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While driving the speed limit of 60 mph. I drove over a bump in the road. The steering wheel stared shaking back and forth violently. The truck was barely controllable and could have ended in a deadly crash. The truck shook until I slowed to 15 mph. After getting home and researching the problem I found this is known as the death wobble. I see why it is called that. This problem is going to take people-??s lives.
Severe and violent steering wheel oscillation after hitting bumps at highway speeds without warning. Multiple incidents beginning at 20,000 miles, steadily worsening with time. Requires emergency out of control stopping on interstate in order to regain control of vehicle--putting passengers and other vehicle operators in severe danger. Ford replaced steering stabilizer but problem continues without improvement. Dealer confirms issue.
Towing a trailer at approximately 60mph, hit a bump and the vehicle / steering wheel started shaking. Slowed quickly, pulled over and stopped. Checked loading of vehicle, trailer, tire condition, found nothing amiss. Believe I experienced my first -??death wobble-??. Have not had a repeat experience.
While towing my 5th wheel travel trailer east bound on I-40 from Albuquerque, NM on 8/23/21, the truck and trailer started shaking violently after hitting some small wash board bumps. Only by quickly slowing down from 65 mph to under 40 mph was the situation corrected. After the shaking stopped I sped back up to 65 mph and everything seemed to be normal. A few more miles down I-40 the shaking returned, again after hitting a short section of wash board. This time was more violent than the first, so I pulled over and did a walk around looking for any obvious defects on the tires, wheels and observable suspension components. I did not find any problems, so I continued with my trip to Lubbock, TX. the phenomenon did not occur again. I have not had the truck inspected by a mechanic yet. I have researched this problem and found out that it seems to be a fairly common occurrence on Ford Super Duty trucks with four wheel drive. Why hasn't there been a recall issued for this problem?
Travelling at speed (+/-65mph) on I-25in Colorado, I hit a pothole. Immediately, my steering wheel started shaking uncontrollably. This truck was purchased new in 2019, and currently has less than 6,000 miles on it.
- Littleton, CO, USA
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Traveling 60 mph experienced extreme vibration after hitting bump in the road. Had to slow to 10-20 mph for the extreme vibration to cease. Very unsafe condition. Steering wheel vibrated severely. Truck has 23,400 miles. This condition is known as the Death Wobble!
The 2019 Ford F-350 goes into a violent shaking when going over a small or large bump on a highway or interstate. My truck has 40,000 miles on it and I have experienced the violent shaking of the truck several times now. Each time the truck begins shaking, it has to be stopped to relieve the shaking. Yesterday it occurred 3 times in a row on I-80 and we were shaking so bad that the truck veered off into the median nearly causing an accident. An accident nearly occurred earlier as the shaking began as we were passing a tractor trailer on the interstate. I have 3 drivers in my household and I cannot allow my wife or daughter to operate the truck due to the fear of shaking.
Truck hit bump in road and began shaking violently to the point of almost losing control at 45mph. Very hard to hold onto steering wheel to bring truck to a stop.
Uncontrollable Steering Oscillation, ie, "Death Wobble". Traveling approximately 60 mph and went over uneven pavement in a construction zone. Front end and steering wheel began shaking violently. Had to slow to about 20 mph to get it to stop shaking. Reoccurred a few minutes later on in the same construction zone.
The truck went into a death wobble traveling down hill at 60mph while braking, stearing column shook violently, no control of vehicle at that point, we were towing an enclosed car trailer, no lights came on, no warning whatsoever, has not been inspected yet, due to it just happening on our trip
At speeds over 65, developes a shimmy or wobble. Violently wobbles when it goes over bridge connection etc while on interstates. Had it checked by my mechanic, alignment good, balance is good. Gave me a heads up to the ford f-350 death wobble. not yet a recall, but everyone including the local ford dealership is aware of this
We hit a small pothole in the highway going 70mph and lost all steering input to the vehicle. Steering wheel started jerking violently side to side. I could hardly hold onto it. I slowly applied breaks and was able to move onto shoulder, vehicle still was erratic until almost a dead stop. I thought I rolled a tire on the rim it was so rough feeling. Got out and did a visual inspection and tires were all good, checked under vehicle and no debris picked up or anything else that would cause this. Slowly got back onto highway and it was fine after that. I had one other experience like this but I thought it wasn-??t nearly this bad. Construction bumps in road about 45mph and had moderate wheel jerk side to side but it corrected once past the rough pavement. This latest time it didn-??t stop until i stopped vehicle. Best regards, [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Multiple instances of the Death Wobble / Sustained Steering Wheel Oscillations while travelling in the Memphis, TN area. Have contacted the local Ford Service department and they plan to replace the Steering Link Damper. Suspect that this is only a short term band aide. Wife has history of Costochondritis, truck shook so violently it reinjured her during the last DW/SSWO event. Vehicle has less than 28,000 miles on it.
The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, the vehicle started to violently vibrate, before coming to a stop. The vibration stopped after the vehicle was brought to a complete stop. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 17,600.
Experienced several death wobbles hauling oilfield equipment down to Texas, luckily there was no traffic at the time as the truck bucked all over the road, happened two more times on trip on rough roadways had to slow to59 to avoid. Very lucky no accident.
Driving 55 mph and hit a dip in the road when the front end of the truck and steering wheel start shaking violently. Immediately slowed down by braking and truck returned to normal. Took truck to mechanic and was informed that steering damper and tie rods are worn. He was able to confirm truck shake. Truck has 27,513 miles on it. No safety risk to me or others since I was able to get vehicle under control. No symptoms prior to the front end and steering wheel shaking.
While driving on the express way (M-I-75) at a speed of 65 miles per hour I hit a bump and my truck shook fiercely and uncontrollably forcing me to drive on the side of the road until I could get the vehicle to stop. Upon starting to drive again this incident was repeated leaving me to roll down the side of the expressway until I could reach an exit to get off into a safe area. When I looked this up online I found that this incident is already know and named, "the death wobble!"
While traveling at approximately 65 mph on interstate 10 upon encountering a bump in the road the truck started violently shaking the front steering and wouldn't stop until truck was stationary. (death wobble). It occurred at 40 mph while city driving after a turn, 3 days before that.
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- Monroe, WA, USA