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11399711 2020-09-23
2020 FORD F-350
I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK ON 09/23/20. AT DELIVERY THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT ALIGNED CORRECTLY AND HAD TO BE ADJUSTED. TRUCK HAS HAD A CONSTANT VIBRATION THAT IS FELT THRU THE STEERING AND BODY. THE VIBRATION INCREASES WITH SPEED. AT 1031 MILES A REPAIR ATTEMPT WAS MADE THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, AT 3225 MILES AGAIN A FAILED ATTEMPT WAS MADE AT CORRECTING, AT 3735 ANOTHER FILED ATTEMPT. AT 8156 ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT. AND AGAIN AT 8934 ANOTHER MORE EXTENSIVE REPAIR ATTEMPT WAS MADE WITH NO POSITIVE RESULTS. I WILL UPLOAD ALL REPAIR WORK ORDERS. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE DRIVETRAIN OF THE VEHICLE THAT FORD AS OF YET HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT. THE VIBRATION IS CONSTANT AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED HAS MADE PEOPLE CAR SICK. I AM FEARFUL THAT THERE IS A FAILING COMPONENT IN THE TRUCK THAT WHEN IT FINALLY BREAKS WILL CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THEY HAVE USED A VCMM VIBRATION ANALIZER THAT LISTED A HOST OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND IN THEIR WORDS THE RESULTS WERE MISLEADING. THIS IS A HEAVY DUTY TRUCK THAT I FEAR TOWING MY TRAILERS WITH BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TELL ME WHY IT HAS THE VIBRATION. I ALMOST BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM AND WON'T DISCLOSE IT TO ME. THE MOST CONCERNING STATEMENT MADE IN THE REPAIR ATTEMPT IS THAT THEY COMPARED MY TRUCK TO AN INSTOCK UNIT AND IT DRIVE COMPARABLE.
11384965 2020-09-02
2020 FORD F-350
ON 3 OCCASIONS SINCE I BOUGHT THE PU NEW ON JULY 24TH, 2020 I EXPERIENCED WHAT THE FORD DEALER NOW CALLS DEATH WOBBLE. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED ON SEPT 2ND WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL PULLING MY TRAILER AT ABOUT 50MPH. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD LITTLE CONTROL UNTIL MY SPEED DROPPED. I TOOK THE PU TO THE DEALER SEPT 16TH. THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM AND STATED IF THEIR AGENT COULD NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING THE PU THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. ON THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING THE PU EMPTY AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND AGAIN WHILE BRAKING THE STEERING AND BRAKES SHOOK VIOLENTLY. UP TO THIS POINT I WAS THINKING THE BRAKES WERE THE PROBLEM. I STARTED TRACKING THE BRAKE TEMPERATURE WHICH SHOWED A LARGE VARIETY OF TEMPS FOR SIMILAR DRIVING CONDITIONS. I PROVIDED THE NUMBERS TO THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD A FEW DAYS LATER ON OCT 29TH THAT THE TEMPS WERE NORMAL AND MY DRIVING STYLE NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE. ON THE THIRD TIME NOV 15TH I WAS AGAIN PULLING THE TRAILER BUT THIS TIME AT 40MPH IN WET AND SNOWY CONDITIONS WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE I EXPERIENCED THE SHAKING TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. WHEN I TOOK THE PU TO THE DEALER WITH JUST 8000 MILES ON THE TRUCK THEY AGAIN SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING WITHOUT THEIR AGENT SEEING THE PROBLEM THEMSELVES. BUT THIS TIME ON THE PAPERWORK THEY DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AS 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I CHECKED THE NHTSA SITE FINDING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE. THE INTERNET IS ALSO LOADED WITH COMPLAINTS AND POSSIBLE FIXES SINCE FORD WON'T OR CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. FORD CLEARLY KNOWS THIS PROBLEM EXISTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE PUT A NAME TO THE PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE DOING NOTHING ON MY PU (AND MANY OTHERS) TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
11341807 2019-10-17
2019 FORD F-350
PURCHASED A 2019 F350 IN OCTOBER OF 2018 AND STARTING AT 20,000 MILES OR LESS VEHICLE STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE OR WOBBLE. THIS FIRST HAPPEN WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 58 MPH, AND TRUCK STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK STARTED TO WOBBLE AND SHAKE. I PULLED OVER UNSURE WHAT TO DO, BUT NOTHING SEEMS WRONG, AS IN FLAT TIRE, AND DRIVE SHAFT. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. I HAVE INFORMED THE DEALER WITH NO RESPONSE AND OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER WITH NO RESPONSE. AT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENT, THEY ACKNOWLEDGE TO COMPLAINT BUT DO NOTHING.
11278134 2019-11-02
2019 FORD F-350
MY NEW F350 WITH 6K MILES ON IT STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL ON SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH AND THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND SO WAS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK.
11216928 2019-05-29
2018 FORD F-350
THE TRUCK EXPERIENCED WHAT IS CALLED DEATH WOBBLE HIT A BUMP AND TIRES AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY TOLD BY FORD THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I HAVE IT ON A DRIVE CAMERA UPLOADING VIDEO. I WAS GOING 66 MPH ON HWY 201 WEST BOUND SLC, UT. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/LTIGJLDXSJO LINK TO VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.
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