What 50 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Ford F-350 Super Crew

VEHICLE WOBBLES/VIBRATES "DEATH WOBBLE" AT HIGH SPEED OR WHEN HITTING A BUMP ON FREEWAY, ONLY WAY TO STOP THE WOBBLE IS TO REDUCE VEHICLE SPEED TO UNDER 30 MPH, VEHICLE ONLY HAS 35K MILES, I HAVE HEARD OF MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE OCCURRING AROUND 30K MILES ON FORDS, DODGE (A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT WAS STARTED IN 2014) & JEEP (CONGRESS HAS ALREADY REQUESTED A RECALL). I AM ASKING THAT THIS ISSUE IS LOOKED INTO FURTHER BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURY. THANK YOU *TR

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TRUCK GOES INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING 60MPH OR FASTER. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO OVER A BRIDGE, CATTLE GUARD OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. CAUSE THE CEHICLE TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND YOU HAVE TO COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE HAD FORD WORK ON IT AND NOTHING HAS CURED THE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IF NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

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WHILE USUALLY TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HITTING SMALL BUMPS SUCH AS EXPANSION JOINTS ON BRIDGES THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IT HAS DONE THIS WITH VARYING DEGREES, AND MOST RECENTLY HAS GOTTEN WORSE. THE MOST EXTREME AND RECENT EPISODE WAS HAVING TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 10 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE BEFORE IT STOPPED, AND IN PROCESS NEARLY BEING HIT FROM BEHIND BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. THIS HAS BEEN CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IN SEVERAL ONLINE POSTS. *TR

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2011 FORD F-350. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE MUST BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP, TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP SHAKING. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE SHAKING WAS BAD THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, AND NOTHING WAS DONE, EXCEPT ROTATING THE TIRES AND CHECKING THE AIR PRESSURE. IN FEBRUARY 2014, THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE NEEDS NEW TIE RODS, FRONT DRIVE LINK, A FRONT TRACK BAR AND AN ALIGNMENT. *JB

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**2011 F350 SD 4X2. FIRST NOTICED THIS PHENOMENON AT 65MPH ON THE THRUWAY. WHEN HITTING CERTAIN ROUGH ROAD SURFACE, OR BUMPS, OR CONCAVITIES ETC., FRONT WHEELS "HOP" TO ONE SIDE, STEERING THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOULDER, IF "HOPPING" TO THE RIGHT, OR INTO THE LEFT LANE OF TRAFFIC IF BUMP CAUSES A LEFT SIDE "HOP". CAN "HOP" EITHER WAY DEPENDENT UPON WHICH WHEEL STRIKES THE ROUGH SURFACE. IF BOTH WHEELS STRIKE THE ROUGH SURFACE THEN IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. THIS HAPPENS AT LOWER SPEEDS AS WELL. CAN HOP 12" OR MORE. I AM FRIGHTENED BY THIS VEHICLE AS I COULD EASILY STRIKE A CONCRETE BARRIER OR CONCRETE CURB OR A PEDESTRIAN OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE DRIVEN OTHER MANUFACTURERS VEHICLES OF SIMILAR GVWR, OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS, AND THIS PROBLEM IS PARTICULAR TO THIS MAKE AND MODEL ONLY. I COMPARED WITH A 2015 FORD, SAME VEHICLE, AND THAT DOES THE SAME THING. FORD CLAIMS ITS NORMAL. FORD CLAIMS IT IS NORMAL UNTIL YOU "LOAD IT" TO CAPACITY, JUST OVER 2 TONS. "ONCE ITS LOADED, YOU WILL BE OK", SAYS FORD. SO THEIR THEORY STATES ITS OK TO BE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE WHILE YOU'RE TRAVELING TO PICK UP YOUR 4000LB LOAD, THEN ONCE YOU'RE LOADED ITS OK. SO IF YOU HAVE NO LOAD FOR 50% OF THE TIME THEN ITS OK TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS UNSAFE 1/2 THE TIME YOU DRIVE IT! THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM AND I DOUBT FORD WILL ADMIT IT, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS UNSAFE AND SOMEBODY HAD BETTER LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. **INCIDENTALLY, THIS IS A 2011 THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2014. IT SAT ON THE LOT FOR 3 YEARS. THIS HAS NO BEARING ON THE ISSUE HOWEVER SINCE THE 2015 DISPLAYS THE SAME TENDENCIES. *TR

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TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY, TURNING SLIGHTLY ALONG A CURVED SECTION OF THE ROADWAY, UPON ENCOUNTERING VERY SMALL BUMPS, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, THE STEERING WHEEL THREATENED TO SHAKE MY HANDS LOOSE FROM IT, I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKE AND TRY TO QUICKLY SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OFF ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES SINCE THIS ORIGINAL INCIDENT. I HAVE HAD MY TIRES ROTATED REGULARLY AND WITH PROPER PRESSURE MAINTAINED. SEEMS TO OCCUR ON CURVED SECTION OF HIGHWAY THAT IS ALSO ON AN UPHILL GRADE AT SPEEDS OVER 45MPH. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN AND THE SHAKING SUBSIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRAC BAR, BUSHINGS, BALL JOINTS, STEERING AND TIE ROD ENDS WERE ALL REPLACED. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED AND BALANCED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 03/05/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION FOR THE LAST 70,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER HAD NUMEROUS COMPONENTS REPLACED, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE DEALER INFROMED THE CONSUMER THE OSCILLATION WAS NORMAL.

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WAS ON FREEWAY ABOUT 55 TO 65 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK WENT INTO WHAT I WOULD CALL A DEATH WOBBLE WHERE IT SEEMED TO BE SHAKING THE TRUCK TO DEATH. ONCE I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED AND STARTED OUT AGAIN IT WAS FINE. 2 DAYS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME I WAS JUST GETTING ONTO THE FREEWAY ON THE ON RAMP. IT DID IT AGAIN. DID NOT SEEM TO HIT ANY BUMP OR POTHOLE JUST STARTED SHAKING. HAD DEALER CHECK ITY OUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THEY BLAMED IT ON THE TIRES, AND SAID IT NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. *TR

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WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS HIT BUMP IN ROAD THE STEERING SHAKES REALLY BAD AND TO GAIN CONTROL HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST STOP SPEED. *TR

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