dealership again on 10/23/19 for repairs due to 'death wobble' again. Steering stabilizer had dead spot so new steering stabilizer installed. 11/1/19. 'death wobble' returns and is worse. Returned to dealership for further diagnostic testing on 11/20/19. Can not find anything wrong..all death wobble occurrences happened in motion on highway at speeds between 51 mph and 70 mph, death wobble will resolve only with greatly reduced speeds. This vehicle is unsafe to drive due to the violent front end shaking.
Truck does death wobble aka shakes violently after hitting bumps in the road. Yesterday driving to pick up our son from school going down the interstate at 65 miles per hour in between an 18 wheeler and a school bus I nearly lost control of the truck when this began so badly it ripped the steering wheel out of my hands. Not the first time but by far the scariest
The truck will go into a violent (death wobble) in the front end and steering, feels like its totally out of control, had it back to the dealer and had it fixed, a few weeks later had the same thing happen. Did some research and found its a common problem with this vehicle, only 30,000 miles and I feel its not safe to ride in it. I believe its a defect. And can't be fixed. It will happen above 50 miles an hour when hitting uneven road or bumps. Can happen at any moment.
While driving my truck at highway speeds. The truck started to violently shake and was unable to steer the truck. I reacted by quickly taking the truck to a complete stop.
At highway speeds over 60mph, upon hitting a rough spot on the road, heavy road expansion joint or sometime under light braking. The truck steering wheel will oscillate strongly for a few seconds then will subside. This has happened several times. I have told my dealership and they told me that there might be a recall coming but they don't have any parts to fix the problem. That is not acceptable, this could get someone injured or worse.
While traveling at highway speeds, front end began to violently shake or 'death wobble' after hitting a bump. Didn't stop until got under 65 mph. This is a serious health and safety issue, I almost crashed in to a guard rail and this is unacceptable.
When driving at speeds of more than about 30 mph, and hit a bump, the trucks steering starts to shake violently. It is very difficult to maintain your lane when this is happening. In addition the brakes have to be applied rather rapidly to stop the wheels from shaking. The truck has 22,000 miles on it with no modifications.
At 12pm 11/14/2019, my truck began to shake violently at 70 mph after hitting a bump at a bridge junction. Scared me badly and I immediately decelerated and the violent shaking stopped at about 40 mph. I didn't know if I blew a tire, hit something, the engine was about to fall out of the truck or what! I did some research online and found that my truck had what is known as the "death wobble". today the exact same death wobble issue occurred at the exact same place in the road. I have a call in to the dealership to determine how this can be repaired. My truck is only at 39K miles and was purchased brand new in Jan 2018.
I was going down the road at 75 mph and went over a bridge hitting a small bump and the truck started to shake violently like a tire had blown out or something. I slowed down and it stopped. It happened two more times not quite as hard but makes the truck hard to control. I got on line and seen several people had the same problem with the F-250 trucks. This condition was called the "death wobble". Ford needs to recall these trucks.
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- Lipan, TX, USA