What 1,151 owners told NHTSA about the 2019 Ford F-250 Supercab

TRUCK HAS 26,600 MILES, TIRES ROTATED FROM NEW PER MANUAL AT FORD DEALER. TIRE PRESSURES AT SPEC. NORMAL TIRE WEAR. 90% PAVEMENT DRIVEN. ON FAMILIAR TWO LANE PAVED STATE ROAD DURING CLEAR WEATHER WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 70-75MPH UPON HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN OSCILLATING AT A HIGH RATE WITH MY COMPLETE INABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE ROAD HAD A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND I WAS UNABLE TO MANIPULATE THE TRUCKS DIRECTION CAUSING AN ONCOMING VEHICLE TO LEAVE THEIR LANE INTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID COLLISION. IMMEDIATELY UPON THIS HAPPENING I LET OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES FOR FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL FURTHER WITH A VEHICLE ONCOMING. ONCE THE VEHICLE PASSED I FIRMLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND UPON SLOWING TO ABOUT 40-45MPH THE TRUCK SELF CORRECTED AND I REGAINED FULL CONTROL. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT MY STEERING WHEEL IS NOW 3-5 DEGREES OFF CENTER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT TRACK WHEN DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY THE TRUCK EXHIBITED THE WOBBLE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60-75MPH AFTER HITTING MINOR POTHOLES AND BRIDGE APPROACHES AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN A NORMAL COURSE OF DRIVING. MY LOCAL FORD DEALERS SERVICE ADVISOR SAID I HAD EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPNER AND RE-ALIGN THE TRUCK UNDER WARRANTY. I AM NOT CONVINCED THIS IS THE TOTAL SOLUTION AND I AM VERY SKEPTICAL OF CONTINUING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. HAD I BEEN ON A BUSIER ROAD I AM NOT SURE THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME.

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MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN E-470 NEAR SOUTHLANDS MALL, WHEN WE HIT A BRIDGE JOICE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POT HOLE. THIS SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED OUR 2019 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY LARIAT WITH A LITTLE OVER 27K MILES, TO BEGIN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, TO WHERE WE HAD TO SLOW TO 20 MPH AND VEER FOR THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, OR RISK BEING PROPELLED INTO THE NEIGHBORING VEHICLE. COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND RIDICULOUS TO SEE THIS OUT OF A NEW TRUCK. SCARED THE LIVING HELL OUT OF US. AND WE CONSISTANTLY TRAILER HORSES , IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE TRAILER OUR HORSES?? OH MY GOD.

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I EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY IN OREGON AND AS I CROSSED ONTO A BRIDGE ON THE GRANDE RONDE RIVER AT ABOUT 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN AND REGAINED CONTROL. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE TRUCK HAD BEEN REPAIRED FOR THAT ISSUE. THE TRUCK HAD FEWER THAN 27,000 MILES AND THE DAMPENER HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE.

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I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 75 MPH WHEN I WENT OVER A BRIDGE TRANSITION. THE TRUCKS STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND I HAD TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO 20 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. THE TRUCKS BRAKES SEEMED TO NOT WORK AT NORMAL LEVELS WHEN SLOWING DOWN, I HAD TO LET OFF THE GAS TO GET THE TRUCK TO SLOW DOWN. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. I COULD BARELY CONTROL THE TRUCK ENOUGH TO CHANGE LANES TO START GETTING OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. I AM HESITANT TO DRIVE MY TRUCK ANYMORE IF THIS DEATH WOBBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

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2019 FORD F-250 HAS DEVELOPED A DEATH WOBBLE AT 17,000 MILES THIS HAPPENS 65 AND OVER MILES AN HOUR. I CALLED FORD AND IT HAS BEEN SIX DAYS I LEAVE MESSAGES EVERY DAY AND THEY WILL NOT CALL ME BACK NOT SURE WHAT TO DO THE TRUCK IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. PLEASE HELP

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IT HAPPEN AROUND 1815, WHEN I EXPERIENCE THE DEATH WOBBLE, THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY STARTED SHAKING AND IT WAS FELTED ON THE FRONT END OF MY FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. IT OCCUR AT A SPEED OF 65 MILES PER HOUR. WHILE DRIVING ON THE OVER PASS OF THE FREEWAY AND GOING OVER THE GROOVE IN THE ROAD. IT WAS A FRIGHTENING INCIDENT OF ALMOST LOSING CONTROL OF MY TRUCK. IF THEIR WHERE LOTS OF VEHICLE ON THE ROAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED. I TRY TO STOP AND MADE MATTERS WORST SO I QUICKLY LET IT SLOW WAY DOWN UNTIL IT ALMOST CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. TODAY I CALL THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT NO RECALLS. THE DEALER NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A SATISFACTORY WAY TO END THE PROBLEM. BEFORE LIFE ARE LOST. THANKS

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I'VE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE ONCE. FORD PUT A NEW STEERING DAMPENER ON THE TRUCK. 20,000 THOUSAND MILES LATTER I NOW HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE DEATH WOBBLE. CALLED FORD AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AT 70 MPH ON A VERY BUSY CITY PORTION OF INTERSTATE AND ALMOST GOT ME INTO AN ACCIDENT. FORD IS NOT WILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME AFTER TALKING WITH FORD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS SAME THING AND NOTE FOR YOU GUYS

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WHEN YOU GO OVER A BUMP, TRANSITION STRIP, OVERPASS IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK THE WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE TRUCK WANTS TO LEAVE THE ROAD YOU HAVE TO HANG ON TIGHT WITH BOTH HANDS JUST TO TRY TO GAIN CONTROL BACK OF THE VEHICLE.

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FILED CLAIM 11365809. ISSUE RESOLVED AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP ON 10/27/2020 FOR 2ND TIME. ON 11/14/2020 ISSUE REOCCURRING. VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH. "DEATH WOBBLE"

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ONLY 16,000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK. IN THE LAST WEEK THERE HAVE BEEN 4 INCIDENTS. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS 60-75MPH I EXPERIENCED A SEVERE SHAKING AFTER HITTING A SLIGHT DEFECT IN THE ROAD. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED(TONIGHT), THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT THAT MY TIRES STARTED TO SCREECH AS THE TRUCK SHIFTED VIOLENTLY LEFT TO RIGHT. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER BECAUSE I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN SO THE SHAKING WOULD STOP. I OFTEN HAVE MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK WITH ME AND I AM SO FORTUNATE SHE WASNT WITH ME TONIGHT. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS CALLED "THE DEATH WOBBLE." PEOPLE WITH THESE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE WEB. THIS IS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW AND SAFETY CONCERN. NOT TO MENTION AFTER SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THIS HAS TO PUT TREMENDOUS STRAIN ON OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE TRUCK CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE LOOSES THEIR LIFE, IF NO ONE HAS ALREADY.

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MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 CRUISING ALONG 70 MPH. WHEN I CROSSED OVER A BRIDGE ABUTMENT THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIGOROUSLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO CONTROL. I WAS NOT ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GOT OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND REDUCED SPEED TO AROUND 25 MPH. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND NOT COVERED UP. WOULD NOT BE GOOD IF I HAD MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER BEHIND ME WITH MY TWO KIDS IN THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 14,000 MILES ON IT!

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UPON HITTING A SEAM SUCH AS A ROAD/BRIDGE SEAM AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. ONCE I SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR THE SHAKING STOPPED. ALL OF MY LUG NUTS ARE TIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE BUT WITH LIGHT SHAKING UPON HITTING ANY BUMP OR SEAM AND THEN STOPS. THIS TIME IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL I SLOWED

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MY 2019 FORD F250 WITH 16K MILES EXPERIENCED A MAJOR STEERING SHAKING I.E. "DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER HITTING A SMALL TRANSITION ON A BRIDGE APPROACH AT 62 MILES PER HOUR ON FLAT PAVEMENT. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY HOME. I INSPECTED THE STEERING COMPONENTS AND THEY APPEAR TO BE SEVERELY WORN OUT, ESPECIALLY THE TRACK BAR AND TIE ROD BEARINGS/BUSHINGS.

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PREVIOUSLY I EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF CONTROL AND VIOLENT SHAKING WHILE OPERATING MY VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS INCLUDING A BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH WERE ONLY RESOLVED AFTER REDUCING SPEED BY MORE THAN 50 MPH. A LOCAL DEALERSHIP COMPLETED A SERVICE BULLETIN HOWEVER A COUPLE DAYS LATER A LIGHTER VIBRATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ON A PHONE CALL THAT IT WAS PROBABLY JUST ROUGH ROAD AND THAT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED. TODAY THE ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED MORE THAN 20 DEGREES AND THE VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO STAY IN THE LANE OF TRAVEL, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT BECAME CONTROLLABLE AGAIN.

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AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT 70MPH MY TRUCK ENTER A DEATH WOBBLE AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE DEATH WOBBLE DID NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I SLOWED TO 35MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEER DAMPER AND FRONT SHOCKS. 5 MONTHS LATER MY TRUCK STARTED TO GET THE DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN.

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WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON INTERSTATE 20 IN THE DFW AREA MY TRUCK HIT A BUMP ON A BRIDGE AND STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR THIS TO SUBSIDE. HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE AND IS COMMON IN MY TYPE VEHICLE. HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THIS. I HAVE 25K MILES ON TRUCK AND THIS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. 75 MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE IS A TERRIBLE PLACE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND I FEEL EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE I SURVIVED THIS SITUATION.

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IN HIGHWAY OR EXPRESSWAY DRIVING WITH SPEED LIMITS OF 55 OR MORE, AFTER DRIVING OVER A ROAD CRACK, BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, OR A SMALL BUMP THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND LOOSES ABILITY TO STEER. ANY CHANGE IN SPEED WORSENS IT AS WELL AS BRAKING. CONDITION CONTINUES UNTIL TRUCK REDUCES SPEED TO AROUND 30MPH.

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DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80 OUTSIDE OF RENO, NEVADA AT APPROXIMATELY 72 MPH WHILE TURNING SLIGHTLY LEFT I ENCOUNTERED A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD FROM A BRIDGE TO ASPHALT TRANSITION. MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF TRUCK. I COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL AS THERE WAS A SEMI TRUCK IN THE RIGHT LANE BESIDE ME. I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND SLOW THE TRUCK TO UNDER 20 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. PLEASE RECALL THIS ITEM AS FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLAW IN THEIR VEHICLES. I AM AFRAID TO OPERATE THIS VEHICLE.

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TRUCK EXPERIENCED UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WOBBLE AFTER TRAVELING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH. APPLYING BRAKES MADE THE WOBBLE WORSE UNTIL UNDER 20 MPH. TRUCK WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING FOLLOWED BY DRIFTING INTO ONCOMING LANE.

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WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD MAKES NO DIFFERENCE ON LOCAL ROAD OR HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCKS SHAKES TO THE POINT THAT I ALMOST LOSE ALL ABILITY TO STEER

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DEATH WOBBLE

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WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 73 MPH THE TRUCK BEGAN A VIOLENT SHAKING THAT NEARLY RIPPED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM MY GRASP. THE SHAKING CEASED AFTER I SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO 40 MPH. I SLOWED DOWN IN THE CENTER LANE OF 3 BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO DO MORE THAN KEEP THE VEHICLE IN THE LANE.

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THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS AT SPEED 60 MPH OR OVER. IF ONE TINY BUMP IS HIT WHILE ON A HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE SPEEDS DROPS TO AROUND 40 MPH. IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPING MORE FREQUENTLY.

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I WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE CAUSED THE TRUCK TO BEGIN TO RAPIDLY AND HARSHLY SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD TO SLOW ALMOST TO A STOP TO ALLOW THE TRUCK TO STOP SHAKING. I SLOWED DOWN AND SWITCHED LANES. A FEW MILES AHEAD AT 60 MPH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL.

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FRONT END WOBBLED VIOLENTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER A SERIES OF SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, WOBBLE DIDN'T NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWED TO AN ALMOST COMPLETE STOP.INCIDENT HAPPENED ON RT 452 IN CHICHESTER PA.UPON DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM IT IS APPARENTLY A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. HAS SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH THE ALIGNMENT AND STEERING MECHANISM AND STABILIZERS.

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