What 296 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ford F-250 Super Crew

WHEN AT A SPEED OF 45PLUS WHEN A BUMP IS HIT OR IF RAINING AND A WATER PUDDLE TRUCK WOBBLES OUT OF CONTROL.

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WHEN GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY YOU HIT A BUMP AND THE TRUCK GOES INTO A DEATH WOBBLE. APPARENTLY IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS.MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 65000 MILES ON IT. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND SAID THAT HE SEES IT ALL THE TIME AND IT COSTS ABOUT $1500.00 TO FIX. MY BROTHERS NEWER TRUCK WHICH IS IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR YEAR MODEL HAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE.

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MY TRUCK HAS THE DEATH WOBBLE ON THE FRONT END. HIT A HOLE YESTERDAY GOING 70MPH AND ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.

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TWICE NOW IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE STRUCK A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH THAT CAUSED THE STEERING TO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY I HAD TO PULL OVER TO STOP IT THIS ALSO HAPPENED RECENTLY AT 70 MPH IN A SIMILAR SITUATION ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD IN DESPERATION TO GAIN CONTROL

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THE VEHICLE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, SOMETIMES WITH A BUMP IN THE ROAD, OR WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. VERY NOTICEABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MILEAGE AROUND 130,000, TIRES SHOWED WEAR OUTSIDE EDGE, NEW TIRES FROM THE DEALER HAD TO BE RE-BALANCED AROUND 50,000 AFTER I BOUGHT THEM, WAY OUT OF BALANCE. THE SHAKING MOVES THE STEERING WHEEL SO MUCH SO THAT I COULD EASILY LOOSE CONTROL IF I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION, VERY DANGEROUS.

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WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VERY VIOLENTLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD THE SHAKING DOESN'T GO AWAY TILL I GET VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH DOING THIS ON A INTERSTATE IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY ON 10/7/20 THIS HAPPENED AND IT SHOOK SO BAD AIR CLEANER CAME OFF AND VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STOPPED ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER. THEY FOUND THE MAF SENSOR BECAME DIRTY WHEN AIR FILTER CAME OFF SO THEY CLEAN IT TEST DROVE VEHICLE AND VERIFIED VEHICLE SHAKING. THEY SAID SUSPENSIONS LOOKED GOOD BUT HAD SLIGHT WEAR ON TRACK BAR BALL JOINT. THEY WANTED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND I SHOWED THEM THAT IT WAS REPLACED ON 10/6/20 FOR THE SAME SHAKING PROBLEM. I ASKED IF THIS WOULD REPAIR THE SHAKING THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT SURE BUT IT WOULD ELIMINATE IT AS A POSSIBILITY. I DECLINED THEIR GUESSING GAME AT MY EXPENSE. THIS SHAKING PROBLEM IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED AND FORD NEEDS TO GET A CURE FOR THIS PROBLEM

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THE VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 30-50 MILES AN HOUR IF THE ROAD IS NOT SMOOTH. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. FORD REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THEY ARE NOW SAYING THAT IT MAY BE THE TRACTION BAR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE FRONT END SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT ALMOST CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH A VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 107000 MILES.

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WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROADS THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS SHAKING, THE FRONT WHEELS ARE WOBBLING AND CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BECOME UNSTABLE. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL I HAVE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN UNTIL THE WOBBLING STOPS. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON VERY SMOOTH AND FLAT HIGHWAYS. IT FIRST HAPPENED AROUND TWO YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE AS IT ONLY HAPPENED ON ONE CERTAIN STRETCH OF ROAD THAT I TRAVELED OCCASIONALLY. IN THE LAST YEAR IT HAS STARTED HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN CAUSING ME CONCERN THAT THE TRUCK COULD BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND HAS NEVER BEEN USED OFF ROAD OR HAULED/PULLED HEAVY LOADS. THE STOCK SUSPENSION IS NOT MODIFIED/LIFTED.

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TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 4 IN ORLANDO FL AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD. FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND STEERING WHEEL WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD ON TO. SLOWLY SLOWED DOWN AND SHAKING EVENTUALLY STOPPED.

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GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND STARTED EXPERIENCING THE DEATH WOBBLE. COULD BARELY HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND FELT LIKE A TIRE WAS GONNA COME OFF.

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WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MILES AN HOUR I PASSED OVER A BRIDGE AND MY FORD TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WHEN PASSING OVER BUMPS GOING OVER BRIDGES ETC. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO QUICKLY SLOW DOWN ENDANGERING ME AND EVERYONE ELSE. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THE TRUCK.

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HIT A BUMP ON INTERSTATE AND TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO COME APART. SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH (ON THE INTERSTATE!) AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. RECENTLY HAD WORK DONE ON THE STEERING DAMPER AND OTHER SUSPENSION ELEMENTS. UNSURE IF THIS FIX WORKED.

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I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON 6 LANE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, 65-75MPH. WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE TRUCK WAS HARD TO CONTROL AND THE STEERING AND BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE WERE GREATLY IMPAIRED AND THE SHAKING DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I DECREASED THE SPEED BY AT LEAST 15-20MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN EITHER ONE TIRE HITS A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD OR BOTH TIRES HIT AN UNEVEN BRIDGE ON THE HIGHWAY.

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THIS TRUCK HAS WHAT IS KNOWN AS IN THE INTERNET AS DEATH WOBBLE, I GOT THE VEHICLE RECENTLY FROM A DEALER WITH NO INFO ON THE MANNER. THE TRUCK LOSES CONTROL BRIEFLY WHEN OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE FRONT TIRES DRIVE THROUGH SMALL HOLES OR BUMPS ON THE ROAD, MORE COMMON ON THE HIGHWAY. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, TBIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR, LOST CONTROL BRIEFLY, HAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DOWN TO REGAIN CONTROL.

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MY 2015 F250 HAS DEVELOPED THE NOTORIOUS FORD DEATH WOBBLE. WHEN THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP, BRIDGE JOINT, OR ANY LARGE ENOUGH DEFORMITY IN THE ROAD IT WILL CAUSE THE TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND LOSE ALL STEERING CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 SEPARATE TIMES NOW AND IT IS ONLY GETTING MORE FREQUENT. I HAVE BOOKED AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 24JUN2020 TO HAVE THE SUSPENSION LOOKED AT. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT THE INCIDENT YET, BUT I HAVE HAD OTHERS IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED. *TR

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TENGO UNA FORD 250 2015 Y EN VARIAS OCASIONES CUANDO VOY CONDUCIENDO A 50 MILLAS Y HAY PARCHES IRREGULARES EN LA CARRETERA O ALGUNA IRREGULARIDAD EN LA CALLE EL VEHCULO COMIENZA A TEMBLAR Y PIERDO EL CONTROL DEL VOLANTE TENGO QUE REDUCIR LA VELOCIDAD PARA QUE VUELVA A LA NORMALIDAD. LE HE REEMPLAZADO LA BARRA DEL PITMAN Y LOS TERMINALES,PERO CONTINA CON EL PROBLEMA. I HAVE A 2015 FORD 250 AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN I'M DRIVING 50 MILES AND THERE ARE IRREGULAR PATCHES ON THE ROAD OR SOME IRREGULARITY ON THE STREET THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE AND I LOSE THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROL I HAVE TO REDUCE THE SPEED . I HAVE REPLACED THE PITMAN BAR AND TERMINALS, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *TR

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I WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE FLYOVER THAT WAS CURVING TO THE LEFT AND HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL AND HAD TO QUICKLY SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 30 MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. *TR

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BOUGHT THIS F 250 PLATINUM NEW IN 2015 IT STARTED HAVING A FRONT END WOBBLE PROBLEM ,SOME CALL IT THE "DEATH WOBBLE' I PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THEN AND NOW IT IS WORSE THAN EVER, I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SELL THIS CAR LIKE THIS.

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FRONT SUSPENSION SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN TRAVELING ABOVE 50MPH AND STRIKING ANY TYPE OF UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. BUMPS, HOLES, GROVES, EXPANSION JOINTS, ETC CAUSE THE FRONT WHEELS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE TRUCK SLOWS DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 25MPH.

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NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE PICKUP I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. I BOUGHT THE PICKUP OCT. 2019 AND HAVE PUT 6K MILES. I'VE HAD THE TIRES CHECKED BUT WAS TOLD ALL TIRES WE FINE. I'VE HAD THEM ROTATED TOO. THE TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED I'VE BEEN ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 60 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR. IF I HIT SOME TYPE OF TRANSITION OR UNEVEN AREA ON THE FREEWAY IT BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I HAVE TO QUICKLY MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. IT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND I AM FRIGHTENED THAT THE WHEEL WILL FLY OFF OR I'M GOING TO END UP SLAMMING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE OR MAYBE EVEN THE MEDIAN WALL . THE ONLY WAY THAT THE SHAKING STOPS IS IF I SLOW DOWN UNDER 50 MILES PER HOUR. THEN AND ONLY THEN I CAN CONTINUE ON AND PICK UP SPEED, BUT HAS HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER BACK TO BACK TO BACK.

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"DEATH WOBBLE" MY TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING A VIOLENT SHACKING OF THE STEERING WHEE ( DEATH WOBBLE) WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

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WITH APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK, I EXPERIENCED A EXTREMELY VIOLENT OSCILLATION IN THE STEERING. EVERYTHING IN THE TRUCK WAS SHAKING AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL I COULD DECREASE SPEED TO ABOUT 50MPH OR LESS. THE OSCILLATION DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN 2 TIMES BACK TO BACK. AFTER THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE ISSUE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THEN ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO (WITH ROUGHLY 49,000 MILES), IT STARTED BACK AGAIN AND HAS HAPPENED COUNTLESS TIMES SINCE. WHEN I REACH 60MPH THE OSCILLATION STARTS OUT LIGHT BUT PROGRESSIVELY GETS WORSE UNTIL IT IS IN A FULL ON "DEATH WOBBLE". ALL ITEMS IN THE TRUCK ARE SHAKING AROUND AND FALLING IN THE FLOOR. MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HER DRIVING IT. I AM WRITING THIS REPORT MAINLY FOR THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER FORD SUPER DUTY OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE AND FOR SOME, HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT. THERE ARE LITERALLY FACEBOOK GROUPS CREATED SOLELY FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE "FORD DEATH WOBBLE" AND ANY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. FROM REPORTS I HAVE READ, THE DEALERSHIPS, IN MANY CASES HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CORRECTING THE ISSUE. SOME REPORTS STATE THE REPAIRS AND SAY THAT IT WAS A "BAND-AID" AND THAT THE ISSUE RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER THE REPAIRS. OTHERS SAY THAT THE DEALERS HAVE TOLD THEM THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO. THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS THAT SAYS IT WAS CORRECTED, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. I HAVE SEEN REPORTS ON VEHICLES AS NEW AS 2019 MODELS WITH AROUND 5,000 MILES ON THEM. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE AND I HOPE FORD IS PUSHED TO MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I HAVE VIDEOS BUT THEY ARE THE WRONG FILE TYPE. DATE BELOW IS MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE. THANKS!

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WHEN TRUCK HITS A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY IN A LEFT HAND CURVE AND DOWN HILL SLOPE, IT STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT BECOMES HARD TO STEER AND BRAKING HARD ONLY MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE. YOU CAN ONLY LEFT OFF THE GAS AND SLOW DOWN HOPING YOU CAN KEEP IT ON THE ROAD UNTIL IT STOPS. IT HAPPENED TWICE ON OUR FAMILY VACATION WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS IN THE TRUCK. THEY FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES. AFTER THAT TRIP THE DUAL STEERING STABILIZER, 2"LIFT AND ADJUSTABLE TRACK BAR WERE INSTALLED.IT TOOK 6 MONTHS OF REPLACING DIFFERENT PARTS, ALIGNMENTS, BALANCING TIRES, MODIFYING SUSPENSION TO FINALLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT A COST OF OVER $2,600.00.

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I HAVE A 2015 F250 6.7 PLATINUM POWERSTROKE WITH 78K ON IT AND I'M EXPERIENCING THE "FORD DEATH WOBBLE." I CAN NOT GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM ANYBODY AND I'M STICK WITH THIS ISSUE. THE TRUCK IS NOT EVEN SAFE TO DRIVE. AS SOON AS MY SPEED REACHES AROUND 50MPH I GET AN UNCONTROLLABLE FRONT END SHAKING, TO THE POINT WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL TAKES 2 HANDS TO HOLD ONTO AND I HAVE TO DECELERATE TO ABOUT 10-15MPH TO STRAIGHTEN THE TRUCK OUT AGAIN. I THOUGHT IT WAS TIRES, SO I WENT OUT AND HAD $1,600 WORTH OF TIRES PUT ON IT WITH AN ALIGNMENT, NOPE. NOT THE TIRES. SO I TOOK IT MY LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO I TRUST VERY WELL. HE WENT THROUGH MY FRONT END WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB ONLY TO DISCOVER A WORN U-JOINT ON THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AXEL WHICH ISNT THE CAUSE OF THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. HE LITERALLY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS AT A LOSS FOR WORD AND COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE MY FRONT END WAS SO TIGHT AND STIFF. LONG STORY SHORT, I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT FORD RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT'S A STEERING DAMPENER. WELL, GUESS WHAT? MY 2015 F250 DOES NOT HAVE A STEERING DAMPENER! THE FORD SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME I WAS PRETTY MUCH FU*%ED! WOW! WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE!!

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DEATH WOBBLE: WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND HITS A GROOVE OR BUMP (DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A MAJOR GROOVE OR BUMP) IN THE ROAD GOING UPWARD OF 50 MPH, IT WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE SHAKING CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY A SUDDEN AND SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION OF SPEED, WHICH ADDS TO THE DANGER, PARTICULARLY ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THIS OCCURRING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. THE VIDEOS TAKE PLACE AFTER BRINGING IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEM CLAIMING NOTHING IS WRONG.

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