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Driving on highway at approximately 60mph, road imperfection caused violent shaking in front end of vehicle (death wobble). Vehicle was difficult to steer and seemed to take longer than usual to slow down. Went away at lowers speeds (30 mph or so). Problem re-occurred 5 times during our road trip
After hitting a bump in the road at speeds above 45 mph the truck begins to wobble and I lose steering until I slow down and the wobble subsides. I took the truck to a Ford dealership in Jun 2019 when the truck had 35K miles. The dealership replaced the damper assembly and told me the problem has been fixed. The truck continued to have the issue and I brought the truck back in Nov 2019 with 40K miles and they told me everything was fine. I complained and said the wobble still continues. They then decided to decreased front wheel caster one degree and charged me $600. They said this would fix the problem. The truck is still experiencing wobble and I fear that Ford is not addressing the urgency of this issue. I am not sure where to take my truck for service is Ford dealerships are ubable to fix the issue.
Vehicle randomly experiences "speed wobble". happens at highway speeds if the vehicle hits even a small imperfection in the road. The front axle will start oscillating so vigorously that the front tires start to bounce up and down, side to side. This only stops bouncing if you you apply the brakes and slow down to about 20 mph. Very dangerous on they highway.
We were driving our F350 with 31,000 miles on it down the highway towing a camper at 65 mph. We hit a small bump in the highway and the steering wheel started shaking violently causing me to almost run off the road before getting it stopped. Immediately called my Ford dealership and they said it is normal but to bring it in for repair? I took the truck in and they replaced the front steering stabilizer shock and said it was fixed. 900 miles later I am driving the truck down the highway towing a 12,000 lb. Loaded gooseneck trailer down the road when it happens again at 60 mph! even worse this time. I called Ford and they said again that it is normal and they will order an aftermarket steering stabilizer to put on it this time. This is bsolutely ridiculous and insanely unsafe. If my wife had been driving we would have wrecked both times for sure. I dont know how they can sell a 90,000$ truck knowing it has this problem! I have a video in MP4 format of the first time it ever did it to me but I cant get it to upload.
My 2017 F350 has 15,000 miles on it and has experienced extreme death wobble at least 10 times. If you are going over 70 on the turnpike and hit a bump this happens. You need to make Ford recall this before people die. My truck is 100 percent stock except for a rear sway bar I added, and has never been off road. It happened 9-28-19 3 times but has done this before. I have an appointment to have it fixed 12-19-19, but from what I have read Ford fixes do not really fix the problem. Please make Ford recall this before people start dying on the highways.
- Grove, OK, USA
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At speeds above 45 mph and often after hitting a bump in the road, or a separation in a bridge pavement joint, the front end of the truck shakes and vibrates uncontrollably. While this is occurring, the steering wheel shakes in your hands violently. This condition is very unnerving and greatly reduces the ability to control the truck. The only thing that brings the truck back to a controllable status is to slow down considerably. This is unpredictable and dangerous. Ford is aware of this situation but cannot offer a solution. Unacceptable for any vehicle and especially a vehicle that cost $70K.
Bought my Ford F 350 XLT in Feb of 2019 with 12,936 miles on it from rochester Ford in mn driving home on the interstate at about 70 mph it did the death wobble 3 times and I called them and they acted like they had never heard of it. Couldn't get it into the shop until a couple weeks later at bedford Ford in bedford Indiana where they replaced the steering dampener. Hadn't happened again until Nov 26, 2019. Made an appt. At bedford in Ford dealership and they said it was the tires and needed an alignment and new tires. Mileage is less than 24,000 miles on it. So the problem is still not fixed and they are just pushing me away and blaming the tires.
At 17000 miles experienced steering oscillation and death wobble while driving 55mph or greater. Extremely unsafe especially when pulling a trailer. Have had parts replaced and serviced several times. Most recent parts replaced at 35500. Dealer has performed tsb several times. This issue is extremely common and is affecting a lot of these trucks.
Truck is once again experiencing what is widely known as the "death wobble". truck was supposedly repaired in Nov 2018 per tsb#18-2268. When vehicle hits rough road or bridge transition strips on highway the front end begins to violently shake side to side and up and down, causing this to be transmitted to the steering wheel. When this happens at the only way to stop it is to quickly slow to approximately 30 mph. When forced to do this on a highway I've nearly caused accidents due to the required quick deceleration. This is a widely reported problem that Ford wants to blame on the vehicle owner, saying that it is the result of improper owner care or not having enough weight in the bed of the truck!! owners are dumbfounded that a recall has not been issued on the Ford Super Duty trucks. This is an extremely dangerous fault that is going to eventually result in tragic accidents if it hasn't happened already. Dealer has had my truck for over 3 weeks now, stating that Ford is backlogged on sending required parts to repair. Totally unacceptable when the vehicle is required for business.
Driving truck on interstate experienced four events where entire truck shook violently. This caused things in cab such as cell phones coffee cups water bottles to fall into the foot well. Each time my first reaction was to apply the brakes to lower speed at which time I estimate the violent shaking stopped around 35 mph. I took truck to the dealer after each event where they replaced the steering stabilizer twice but this has not corrected the issue. This was recommended within a service bulletin #18-2268. These four events exposed me to being rear ended since the braking required to stop the violent shaking is random to the vehicles cruising at interstate speeds with flow of traffic adjacent and behind me. During the most recent event (11/17/2019) traveling in straight line the truck drifted half way into the lane to the left. What is occurring is that you can be traveling at 70 mph with clear weather and traffic and when you hit a pavement joint, it sets off this extreme violent uncontrolled harmonic vibration event that instinctively you brake hard to get out of the cycle. Fortunately, the vehicles behind where also able to reduce their speed in time from 70 mph to around 35 mph for an event they have no ability to predict. This condition has made me and my family very apprehensive about driving the vehicle. After the last event on 11/17/2019 my wife and I discussed taking side streets home from our destination but decided to take the interstate at reduced speed in relation to flow of traffic.
While driving between 55-70 mph, the steering wheel begins to shake violently in the truck if you drive over the slightest road imperfection. I have called Ford with my VIN number and was told that there was no recall or service bulletin for this problem. However, they did say that this was a widespread issue. I was advised that the steering components and track bar was subject to premature failure.
My vehicle currently has 68,871 miles. I purchased it less then one year ago with 57K miles. I have experienced "death wobble" three times with the most recent being 11/17/19. The most recent sent me onto the shoulder at interstate speeds. Each of the three times has happened between 70-78mph on the interstate after hitting rough road or a bridge expansion joint. The vehicle is completely stock. I have no videos of the incidents due to my primary concern being correcting the problem by immediately slowing below 45mph. I have contacted a repair shop who stated they wanted nothing to do with it, and I can't get it into a Ford dealer for a while.
Hit a bump in the road at 50mph +, the steering wheel began to shake violently making the vehicle impossible to control. I had to hit the brakes hard and slow way down to regain control of the truck. This nearly caused the car behind me to rear end me on one occasion. This has happened to me 3 times in the last month. I have only experienced this unloaded with no trailer on straight roads, thus far. The vehicle is right at 19,000 miles, still under warranty. It should not behave this way. Even when the wobble doesn't happen, the vehicle will sometimes jump to one side or another going over angled joints in the road. If you are not paying extreme attention, you will be in the median. This has happened many times in the last few months. It simply isn't very safe to drive without a high payload. The wobble occurred multiple times at the same bridge joint going in two directions. The jumping to the side occurs almost daily at the same joint. The wobble occurred a separate time on another road. Both roads are 2-3 lane city thoroughfares. Not really city street or highways, but I supposed divided highway is the best description. I just replaced stock/original tires, hoping those have something to do with it.
Vehicle owner was travelling at 65mph on four lane interstate. Upon crossing over an expansion joint at an overpass the steering and front end began shaking violently and uncontrollably. The shaking persisted until speed was reduced to under 45mph. No vehicles were present in the adjacent lanes. If there were it is very likely an accident would have occurred.
While driving highway-speed about 65 mph, the truck hits a grove in the highway road and started to shake violently and uncontrollable. I slowed down while trying to keep the truck in one lane and it stopped the bucking/wobble action when the speed was reduced to 20 mph. This has happened twice in the past week and vehicle is scheduled to be looked at in the service center.
While driving at 65 mph on a highway hit a small pothole and the steering / front suspension started wobbling very violently, had no more control on the the steering. Had to slow down and pull over on the shoulder. No damage visible to tires or steering components so I continued driving and the wobble was gone. This happened before on bridge joints in a curve for a short moment, but not as violently as today. Truck seems not safe, will take it to dealer on Monday.
I purchased a new 2017 F-350 a couple years ago. It has about 22,000 miles on it. I experienced the "death wobble" yesterday for the second time. I now know why it's called that. I was going about 60mph on a two-lane highway when the truck and steering started shaking violently. I almost crashed trying to slow it down and definitely could have killed me! it sounds as if this is becoming all too common of a problem with these trucks. I'm scared to drive again!
I was driving down the freeway to work at approximately 70 mph when my truck started to shake so bad in the front end I almost took out the vehicle to my left and ended up halfway in the ditch. I had 0 control over my truck
Traveling on a paved highway at 60 mph. The roadway had a bumpy section. When driving thru the bumpy section, the front end of the truck began to shake violently and nearly caused a loss of control. It continued to shake until the truck speed was reduced below 30 mph.
I started to hear a clunking in the front end of my 2017 F350 when going over bumps (low speed and high speed). I took it in to the dealer and the said I had excessive play in my tie rod ends, so they replaced them along with a lower control arm. About a week later, I started hearing the noise again and when I would go over bumps in the road, even at low speed, the truck would want to wander. I took it in a second time and they found the anti sway bar had excessive play, so they replaced that. I asked why a new 1 ton truck would already need front suspension components replaced and they said they didn't know. The truck did drive better for awhile, but shortly after I started hearing the noise again. I had to get the oil change, so I asked them to check on it while it was in there. They said they did the oil change but couldn't check the noise complaint because they didn't have time. They did however do another 42 point inspection and said everything was ok. I brought it in about a week later because the noise was still there. They told me that they couldn't replicate the problem, but the tech said it could be coming from the rear leaf pack because, "sometimes the trucks come from the factory with the rear leaf springs lubricated and they aren't supposed to be", so he sprayed degreaser on them and they couldn't hear any noise anymore. I asked why the factory would do that, and again, they had no answer. I drove it with the service manager (around the corner) and of course it didn't make the noise. I took it home hoping the problem was solved, but I soon realized that the truck still makes the clunking noise when going over bumps, even backing in my driveway and it still wanders, even pulling into one direction when I go over bumps/transitions on the road/highway at low and higher speeds. I have made a complaint to Ford and will be contacting a lemon law attorney.
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- Clarkdale, AZ, USA