Death wobble. Driving at speeds over 50 mph and hitting a bump the truck has now 3 times gone into the death wobble. Truck/steering wheel starts violently shacking and does not stop until the truck comes to a complete stop. Last date occurred is listed below.

- Kearney, MO, USA

On going problem: When driving at speeds above 45mph should you happen to hit a slightly recessed manhole cover or defect in the road the steering wheel shakes violently and rapid deceleration is the only cure, applying the brakes has no effect. On a back road I travel frequently, when void of traffic I 'let go' of the steering wheel while hitting a slightly (approx 1-1.5") manhole cover, the truck immediately veered to the left into the oncoming traffic lane. Again no traffic at the time. The wobble of the steering wheel is violent, and cannot be corrected by turning the steering wheel, only slowing down. Personally I feel the adaptive steering is partially to blame. My 2012 F250 with old fashioned steering never had this issue. Please note you only allow one incident date. This started when the truck had about 12,000 miles on it, at that time it was a slight shaking which has grown into an all out loss of control

- Wrentham, MA, USA

While driving at highway speed (60-65MPH) on interstate highway, upon entering upon a bridge or overpass (and crossing over a small bump at the beginning of same), the front-end began to shake violently; said violent shaking only stopped after brakes were slammed on and speed was reduced to a crawl. This happened three times on a recent trip. Vehicle has been properly maintained, last serviced at Ford Dealer on 7/14/21. I experienced "death wobble" as described in hundreds of other complaints. Fortunately, I grip the wheel tightly and did not run off the road. This condition (apparently well-known to Ford) put my life and my wife's life in danger, as well as that of anyone driving behind me. Why hasn't NHTSA recalled this vehicle when this exact problem has been documented hundreds of times?

- Fancy Gap, VA, USA

Experienced what I would characterize as a life threatening experience in my 2019 Ford 250 pickup. While passing another vehicle on AZ 77 my steering went into a violent shuddering causing me to lose control of the vehicle and causing me to have to reduce my speed ASAP immediately in front of the vehicle I had just passed. I managed to safely pull to the shoulder/ditch and inspect the truck. I did resume my trip as I could not find obvious damage to my truck. I decided to see if I could replicate the shaking but at a much lower speed and I was able to do so. First incident was at about 70 mph and second was at about 55 mph. I looked on the web for reports of this happening to other owners of Ford 250 trucks and it was rife with reports. The phenomenon even has a name. -??The Death Shudder-?? Aptly named I would say. All required maintenance has been performed on the truck but FMC has not agreed with it being a design issue. Numerous blogs exist suggesting fixes but none from the manufacturer.

- Lakeside, AZ, USA

My vehicle was included in the recall for the steering damper. In May of 2021 I had the Ford dealership inspect my vehicle and they changed the steering damper as well as the drag link. On 22 Aug 2021 I experienced the well known death wobble while driving approximately 70 mph. I had limited control of the vehicle and attempting to brake increased the initial shake. All I could do was ride out the shake, fortunately traffic was very light and not a factor on the interstate. Until I was below 40 mph I did not feel it was safe to even attempt to change lanes and pull over to the break down lane. Had there been more traffic and I been required to brake I do not believe that would have been possible, or had I been in a turn at the time of the incident I do not think I would have been able to maintain my lane or stay on the paved surface.

- Mountain Home, ID, USA

Driving down highway at approx 70MPH, hit a slight bump in road and violent shaking started in steering column. Had to slow to 30MPH to stop it. Slowly accelerated again, got up to highway speeds, hit another slight bump in road and violent shaking started again. This happened 1 more time. All in 3 times in a space of 10 minutes.

- Cypress, TX, USA

At high speeds after hitting bumps, repairs in highway. front end severely shakes "death shake" as described by other Ford owners. This is very scary and very dangerous. A major re-call should happen. It happened with grand children in truck (they screamed)---also towing horses ---and a couple of other times.

- Chiloquin, OR, USA

I experienced a severe front end wobble while driving my vehicle under normal roadway driving conditions.

- Livermore , CA, USA

There is what I would call violent shaking of the vehicle which causes loss of control and difficulty steering. One specific instance this week caused our F250 to jolt into the opposite lane. Thank goodness there was no oncoming traffic. This has been happening for about a month now at any time and under typical driving conditions and speed. Of course we just past our 36,000 mile warranty. This is of great concern for fear it may cause an accident and hurt us, as well as others on the road. Ford should issue an immediate recall for all trucks affected.

- Boyceville, WI, USA

Experienced extreme steering wheel oscillation at 45 mph on freeway on-ramp. Oscillation was so extreme I had to pull off freeway and stop to regain normal steering control. Went to Ford dealership and they informed me I experienced the -??Death Wobble -?? That was the first time I had heard of the Death Wobble. Dealer replaced front steering dampener and recommended other linkage components be replaced. Steering Stabilizer was replaced under warranty 20NO4. Truck had 17429 miles. So after doing research on this I have found that it is a common problem from 2005-2019 Ford trucks and there has been no recall. This is a huge safety problem. Talk to a dealer service manger and explain you had extreme steering wheel oscillation on your Ford truck and they will say you have the -??Death Wobble -??. Not sure what would happen while towing a 10,000 lbs fifth wheel rv.

- Auburn , CA, USA

4 times in the past month I have experienced the "Death Wobble" at highways speeds in my vehicle. All 4 times have been travelling around 70MPH and is set off from hitting a pot hole or where road construction was going on so there were imperfections in the pavement.

- Odessa, TX, USA

While driving at highway speeds ~60-65mph through Arkansas on interstate 30 south bound hauling a Palomino - Puma 6,868 lbs. dry weight RV had wife and 3 young kids with me. I was in the left hand lane, I passed over a rough stretch of road and at this point the front end started to violently shake. The steering wheel was uncontrollable, I lost control of the vehicle and was pulled into the other lane. Thankfully no one was in that lane and I was able to apply breaks and bring the vehicle to a safe stop on the side of the highway. I checked the tires thinking I had a blow out but everything was ok on the vehicle. After finding no issues I attempted to take off again catching back up to traffic although a little slower as that was a very scary previous experience. I was driving for a few minutes ~55-60mph when I again hit a rough section of the road and the same thing happened. This time I was in the right lane and the vehicle was pulled uncontrollable into the left lane. Again thankfully no one was around me as I had just hit a open section of traffic. I was finally able to bring the vehicle to a stop again on the shoulder and found no issues with the truck. After this I continued to drive much slower back to Texas to get home. I researched the issue and came across the Ford "death wobble" issue and after watching a few videos on youtube of this problem, i realized this was exactly what I experienced except for the fact that I was also hauling an RV during the issue. I am very lucky to be alive given that I was hauling an RV and had just entered a open stretch of traffic in both cases or I would have taken myself and at least 1 or 2 other drivers off the road. I am currently attempting to get the vehicle into the Ford service center. No initial warnings the onset of the incident happened very quickly.

- Angleton, TX, USA

Our 2019 F250 at approx 20000 odometer miles, while driving on I-25 in Denver driving home from a wedding, with my wife and 7 year old in the vehicle, we were doing approx. 50mph the steering wheel began to shake uncontrollably, the whole cab of the truck seemed to violently shake. We quickly slowed down in traffic causing other vehicles to go around us. The shaking stopped and the truck seemed okay. We had to drive home to Washington state that day so we kept going. It happened twice more, both times we were going approx 50mph and we hit a bump. Both of those times we got over and slowed down until the shaking stopped.

- Oak Harbor, WA, USA

While driving on the expressway at approximately 65 mph, I hit a pothole and vehicle started shaking violently. The steering was uncontrollable as I released the accelerator and nearly caused an accident on the highway. If my spouse or other family member was driving, I do not know how the situation would have turned out. I do not feel safe in this vehicle until a permanent fix is found.

- Los Fresnos, TX, USA

Hit a bad spot in the road and the front end goes into a violent shake. It-??s referred to as the Ford death wobble and they know about it but won-??t do anything. My wife will not drive the truck because it-??s happened to her several times. Please help

- New Braunfels, TX, USA

While driving at a speed around 50 miles an hour on a well surfaced mountain road the steering wheel began to viberate to the extent that the truck could not be controled. I momentarily lost control of the vehicle and it crossed the center line into the oncoming lane of traffic. Fortunately there were no on coming vehicles or an accident would have happened. Over the next two days the same steering viberation occured.

- Broomfield, CO, USA

The truck has the wobble of death, aka wobbles violently on speeds over 55 when you either hit the brakes or when it hit a bump. I have dealership has resuraced the rotors 2 times already, and issue still continues.

- Austin, TX, USA

While driving my 2019 Ford F250 at approximately 55-60 mph, the steering wheel began to shake and wobble violently from side to side. I was able to maintain control of the vehicle and bring it to a complete stop(luckily there were no vehicles following us at the time). I felt that I was going to lose control of the vehicle and possibly roll over and there was no warning that this was about to happen. After exiting the vehicle and doing a walk around inspection, I determined that I would not call a tow vehicle and continue with my trip, depending on the wobble being gone. The vehicle had approximately 40,000 miles on the odometer at the time. Two days later, I took the truck to a Ford dealership, where the Service Dept. admitted that they have had the same problems with with many Super Duty trucks similar to mine. They inspected and replaced the steering dampers and stabilizer arm and stated that this had fixed the problem on many other Super Duty trucks. I have not had any recurrence of the issue as yet and am hoping the problem is solved, although I have my doubts.

- Leclaire, IA, USA

I was driving 60 miles an hour and I hit a pot hole and the truck went into a -??death wobble-??. It started to shake extremely violently that I thought I was going to crash and die. My arms hurt so bad from trying to hold on to the steering wheel for dear life. I managed to come to a complete stop but not before I almost [XXX] my pants from fear. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).-??

- Houston, TX, USA

The truck at highway speed started to shake violently to the point that I could not steer it. I had to slow down in traffic to a point where the shaking subsided. Very frightening experience. We were not sure if we were going to crash in heavy traffic.

- Austin, TX, USA