Feb 21, 2017SteeringSuspensionCrash
MY TRUCK HAS THE DEATH WOBBLE.... A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT END AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ...... VERY DANGEROUS!! I WENT OFF OF THE ROAD LAST WEEK AND ENDED UP IN A COTTON FIELD. ONCE THE DEATH WOBBLE STARTED I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE BRAKES OR STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE HELP BEFORE ME OR SOMEONE DIES!!!!! I HAVE PUT ALL NEW BALL JOINTS , TRACK BAR, RIGHT AND LEFT UPPER TIE RODS, DAMPER,3 ALIGNMENTS, MY FRONT RIGHT SHOCK, AND THE RIGHT HUB ASSEMBLY ALL VALUED AT $2751.60 SO FAR AND IVE DONE MOST OF THE WORK....PLEASE HELP.
NHTSA ODI 10956025
Mar 17, 2014SteeringCrash
LEFT HOUSE DRIVING EAST ON 8200S WHEN APPROX 5200 W I LOST STEERING AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT, HITTING A STREET LIGHT AND SKIDDING ALONG A CONCRETE FENCE. I STOPPED, EXITED VEHICLE AND TWO MEN THAT WITNESSED COME UP AND SAID YOUR STEERING ARM BROKE, AT THE TIME I WAS IN SHOCK AND ATTRIBUTED THEM SAYING ARM BEING BROKE WAS RESULT OF ACCIDENT BUT THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, I ASSUME THEY ALSO CALLED POLICE AS I NEVER MADE THE CALL AND OFFICER SHOWED UP ON SCENE. THE NEXT DAY I MET WITH AUTO BODY SHOP AND THEY WAS AS IN SHOCK AS I AS HE LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND POINTED OUT THE BROKEN PART AND SAID THIS IS WHAT CAUSED YOU TO LOOSE STEERING. I AM THANKFUL WAS NOT ON FREEWAY DRIVING FASTER SPEED AND THAT I DIDN'T HAVE MY SMALL CHILD WITH ME, THANK GOD NO ONE WAS INJURED. *TR
NHTSA ODI 10572743