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

AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING AND TRUCK BECAME UNDERIVABLE. THE COMMON TERM FOR THIS IS 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I'VE HAD THE SAME ISSUES 5-6 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 WEEKS.

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WHEN DRIVING THE FRONT WHEELS SHAKE WHEN I HIT BUMPS

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UNCONTROLLALBE WOBBLE AT HIGH SPEEDS WHEN HITTING BUMPS ON OVERPASSES,OR VERY ROUGH SPOTS IN THE ROADWAY, OR BRIDGE CROSSINGS. THIS HAS OCCURED TO ME FOUR TIMES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, & AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 60MPH - 80MPH. EACH TIME WAS A VERY HAIR RAISING SITUATION TO SAY THE LEAST. ALSO EACH TIME WHILE TRYING TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL YOU HAD TO SLOW DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET IT TO STOP THE SEVERE WOBBLE, & WHEN I SAY SEVERE WOBBLE IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT TIRES WERE GOING TO COME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. NOT ONLY DOES THIS PUT ME IN DANGER , BUT IT PUTS EVERYONE ELSE IN DANGER THAT IS AROUND ME AT THE TIME THIS OCCURS. I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IN THE WINTER TIME WE CAN SEE A LOT OF SLICK ROADWAYS, & I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THIS IF IT HAPPENS TO ME IN THESE CONDITIONS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE UNDER GOOD FAITH FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO BE A SOUND VEHICLE, HOW CAN I EVEN PUT MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN IT WHEN I KNOW IT MIGHT GET THEM HARMED OR EVEN KILLED IF THIS OCCURS.

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WHILE DRIVING A 2019 FORD F250 XLT 4X4 DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH AND CROSSED A BRIDGE AND WHEN THE TRUCK CROSSED THE EXPANSION JOINTS THE TRUCK GOES INTO A VIOLENT WOBBLE, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY, LIKE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF CONTROL. IN ORDER TO CORRECT IT I HAD TO SLOW DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY TO 40 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES TRAVELING FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS. ONE TIME IT HAPPENED WITH 18 WHEELERS TRAVELING BEHIND ME AND NEXT TO ME AND IT FORCED ME TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY IN ORDER TO AVOID A SERIOUS INCIDENT.

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2019 F250 PURCHASED NEW IN JUNE AND DROVE IT FOR 5000 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON OCT. 11TH ON HWY. 76 IN COLORADO DOING 65 MPH HIT A SMALL LAPS BETWEEN ROAD AND BRIDGE ABOUT 1-2 INCHES HIGH AND TRUCK SHOOK FRONT END AND STEERING UNCONTROLLABLY. HAD TO VERY SLOWLY DECREASE SPEED TO 35 BEFORE IT WOULD STOP WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO STEER DURING THAT TIME. SENT TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A SHOCK ON FRONT STABLIZER WITH HEAVIER SHOCK. PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH VIBRATION AND STEERING AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR DIP USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT NOT AS HORRIFIC AS BEFORE. TRUCK AGAIN WENT INTO SERVICE AND I HAD TO ASK DEALER TO CHECK REST OF FRONT END AND WHEELS AND TIRES FOR BALANCE AS THEY TOLD ME FORD HAS NO FURTHER FIX..TWO WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALACE AND WERE CORRECTED BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES AND I WAS GIVEN A LETTER FROM FORD THRU THE DEALER STATING THAT IF A VIBRATION OCCURS BETWEEN 3-5 SECONDS AND RETURNS TO NORMAL THAT THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. I FEEL IF THIS HAPPENS DURING WEATHER CONDITIONS OR WHILE PULLING MY 12,000 LBS. 5TH WHEEL TRAILER A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS VIBRATION THAT IS VERY UNCONTROLLABLE. FORD CONTINUES TO DENY ANY PROBLEM OR OFFER FURTHER RECOURSE.

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2019 F-250 4X4 "DEATH WOBBLE" AT 4,400 MILES. I NOTICED ON BACK ROADS AT 45-55 MPH FRONT-END LEFT ACTING LIKE IT WAS LOOSE ON STEERING, BUT I DON'T DRIVE IT MUCH. TOOK A TRIP AND SEVERAL TIMES (10+) AT 65-70 FRONT WOULD WOBBLE A LITTLE WHEN HITTING SMALL UNEVEN PAVEMENT. ONE TIME IT WENT INTO THE DEATH WOBBLE AND HAD TO DO AN EMERGENCY STOP INTO THE MEDIAN BECAUSE IT WAS SHAKING ITSELF APART. SHOOK SO HARD THE WATER BOTTLES WERE ABOUT TO COME OUT OF CONSOLE. I HAVE CALLED SERVICE CENTER AND LEFT A MESSAGE AND EMAILED MY SERVICE PERSON AND NO RESPONSE FOR 3 WEEKS NOW. I DON'T WANT TO THE TRUCK UNTIL IT IS FIXED FIXED.

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AT JUST OVER 20K MILES ON THIS TRUCK THAT I PURCHASED NEW ABOUT A YEAR AGO: DRIVING AT SPEED AROUND 70MPH AFTER CROSSING AN OVERPASS ON A NEWER HIGHWAY THE FRONT END SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY STARTED TO SHAKE AND STEERING WAS COMPROMISED. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER OF THIS MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY AND WHEN GOING SLOW ENOUGH THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. I CHECKED THE TIRES AND UNDERCARRIAGE AND FOUND NO DAMAGE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS FROM VEHICLE. TPMS SYSTEM SHOWED TIRE INFLATIONS BETWEEN 59 AND 65 PSI ON ALL FOUR TIRES. I RESUMED DRIVING AND PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 10 MILES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. I PULLED INTO THE NEXT REST AREA AND DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD SUPERDUTY PICKUPS KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE", ALTHOUGH OTHER MANUFACTURERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS REPORTED. I'VE SINCE LEARNED FORD EVEN HAS A TECH SRVC BULLETIN OUT REGARDING THIS ISSUE (TSB 18-2668). I WENT TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID THEY GET 4 TO 5 COMPLAINTS A WEEK LIKE THIS. WE TALKED IN GENERAL TERMS UNTIL I MENTIONED I HAD FOUND THE REFERENCE TO A DEATH WOBBLE. UPON HEARING THAT THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT BRING IT UP, BUT NOW THAT I HAD MENTIONED IT THEY WERE FREE TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID FORD HAS A PRECISE SET OF PROCESSES IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THEY MUST BE FOLLOWED IN SEQUENCE. THEY SAID FIRST STEP WAS TO CHECK TIRE INFLATION AND THEY ALSO SAID THEY SHOULD ROTATE TIRES. I MENTIONED THAT HAD BEEN DONE AT A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE ABOUT 1K MILES EARLIER. THEY SAID IT DIDN'T MATTER SO THEY WENT AHEAD WITH THOSE PROCEDURES. THEY ALSO SAID THE PART IN THE TSB WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED ON DRIVE HOME SO PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. HAVE ANOTHER APPT WITH LOCAL FORD DEALER IN 2 WEEKS, HOPEFULLY TSB PARTS ARE IN BY THEN.

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DEATH WOBBLE- FREEWAY DRIVING, UNCONTROLLABLE, VIOLENT SHAKING, UNRESPONSIVE STEERING AND BRAKE CONTROL. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD IN THE DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, AND IT WAS NOT FIXED. I AM IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AS THE TRUCK IS UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES ON THE FREEWAY, AND THEN ANOTHER AFTER IT WAS TAKEN IN TO BE FIXED.

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EXPERIENCED VIOLENT STEERING OSCILLATION WHILE TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT 75 MPH WHILE CROSSING A CONTROL JOINT AT A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO SHAKE TO PIECES AND SHOOK UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLES STEERING, ONLY BRAKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACE THE STEERING STABILIZER. THE VEHICLE IS ALREADY EXHIBITING WOBBLE AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES SINCE THE STABILIZER WAS REPLACED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ARE NOT DESIGNED CORRECTLY OR LOOSE.

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GOING DOWN THE FREE WAY HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE NEXT THING THE TRUCK WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY I COULDN'T CONTROL IT.. I HAD TO CROSS A LINE OF TRAFFIC TO PULL OVER... THIS TRUCK IS BRAND NEW LESS THAN 10K MILES ... I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE DROVE 100 MILES IN ONE DAY AND IT DID THAT AFTER VIOLET SHAKING 9 TIMES

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DEATH WOBBLE THAT OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED. I HAVE 4300 HIGHWAY MILES ON MY VEHICLE. COMMON ISSUE ON FORUM THREADS THAT I HAVE READ AMONG SUPER DUTY OWNERS. TERRIFYING WOBBLE AT 50 MPH, ALMOST ENDED UP IN A DITCH. WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL WHEN SPEED WAS SLOWED TO 25.

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WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A PAVED SURFACE, VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP. THE VEHICLE GOES INTO WHAT IS KNOWN AS A "DEATH WOBBLE" AND REQUIRES THE VEHICLE TO QUICKLY SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED SINCE THE FIRST REPORTS OF THIS VIOLENT AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SHAKING SINCE 2005. THIS ISSUE CAUSES THE UNWANTED USE OF THE VEHICLE AND SAFETY IS JEOPARDIZED. IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO RETURN THE VEHICLE, PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION.

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WHEN DRIVING OVER 50MPH AND HIT A BUMP THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS. SENDING VEHICLE OUT OF CONTROL. TRUCK HAS BEEN DOING IT SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT.

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EARLIER TODAY I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING MY 2019 F-250 FX-4. INTERNET RESEARCH THIS EVENING MADE ME AWARE OF THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO YOUR AGENCY. THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED BY QUICK DECELERATION - I ACTUALLY PULLED INTO THE MEDIAN AND EXPECTED TO SEE ONE OF THE WHEELS ABOUT TO COME OFF. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH FORD BUT SUSPECT THAT THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAVEN'T DEVELOPED A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION.

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"DEATH WOBBLE" CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD TWICE, SLAM ON MY BRAKES AND CAUSE OTHER VEHICLES TO SWERVE AROUND ME MULTIPLE TIMES. FORD SAYS PART TO FIX IS ON BACKORDER.

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A FEW TIMES NOW MY F250 HAS GONE INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. IT TAKES ALL MY STRENGTH TO KEEP THE TRUCK IN CONTROL AND COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP, FOR THE SHAKING TO CEASE. DAMPENER WAS REPLACED ONCE, AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. IT IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN AND NOW WAITING A WEEK WITH NO ANSWER. I WILL NOT PUT MY FAMILY IN THIS TRUCK AS IT IS TOO UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE. WE ALL NEED FORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

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SPEEDS AT 70 MPH AND TRUCK HITS ROUGH SECTION OF PAVEMENT CAUSES THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO SEEM LIKE ITS COMING APART. A FEW TIMES IT'S CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TRUCK CITY FORD (15301 I-35, BUDA, TX 78610, (512) 312-0800) TO BE DIAGNOSED, WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED TWICE BEFORE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER. AT THE TIME, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND THE STEERING LINKAGE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF THE REPAIR SPECIFICS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

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THE TRUCK HAS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". DRIVING 55 OR ABOVE IS DANGEROUS IF YOU HIT A BUMP, THE TRUCK STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND MUST BE BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL. I'VE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR LESS THAN 45 DAYS AND TOMORROW WILL BE THE SECOND TIME IT'S BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE MAY BE DUE TO THE SHOCKS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

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ON 11-15-2019 WHILE ON HWY I-95 SOUTH, AT ABOUT 72MPH , MY F250 STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AT THE FRONT END AFTER GOING OVER SLIGHTLY ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT THAT I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW MINUTES. VEHICLES NEAR ME HAD TO AVOID ME UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 25MPH. HAD I BEEN ON A CURVATURE , I WOULD HAVE SURELY CRASHED. ON 11-17-2019 , I EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN ON AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED , THIS TIME I WAS WITH A COLLEAGUE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE SHAKING WAS VERY SCARY AND WORRYING. THIS PROBLEM WITH THE F-250 TRUCKS IS APPARENTLY NOT UNCOMMON, WE PULLED OVER AND DID A GOOGLE SEARCH , IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOTHING NEW , BUT FORD HAS NOT MADE CONSUMERS AWARE OF IT ,AND CONTINUES TO SELL THE VEHICLE WITH OUT INFORMING THE PUBLIC. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST ??? PLEASE HELP. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SAMES BASTROP FORD (1115 TX-71, BASTROP, TX 78602, (512) 303-3000) AND REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE SAME DEALER TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IN TO BE OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

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VEHICLE HAS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. UNCONTROLLABLE, VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKING. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AT 65MPH ON MAJOR HIGHWAY.

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AFTER PUTTING 8,707 MILES ON MY NEW 2019 F-250 SUPER DUTY FX4 WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS BEGUN SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN PASSING OVER HIGHWAY EXPANSION JOINTS AND/OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD SURFACE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR, BOTH TIMES WHILE TRAVELLING BETWEEN 65 TO 70 MPH IN A STRAIGHT SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY; ONCE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, ONCE OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT. THE TRUCK IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL ONCE THE FRONT SUSPENSION BEGINS SHAKING VIOLENTLY, AND ONLY STOPS SHAKING AFTER BRAKING TO A MUCH LOWER SPEED. LUCKILY, IN BOTH INSTANCES OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WERE ABLE TO AVOID MY TRUCK AS IT DRIFTED ACROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE ONLY CONTROL I HAD WAS TO BRAKE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE "DEATH SHAKE" ISSUE IN F-250 AND F-350 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND I WAS ADVISED TO BUY A 3.5 INCH LEVELING KIT, AND DUAL STEERING STABILIZER KITS AT MY OWN EXPENSE, BECAUSE THE FACTORY FIX OF REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE FORD STEERING DAMPENER IS NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

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F250, 6.7L DIESEL, 4WD, CREW CAB, 25,000 MILES. VEHICLE CONTROL LOST WHEN TRAVERSING EXPANSION JOINTS (ESPECIALLY AT BRIDGE/ROAD INTERFACE) AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (~70MPH). THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES ERRATICALLY AND THE TRUCK UNCONTROLLABLY JUMPS LATERALLY AND AT A SLIGHT ANGLE, UP TO THE WIDTH OF AN ENTIRE LANE. FORTUNATELY, THERE HAS BEEN NO VEHICLE (OR STRUCTURE) ADJACENT TO THE TRUCK; I WOULD HAVE HIT IT! IN ALL CASES THE VEHICLE WAS LIGHTLY LOADED WITH APPROXIMATELY 200-400 LBS OF PAX/GEAR. ALL EQUIPMENT IS 'FACTORY' AND UNMODIFIED. ALL MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY FORD DEALERS (ONLY FLUID/FILTER CHANGES AND TIRE ROTATION THUSFAR).

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