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While driving on the interstate at approximately 65 miles an hour the steering wheel began to violently shake back-and-forth and causing me to lose control of the vehicle. The first time this occurred it was relatively short-lived and lasted maybe 15 seconds as a slowed. At that time I was unsure what I had just experienced and then noted it a second time up at which I had to pull the car to this over to the side of the road and stop. The last event occurred and was prolonged with really an inability to steer the vehicle I was able to stop it. I went home and started to find someone who would repair this. When describing it to the service center I was told that this is become known as the death wobble and he recommended I get it in for repair. I looked online at videos describing the death wobble this was exactly what happened to my vehicle. This is a horrendous safety issue that will likely take several lives until this gets reported and these vehicles repaired.
The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving 73 MPH, the vehicle experienced the death wobble. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the steering damper to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but continued to experience a failure. The contact took the vehicle back to the local dealer however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact stated she had experienced the failure three times. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
While traveling approximately 60 MPH on a divided four lane road the truck drove over a small bump (crack/pothole) in the road, immediately following the truck started to develop a suspension wobble that resonated through the steering wheel and increased in amplitude quickly. I quickly identified what was happening and applied a liberal amount of braking which caused the wobble to subside immediately. I spoke to my dealer and they are going to replace the steering (redesigned per the dealer) damper as a starting point. The road condition at the time of issue was cool and dry. My biggest concern is what would have been the outcome if a less experienced person was driving.
Above 50 Miles Per hour...hitting any irregularity on the pavement such as expansion joints, potholes, road joints causes the front end to vibrate violently making the truck very difficult to handle. I took it to the dealership once, (Phil Long Ford in Colorado Springs) and they replaced the steering stabilizer. It seemed that just masked the problem. 10k miles later the problem has come back and is getting worse and worse making me not even want to drive the truck anymore as it feels unsafe on the highway. Also going around bends in the highway, as low as 40MPH the truck skips across expansion joints, bucking sideways.
The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-350. The contact stated that the steering damper assembly failed. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle hit a bump in the roadway and the vehicle violently started to shake and wobble. The contact also stated that when the vehicle was driven on uneven pavement, the vehicle would also wobble and shake violently out of control. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the steering link tie rod damper assembly was faulty. The dealer repaired the vehicle however, the repair failed to fix the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,300.
- Medford, OR, USA
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I have had numerous times where I am driving between 25-70 mph and run over a small bump in the road and the truck front end begins to shake violently until I am able to slow down to around 10-20mph. Steering is difficult and it has caused near accidents with people almost hitting me from behind because I have to slow down quickly for no apparent reason to gain control of the car, and they are not expecting the quick slow down. This is a well documented condition Ford is aware of called "death wobble". I did have a recall to replace some "dampening part" but it has not helped and now the vehicle seems much worse and will start to shake with the slightest of bump or even when applying the brakes quickly. This began within 6 months of ownership and has continued frequently to current date of this report.
With only 39470 miles I was driving on the highway and at approx 60 mike per hour the steering wheel started to shake violently....I had to slow the truck down to 25 mph to get it to stop shaking. There was a truck in back of me and he had to swerve to go around me. I did bring it right to my dealer that I bought it from and they replaced the steering dampener per bulletin 20N04. The service manager told me that this is just a temp repair and that this will most likely happen again.
Vehicle is exhibiting violent shaking at highway speeds after hitting bumps steering wheel is extremely violent shaking back and forth have to stop the vehicle to stop the vehicle to stop the shaking
Driving on freeway at 70 mph steering wheel started violently shaking, had to quickly slow down nearly causing an accident (almost rear ended). After slowing down steering went back to normal. The section of freeway is brand new concrete. The violent shaking has happened four additional times while traveling at 70 to 80 mph on a different types of road surfaces. It seems to happen when you come across a small bump (like going over an overpass when road surface changes). This scares the holy crap out of you hoping you can control the truck without being hit, due to the sudden slow down you have to do to get it under control.
I was traveling at 65 mph and hit a separation on the road crossing a bridge and the steering wheel and front end started to shake violently. "death wobble". I had to slow the vehicle to a stop in order to get it to stop shaking. My truck has 23,000 + miles on it. I have take it to the local Ford dealership for all oil changes and tire rotations. I have also taken it for all recalls. I have all paperwork on this.
I was driving home from work on Idaho highway 48 at approximately 50 mph. When I hit a patch of rough road, not a pot hole, just uneven surface, the truck began to wobble violently and shook me off the road. I was totally unable to control it and almost went into a canal. I was finally able to slow down enough to regain control. This happened twice. The vehicle is unusable in this condition.
The truck has death wobble. While in motion after hitting any rough patch of road the trucks steering wheel will shake violently and uncontrollably til the oscillation subsides after reducing speed below high speeds. The problem is still persisting.
Owened a 2002 F350 never had steering issues. Bought 2018 F350 in November of 2018, from the day I drove it off the lot front-end seem to have something off with it. That came to a eye opening steering shake at 70 mph pulling a 40' 14K trailer, going into a conner on interstate 84 in Oregon the truck had less than1500 miles on it when this happened. With no control how I don't crash, then it happened again interstate 15 in AZ, interstate 40 AZ, interstate 90 wa all these were at highway speeds 70 mph pulling a 40' trailer, and others. We're I have had to pull over and clean my shorts!!!!! I have taken the truck in 6 or 7 times for repairs the problem has never been fixed. Every time I took it in and say front-end shake service guys would oh yeah we'd seen this before and this is at 3 or 4 different Ford dealers"?" then I find out it has a name (the death wobble) which Ford has had a problem with since they changed front-end design I think around 2006. Just go to you tube watch videos. How they let a vehicle on the highway with this issue for so long is stupid !!! how someone has not been killed do to the issue or maybe there has "?" to this day truck only has 19000 miles on it afraid to drive or when I do it's a butt pucker you never know when it's going to happen!!! spent 78,000 on a truck that's a death machine. I have tried for a lemon law Ford will not respond. How this issue has gone on so long with out removing these trucks from the public highway this is a very dangerous problem maybe we just wait till enough people die, and file law suits, then Ford will see its cheaper to fix the problems then pay settlements. The government needs to do a serious recall on these.... this will probably go to mute ears.
Death wobble almost crashed on the freeway. Drove over a bump on the freeway at 65 mph. I took it to a Ford dealer they replaced a steering damper. This did not correct the problem. There will be a fatal crash if something is not done about these vehicles. Please help. Thank you
Travelling on I-90 in Idaho on 8/22/2020 at about 70 mph vehicle went into a "death wobble". I have experienced these in other vehicles but not this violently. My wife and I were going on about a 60 mi. Round trip. We experienced this 4 times total. I tried slowing to 60 mph but it still re-occured. Anyone not as strong and experienced could have lost control. Part of our trip was on secondary roads travelling at 60 mph or less and did not occur, only on the interstate. It was extremely violent.
The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving downhill at 45 mph, the vehicle shut-off without warning. The contact stated the brakes and power steering failed to operate as needed. The contact stated he continued driving the vehicle until he regained control of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to mac haik Ford jackson (6130 I-55, jackson, ms 39211) and the vehicle diagnosed with contaminated diesel fuel. The contact stated his insurance company sent an insurance adjuster to inspect the vehicle and it was determined that the failure was with the fuel pump. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000.
Truck has had issues of "death wobble" from about 30,000 miles. At 63,000 miles Ford did the steering damper recall. It did not help at all. I am afraid to drive the truck, so it sits at home. It is an $80,000 vehicle sitting in the driveway. It gets wobbly going above 60 mph, and reacts bad when bumps are encountered on the road.
This vehicle violently shakes after hitting a grooved surface or a small bump in the road. The shaking takes a great deal of power to bring the vehicle back under control.
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- Windsor, CO, USA