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11403524 2021-03-12
2020 FORD F-350
VEHICLE HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING CAUSING ME TO NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, BRAKES WERE USED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE AND THE ISSUE STOPPED. COMMONLY CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE
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.
11338398 2020-07-07
2019 FORD F-350
I WAS DRIVING HOME LATE ONE NIGHT FROM WORK, RUNNING ABOUT 55-60 AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND GOT WORSE AS I TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES. IT CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO A FARM FIELD(LUCKILY NO DAMAGE)! SO I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND CHECKED EVERYTHING, I THOUGHT A WHEEL WAS FALLING OFF OR SOMETHING BUT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, SO I SLOWLY DROVE HOME AND WOULD START TO FEEL THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE WHEN I WOULD APPLY BRAKES BUT NOTHING LIKE BEFORE.
11317456 2019-11-01
2019 FORD F-350
THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKED OUT OF CONTROL WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MILES PER HOUR AFTER HITTING VARIOUS ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS ON THE FREEWAY. EVERYTHING FROM EXPANSION JOINTS TO SMALL POTHOLES. THE DEALER CHANGED THE STEERING STABILIZER TO THE UPDATED MODEL, BUT THE TRUCK STILL SHAKES WHILE GOING OVER THESE ROAD CONDITIONS, BUT DOES NOT WOBBLE OUT OF CONTROL. "DEATH WOBBLE" TRUCK BEGAN THIS VIBRATION AT 10,000 MILES, AND THE WOBBLE TOOK PLACE THREE TIMES BEGINNING AT 13,000.
11287932 2019-12-08
2019 FORD F-350
DURING SPEEDS 50 MPH OR ABOVE THE FRONT OF TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY LOSING CONTROL OF STEER AND BREAKING. IT ONLY TAKES THE EDGE OF A CEMENT TRANSITION BETWEEN REGULAR ROAD AND BRIDGE OR SOME BASIC ROUGH SPOTS TO START THE VIOLENT SHAKING. DURING SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 AFTER DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD FRONT WILL SHIMMY AND SMOOTHOUT. I HAVE HAD 3 NEAR MISSES WITH OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO THE EXTREME AND VIOLENT SHAKING. YESTERDAY WAS A NEAR MISS WITH A SEMI-TRUCK, AND DID NOT GAIN CONTROL UNTIL AFTER CROSSING OVER THREE LANES OF I-435 TRAFFIC OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY. I WENT BY FORD TODAY, AND THEY HAVE HAD MANY COMPLAINTS FOR SAME REASON. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THIS MODEL OF TRUCK IS DEVELOPING DRIVABILITY ISSUES THAT CAN KILL.
11258771 2019-09-26
2018 FORD F-350
I WAS DRIVING MY 2018 F350 CREW CAB DUALLY DEISEL TRAVELING AT APPROX. 55MPH DOWN A HILL. I WAS TOWING MY 20FT EQUIPMENT TRAILER WITH MY TRACTOR ON IT FOR A COMBINED WEIGHT OF ABOUT 6K POUNDS. AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THIS HILL, I HIT A POTHOLE AND IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AS THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK SO VIOLENTLY, I COULDN'T KEEP MY HANDS ON IT. I PANICKED AND DID WHAT I COULD, WHICH WAS SLAM ON THE BRAKES, WHICH MADE THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE EVEN WORSE. AS MY TRUCK WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND MY TRAILER FISH TAILING BEHIND ME, MY PASSENGER AND I BRACED FOR IMPACT. AS THE TRUCK DECREASED IN SPEED, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. MY FORD HAS 11, 800 MILES ON IT. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK USED WITH 11, 400 MILES ON IT, AND NOW I'M BEGINNING TO REALIZE WHY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TRUCK WAS TRADED IN. I WILL BE CONTACTING MY NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY. I'M JUST HAPPY THAT I DIDNT KILL ANYONE AND WAS ABLE TO GO HOME SAFE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
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