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My 2019 Ford F250 has a death wobble. I was driving on 3/22/2020 at about 50 mph when my truck started to shake. I had to slow down to about 15 mph to get the wobble to stop. The truck is 8 months old and has 24,000 miles on it. This is the first time the truck has done this. I was driving on a city street at 50 mph. This wobble was violent, and if I hadn't slowed down it could of caused an accident. There were cars coming in the opposite direction.
While driving straight on a highway at approximately 55 mph my truck's steering wheel began to violently shake. It also felt as if the whole truck was shaking. I decreased my speed to approximately 30 mph and my truck quit shaking. This happened on 02/23/2020. This has happened 3 times since I have had my truck. One other time I was driving straight and the same thing happened. I was able to slow down and the truck quit shaking. The other time I was driving on a state highway and I was in a curve. The truck and steering wheel began to violently shake. I briefly lost control of the vehicle and went into the left lane. I slowed down and the shaking stopped. I was able to regain control of the vehicle. I will be contacting the dealer tomorrow morning on 02/24/2020. Luckily there was no oncoming traffic when my truck began to shake. After doing a little research, it seems that Ford has a problem with these vehicles and my truck seems to have a death wobble. I am the only owner of my truck and it has less than 7600 miles. My truck is fully stock with the 18 inch rims and stock tires.
Death wobble. Violent shaking of the steering wheel. I have to slow almost a complete stop to get it to go away. This happens while driving at usually higher speeds from 50 mph to 80 mph when it hits a bump or a gap in the pavement.
- Mansfield, TX, USA
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Me and my wife were driving down the highway 70-80 mph, and the truck began to wobble side to side, and I thought it was a flat tire. We slowed down to make sure everything was ok, and nothing was wrong. I started back on the highway, and about 10 minutes later we hit a bump going roughly 75 mph, and the truck again started wobbling, I felt like I had no control of the vehicle. I just purchased this truck with 18,862 miles on it, and currently there is 19,541 miles on the odometer. I am going to take it to the dealership because I still have the manufacture warranty on the vehicle, but I feel very intimidated to drive it, and my wife refuses to drive the truck after this incident. All I have been able to see is that this is a result of the Ford "death wobble". I do not know what components of the vehicle are causing this, but it is very frustrating to spend the amount of money that we did, only to find it being a possible death trap.
I have had what is referred to as the death wobble occur 3 times on my 2019 Ford F250 turbo diesel Super Duty, I have 23,198 miles on it. Going freeway speed, when you hit uneven highway the vehicle shakes violently, I had to slow to 30 mph or one of the times come to a complete stop
Sterring wheel started violently shaking and almost impossible to control vehicle. Almost hit someone head on at 55 mph! problem is commonly known as the Ford death wobble!
Driving on the freeway at about 68mph and pass an uneven part of the road and truck violently starts shaking. Had to pull over for it to stop. They call this the "death wobble". took vehicle to Ford dealership the following morning and the confirmed it was the issue and installed kc3Z 3E651 B :damper asy. Others who have experienced this and a damper install had the problem return.
Driving 68-70mph down freeway and the truck starts to death wobble. Had to pull over to get it to stop. 2019 F250 16.9K miles. Terrified my 14 year old daughter, could have caused an accident. Vehicle is not safe.
Local highway driving the truck shake uncontrollably for about 5-10 minutes or until the truck slows to a near stop. The shake will also occur when hitting a pot hole, going over railroad tracks or braking. The first experience occurred at 17,000 miles and has since continued to a current 26,000 miles. After taking to Ford dealership service they have indicated that several trucks were experiencing the same and the part(s) were on back order. After approx. 30 days, the dampner came in, however, the defect has occurred several times since. Returned to Ford service and had a tire alignment done. To no avail, the same issue has occurred again. I have researched this defect and found the Ford community is calling this occurrence as the "death wobble".
Driving down interstate in F250. When death wobble occurred. This can be dangerous if dealership doesn't fix the problem due to the size of this vehicle driving down the road.
Every time I hit a speed bump the entire vehicle starts shaking uncontrollably and I have to slam on brakes and hold on to the steering wheel with all my strength.
At approximately 60mph, the front end started shaking and truck became underivable. The common term for this is 'death wobble' and it has been reported to the dealership. I've had the same issues 5-6 times over the last 3 weeks.
While driving a 2019 Ford F250 XLT 4X4 down the highway at 75 mph and crossed a bridge and when the truck crossed the expansion joints the truck goes into a violent wobble, steering wheel shakes back and forth violently, like the vehicle is out of control. In order to correct it I had to slow down on the highway to 40 mph to get it to stop. This happened over 10 times traveling from Kansas to Texas. One time it happened with 18 wheelers traveling behind me and next to me and it forced me to exit the highway in order to avoid a serious incident.
Death wobble- freeway driving, uncontrollable, violent shaking, unresponsive steering and brake control. Ford is aware of the problem. I have had in the dealership to resolve the issue, and it was not fixed. I am in fear for my life and my family as well as other drivers on the road as the truck is uncontrollable when this happens. This happened three times on the freeway, and then another after it was taken in to be fixed.
Electronic tailgate opens up on its own while driving down the highway or while parked. I nearly lost my cargo due to this which would have caused an accident. Also, I injured my hand when the tailgate opened on its own and was pinched between the tail gate and trailer jack. Nothing bones were fractured but was really sore and had bruising and laceration. I found online how this was previously investigated in the 2017 Ford Super Duty but no recall was issued. I have a 2019 superduty and was injured and nearly caused an accident on different occasions. I have had the tailgate open on its own 12 times now and it is getting worse. I have not found any specific action/configuration that triggers this. It is totally random. Please help
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- Taylors, SC, USA