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

FRONT END "DEATH WOBBLE" 2019 F250 WITH 17000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON 2 LANE ROAD, SLIGHT LEFT CURVE IN THE ROAD AT APPROX 55 MPH, HIT A FROST HEAVY BUMP. CAUSED UNCONTROLLABLE SIDE TO SIDE WOBBLE OF FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL. WORSE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. STOPPED ONCE BELOW 40 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. WENT TO FORD TODAY. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER. I'M SKEPTICAL THAT THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. FRONT TIRES ARE AT 5/32 FACTORY GOODYEAR. WITH EVEN WEAR. I WILL REPLACE TIRES NEXT. THESE EVENTS COULD EASILY HAVE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT. IT SEEMS IT IS A COMBINATION OF CHEAP/WORN PARTS AND POOR QUALITY TIRES. *TR

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GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE OTHER ABOUT 75 HIT A BUMP AND THE STEERING STARTED SHAKING WILL BAD. HAD TO SLOW WAY DOWN TO GET CONTROL. FOUND OUT LATER THEY CALL IT THE DEATH WOBBLE.

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THE STEERING WHEEL HAS GONE INTO A VIOLENT DEATH WOBBLE AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON BOTH TWO AND FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS. I'VE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE THE MOST RECENT TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS ABOUT 17000 MILES ON IT AND IS LESS THAN A YEAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW. *TR

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I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I WENT OVER AN AREA THAT HAD A PATCH IN THE ROAD AND AS SOON AS I HIT THAT BUMP MY TRUCK FELT LIKE I WAS GONNA LOOSE CONTROL. I ALMOST WENT INTO ANOTHER LANE BUT THANKFULLY I HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TRUCK JUST VIBRATED SO HARD. I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT TENDS TO DO THAT ON BUMPS. *TR

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THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP MANY MANY TIMES FORD COULD NOT REPAIR IT. IT HAS DEATH WOBBLE AND BUMP STEER. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS

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DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN VIBRATING AND TURNING BACK AND FORTH AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I WAS FORCED TO SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK UNDER CONTROL. I ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK BEHIND ME FROM SLOWING DOWN SO QUICKLY. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED 3 TIMES VIOLENTLY. FIRST AT LESS THAN 10,000 MILES, THE SECOND AT 42,000 MILES AND THE LAST AND MOST VIOLENTLY AT 45,000 MILES. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL, AND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY UNEVEN TIRE WEAR OR IMPROPER AIR PRESSURE IN MY TIRES. IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH I PAID FOR THE EXTENDED 100K MILE PLATINUM WARRANTY. I HAVE NOW REPLACED THE TRACK BAR WITH AN AFTERMARKET VERSION DESIGNED TO CORRECT THE "DEATH WOBBLE" ISSUE, AND THE PROBLEM HAS STOPPED. *TR

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WHEN HITTING MINOR BUMPS IN ROADWAY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE IS THROWN VIOLENTLY OFF COURSE-MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONCERN THE DATE LISTED BELOW IS THE LAST OCCURRENCE. *TR

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MY 2019 F-250 USUALLY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH BEGINS TO HAVE VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE FRONT END SUSPENSION/STEERING SYSTEM WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. PROBLEM CAN BE SO SEVERE THAT YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHILE TRYING TO AVOID TRAFFIC TO BRING THE TRUCK TO REDUCED SPEED TO AROUND 15/20 MPH BEFORE IT STOPS. SHAKING. *TR

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LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, IT GOES INTO A DEATH WOBBLE THAT I CAN'T STOP. THE TRUCK USUALLY HAS TO GET DOWN BELOW 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPS WOBBLING. I LOST A BOAT OFF A TRAILER BECAUSE THE TRUCK AND TRAILER GOT SIDEWAYS

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WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS FROM 45-65MPH ON HIGHWAY, TRUCK WILL GO INTO A VIOLENT SHAKING AND ENTIRE VEHICLE WILL WOBBLE AND BOUNCE. THE STEERING WHEEL IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND ONLY WAY TO REDUCE THE SHAKING EPISODE IS TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND REDUCE SPEED TO BELOW 10MPH. THIS IS A COMMON FORD FRONT END PROBLEM AND IS USUALLY REFERRED TO AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND OCCURS IN MOST FORD SUPERDUTYS FROM 2005-2020

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I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK WITH 14000 MILES 3 DAYS AGO. I WAS DRIVING WITH KIDS 40MPH WHEN I HIT A BUMP ON ROAD. THE TRICK VIOLENTLY STARTED SHAKING AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL I COMPLETELY STOPPED THE TRUCK. I CALLED SERVICE AND THEY SAID IT IS A DEATH WOBBLE AND IF THEY REPLACE THE MANUFACTURE PART IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN ABOUT 30K MILES. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH ON WET ROADWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL THE SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 35 MPH. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LIBERTY FORD BRUNSWICK (3101 CENTER RD, BRUNSWICK, OH 44212, (330) 225-9141) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING ASSEMBLY, STEERING LINKAGE, DAMPER AND TIRE PRESSURE NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE REOCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,200.

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WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP ON HIGHWAY STEERING WHEEL CAN SHAKE ALMOST CAUSING YOU TO CHANGE LANES.

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AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING BEGAN TO WOBBLE UNCONTROLLABLY AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP WAS TO SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. ANY TIME I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT ~55 MPH OR MORE, THIS HAPPENS. TRUCK HAS 25800 MILES. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT UP UNTIL THIS TIME, IT WAS NOT NEAR AS BAD. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN.

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DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AROUND 70 MPH THEN AFTER BREAKS WERE APPLIED THE TRUCK STARTED TO GO INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHICH ALMOST MADE ME CRASH.

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FROM THE DAY WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WE NOTICED A WOBBLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT AROUND 50-70MPH, SIMILAR TO TIRES NOT BEING BALANCED CORRECTLY, AND PLANNED TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT ON THE FIRST OIL CHANGE. AT AROUND 3900 MILES ON THE WAY HOME FROM A ROAD TRIP I HIT A SMALL INSIGNIFICANT POTHOLE ON THE FREEWAY DOING ABOUT 70 AND IT JERKED THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE. THAT SAME ROAD TRIP I HIT A SECOND SMALL POTHOLE AND THIS TIME IT JERKED THE TRUCK INTO THE OTHER LANE, LUCKILY NO CAR WAS NEXT TO ME. THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE ACCELERATING ON THE THE ON RAMP OF A FREEWAY, AT AROUND 50 MPH, I EXPERIENCED A WOBBLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT I WOULD LATER FIND TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. IT SHOOK THE WHEEL SO VIOLENTLY THAT I THOUGHT ONE OF THE FRONT WHEELS WAS COMING OFF THE TRUCK. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN AND THE WOBBLE DISSIPATED SO I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING SLOWLY BACK HOME. I CALLED AND BROUGHT THE VEHICHLE INTO THE DEALER AN HOUR LATER AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THEY HAVE A TSB OUT FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE. IF THIS IS OCCURING AT 4K MILES THAN IT IS NOT A 'WEAR AND TEAR' ISSUE. THIS IS A PROBLEM DIRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY AND FORD NEEDS TO BE FORCED TO NOT SELL ANOTHER F-250 OFF THEIR LOT UNTIL THEIR TSB HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND RECALL ALL VEHICLES AFFECTED. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT NOW HAS ME FEARFUL OF LETTING MY WIFE AND KIDS RIDE IN THE VEHICLE.

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DEATH WOBBLE / SEVERE SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT AROUND 70 MPH AND HIT A ROUGH PATCH IN THE PAVEMENT AT A BRIDGE. FORD SHOULD ISSUE A MANDATORY SAFETY RECALL AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND STEERING SYSTEM AND WHATEVER ELSE IT TAKES TO FULLY RESOLVE. PEOPLE WILL GET INJURED OR KILLED IF THIS IS NOT FIXED.

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I PURCHASED A NEW 2019 F250 IN JANUARY AND NOTICED AROUND 65 TO 70 MPH THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING BACK AND FORTH I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE STABILIZER SHOCK STATING THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE NOT RECALLING THEM FOR THIS ISSUE. THE TRUCK STILL SHAKES AT 65 TO 70 MPH THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CAN ONLY FIX WHAT FORD WILL TELL THEM TO FIX. THIS TO ME IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM DUE TO WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP AT THESES SPEEDS A PERSON COULD LOOSE CONTROL AND WRECK

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RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK, LEFT OUT THE DEALERSHIP, HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD @ 65MPH AND THE TRUCK BEGAN THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' IN THE FRONT END AND SHOOK VIGOROUSLY UNTIL I SLOWED TO 45MPH. IT DID IT A FEW MORE TIMES ON THE WAY BACK TO THE DEALER. TSB#19-2392 WAS USED BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE REPAIR.

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I HAVE THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE ALREADY BEEN SERVICED AFTER 1700 MILES FOR THIS ISSUE AND DON'T THINK IT SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF A NEW STEERING STABILIZER

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THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES NOW, THE LAST TIME I WAS TOWING MY WORK TRAILER. IT SEEMS IT IS ALWAYS AT OR NEAR HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND ONLY IF I HIT SOME ROUGH PAVEMENT OR THE START OR STOP OF A BRIDGE. AFTER I HIT THE ROUGH SPOTS THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO SHAKE VERY VIOLENTLY. I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY TO GET IT TO STOP, MAYBE AROUND 25 MPH. THE FIRST FEW TIMES WHERE BAD, BUT THE LAST TIME WITH MY ENCLOSED TRAILER I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF I-75 IN FT. MYERS FLORIDA AND I THOUGHT FOR SURE IT WAS GOING TO CAUSE A WRECK. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS NOT TO HEAVY AND EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY WAY AS I MADE MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER. I REALLY LIKE THE TRUCK, BUT I CAN NOT HAVE THIS HAPPEN AS I AM ON I-75 WITH MY TRAILER JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEKDAY IT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN SUCH A GOOD OUTCOME IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NORMAL TRAFFIC FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

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PURCHASED A FORD CERTIFI PRE-OWNED VEHICLEWITH 35,285 MILES, THE DAY I PICKED IT UP AT ABOUT 60MPH I DROVE OVER A PAVEMENT TRANSITION AND THE TRUCK STARTED TOHAVE SEVERE STEERING OSCILLATION TO THE POINT I ALMOST LOST GRIP OF THE STEERING WHEEL. BEHIND ME WAS A SCHOOL BUS OF CHILDREN AND NOWHERE TO PULL OFF OR SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD TO GET ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE SHAKING AND THE SCHOOL BUS BEHIND ME HAD TO GET ON THE BRAKES HEAVILY SINCE THE DRIVER STARTED FLASHING THEIR HEADLIGHTS AT ME. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION FOR A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. FORD FROM WHAT I AM RESEARCHING IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR ACT ON THE PROBLEM. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS CAUSES A MAJOR ACCIDENT EITHER FOR THE FORD TRUCK OWNER LIKE ME OR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE VACINITY OF ONE OF THESE TRUCKS ON THE HIGHWAY. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SOON.

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DEATH WOBBLE STARTED AROUND 25000 MILES FORD SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. NOW THE TRUCK HAS 37000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS GETTING INCREASINGLY WORSE. NORMALLY THIS HAPPENS AT SPEEDS FROM 65 MPH AND UP.

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GOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS I HIT A SMALL BUMP AND HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE VERY DANGEROUS ALMOST CRASHED ONLY HAD 33K MILES SHOULD BE A RECALL

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WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE PICKUP STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THEN THE NEXT TIME I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE PICKUP SUDDENLY JUMPED INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THEN STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR WRECK.

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