I have filed a previous complaint regarding the same issue. (complaint number 11279636) stock 2017 Ford F250 now with 38,000 miles. The truck has the death wobble. My truck is on its second steering damper and this time the Ford dealer replaced the drag link and the outer tie rod. As well, the dealer adjusted the alignment again... the truck is still experiencing sustained steering wheel oscillation and I am again experiencing the death wobble, less than 1,000 miles after the most recent repair. It is very unfortunate that consumers purchase 50K+ dollar trucks and so many people are nervous driving them down the road. Working in automotive, the days are often filled with comments such as the following: Continuous improvement. Review the data, the data will tell the story. Change points. Root cause and permanent countermeasures. I have reviewed the historical F250 crew cab 4X4 complaint data on this site (NHTSA) and the data does tell a story. Ford is not continuously improving the death wobble issue on the Super Duty, instead it has gotten worse. There has been a change point with this fourth generation F250. (2017,2018,2019) as of 11/21/19 the fourth generation F250 Super Duty has had more NHTSA suspension and steering complaints for the death wobble than the previous two generations combined. (9 years. Second generation 2008-2010 and third generation 2011-2016) the current repairs (countermeasures) are not effective and are not permanent. This can clearly be seen in the descriptions of the complaints on NHTSA. The repairs either do not fix the problem at all or are only a temporarily band aid for the issue. This is truly a safety concern and to date nothing has been implemented to correct the issue. Please, open an investigation and encourage Ford to permanently address the issue.

- Marshall, IL, USA

While driving home and driving about 70mph hit a small bump in the road and the steering wheel started to oscillate violently and truck was shaking violently. Truck was difficult to control and I had to quickly reduce the speed to under 30mph for the oscillation to stop. Did it again 10 minutes later on a similar small bump in the road. Pulled over and inspected the undercarriage of the truck and found nothing loose. Drove it home and setup an appointment with the dealer for the next availability.

- Warwick, NY, USA

Death wobble 4 th time since new truck in currently at the dealership part is on back order at speeds above 50 miles per hour after driving over a bump in the road

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

Violent shaking of the front end when hitting a bump at 70 mph that almost made driver lose control of the vehicle until slowing down to 50 mph.

- Merritt Island, FL, USA

Driving out of state, 1000 miles from home. Driving home. Entering the freeway and accelerating, the steering wheels began the "death wobble" described by so many Ford owners. Exit freeway and limp back to local dealership. Local Ford dealership has no parts. Nation wide back order. My family is stranded 1000 miles from home. Dealer says "just drive it and when it starts to wobble, slow down until it stops". this is not a safe option. This truck has 18,160 miles on it!! installing after market parts just to get my family home. I do not know if this truly solved the problem. This is, in my opinion, criminal to leave people with little or no options. This is a known problem. This "wobble" at highway speeds is a major danger to all persons in the area of this truck. My family and other families may be at risk. I have paid for a truck. I want a truck that is safe and dependable. This is not acceptable.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

Crossed rail road tracks truck start shaking so bad like to have lost control at 65 miles per hour

- Bronson, TX, USA

I am experiencing the death wobble in my truck. Driving typically above 60 mph, if I drive over a bridge expansion joint or if there are ripples or continuous bumps in the highway, I will lose control of my truck in a sever shaking. The only way I have doing found to fix it is to slow down, turn the vehicle off and continue driving.

- Mt Pleasant, SC, USA

The "death wobble" started after 15K miles on my truck. I've brought my truck to Ford dealership. Ford dealership in san jose, ca told me the dampners on my truck needs to be replaced, but the parts are in back order and doesn't know when Ford will have the parts for replacement. During our latest trip to santa ana, ca on Dec 26, 2019. The front end of my truck, steering wheel shook violently at highway speed (45mph+) when braking or going over potholes/rough roads. The woobles are much worst this time. We almost got into an accident because of the woobles in san luis obispo, ca. We pulled off the freeway and I've called/left voicemail/texted the Ford dealer in san jose, ca. No one called back after an hour, so we decided to cancel out trip and turn around for home. Only to drive much slower and keeping a much longer distance to the vehicle in front of us. My Ford truck is a 2017 Ford F250 lariat crew cabs with 20200 miles on it. Bought the truck new.

- Santa Clara, CA, USA

When vehicle travels over a rough spot or a change in grade on the road such as a bridge joint the front end shakes violently and you have to almost stop to get it to correct itself. This has happened 3 times in the past month. Most recent was on interstate traveling 70 mph. Traveling on highway and drove across a bridge joint, front end started shaking violently and I almost caused an accident trying to get off the road to slow down. Vehicle is 3 years old with 30,000 miles. Paid way too much money to now fear for my life when I drive it. Ford says they are not aware of problem. Please help

- Martinsburg, PA, USA

I am experiencing severe shaking in my frontend suspension/steering when hitting a bump on one side of my vehicle. The shaking occurred while I was traveling at approximately 65 mph on a rural 2 lane road. I could not control the shaking. I had to slow to 25 mph before it would stop and I could regain control of the vehicle. Today was the third time this has happened. Each time it occurs it when one side of the vehicle hits a bump or dip in the road. Each time it happened I was traveling at a high rate of speed (at least 60 mph). I don't feel safe driving my vehicle over 60 mph. Especially with my family in the truck or near other people on the road. In my quick research it appears to be wide spread with Ford Super Duty trucks. My truck has stock suspension and steering and has never been in an accident. There are currently 26,000 mile on my Ford F-250.

- Gardnerville, NV, USA

Death wobble when you hit a bump at 45 mph + going to get someone killed new truck happens all the time dealer does nothing

- Hobbs, NM, USA

Vehicle will violently wobble from small road bumps at speeds above 55mph

- Lubbock, TX, USA

At around 20,000 miles driving down the highway I hit a bump doing about 70 mh and my steering wheel started shaking uncontrollably. Had to slow down to about 35 mph to get it to stop. Took it to my local dealership and they said the steering dampner was bad. They replaced it. Fixed the problem for about 12000 miles, now at around 30,000 miles it ha started again. Took it back to the dealer and they did an alignment on it and it still has the same problem

- Wellington, OH, USA

On Saturday, December 28, I was traveling at 75 mph on I-555 southbound at the bay overpass. As the vehicle was driven upon the overpass, the steering wheel jerked left and right violently until I quickly slowed to about 30 mph. It was only then I was able to safely regain control of the truck. My wife was present and witnessed how difficult it was for me to hold the truck on the roadway. The local Ford dealer repaired this identical problem in November 2018 and again in December 2019. Since receiving the truck after the second repair, there has been notable, but lesser, steering wheel movement when encountering uneven pavement.

- Jonesboro, AR, USA

Truck will randomly begin to violently shake and become hard to control the steering wheel when driving, typically at speeds over 50mph. This has happened three times within the last two weeks.

- Stuarts Draft, VA, USA

I have a 2017 F250 4X4 which has 30,000 miles on it now and is still covered under the factory 3yr/3600 miles and on 9 different occasions while driving over 55mph my truck has began to shake the front end causing loss of control seems to be mostly after hitting a bump in the road or even a when the pavement was uneven each time that this has happened I have been unable to stop the shaking until the truck was below 30mph and last time I was on a 2 lane undivided road the shake caused me to loose control and cross over the center line of the road into the path of on coming traffic, luckily the car coming the other way saw the problem and drove off the road to avoid a head on accident, after the first time it happened I contacted the Ford dealer and set up a time to drop it off for service service only to be told that there was a Ford Motor Company tsb 19-2274 and that this has been going on for several years and before this Ford also had a tsb 18-2268 then I also found out that before I bought this truck 60 days ago it was in the Ford dealer for the same problem and had parts installed that didn't fix it. I have only drove this truck about 1000miles since I have bought it along with my self having this problem when searching the internet I found out that there are hundreds of truck owners having the same problems and that why there has been 2 different tsb issued for this problem most are complaining that after the repair it still does the violent wheel shake or as Ford calls it sustained steering wheel oscillation above 45mph.and worst is the parts noted in the tsb is on extended back order and Ford gave back the truck and said drive it and we will contact it when the part comes in this is very unsafe the public refers to this as the death wobble and that is truly what it is, my friend has a brand new 2019 with 4K miles on it that he bought new and it also does it.

- Hudson, FL, USA

The vehicle will begin to shake uncontrollably while driving at highway speeds when I drive over a bump, bridge grove, or any other irregularity in the road. When this is experienced I have to brake immediately to get the speed down to gain control of the vehicle. Controlling the vehicle is scary enough, add in congested traffic while doing this and its's a nightmare each time, which is every time I'm on highways.

- Bedford, VA, USA

Traveling at 75 mph on ks turnpike while crossing a bridge hit a small bump that is the bridge joint and my Ford F-250 supper duty truck began a violent shake in the front end causing me to almost loose control. Pulled to the side of the road and inspected vehicle but found no flat or damage. Continued at minimum highway speed with no problems. While traveling at 55 mph and crossing railroad tracks crossing the road incident happened again but not as severe. Attempted to schedule a repair with rusty eck Ford, who transferred my call twice and ended up with the voicemail of the maintenance manager. Left name, number and information of issue. No return call as of December 26th.

- Haysville, KS, USA

My truck is currently at 21000 miles. I've experienced the 'death wobble' 4-5 times in the past but on a recent trip of only 250 miles, it occurred at least 10 times. Travel speed was between 60-70mph. Usually happened on county roads that aren't perfectly smooth, but even on fresh asphalt....one little bump can cause problems. I believe it has something to do with the steering and suspension linkage, vehicle weight or wheel alignment (probably all of the above).

- Atlanta, IN, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-150 and wanted to file the following complaint in thier own words; I bought a 2017 Ford F-250 from blue bonnet Ford in new braunfels Texas. I have taken the vehicle to the dealership for regularly scheduled maintenance on time, every time. On 12/21/2019 I took the vehicle to the dealership for scheduled maintenance ahead of a trip to Colorado. At that time the vehicle had approximately 34,500 miles on it. I asked them rotate and balance the tires. I know they checked the air pressure because I watched them do it. The service was completed and I departed. On my way to Colorado, I was traveling at 75 (the posted speed limit) with the cruise set. I drove over an expansion seam on a bridge and the truck's front end began to shake and bounce so violently I could not control the vehicle. I had to quickly slow down to about 45 to get it under control. I continue on my way and the same thing happened two more times. When I arrived at my destination I began to research the problem. I found that it's a known problem to Ford with this model truck, known as the death wobble. I want to go on record with nthsa and Ford to make you aware of this issue with my truck. I will take the vehicle to the dealership upon my return.

- Canyon, TX, USA