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Steering wobble (some call it death wobble) on cartoon bumps it appears T induce a uncontrollable wo bue in front wheel steering. Wheels will isolate fast and violently until vehicle slows. My vehicle so far happens int he 55 to 60 mph range and coasting without using brakes it will discontinue before 40mph. I notice on the highway that I ha E experia cedar this (3 times so far) that several of the typical cross ridges caused by ground heave or freezing will make steering wheel shale like 3 times. This is not normally experianced on most smoother black top roads. I feel the 3 shakes are a pre-wobble action and when a bump maybe is repeated in cartoon distance maybe it makes that 3 shake I've feel cross the controlled steering point and this shake/wobble happens. I have only had the wo bue happen while going straight but have felt this 3 shack pre-wobble several times when in a curve and feel like it could do it in a curve also should the needed trigger bumps be there. I do not have photo or video do hope to mount camera and have a video should it repeat in the future. Ford dealer 1st visit fou D nothing but felt they could change alignment but needed to order a shim I believe. 2nd visit realigned using a shim and change steering dampner. 3 rd visit same answer but shims on backorder will change past 3/4 degree adjustment to 1 degree. Hope to know more about this adjustment when they are able to do it.. service showed me a service bulletin outlining these steps to solve issue.
On Nov. 7 and Nov. 24, 2018 while driving my 2017 F350 Super Duty diesel truck I crossed freeway bridge transition strips at 70mph, at which time the front end of the truck went into what is commonly referred to by owners as the "death wobble". the front end of the truck began to violently shake up, down and sideways. These violent vibrations were obviously felt in the steering wheel, which also began to violently shake, nearly taking the wheel out of my hands when the event first started. The vibration did not stop until I was off on the berm and reduced speed to approximately 30 mph. These occurrences obviously caused not only a safety hazard for me, but for every vehicle behind or beside me at the time. The only way to stop the problem is to immediately reduce speed, which is extremely dangerous at highway speeds of 70 mph, even more so if towing a trailer or camper. This issue can very easily cause vehicles with this issue to lose control resulting in an accident. This problem is widely known, going back years, and owners have said tsb 18-2268 does not correct the problem. Ford needs to correct this problem, and owner's online don't understand why the NHTSA allows this problem to persist.
2017 Ford F-350 drw 4X4. While driving on us hwy 67 in Arkansas (a very rough road) at 60 mph, towing a 15K lb 5th wheel rv, encountered a bump in the road and subsequently experienced a sustained steering wheel oscillation that lasted approximately 15-20 seconds until speed was reduced to approximately 30 mph and stable operation resumed. This oscillation has been experienced in the past a few times, but only for 1-2 seconds and always after experiencing a bump in the road. I presume this problem is the same as would be covered by Ford technical service bulletin 18-2268 31 Aug 2018
Driving at 65-70 mph on a concrete paved highway. Hit a rough patch of pavement or expansion joint, and the front end began shaking violently, as if one or both of the front tires had flatted. I could see the hood shaking. The steering wheel also oscillated significantly. I let off the accelerator and lightly braked to about 45mph before the shaking and oscillation stopped. This occurred on December 7, 2018.
- Castle Pines, CO, USA
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2017 F350 superduty drw, 27000 miles. While on the freeway at 65 mph, the steering went into an uncontrollable vibration (death wobble). The only solution was to reduce speed to approximately 10 mph. Contacted the dealer and Ford's customer service, and was informed that it must be witnessed by an official service technician before any assistance could be rendered.
On 7/22/18, my 2017 F350 (crew cab, long bed, diesel) experienced what is apparently being called "death wobble" 4 times within 20 minutes, while driving on interstate I-15 North of salt lake city, ut. The truck had approximately 27,800 miles on it at the time. In first instance, my speed was about 65 mph, and in the following 3, it was between 50-60 mph. The section of highway was bumpy in all cases. The symptoms were extreme and violent vibration coupled with virtually uncontrollable steering, with the entire front end of truck (and steering wheel) shaking violently, practically bouncing up and down. Braking did not stop the shaking, and seemed to make it worse. It would not stop until I had coasted and very carefully applied brakes until I got below 20 mph. Fortunately, the road was straight in all 4 occurrences, or I feel I would have gone off the road. Upon exiting interstate and inspecting front end, I noted that the "death wobble" had actually torn small chunks out of my front tires (oem Goodyear Wrangler at, LT275/70R18E), along with other cracks and divots; there was no such damage to the rear tires. I did not drive it over 40 mph after that, until I had taken it to a local Ford dealer to be inspected the next day. They said it needed an alignment, and replaced the tires, and since then it has not reoccurred. This had actually happened about 3 times prior to this, over the span of 3 months, with weeks between, under similar driving conditions, but I incorrectly assumed it was just due to combination of stiff suspension and rough road. I own and tow an rv, and it has never happened while towing, regardless of speed (I never exceed 65 mph when towing.) when the dealer serviced the truck, they did not acknowledge the problem and said they could not reproduce it, but I do not believe they drove it over 45 mph in test driving.
2017 F350 kr srw lwb 21500 miles over the last 1000 miles or so I had noticed a little shimmy in the steering wheel when I'd go over a road cut, a patch, or expansion joint. Well today I hit one at around 70 mph going straight on the interstate and the steering wheel just went freaking bizerk. It started osculating back and forth really quick. I tried to just grab it and hold it still to no avail. Eased on the brakes and tried to get to the shoulder with traffic bearing down on me. At 45 mph it still hadn't let up.. as I hit the shoulder at around 40 it finally quit shaking.
Yesterday while crossing a bridge my truck started shaking violently and uncontrollable until I had slowed to below 45 mph. This 'death wobble' as it is know is very dangerous. Luckily no cars were near me and I was able to let off of the throttle and hold on to the steering wheel until the truck stopped shaking.
Highway speed, hit slight bump in road and violent shake/shimmy started. Only way to stop the shake was to slow down to 15-20 mph while pulling over. Unit had been perfect and trouble free until approximately 35000 miles. Took to Ford dealer where they reffered to a tsb 18 2268 but wanted me to pay $1200 to correct as buy the time they made appointment unit had in excess of 36000 miles and warranty has expired. This is a known by Ford defect and a dangerous safety issue!!!!
After hitting an expansion joint on the highway at approximately 75mph, entire vehicle front end started wobbling/oscillating violently. Steering wheel was almost impossible to hold onto and was shaking back and forth rapidly. Condition was remediated by a panic brake on a busy highway down to approximately 30mph where steering resumed normal operation. Issue also occurred earlier the same week when hitting a pothole at approximately 50 mph on an empty side road with same effects and remediation - panic brake and slow to 30mph to stop the condition.
Front steering death wobble at highway speeds after hitting small bump transitioning asphalt to concrete over bridge. Has happened multiple times over two weeks, to the point of losing control of vehicle. Extremely difficult to control and bring truck to a safe stop. Took to dealer and they replaced several steering components referencing Ford tsb 18-2268. When I originally called dealer they stated there were no recalls or tsb notices on my truck.
The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-350. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle shook violently. The contact had to let up off the accelerator pedal to regain control of the vehicle and pulled off to the side of the road. The contact noticed that all of the steering components were very loose. The vehicle was taken to williamsburg Ford (701 E rochambeau dr, williamsburg, va 23188, (757) 229-2411) where it was diagnosed that all of the steering components needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was called and stated that they would get back with the contact regarding reimbursement. The failure mileage was 41,000. Consumer states truck shakes violently when driving. Updated 12/13/18
My 2017 Ford F350 has now experienced three events referred to as "death wobble" or shimmy which causes severe shaking of the entire truck and especially the steering wheel. First event in bakersfield calif where I hit consecutive bumps in the freeway while traveling 65 mph. Had to slow to less than 40 mph to get it to stop. Second event was towing my 5th wheel down a 6% grade into verde valley Arizona. Heavy braking caused the same death wobble in addition to the truck pulling to the right. Speed was 65 mph. Third event was leaving mccarren airport in las vegas Nevada where hitting a freeway bridge transition caused the death wobble again. Truck has been to local Ford dealership. Alignment checked ok, tracking bar torque ok, wheels ok, ball joints ok. Brake hose did not pass pressure test and was replaced under warranty. Dealership cannot find cause. I sincerely believe this is a design issue or oem parts installed at factory were defective at time of installation. This is my fourth superduty 4X4 supercrew. My other three never had this issue. In investigating this issue I found two automotive related websites where 35 plus late model superduty owners complained about this same problem.
I own a 2017 Ford F-350. This truck is fully stock, no mods of any kind. No abuse. Maintenance is always on time and tires are always rotated and balanced every 5000 miles. In May 2018, I was driving along a straight moderately bumpy road at about 40 miles per hour and my truck went into the death rattle. The front end shook so hard I almost lost control. I had to come to a complete stop to get the shaking to stop. The mileage was approximately 24,000 miles. It hasn't happened again until yesterday, 10/10/18. I was traveling on a newly paved road at 30 mph. I hit a slight bump and the truck went into the death rattle again. I had to slow down to about 5 mph to regain control of the vehicle. I had about 3 miles til I got home. I crawled at about 15 mph with no problems. I stopped at the stop sign about 60 feet from my home, started to take off at an extreme crawl and it started shaking again. The mileage was approximately 36,036. I have children and this is dangerous! my kids are always with me and I can't risk their lives because Ford hasn't come up with a solution to this problem. Someone needs to make Ford fix this. It is a design flaw, as I have come to find out. This is going to kill someone.
While driving down the highway I hit a dip in the road and the steering wheel started shaking violently. I let off the gas and slowed down and the shaking stopped. I had approximately 10,000 miles on the truck. I avoid all bumps and dips now. It has happened 8 or 9 times. I have never had the truck looked at for the problem, now that I have read about all the other people with the same issue I will take it to the dealer ship. I just thought it had something to do with the fact that its a heavy duty suspension.
On 3 different occasions while driving approx 60mph, I drove over a bump and the steering wheel/front end experienced uncontrollable shaking, commonly called a 'death wobble.' Problem continued until I slowed the truck to 10 mph. First time it happened the truck only had 17,000 miles. After the 3rd time the dealer replaced steering components. After the repair the truck continued to have minor problems (quick short wobble) but the dealer said that was part of the repair. On memorial day weekend the full wobble returned. I dropped the truck off at dealer because it was too unsafe to drive ( I have teenagers and refuse to risk their lives). I attempted to return the truck to Ford under the state lemon law. Ford refuses to take back the truck but cannot guarantee it is fixed or safe.
The truck shuts off at while running. This happens at both highway speeds and while stopped. I have taken it to the dealer but they cannot find out what has happened. When the truck shuts of the steering and brakes are not working to the level that is needed to stop the vehicle or control the vehicle, and it appear they are power assisted from the motor, so when the motor stalls they are lost. Updated 10/19/18
Started vehicle, placed in reverse to back out of driveway, at end of driveway stepped on break and did not stop, pressed hard and stopped. Put truck in drive to get back on driveway and almost hit garage door as breaks did not work normally so I pressed emergency break. Shut off truck, restarted and breaks worked fine. Thought it was a computer glitch and restart corrected. Drove next several days with no problem, then on way home from store I again lost normal breaking and had no power steering. I was doing approximately 30 miles per hour on a city street. Pulled over, shut off truck and restarted but this time that did not correct problem. Drove about 1 mile to Ford dealer and turned over for repair. The vehicle only has 17K miles on it. They diagnosed the power steering pump to be bad and replaced. I have not had problem since the repair. I have about 30 miles since repair. The problem is that I received no failure or warning lights, started intermittent and if I would of been driving other different conditions I would likely of been in a serious accident. If my wife was driving she would of not been able to stop or steer the truck. I have normal strength for a 60 year old man and I could barely stop and steer the truck. If I was pull an rv I would of been in a very bad situation. I am concerned that there was no warning and concerned that after first failure it seemed to reset thus assuming a computer issue. Seems strange that a mechanical pump failed and then started working for several days before failing again. After the first failure that corrected itself, I did go to Ford dealer where I bought the car and they said they were not aware of any issues but if it happens again bring the truck in to be checked. Unfortunately, I was 60miles from my purchasing dealer so went to closest Ford dealer for the repair.
Vehicle at times has a violent shaking and loss of steering control that remains until a full stop of the vehicle is enabled, this happens at highway speeds when a uneven road surface and or bump is encountered. Ford case number assigned to my vehicle is cas-144062235 on 3/19/2018
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- Dixon, IL, USA