What 116 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Ford F-250 Supercab

DRIVING ON MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN I DROVE THROUGH BUMPY AREA OF THE HWY. THE FRONT STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY UNEXPECTED. I SNICE HAVE LEARNED THIS IS CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" I REDUCED SPEED TO EXIT TO THE SHOULDER BUT THE SHAKING HAS STOPPED. I EXITED THE NEXT SAFE EXIT AND LOOKED AT MY FRONT SUSPENSION/STEERING AND DID NOT SEE ANY NOTICABLE DAMAGE. I CONTINUES FOR APPROX 10 MILES WHEN IT STARTED AGAIN AFTER CROSSING BUMPY PORTION OF HWY. OVER FEAR OF CAUSING BODILY INJURY TO MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. I BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP

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STARTS WOBBLING (SHAKING) UNCONTROLLABLY SIDEWAYS & UP AND DOWN WHEN I AM DRIVING ABOVE 65 MILES AN HOURS OVER UNEVEN ROADS AND I HIT A MILD BUMP IN THE ROAD. ONLY STOPS WOBBLING WHEN I AM ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 60 MILES A HOUR. STARTED HAPPENING 3 MONTHS AGO. HAS BEEN HAPPENING MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY RECENTLY.

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DRIVING SOUTH ON TEXAS HIGHWAY 71 FROM AUSTIN TX, JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE TEXAS MY STEERING BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP. THIS WAS A VERY FREIGHTING EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND MY WIFE.

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WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND DROVE OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AND THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTED SHAKING. I WAS DRIVING ~70 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE MANEUVERS TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND SUBSIDE THE SITUATION. THIS OCCURED 4 MORE TIMES ON THE TRIP AND ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY TRAFFIC. AFTER MUCH READING AND DISCOVERING SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THE SAME SITUATION, THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FORD F-250/350 "DEATH WOBBLE".

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INTERSTATE HWY HIGH SPEED BRAKING FOR EXIT SUDDENLY CAUSED VIOLENT SHACKING OF ENTIRE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL(DEATH WOBBLE).

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I AM EXPERIENCING WHAT IS CALLED THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. HITTING A ROUGH SPOT, OR A TAR LINE WILL CAUSE VIOLENT STEERING WOBBLE.MUST SLOW DOWN BELOW 40 MPH TO STOP THE PROBLEM.

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AT HIGHER SPEEDS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP OR GROOVE THE TRUCK GOES INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE UNTIL SPEED IS LOWERED TO AROUND 30 MPH. UNKNOWN PART.

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TRUCK WILL START TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WHILE ON INTERSTATE AFTER GOING OVER RUFF ROAD OR BRIDGE JOINT. IT SEEMS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE GOING TO BREAK OFF. THIS HAPPENED TO ME NUMEROUS TIMES. FIRST TIME I GOT NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WE PASSED OVER A BRIDGE JOINT. THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE SO MUCH THE KIDS STARTED TO SCREAM "DADDY DADDY!!" I APPLIED THE BREAKS AS CALMLY AS I COULD BUT I HAD 18 WHEELER ON BOTH SIDES AND JUST HAD TO KEEP APPLYING BREAKS UNTIL I GOT THE VEHICLE DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE SHAKING SUBSIDED. WITH BOTH MY GIRLS IN THEIR CAR SEATS AND BOTH WEEPING, ASKING IF WE WERE GOING TO DIE AND THAT THIS TRUCK IS SCARY. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE HOME THE REST OF THE 15 MINUTE DRIVE. BOTH KIDS (4 AND 9) ARE NOW SCARED TO RIDE IN MY TRUCK AND WANT ME TO SELL IT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" WITH FORD SUPERDUTYS. FORD SEEMS TO HAVE A RECALL FOR 2017 AND NEWER BUT THIS DOES NOTHING FOR MY 2013. THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE OR CAUSED BY THE CUSTOMER, IT IS A DESIGN FLAW. I CAN SHOW YOU A PART OF ROAD WHERE THIS WILL OCCUR AT A HIGH FREQUENCY IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR OWN SUPERDUTY AND COME TEST IT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO FORCE FORD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, EVEN IF ITS A PARTS LIST TO BUY TO GET IT FIXED ON YOUR OWN. I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A REAL ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENS.

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I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS TRUCK LIKE 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO. I WAS ON A BACK ROAD NM185 GOING 55 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND I COULDN'T STEER IT. THE TRUCK WENT INTO THE OTHER LANE. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET CONTROL BACK BEFORE A VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT OF US IN THE OTHER LANE. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE CALL AND EXTREMELY SCARY. I HAD CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK THAT WERE ESPECIALLY SCARED. WE WENT 40 THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WITHOUT MORE ISSUES. I LATER HAD THE TRUCK TAKEN TO A SHOP WHERE THEY SAID THE TRACK BAR AND TIE ROD ENDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH OF COURSE AREN'T COVERED IN MY WARRANTY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.

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MY VEHICLE HAS 'EXPERIENCED THE 'F250 DEATH WOBBLE' ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND IT IS A SCARY FEELING WHEN IT HAPPENS. TH DEATH WOBBLE USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ANY YOU HIT A ROUGH PATCH OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. DURING THE 'DEATH WOBBLE THE TRUCK BOUNCES ALL OVER THE ROAD AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION GETS LIGHT AND IT IS HARD TO MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE IN THE PROPER LANE . FOR THESE REASONS, I REFUSE TO ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK. SEEING HOW THIS IS A COMMON HOT BUTTON ISSUE ON THE F250 FORUM, I AM SURPRISED THAT FORD HAS NOT BEEN FORCED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND TO FIX THESE KNOWN ISSUES BEFORE SOMEONE IS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THE ' F250 DEATH WOBBLE!'

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I HAVE A 2015 F 250 SUPERDUTY, ORIGINAL OWNER, THAT I AM NOW EXPREIENCE WHAT IS REFERED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE.' THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME FOUR TIMES OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS. EACH TIME I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 70 MPH, EITHER ON A CONCRETE FREEWAY, OR ON AN ASHPALT HIGHWAY, HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THEN THE TRUCK BOUNCES AROUND. YOU DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, STEERING INPUT CAUSES IT TO INCREASE THE WOBBLING AND BOUNCING. EACH TIME THE WOBBLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS BELOW 40 MPH AND BRAKING. ONE TIME I HAD AN EMPTY 16 FOOT FLAT BED TRAILER, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED THE TRAILER TO FLIP. THE THREE OTHER TIMES NO TRAILER. EACH TIME I FELT HEPLLESS IN CONTROLING THE VEHICLE AND SCARRNG THE *^%^*& OUT OF ME.IN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECAL ON THIS ISSUE?

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BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN DECEMBER AND NOTICED IT HAD A SHAKE, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY "FIXED' IT. PUT NEW SUSPENSION, AND BALANCED THE TIRES. NOW IN APRIL, IT STARTED TO SHAKE AGAIN.

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DEATH WOBBLE. WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING APPROX. 65 MPH, I WENT OVER A BUMP (BRIDGE EXPANSION GAP) AND MY TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER STEERING AND WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF THE 3 LANE INTERSTATE. I BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE PASSING LANE AS I WAS ON A CURVE AND COULD NOT STEER MY TRUCK. I HAD TO ABRUPTLY SLOW DOWN TO 35MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING SUBSIDED AND I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER MY TRUCK. THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH FORD AND THEIR SUPERDUTY LINE OF TRUCKS. ITS A SHAME PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DIE BEFORE ACTION TAKES PLACE AS FORD WILL NOT OPENLY ADMIT TO A FAULT. THEIR FIX IS HALF HAZARD AND DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

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I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE I EXPIERENCED WHAT IS BEING LABELED AS THE DEATH WOBBLE I ACTUALLY THOUGHT MY TRUCK WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER AND BY READING ALL THE POST THAT I HAVE FOUND ITS A COMMON OCCURENCE IN FORD F250S AND SHOULD BE HANDLED BY FORD NOT OUT OF MY POCKET I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND WAS NOT [LANNING ON HAVING TO SINK MONEY I DONT HAVE IN IT BUT I HAVE TO BECAUSE IF NOT ITS GOING TO KILL ME OR SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT END SUSPENSION SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000.

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VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING AFTER HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT LOW SPEEDS AND HIGH SPEEDS

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2013 FORD S.D 4X4. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SHAKING AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE. *LD *JS

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 40 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LANDMARK FORD (2401 PRAIRIE CROSSING DR., SPRINGFIELD, IL 62711) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RECALL WHAT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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WHILE DRIVING ON ANY ROAD/HIGHWAY VEHICLE BEGAN WOBBLING AFTER HITTING A BUMP WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-55 MILES AN HOUR, CAUSING SHAKING/WOBBLING TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN BELOW 10-15 MILES AN HOUR. IT BEGAN WITH LESS THAN 38,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, REQUIRING TWO SERVICE VISITS TO DATE.

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I PURCHASE A VEHICLE WHICH I KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE I THOUGHT WAS THE SUSPENSION . I ASKED WOODBRIDGE MOTORS IN WPB FL TO REPAIR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. THE DAY WE COME TO PICK IT UP, THEY ASSURE ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS TAKING CARE OF, AND THEY ASKED ME TO SIGN OFF THE PAPER SAYING THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, WHICH I TRUSTED THEM AND I DID. RIGHT AFTER I DROVE THE CAR OF THE LOT I NOTICE IT WAS NOTHING DONE, SO I BROUGHT CAR BACK TO THEM, THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS FIXED AT TIRE KINGDOM IN LAKE WORTH TO BRING THE CAR BACK TO TIRE KINGDOM WHICH I DID. TIRE KINGDOM KEEP THE CAR FOR HALF OF THE DAY AND ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS FIXED. WHEN I DROVE THE CAR BACK, THE CAR WAS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN, THE STEERING NEED AN ALIGNMENT AND HAVE A HORRIBLE VIBRATION IN THE BACK. I DROVE THE CAR BACK TO TIRE KINGDOM AND THE RESPONSE WAS: WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIXED IT, AT THAT MOMENT I BROUGHT IT TO MY OWN MECHANICS AND TURNS OUT IT HAS A BEND RIM AND A BAD TIRE, AND ALSO NEED IT ALIGNMENT IT WAS NEVER DONE.I ASKED THE DEALER TO PAY ME A PERCENTAGE OF THE COST SO I CAN GET IT DONE RIGHT AWAY. AT THIS MOMENT WE WERE NEGOTIATING ANOTHER VEHICLE SO THEY SAID: SURE LET ME TALK TO MY MANAGER, HE IS NOT HERE AND I GOT THE SAME RESPONSE UNTIL WE FINALIZE THE PAPER WORK IN THE OTHER VEHICLE. DAYS LATER THEY SAID IF I WOULD PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE OR BRING A NEW CUSTOMER THEY WOULD HELP ME WITH MY PROBLEM OTHER THAN THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END WOBBLED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT STATED IT FELT AS IF HE WERE LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEELS AND ROTORS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE WOBBLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST COMPONENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. ... UPDATED 08/23/16 *BF

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I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK BETWEEN 60-70 MPH DOWN HIGHWAY 4 AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE. THAT'S WHEN WHOLE FRONT OF TRUCK WENT INTO A A UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE, STEERING WHEEL WAS ALSO SHACKING LEFT TO RIGHT HAD TO SLOW TO 30-40 MPH TO BRING BACK UNDER CONTROL. BROUGHT TO ALL STAR FORD ANTIOCH CA THE TECH SAID FRONT END FELT LOOSE THAT DROVE WITH ME. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG SO THEY SAID THEY CALLED FORD, FORD TOLD THEM TO DO A ROAD FORCE BALANCE. THEY SAY THAT THEY SERVICE MANAGER DROVE MY TRUCK TO AND FROM HIS HOUSE TWO TIMES 100 MILE ROUND TRIP AND FELT NOTHING WRONG. THEY GAVE MY MY TRUCK SAID IT WAS GOOD. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME THE FRONT END STILL FELT LOOSE BUT NO WOBBLE, GOOD ENOUGH. SIX DAYS LATER THE DEATH WOBBLE CAME BACK, SAME AS BEFORE. CALLED MIKE RAY RAY SERVICE MANAGER AT ALL STAR FORD, HE TOLD ME HE BELIEVES MY BUT THEY CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM SO I SHOULD BRING SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LOOK AT IT. I AM BRINGING TO TRACY FORD TODAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY FIX IT...

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND HIT BUMP IN ROAD. THE TRUCK WENT INTO A MASSIVE VIBRATION ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST 35 MPH VIBRATION STOPPED AND CONTINUED ON DOWN HIGHWAY! TOOK INTO FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE TRACK BAR HAD LOOSE BUSHINGS!! THEY WANTED 1200 TO FIX SAID THAT MY WARRANTY WAS OUT ON THAT PART AT 35,000 MILES TRUCK ONLY HAS 40,000 ON IT I THINK THE VIBRATION ALSO CAUSED LEAK IN RADIATOR AND OF COURSE NO HELP FROM FORD!!!!!

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COMING BACK FROM A TRIP ON I-10 DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED I HIT A SMALL POT HOLE. THE TRUCK JUMP TO THE RIGHT, ALMOST LOST IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES. SPOKE WITH DEALER, THEY STATED TO LET SOME AIR OUT OF THE TIRES. AT THIS POINT AND TIME I HAVE NOT LET ANY AIR OUT. I FEEL IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SUSPENSION. *TR

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