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

3rd time in a week- Death Wobbke while driving in heavy traffic. This is not safe!! No warning light ms our sounds- just starts violently shaking while driving out of the blue. In order to make it stop- you have to immediately slow down and pull over. This is challenging in that while driving at a high speed (within speed limits) on a major Hwy, you cannot just slow down immediately or pull over immediately. In addition, it happens so quickly and is so violent (major shaking and wobble) that you are taken off guard and driving becomes unsafe for ourselves and for drivers around you. Ford is aware of this problem. Our mechanics don’t have a fix all solution. For the price you pay for this vehicle, the consumer should not have to pay for a fix like this, even if there was one. This is NOT safe.

NHTSA ODI 11475267

After going over bump in the road truck starts bouncing uncontrollable, like the left tire in bouncing like a basketball to a point of almost losing control, until i can slow down to a stop ,then when I speed back up it stops. I have only experienced this two times both in the last month the truck has about 32000 miles. I have taken it to dealership for maintenance but I don't think they really know what's going on.

NHTSA ODI 11473688

Hit a bump in the road and the front suspension starting shaking and the steering wheel became very hard to hold onto because of the violent shaking. The vehicle almost flipped over before i could get stopped. Ford replaced the steering damper but i still feel more bouncing from the front suspension. I think there are more issues than just the steering damper.

NHTSA ODI 11465261

While driving on the freeway my steering wheel shakes uncontrollably this does not happen often but it’s happened in three times since I’ve had the vehicle. Happened today for the third time while I was driving about to exit off the freeway felt like I had a blowout scared the daylights out of me. Thankfully I was able to control the steering wheel and exit freeway

NHTSA ODI 11464880

My husband and I were driving 70mph, the speed limit was 75mph. Our truck encountered a bump in the road and then began to shake violently. My husband immediately let off the gas and pulled to the side of the road but the truck continued to violently shake until it reached about 45mph. On the same day while driving down the interstate the truck encountered another bump in the road and did the same thing. My husband could not stop or control the truck from shaking. We were lucky there were not many other vehicles around us or it could have caused an accident. The truck only has 18,000 miles on it.

NHTSA ODI 11463969

I was driving in the freeway approximately 70 mph when the truck drove over a small imperfection in the road and immediately started to shake violently and uncontrollably (often referred to as death wobble) I left off of the gas and as the vehicle slowed to 50 mph the shaking went away. This shaking is very violent and takes away from the drivers ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner amongst traffic on a busy freeway. Of the brake is pressed the shaking becomes worse until the vehicle slows. I took the truck to the dealer which the dealer advised that there was a recall on the steering dampener and replaced it stating that will relieve the truck of a death wobble . However, this did not fix the issue as I took it on the freeway and experienced the same exact issue. The truck has not been inspected by anyone other than the dealer. No lights or warnings were given at any time before during or after r the incident.

NHTSA ODI 11461837

Violent steering wheel shaking at speeds 55 - 65 mph.

NHTSA ODI 11461062

I get the "death wobble" when traveling at hwy speeds. Violent wheel shake, almost uncontrollable steering.

NHTSA ODI 11458650

When traveling at about 55 mph I hit a rough patch in the road on Missouri Hwy 30. The truck started shaking, shimming, bouncing, and wobbling severely, and kept on doing so for an extended period of time and distance traveled. I'm guessing another 100 yards or so. I was able to keep control, but had to slow down and pull over to get it stopped and to get my self calmed down too. It has not happened again as dramatically, but I've been very carefully avoiding road hazards. It does shake more than usual with any unevenness in the pavement. The dealers locally say 6-8 weeks to get an appointment to look at it. Ridiculous!

NHTSA ODI 11457597

The front end of the vehicle started shaking violently. I almost lost control of the vehicle while driving 65mph due to this. I had to slow down to 20mph on the highway to get the steering wheel and front end to stop the violent shakes. This problem is extremely dangerous and I hope it never has to be reproduced. I have an appointment with the dealer in a few days. Their suggested repair is to replace the steering damper. There were no warning lights, messages, or system errors with the vehicle.

NHTSA ODI 11454217

While driving this 2019 F-250 truck, all of a sudden the truck began to shake violently. Not only the whole truck, but the steering wheel was shaking violently as well. I was scared to death.This has happened on the interstate where I was in the left lane passing a tractor trailer and no sooner did I get passed then my truck began this "Death Wobble." I had no place to pull over to my left, so I had to pull right in front of the truck that I just passed, braking as hard as I could while moving to the right shoulder. An extremely dangerous situation. I can only imagine if this had happened to my wife! Fortunately, I had read about this condition prior to it happening. My truck only has 15,000 miles on it. This Death Wobble has been around since 2005 on Ford F-250 trucks, yet Ford and their dealers seem to pretend that they know nothing about it. And yes, I have had this safety hazard occur several times. This is a very serious safety issue. You have no warning lights or signals that the death wobble is imminent. I can even reproduce it if need be. It has happened several times since December 2021. You can see many incidents of this by either searching on line or by going to YouTube and typing in Death Wobble.

NHTSA ODI 11452395

The malfunction was receiving "Death Wobble" on three occurrences in less than a 24 hour period driving less than 50 miles in total. This is a safety issue to all passengers and other drivers on the road due to inability to steer and control the vehicle safely. The problem has been confirmed by the Manufacturer as "death wobble" or "vehicle shimmying". The vehicle has been inspected by the manufacturer and identified as the problem of "death wobble" There are no indications prior to this malfunction occuring.

NHTSA ODI 11444631

Driving on freeway at 80mph posted idaho freeway speed went into voilent death wobble front end head shake which sent me into center median out of control it started from going over overpass i e bridge so voilent it thru my hands from steering wheel until i could get it under control.ford first said it was a recall for steering dampner then changed it over to warrenty work haven't been on freeway since with it nervous might do it again and might not get has lucky next time ford tells me its all good with the new steering stablelizer also the problem ruined tires dont feel like being a crash dummy for ford so im staying away from freeway for as long as i can help it definite problem .

NHTSA ODI 11439447

TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH, HIT A ROUGHER SPOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRUCK BEGAN TO VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. I SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 35 AND IT WENT AWAY. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK WITH 19,000 MILES ON IT, AND IT NOW HAS 32,000. I DID SOME RESEARCH, AND IT IS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE."

NHTSA ODI 11408261

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED OF 70MPH THE VEHICLE HIT A SMALL BUMP WHICH CAUSED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO START TO RATTLE VIOLENTLY . THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RATTLE UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL IT WAS ABLE TO DECELERATE TO A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 25MPH. PREVIOUS TO THIS SCARY EXPERIENCE THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE SOME CONTROL AND FEEL WHEN SMALL BUMPS WOULD BOUNCE THE SUSPENSION.

NHTSA ODI 11403632

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE STARTING SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEELS ACTING LIKE THEY WERE GOING FALL OFF AND LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL, VERY SCARY STOPPED AND EVERY THING STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE STARTING WORKING PROPERLY DRIVING ABOUT 55 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED PULLING A TRAILER

NHTSA ODI 11395463

ON 10/6/2020 THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE VEHICLE AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT FENDER AREA AND LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE, ON 01/24/2021 THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE VEHICLE AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FENDER, RUNNING BOARD, AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE

NHTSA ODI 11394672

ON 01-09-21, TRAVELING NORTH ON I -75 IN KENTUCKY AT APPROXIMATELY 75-80 MPH. TRAVELED OVER A SECTION OF ROAD THAT WAS ROUGH AND UNEVEN. VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, CAUSING UNCONTROLLED TRAVEL INTO THE LEFT HIGH SPEED LANE. ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND HAD TO ENTER THE EMERGENCY LANE AND STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. HAD TO EXIT VEHICLE AND CHECK FOR POSSIBLE CAUSE AND NONE FOUND. CONTINUED NORTH ON I-75 FOR SEVERAL MILES AND AGAIN TRAVELED OVER ROUGH PAVEMENT. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND HAD TO ENTER THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY LANE AND SLOW VEHICLE TO A STOP BEFORE CONTROL WAS GAINED.

NHTSA ODI 11387775

WHILE DRIVING MY 2019 FORD F250 ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 55 MPH ,HIT A SMALL ROUGH PATCH ON ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, ALMOST LOST CONTROL . WAS ABLE TO LOWER SPEED AND PULLED OVER LUCKILY ME AND MY FAMILY DID NOT CRASH. FORD NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM WITH THERE STEERING COMPONENTS .

NHTSA ODI 11387369

THIS IS A UPDATE TO ADD TO COMPLAINT #11384843 DEALER HAS NOT FIXED , SENT HOME AFTER HAVING MY TRUCK FOR 5 DAYS AND LOOKED AT 2 OR 3 TIMES , MY CONVERSATIONS WITH SERVICE AT DEALER IN NEW EMAILS . I NEED TO ADD THESE EMAILS TO THIS COMPLAINT.

NHTSA ODI 11387292

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 60 MY TRUCK EXPERIENCED THE ISSUE KNOW AS DEATH WOBBLE. AFTER HITTING AN EXPANSION JOINT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL START TO OSCILLATE UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO BELOW 40 MPH. YOU LOSE ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ARE UNABLE TO STEER. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED 7 TIMES STARTING AROUND 15000 MILES.

NHTSA ODI 11385544

"DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER ONLY 14,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.. THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT HIGH SPEED STEERING FEAR. EVERY TIME YOU HIT A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLES SHAKES FOR A VERY LONG TIME TILL YOU SLOW DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY AND TRY TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY SHOULDERS.. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY.

NHTSA ODI 11384005

AT 75MPH ON INTERSTATE 95 I DROVE OVER A PORTION OF THE ROAD THAT ENT FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE BACK TO ASPHALT IT HAS A SLIGHT DIP WHEN I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN MY FRONT END I ALMOST LOST CONTROL AND HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP DURING RUSH HOUR TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY TRUCK MIND YOU I DRIVE A TRACTOR TRAILER FIRE TRUCK FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND THIS INCIDENT INVOLVING MY NEW TRUCK ACTUALLY SCARED ME! WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS IT DEFINITELY INVOLVES THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE TRUCK WITH 20,000 MILES IT HAS 21,400 ON IT AS OF TODAY IT CAME WITH A 30,000 OR 3 YEAR MANUFACTURE WARRANTY I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS PUT ON HOLD AND TRANSFERRED A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH NO EXPLANATION BUT TO CONTACT A FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM

NHTSA ODI 11378672

TWICE THIS PAST WEEKEND, I EXPERIENCED WHAT THE DEALERSHIP CALLS "DEATH WOBBLE". THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER GOING OVER UNEVEN ASPHALT. THE FIRST OCCURENCE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 75MPH AND THE SECOND TIME WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH. IT FELT LIKE THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO SHAKE ITSELF APART AND I HAD VERY LITTLE STEERING UNTIL I SLOWED THE TRUCK DOWN BELOW 20MPH. IN BOTH INSTANCES, I WAS SERIOUSLY CONCERNED FOR MY LIFE (AND I DON'T SCARE EASLIY IN VEHICLES). AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH SUPER DUTY FORDS. SURPRISED THIS IS HAPPENING TO A TRUCK WITH ONLY 33,000 MILES ON IT! I AM SCHEDULING A TIME FOR THE TRUCK TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP.

NHTSA ODI 11377486

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.

NHTSA ODI 11376532