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Death wobble. Outside temp 49 degrees Fahrenheit - seems to happen most when its cold outside. Driving 65 mph and front driver's wheel hit a couple of pot holes. Entire vehicle starts to wobble side to side. Had to pull over and slow down to get it to ease up, and then sometimes can get it to stop if I accelerate immediately after the slow down. After it happened the third time, we had a mechanic change the ball joint, balance and rotated the tires, then do an alignment. Both times that we have taken it to the dealership, they have claimed there is nothing wrong. Understand that they need to be in the vehicle when it happens, but looking over the complaints on this model so far, over half of the complaints are the same thing - some are listed under suspension, and some are listed under tires. There is obviously something going on here and I'm appalled that there's not been a recall.
I'm am reporting the famous death wobble. When I talked to my for rep he said it was a known problem but Ford has not done anything to fix it. This happened at 55 mph and was so extreme I thought my vehicle's wheels were going to fall off. Fortunately I was able to get off the road safely but this is a huge problem that is all I've got forums. Please help Ford fix this problem.
Driving down interstate and hit a slight variation in roadway and caused the truck to go into what is known as the death wobble. I had my 7 in half month pregnant wife and 4 year old child in the truck when it happened. I nearly lost control and overturned the truck into two tractor trailers. I managed to hold onto the steering with wheel with my life and drive off the interstate into the grass median at interstate speeds, forcing the truck to come to a stop. The truck is a serious safety issue and nearly cost me my families lives.
- Bellbrook, OH, USA
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If you go over 60 mph and hit a bump or sometimes don't even have to hit a bump the whole truck and steering wheel wobbles out of control. Obviously they know about it as there is a nick name "the death wobble" for it. I took my truck in and now they want me to pay close to $800 to repair it when it is clearly a manufacturing defect that Ford has known about and has tried to conceal. There is a class action lawsuit started in California. Ford should be made to recall there F250 and F350's to do the repairs at no cost to the customer. We paid a lot of money for this vehicle. They say its ok just don't drive over 60 mph. It is very scary when it happens
Was driving down hwy about 70 mph when I hit a bump and the pickup began to shake so bad I thought I was going to roll it. It is was as known as the death wobble. Every time I hit a bump it happens. It has happened many times driving on a normal hwy. It also happens when you hit the breaks. Took it to my dealership and they said they fixed it. Picked it up and went about 20 miles and it happened again. Ford dealership is saying they fixed it. But it is not!!! I printed off what I found on internet to fix it and a list of parts but they did not do any of what the paper said.
While driving at a speed of approximately 70mph heading into a left curve turn on the expressway the truck began to shake violently. This occurred with no warning and would not stop until I slowed to 30mph. It was difficult to maintain control. The truck has 28000 miles on it and all stock.
I hit a rough patch of road at 55 mph on a 2 lane and the steering wheel was jerked out of my hands and the truck violently started shaking and bouncing veering into oncoming traffic pulling left towards a semi. I hit the brakes and turned the wheel to the right as hard as I could only turning right slightly enough to miss the truck. I pulled over and inspected the wheels and everything looked fine. I drove away cautiously and you couldn't tell anything ever happened. Called dealer he said oh yea death wobble. Nice to know they already know about it. An older or weaker person would be dead along with on coming driver/passengers. Scared to drive my $70K truck!!
While driving on the interstate running 68 mph I crossed a straight bridge and encountered a severe vibration/loss of control coming from my front suspension. After hitting a slight bump at the beginning of the bridge the vibration was so severe and would not stop until I slowed the truck to 20mph. I was forced to use both lanes to slow the truck down without wrecking. This seems to be a common condition that some people refer to as the 'death wobble'. vehicle has 30K miles and was purchased new by me and has never been wrecked. Suspension and tires are 100% stock.
While traveling around 45 to 50 mph on a two lane road going around a slight curve to the left the truck hit a rough patch in the road and the front wheels started oscillating up and down causing me to lose any control of the steering wheel. I could barely hold on to the steering wheel because it was shaking so violently until I had slowed almost to a stop. I then pulled off the road and examined the front end of the truck and did not find anything out of the ordinary nothing was broke or lose that I could find. The incident was very unnerving and I now am very apprehensive and do not trust this vehicle.
Multiple times when hitting a small pot hole or driving on a rough paved road vehicle went into what is called a 'death wobble'. vehicle was uncontrollable. Took vehicle I. and front end work was reportedly done at dealership. Got the vehicle back and it went into a 'death wobble' again. At approximately 50 to 60 mph during each occurrence the vehicle the vehicle shook so severe that it was uncontrollable.
Starting at about 20,000 miles my F250 platinum Super Duty started doing an extreme 'death wobble' while driving 70 miles an hour on the freeway. Dealer said it was a steering stabilizer. Problem still exists. They tried to state it was the lane assist which has been turned off since we got the truck. Now after a couple months with this problem even when we are doing 30-50 on normal streets and hit and bump the front end begins to shake violently. This is now needing to return to dealer again to see what else they say is the issue
I only have 9500 miles on my F250 and have had the death wobble twice after hitting small bump in the road. How long before it kills someone. Make Ford recall the darn things! was doing 70mph and almost had a wreck.
Hit very small bump on the highway and went into an extremely violent shaking and off-balance feeling pulled over to the side of the road that I had a flat tire went down the road and it happened again both instances happened at speeds between 55 and 70 mph
I was traveling on the highway with my family at approximately 65mph and I experienced the 'death wobble' (a violent vibration with the suspension that's out of control). This incident nearly caused me to lose control of the vehicle and crash as I was driving on a highway with many vehicles on the road.
My truck experiences the 'death wobble' when traveling around 65-70mph when I cross over slight bumps. I have to immediately slow down to around 45mph to regain control of the vehicle. My truck has 49,000 miles on it and I took it to the dealership for the same issue at approximately 25K miles.
I was driving 70 mph and hit a bump on the highway. The pickup started shaking and it took me on to the shoulder until I was able to get it back under control. It didn't stop shaking until I slowed down to around 20mph.
Vehicle was already "fixed" for what is termed "death wobble" last year. While driving last night, we experienced the whole truck shaking uncontrollably on two different occasions. Once on a township road going 45 and once on the interstate doing 65. Both involved uncontrollable shaking of the suspension and inability to have complete control of the truck. This happened again this morning while driving to work. This happened, as before, when the truck hits a bump in the road. The incident on the interstate caused the need to slow down from 65 to 20 mph in order to regain control of the viehicle and stop the shaking (death wobble).
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- Naples, FL, USA