What 370 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Ford F-250 Super Crew

2011 FORD F250 WITH 6.7 LITER DIESEL ENGINE BLEW A FUEL INJECTOR DUE TO A BROKEN HOLD DOWN CLAMP. WHILE BEING REPAIRED, MECHANIC NOTICED TWO OTHER CLAMPS WERE CRACKED AND THEY WERE REPLACED BY UPGRADED CLAMPS FROM FORD. ENGINE HAS 62K MILES ON IT. WRITER HAS SEEN NUMEROUS POSTS ONLINE FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

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MY FORD F-250 STARTS SHAKING VERY VERY BAD WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP ON THE FREEWAY. TO GET THE VERY SCARY WOBBLE TO STOP I NEED TO SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY BETWEEN 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 50 TIMES. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN 3 TIMES WITHIN TEN MILES BEFORE. SLOWING DOWN TO 20-30 ON THE FREEWAY HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN A FEW ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT. IT IS SO BAD AND DANGEROUS THAT I TRY NOT TO EVER HAVE ANYONE RIDE IN MY TRUCK WITH ME. MY FAMILY IS SCARED TO RIDE IT IT ANYWAYS.

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DEATH WOBBLE. AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO ENTER FREEWAY TRAFFIC MY RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A POT HOLE ON THE ON RAMP. I WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO A WOBBLE THAT WAS ALMOST UN-CONTROLLABLE. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW MY TRUCK AND DRIVE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. I INSPECTED THE FRONT END, TIRES, SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPENER (WHICH WERE NEW) AND DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS.

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WAS DRIVING TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN IT BEGAN EXPERIENCING DEATH WOBBLE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS AND I RECENTLY HAD THE SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPENER, & DRAG LINK REPLACED AND IT ONLY MADE THE WOBBLE WORSE. I HAD TO PULL OVER TWICE WITHIN 5 MILES TO GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO STOP SHAKING.

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DEATH WOBBLE, SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS OR UNEVEN ROADS ON HIGHWAY AT 65MPH

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FORD F-250 CREWCAB WITH NO AFTERMARKET PARTS & FORD RECOMMENDED RIMS/TIRES: A MONTH AGO I NOTICED WOBBLING/SHAKING SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIBED 'DEATH WOBBLE'. PLACED TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SOLUTION. WHILE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH AND THE VEHICLE RUNS OVER BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY. AS THIS SO CALLED DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS I WILL COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND COAST TO A STOP. I HAVE NOTICED VEHICLES BEHIND ME SLOW DOWN QUICKLY AND I AM ASSUMING THEY ARE SEE TRUCK SHAKE VIOLENTLY, TOO. IF OTHER DRIVERS ARE SEEING THIS DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRING I AM WONDERING IF THESE DRIVERS ARE TAKING EMERGENCY AVOIDANCE ACTIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT TO OTHERS. HOW SAFE ARE F-250/F-350 TO BE ON THE ROAD? THE PICKUP HAS BEEN THE SHOP TWICE FOR REPAIRS AND NOW I NEED TO CONTACT THE SHOP AGAIN FOR THIRD RECOMMENDATION. ALL OF THE FORD RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BUT THE DEATH WOBBLE RETURNS AGAIN IN LESS THAN 60 MILES. I CANNOT SELL THE PICK-UP BECAUSE I KNOW THE PICK-UP HAS THE DEATH WOBBLE. 'SO NOW I AM STUCK WITH A PICK-UP THAT CANNOT BE DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. PLEASE POST ANY SUGGESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A REPAIR FOR THE DEATH WOBBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

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LET ME START BY SAYING THAT MY TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE ANY AFTERMARKET CHANGES - IT IS COMPLETELY STOCK/OEM. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60MPH+), THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK SOMETIMES SHUDDERS SEVERELY AFTER GOING OVER SMALL ROAD SURFACE CHANGES SUCH AS JOINTS/SEAMS IN THE HIGHWAY. AT FIRST IT ONLY OCCURRED DURING SWEEPING HIGHWAY TURNS, BUT IT HAS PROGRESSED TO HAPPENING ON STRAIGHTS AS WELL. THE SHUDDER IS SO SEVERE THAT THE STEERING WHEEL NEARLY SHAKES OUT OF MY HANDS AND THINGS IN THE STOWAGE SPOTS ON THE DOORS ARE SHAKEN OUT. I NOW HAVE TO SLOW TO <30MPH IN ORDER TO SETTLE THE FRONT END WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE TO SUDDENLY DO ON A HIGHWAY. THE INITIAL EVENT OCCURRED AT ROUGHLY 80K MILES AND ONLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES A YEAR. I NOW HAVE 130K MILES AND THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. I'VE RECENTLY REPLACED ALL SHOCK ABSORBERS AND THE STEERING DAMPENER, HAD AN ALIGNMENT AND THE TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED - TO NO AVAIL. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM BUT HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS RELATIVELY COMMON AMONG FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS ONLINE COMMUNITIES DISCUSSING THIS PROBLEM THAT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN OCCURRING WITH FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS FOR OVER A DECADE AND IS STILL OCCURRING ON NEW UNITS WITH AS FEW AS 15K MILES.

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AT 89,000 APPROX. MILES, THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING FAILED AND ALL BUTTONS BECAME USELESS ON THE WHEEL. THE MECHANIC STATES IT MUST BE REPAIRED ASAP AS THIS WILL CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO EITHER NOT DEPLOY OR RANDOMLY DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS A RECALL ON F150S AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE F250 AS WELL SINCE THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. DUE TO IT 'NOT' BEING A RECALL, I WAS TOLD BY FORD THEY JUST HAD A BAD RUN OF VEHICLES AROUND THAT TIME AND SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR OVER $500 TO ENSURE MY SAFETY, BUT THE NEW ONES SUPPOSEDLY ARE MUCH BETTER. ED SHERLING FORD CLAIMED THEY JUST BUILT BAD VEHICLES THEN AND HAD LOTS OF ELECTRICAL AND SAFETY ISSUES. SOUNDS LIKE THE OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY FAILED TO DO ITS JOB WITH DOMESTIC VEHICLES. PROBABLY WHY MOST PEOPLE WANT FOREIGN VEHICLES INSTEAD AS THEY'RE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD WITH BETTER OVERSIGHT THAT LAID BACK UNION BOSSES IN YACHTS PRETENDING TO HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS HERE IN THE STATES. SAD AMERICA CAN'T BUILD A DECENT VEHICLE ANYMORE. WE WERE ONCE THE GREATEST, BUT NOW... WE GOTTA GET IT CHEAP TO ENSURE AN 8 FIGURE SALARY FOR SOME. ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC THIS WAS MISSED IN SUCH AN EXPENSIVE VEHICLE.

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MY TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR GROOVE. I AM BARELY ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND IT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP.

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FUEL FILTER EXPLODED CONTAMINATING FUEL SYSTEM

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WHEN TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE HITS A BUMP, I GET A "DEATH WOBBLE" WHERE THE FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. THE ONLY OPTION THAT I HAVE IS TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN TO 35 OR BELOW TO GET IT TO STOP. I'VE COME CLOSE TO EITHER LOSING CONTROL OR GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I CAN REPLICATE THIS EVENT BY GOING OVER DIFFERENT BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I HAVE RE-ALIGNED MY VEHICLE, REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEM, INSTALLED A NEW STEERING DAMPNER, ROTORS, ETC, TO NO AVAIL. FORD DEALERSHIPS PLAY STUPID AND ACT AS IF THERE'S NO PROBLEM, I'VE TAKEN IT TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND THEY INSIST THAT IT'S FAULTY PARTS WITHIN THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED IF POSSIBLE, BUT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS AS TO WHAT THE TRUE CAUSE IS. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS . THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2011. IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE AS IT GETS OLDER.

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FORD DEATH WOBBLE WHEN THE TRUCK HITS A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD, UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE THAT REQUIRES A FULL STOP.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER AUTONATION FORD LOCATED AT 4355 JONESBORO RD, UNION CITY, GA 30291, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DAMPER ASSEMBLY, FRONT SUSPENSION, BALL JOINTS, AND TIE ROD CONNECTIONS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

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VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING "DEATH WOBBLE". DEALERSHIP INSTALLED KC3Z 3E651 B:DAMPER ASSY TO FIX THE ISSUE. PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED WITHIN WEEKS. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN. THIS TIME THEY SAID THE TRAC BAR BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REPLACED IT AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RE-OCCURRING WITHIN DAYS. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING OVER MINOR BUMPS, ROAD SEAMS IN BRIDGES, ETC. WITH AND WITHOUT CARRYING A LOAD. INDICATIONS ARE HEAVY VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END/STEERING THAT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU LET THE VEHICLE DE-ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT USING THE BRAKE.

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MY 2011 F-250 KING RANCH DIESEL HAS A 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I BOUGHT IT ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO AND IT HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIME AND MY STEP SON ONCE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A VERY BIG BUMP FOR THE WOBBLE TO START. I HAVE TRIED TO 'DRIVE THROUGH' THE WOBBLE BUT IT JUST GETS WORSE. NONE OF THE MECHANICS I HAVE TALKED TO CAN TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT. I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT I CAN NOT TAKE A CHANCE ON HAVING A WRECK AND SOMEONE GETS HURT OR WORSE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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THE STEERING DAMPER HAS MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSED DEATH WOBBLE. THE TRUCK ALMOST FLIPPED.

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SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK, WAS DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET @ A LOW SPEED & FRONT END STARTED SHAKING UNCOMTROLLABLE,AFTER RUNNING OVER A MAN HOLE COVER HAD TO FULLY STOP FULLY, SHORTLY AFTER I WAS GETTING ON AN EXPRESSSSSY & RAN OVER SMALL CHUG HOLE AND IT STARTED AGAIN, TOOK TO MY MECHANIC WHO INSTALLED A HEAVY DUTY STABILIZER BAR, NEW SHOCKS A NEW CAMBER KIT & 2 ALLIGNMENTS, STILL DOES THE SAME THING, HOPING FORD HAS THE ANSWER FOR REPAIRS, WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OUR RV WITH THE GRANDKIDS & WIFE

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I HAVE HAD TWO INCIDENTS OF WINDOWS EXPLODING ON ME OUT OF NOWHERE. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 2/21/20 NEAR CEDARVALE, NM. THEN, JUST YESTERDAY(8/9/20), I WAS SITTING AT A PICNIC AREA ALONGSIDE THE SAME ROAD(RT 247) AND WITHIN 10 MILES OF WHERE THE OTHER OCCURENCE TOOK PLACE, AND MY BACK REAR WINDOW OF MY TRUCK JUST EXPLODED OUT OF NOWHERE AGAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 65 MPH, AND THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

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DEATH WOBBLE

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DRIVING 45 MPH ON ROAD I DRIVE ALL THE TIME AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND THERE WAS NO ABILITY TO STEER AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING. I HAD TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO JUST A FEW MPH TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. IT WAS EXTREMELY SCARY AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO TURN THE VEHICLE IN ANY DIRECTION IF I HAD NEEDED TO. *TR

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I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, BRAKES BARELY WORKED WHILE TRYING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT MY TIRES WERE ABOUT TO COME OFF MY TRUCK, THE SHAKING WAS SO BAD THAT ITEMS IN THE SEAT ENDED UP ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE TRUCK. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP AND OFF THE INTERSTATE I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY AN 18 WHEELER. *TR

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VIOLENT SHAKING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS THAT OCCUR BETWEEN 55-75 MPH CAUSING THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH TO HAVE THE SHAKING COMPLETELY STOP HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER, THE TRACK BAR WITH NEW BUSHINGS AND HAVE HAD AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL SHOPS LOOK AT IT AND HAVE FOUND NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END, STEERING COMPONENTS OR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. SPOKE WITH A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM WHICH I KNOW IT DID NOT BECAUSE IT HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND THIS WOBBLE HAS HAPPENED ALMOST 10 TIMES IN LESS THEN A FEW MONTHS. *TR

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VEHICLE IN MOTION AT 60 TO 65 MPH ON SMOOTH PUBLIC CITY HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY PARTICULARLY IN THE FRONT END. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND ALTHOUGH I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO BRAKE AND ATTEMPT TO KEEP IT FROM THE MEDIAN OR DITCH THE VEHICLE DIDN'T CEASE THE UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING UNTIL I CAME TO A NEAR STOP OFF THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT CONTINUES TO FEEL AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO OCCUR ANY MOMENT AGAIN THE REMAINING 20 MILES TO MY HOME. I INTEND ON TAKING IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AS IF WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO MYSELF AND WIFE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE HIGHWAY. PURCHASED VEHICLE LESS THAN 5 MONTHS AGO.

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TRUCK HAS EXCESSIVE WOBBLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. DEATH WOBBLE. NEW TIRES, TRACK BAR, TIE ROD ENDS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND FRONT END ADJUSTED TO FORD BULLETIN WITH NO SOLUTION OF CORRECTING THE ISSUE. THIS ISSUE STARTED IN AUGUST 2018 AND HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR CORRECTIONS. THE TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP AGAIN LAST WEEK WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND HAULING A TRAILER, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE SAFELY TO THE DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION FORD CORPUS CHRISTI LOCATED AT 6250 S. PADRE ISLAND DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78412, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

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