10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
6 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
26,585 miles

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problem #293

Dec 092019

F-250

  • 46,800 miles
Traveling at around 70mph on I 65 South in Alabama at 341 mile marker when a gap in the road caused my vehicle to begin to vibrate badly to the point I almost lost control. I slowed to about 40 mph and it stopped. I accelerated back to 70mph and less than a mile later hit a bump and it started the same vibration again. It did this one more time again before I exited at the 334 exit. It is very a very scary event. I am afraid to keep driving this vehicle. I took it to a front end shop and they found nothing wrong but had heard complaints of this happening with this vehicle. I took it to the Ford dealer and they indicated there was a tech bulletin to cover this but since my truck has 46K miles it was not covered.

- Somerville, AL, USA

problem #292

Nov 252019

F-250

  • 50,000 miles
At highway speeds hitting bridge expansion joints or rough roads create death wobble of the front wheels and the steering wheel shakes violently loss of control dealer has truck for repairs has done this since new progressively got worse very dangerous must apply brakes immediately to regain control

- Griffith, IN, USA

problem #291

Dec 082019

F-250

  • 22,000 miles
At 22000 miles my 2017 F250 FX4 all stock has had death wobble 5 times at highway speeds. Bringing to dealer next week.

- Manhattan, MT, USA

problem #290

Dec 062019

F-250

  • 46,000 miles
Experiencing death wobble in front suspension of truck when hitting any bumps, grooves etc in highway travel at speeds of 65 to 75 miles per hour. Have to slam on brakes to stop extreme wobble in front end. Took truck to dealer for repairs 2 times and they discount issue and will not cover repairs. This issue has happened three times while on freeway 11/16/19, 11/28/19 and 12/6/19

- Chandler, AZ, USA

problem #289

Dec 042019

F-250

  • 42,800 miles
Traveling down interstate 10 in AZ. Encountered uneven road. Traveling at 65 mph pulling a 30' airstream classic trailer. The truck went into a violent shaking in the steering. I could hardly hold on to the steering wheel. I appiled the brake as trucks were swerving to get around me at 75 mph. I had my wife put on the emergency flashers as I could not let go of the wheel. I could not steer or move to the right of the road. Truck was literally "hopping" as I tried to slow without getting hit from behind. Shaking finally subsided when my truck reached 20 mph. I literally was close to stopped on a 75 mph roadway! I increased mt speed again to about 50 mph and the shaking started again. I had to almost stop again. My wife and I were visibly shaking. We could have been killed. We pulled off on the next exit and called a Ford dealer. Ford dealer replaced front stabilizer shock. Ford is back-ordered on their shock for months. Wonder why? we replaced it with a third party shock. The suspension was checked and the dealer said it should be fine. Two days latter we experienced the shaking again! we are now stuck in palm springs waiting for a dealer to open on Monday. I called Ford corporate and they said they did not have a recall on this. They said they will call the dealer and me on Monday to get their truck division involved. I cannot drive this truck pulling a trailer with this issue. This is a very dangerous problem. I fear driving this in the mountain with roads that curve. When this shaking occurs, you cannot do anything but go straight.

- Canfield, OH, USA

problem #288

Oct 092019

F-250

  • 25,000 miles
Started getting wobble/oscillation in steering at highway speeds when hitting rough road conditions or bridge joints that requires quick braking to below 25mph to get back under control. First stabilizer was replaced and alignment performed with results lasting about a year, then it came back, this time drag link replaced and re-aligned, still has issue to some extent when crossing bridge joints on highway.

- Front Royal, VA, USA

problem #287

Nov 282019

F-250

  • 23,000 miles
I was driving my F250 on the freeway and after hitting a couple bumps it started doing the death wobble as its called. Its a known problem Ford has tsb but they don't take this condition seriously as I scheduled an appt with the dealer ship within days and was told the parts are all backordered to repair it and they don't know the date they can get them.

- Meridian, ID, USA

problem #286

Dec 062019

F-250

  • 26,000 miles
When traveling at highway speeds and driving over a bump in the road, the truck begins to shake violently. Slowing the vehicle to approximately 45 mph tends to smooth it out. It was taken to the dealership and the replaced the steering dampener and rotated the tires, but the issue still exists and feels a bit worse and is occurring more frequently than before.

- Buckeye, AZ, USA

problem #285

Nov 012019

F-250

  • 36,233 miles
Loss of control at speeds greater than 50 mph after running over a pothole or rough road surface. The front tires start to bounce or oscillate and steering becomes dangerously erratic. You have to immediately hit the brakes hard to lower the speed. Everything loose in the cabin can begins moving around and the steering wheel is hard to hold. If you are in heavy traffic at speeds of 60-70 mph there is very real danger of being hit from behind while trying to regain control of the vehicle. Descriptions online of Ford F250 trucks call it the death-wobble.

- Woodville, AL, USA

problem #284

Dec 072018

F-250

  • 40,000 miles
Front end steering begins a death wobble at speeds over 40 mph. If even the slightest bump in the road, city or highway, is driven over at these speeds it makes the steering wheel shake violently from side to side.

- Lubbock, TX, USA

problem #283

Mar 202019

F-250

  • 25,280 miles
Vehicle has a really bad shake coming from the front end. Happens while in motion over 35 mph and gets worse as speed increases. Feels as if the operator is losing control of the vehicle or about to. It's a very unsettling feeling especially with young children in the vehicle. Has been to dealer 4-5 times, multiple parts have been replaced, tires rotated, tires even changed and they can't seem to give an exact explanation or correct the problem. I feel they no longer want to investigate the issue. It's caused an extreme amount of fear while driving on the freeway, and something needs to be done to correct this problem properly. I've only owned the truck about 9 months and it's spent over a month in the garage, started less than 1 week after purchase. Started approximately 25280 and still happening today. We have everything documented since date of purchase.

- Simpson, PA, USA

problem #282

Dec 012019

F-250

  • 29,200 miles
On 11/30/19 while traveling on a highway at approximately 65 mph a bump in the road caused my vehicle and steering wheel to shake violently until the vehicle was slowed to approximately 20 mph. On 12/1/19 the same thing happened on two more occasions.

- El Cajon, CA, USA

problem #281

Dec 022019

F-250

  • 9,700 miles
When hitting small bumps at speeds of 35mph or more the truck shakes violently. It happened yesterday while driving at highway speeds and shook so severely I had to slow to 30 mph before it stopped. This is a very serious life threatening matter that needs to be fixed. Truck has 9000 miles on it and that's it. Been doing it since new, but this was the first time it was this severe. It almost caused an accident. Everything is stock on this 6.2 liter F-250 super cab 4wheel drive. An inexperienced driver could easily have had a fatal accident if they didn't handle the situation correctly or if I was on a turn.

- Eureka, MO, USA

problem #280

Nov 302019

F-250

  • 27,600 miles
Ford death wobble front end shakes violently when diving over bump or imperfection of road surface at speeds as slow as 50 mph. Hard to regain control until speed is reduced to approx 25 mph. This is extremely dangerous and Ford has ignored this problem. This has happened on surface roads and highways. The NHTSA needs to get Ford to recall this someone will die sooner or later!

- Kalispell, MT, USA

problem #279

Dec 152018

F-250

  • 9,000 miles
Have experienced "death wobble" on my 2017 superduty several times at highway speeds. As with all of the other complaints, the oscillation begins after hitting uneven pavement, and grows until you slow down. The Ford truck owners that have posted similar complaints are begging Ford (or NHTSA) to do something about this before someone gets seriously injured, or killed. When that happens, we will all be wondering why the complaints and information was provided, when nothing was going to be done to correct the issue (and to save lives).

- Las Cruces, NM, USA

problem #278

Nov 292019

F-250

  • 33,600 miles
Traveling at 60-65 mph on highway front end of truck began to shimmy violently ( death wobble). This happened after crossing a bridge joint in the road. Had to slow truck down to 20 mph to stop the shimmy. This could have ended badly if there was traffic behind me or in the on coming lane. Truck was barely controllable and took extreme effort to maintain control.

- Summerville, SC, USA

problem #277

Jan 302019

F-250

  • 25,000 miles
At highway speeds, bumps in the road cause the steering to begin to wobble and make the vehicle uncontrollable, slowing down allows the driver to regain control. It has been called the death wobble be many people and appears to be a known issue. Problem started around 25000 miles. Continues to this day at 45000 miles, seems to be getting worse.

- Kenneth City, FL, USA

problem #276

Nov 302019

F-250

  • 20,000 miles
At 20,000 miles I experienced the " death wobble" at 75 miles per hour on the highway. Hit the brakes hard to get slowed down and I regained control at 30 miles per hour.

- Golden, CO, USA

problem #275

Nov 282019

F-250

  • 52,000 miles
While driving on the highway at 70 mph, if both front wheels hit a bump at the same time, the truck begins to violently shake until the speed is reduced to around 40 mph. This first happened at about 2 years and 40,000 miles. The Ford dealership replaced the steering damper and said that would fix the issue. A year later and at 53,000 miles, this began happening again while towing my travel trailer camper. It is about 8,000 lbs and 650 pounds on the hitch. The problem was far worse with the weight distributing hitch than without, however I did experience it twice in about 100 miles on a standard hitch.

- Findlay, OH, USA

problem #274

Nov 282019

F-250

  • 36,000 miles
Death wobble at 45 mph+ - completely stock truck going 45+ mph and hit a small bump or groove on a regular main road and the truck goes into a serious death wobble

- Britton, MI, USA

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