My truck hits bumps in road and bounces uncontrollably. This normally happens on the highway but it is also occurring in city streets. The suspension seems destroyed.

- Houston, TX, USA

On two separate road trips I have experienced the 'death wobble' a violent shaking of the front end that feels as if the wheels are about to come off, in early December 2020, it happened and I thought I had a blow out, but once I got the truck pulled over it checked out ok, so I continued and it happened again. I took truck to dealer and they replaced steering linkage damper. On Dec. 29 on another highway trip it happened again and almost caused a possible fatal crash with my grandkids in the truck.. today Jan 6, 2021 truck is back at the dealership. Fyi the mileage is 23,346. My apologies if this was submitted twice, wasn't sure if it worked last night.

- Deer Park, TX, USA

There is an issue with the track bar coming loose and causing speed wobble. I had it replaced under warranty at about 35,000 miles. Now I'm at about 41,000 miles and it's really loose again. It causes the truck to sometimes lose control. It happened the other day when only going about 30 miles an hour. Hit a bump in the road and the whole front end started vibrating out of control. I had to slow way down to regain control. The Ford dealer can't get me in for repair until January 12th, 2021.

- Canton, GA, USA

While driving with the cruise control set at 78 mph (speed limit 80 mph) on I-80 between salt lake city, ut and wendover, nv, I went over a rough patch of road on a turn and the vehicle began to shake violently. The steering wheel was shaking back and forth rapidly and I was unable to maintain my lane through the turn. The shaking continued until I was able to slow to around 20 mph. If there would have been traffic around me I am convinced there would have been an accident. My wife, 4 year old daughter and new born son was in the vehicle. I searched NHTSA for a safety recall on the steering for Ford superduty pickups but found nothing but complaints about this issue. If this is not a recall worthy safety issue then I do not know what is. I no longer trust this truck to safely Transport my family. I have maintained this vehicle well and it has only 36,000 miles on it.

- Dayton, NV, USA

Was on the highway and the truck started shaking violently and I lost control of the steering. Happened twice. Just had to take my foot off the gas, hope for the best and get off the highway. Took it to a dealership and they replaced the steering damper. On the way from Maine to Florida, it happened again in South Carolina. Truck again is shaking at highway speed and no control of steering. The supposed fix did not actually fix the problem. With a sudden inability to steer, the truck is unsafe to drive at highway speeds.

- Ponte Vedra, FL, USA

The steering wheel will start oscillating while driving straight, at highway speeds (approximately 65-75). The steering wheel will start vibrating and will turn into what has been termed the "death wobble". the vehicle shakes so bad that the only way to stop the oscillating is to slow down to 20-30 mph. The oscillating happened when hitting even the slightest uneven patch on the highway. It happened on the interstate as well as local highways. Some of these roads have very recently been reconditioned. Had there been other vehicles or towing, it would have been very to avoid a wreck as the oscillation causes the vehicle to want to move off to one side or the other and is very difficult to control.

- Belle Plaine, KS, USA

On four separate occasions the vehicle has gone into an uncontrollable front end wobble upon hitting rough pavement on the interstate at speeds of 70-75 mph. The wobble causes the vehicle to shake violently for approximately 3-6 seconds and can only be stopped by gradually reducing speed. Steering is not functional during the wobble. The first two times (October 2019) the vehicle was towing a trailer. The last two times (December 2020) the vehicle had only two passengers in the cab and a few pieces of luggage in the bed of the truck. In May 2020 Ford installed a steering linkage damper to correct the problem. That obviously did not solve the problem, and following the December 2020 incidents, substantial front-end repairs were required. The vehicle only has 36K miles on it.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

Upon encountering a bumpy surface on southbound I-25 near co. Springs at approx. 70 mph, the front of my truck began shaking violently and continued to do so until I had it almost stopped. This happened once more about an hour later. I have since been driving it more slowly with repeated promises by Ford that they will fix it "once they have the parts"

- Richardson, TX, USA

Severe cases of the death wobble. Hit the slightest bump in the road going over 50 and the steering wheel shakes uncontrollably until you slow down to 10-20 mph. I have almost been in 3 wrecks now on the interstate from this issue. Ford told me the steering stabilizer bar is or backorder until mid January. I have a 60K truck I can't drive and not positive the steering dampner will even fix the issue.

- Columbia, SC, USA

I was driving on a highway about 75 miles and I hit a bump and I almost lost control of my truck with my kids in the car. The steering wheel started shaking and I had to hold on to keep it from going to the other lane to avoid hitting another vehicle. It was very scary as I thought I would have been in a deadly accident with my family, I have been the only owner of my truck and it only has 24,000 miles. I don't understand how Ford has not recalled this issue in such an expensive truck.

- Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA

I just researched the violent shake of my front end that almost caused me to hit the vehicle next to me. I was driving about 60 mph and drove over a bump on the road and my steering wheel started to shake uncontrollable. I immediately stomped on the brakes to slow down as fast as I could. I was driving in the fast lane and slowed to about 20 mph before the shake stopped. I was lucky not to hit the vehicle next to me since the truck went right of center. The vehicle behind me almost rear ended me since I slowed down so quickly like you were giving someone a brake check behind you. I have owned this 2017 F250 less than a month. If I knew about the death wobble I would have never purchased this vehicle. I am now seriously concerned to drive this truck and now I can not allow my 17 yr old son drive it if needed. I can't believe there are over 1,200 complaints for the same issue and Ford has not done anything about the problem. This is my 6th Ford truck but first F250 and my last. I will most likely go to GMC or Dodge for a 2500 series truck. I travel for work and this problem really worries me to drive at 70/75 miles per hour on the freeway. I believe at the higher speeds it is a good chance loss of control will happen if the death wobble occurs. These trucks cost a lot of money and no one should ever have to drive a unsafe vehicle. If I could join the joint law suit against Ford I would. Maybe another group of F250 & F350 owners can start a class action suit as well against Ford. It will be a very sad day when we all find out a death has occurred and could have been prevented with a recall. If you google death wobble you will not purchase a F250 or F350. I really hope Ford takes care of this since I really like the look of the truck.

- Point Blank, TX, USA

Violent shaking of front end of truck and steering wheel. 58,000 miles on F250. Happens when truck hits pothole or rough bridge joint at speeds over 50. The death wobble.

- Columbus, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph and crossing unto a bridge, the vehicle suddenly began to violently shake and vibrate. After stopping to inspect the vehicle, no defects or problems were found. The contact continued driving and the vehicle operated normally. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer coggin Ford located at 2655 N. volusia ave, orange city, fl 32763 was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 104,000.

- Deland, FL, USA

Sustained steering wheel oscillation failure after having tsb 19-2392 20th December 2019 executed 1 year ago. So just 1 year later the exact same failure occurred on the freeway at a speed of 73 mph, driving straight, and after hitting some road ruffage with the front left tire. Some loss of steering; once braking slowed the vehicle down to 45 mph problem cleared. Has not been back to Ford as of yet; but planning on calling the local dealership to discuss. Customer satisfaction program 20N04 & tsb 19-2392 states this is a one-time repair; well this is the second time. Very dangerous on the freeway at 73 mph!!

- Grand Blanc, MI, USA

Death wobble, truck violently shakes and I loose control of steering at all speeds especially at 50 mph or more. I can correct if I turn steering wheel slightly however this is very dangerous on the highway

- Portland, OR, USA

Running at 70 mph. Hit a bridge expansion joint. The vehicle started a front end oscillation that was extremely violent. I had to rapidly reduce speed and struggled with directional control. At 30 mph the oscillating quit. I was in the fast lane and traffic had to brake heavily and swerve around me to avoid collision. This happened again yesterday. Ford dealership says there are known issues, but parts required to correct the problem are back ordered and there is no known date to get the parts to fix the problem. This vehicle just hit 25K miles. This is a serious safety issue.

- Los Lunas, NM, USA

My vehicle's front tires started wobbling violently after going over bumps in the highway going speeds between 55mph and 80mph. These violent wobbles cause me to slam on my brakes and the wobble does not go away until I reached speeds between 20-30mph. The wobble jerks your steering wheel and shakes the entire truck and in some cases the wobble throws the vehicle into another lane and you do not have control of the vehicle until you reach the slower speeds. The wobble started after either 1. riding over a normal bump or slightly un level area of a highway 2. hitting small (less than 12" diameter) potholes on the highway, 3. going over train tracks on 2 lane roads.

- Destin, FL, USA

Experiencing the "death wobble" multiple times - been in the shop 4 times and supposedly "fixed" yet it happens again within 30-100 miles after leaving the shop. One Ford dealership refused to take our truck back because they claimed they didn't know what to do to fix it. This is very dangerous and the title of the issue is valid. Does someone have to die before you fix this?

- Flower Mound, TX, USA

My truck only has about 42,000 miles and out of no were it started shaking real bad at highway speeds. As soon as a bump or bridge conection was hit the vibration of the vehicle would increase to a point were you have to slow down to almost a complete stop to be able to regain control of the vehicle again. Due to this I was inches away from hitting the center barrier on a freeway after nearly losing control of the vehicle completly. I had taken it to the dealership due to a small vibration and they replaced the steering dampener on the warranty and out of my pocket the steering drag link and it helped but was still getting a vibration and no more than a week later the same thing happened almost took me out of the road. Im not aure what is causing this but it has to get corrected.

- Palmview, TX, USA

March 2020 my Ford F-250sd with 27,000 miles began having the death wobble while driving on the highway in the steering requiring me to immediately slow down and pull off of the highway to stop and gain control of the steering. Ford replaced the steering damper with their recall, which lasted approximately 15,000 miles with the death wobble returning, with the same symptoms as before, while driving on the highway again. This time it required me to slow down and stop in the median area of the highway, which caused traffic to swerve away from hitting me. I went back to the Ford dealership and they said that Ford Motor Company would do nothing else to correct it. The death wobble has not been repaired on my truck which now has 40,000 miles on it and it is becoming more frequent.

- Oregonia, OH, USA