When I hit bumps in the road I get a violent steering wheel shake, known as death wobble. Happens at slow speeds on the windy road I live on, probably going roughly 25-35 mph usually when I hit a bump while turning. I have heard this is a common problem in these vehicles. It seems to be getting worse as time goes on. The vehicle only hads 8500 miles on it and was purchased new from dealer.

- Raymond, CA, USA

Five occurrences of 'death wobble' experienced so far. No aftermarket accessories have been installed on the vehicle and everything is stock factory installed. 1) the 1st occurrence was on 10/5/2019 and we were driving solo up a hill on hwy 550 doing about 45-50 mph climbing a hill. We hit a bump and I thought we had flat so pulled over to check. Check and no flat so proceeded and it never happened again so I never brought in to have the dealer (Ford) look at it. I don't have the specific mileage when this occurred. 2) the 2nd occurrence was on 5/14/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on southbound I-25 in the middle lane doing about 55 mph. I hit a bump and the truck shook violently and scared us to death as we had traffic on both sides of us and need to slow rapidly. Luckily, I was able to slow down quickly while keeping the truck in my lane and not get re-ended. This is a very scary feeling having a truck out of control towing a 12K trailer in heavy traffic. Mileage was 21,927. 3) the 3rd occurrence was on 5/14/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on hwy 24 w doing about 45 mph. I hit a bump and the truck shook violently again and I was able to slow down rapidly as we were heading up hill. Mileage was 21,975. 4) the 4th occurrence was on 5/14/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on hwy 24 w doing about 45 mph. I hit a bump and the truck shook violently again and I was able to slow down rapidly as we were heading up hill. This was the third one in about 50 miles. Mileage was 21,980. 5) the 5th occurrence was on 5/17/2020 and we were towing our 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel on hwy 115 N doing about 55 mph. I hit a bridge abutment truck shook violently again and I was able to slow down rapidly. Mileage was 22,175. Working with the dealer to get Ford tsb 19-2274 accomplished.

- Monument, CO, USA

When driving at highway speeds (60+mph) and the truck hits a bump in the road, the truck experiences death wobble to a degree that the brakes have to be applied emergent until the truck slows below 10mph. Which causes the truck to become a road hazard. Fear is that the death wobble will cause an accident. As well, there is increasing front end vibration when driving above 60mph on apparent smooth interstates.

- Brighton, CO, USA

At 55mph or so driving over a hole, bump or raised portion in the rode way the steering wheel starts to shake/shimmying/wobble some what violently with both hands on the wheel for a distance until I slow down and it then subsides. The feeling make a person feel like their losing control of the vehicle and is scary.

- Springfield, IL, USA

Driving straight down a freeway, hit a bump, front wheels start shaking violently. This is the 5th time in the last 2 weeks. The only way I've been able to stop the shaking is to slow down to 40mph.

- Coweta, OK, USA

I hit a small pot hole in the road at approximately 50mph and the truck and steering wheel started shaking violently. I lost control of the vehicle until I got it slowed to 20mph.

- Bakersfield, CA, USA

Death wobble, frequently on the highway, moving

- Louisville, OH, USA

I was driving around 60 miles an hour on I-40 East in amarillo Texas a couple days ago + the highway got really narrow between the concrete barriers and I guess I hit a couple bumps in the road and my front end started shaking really bad it made my pick up change lanes and I was only able to stop the shimmy by hitting the brakes till I got down to about 40 miles an hour. There was a car just behind me to the left that if he would have been. Closer, 20 ft more we would have collided. This is a nearly new vehicle only 5200 miles on it has no other front end shaking problems until I did this. Thank you for any news or campaigns related to this problem. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Amarillo, TX, USA

While driving I ran over a small pothole and the steering wheel began violently wobbling back and forth to the point that I almost lost control. This is now commonly called the death wobble.

- Tavernier, FL, USA

The truck violently shaked out of control while traveling between 50 and 70 miles per hour after hitting various rough road conditions on the freeway. Everything from expansion joints to small potholes. The dealer changed the steering stabilizer to the updated model, but the truck still shakes while going over these road conditions, but does not wobble out of control. "death wobble" truck began this vibration at 10,000 miles, and the wobble took place three times beginning at 13,000.

- Colfax, CA, USA

Traveling on I287 at 50 mph we hit a crack in pavement and steering started to thrash rapidly and uncontrollably. Was lucky not to a major accident trying to get from middle lane to shoulder at rush hour on I287 in metro NY near the rye, NY greenwich, ct border. Had to come to almost a complete stop to have the steering stop the death wobble

- Roswell, GA, USA

Truck has death wobble problem. While in motion it shakes violently when the suspension cycles a certain way and causes loss of control

- Andale, KS, USA

Uncontrollable and violent shaking of the steering wheel and entire truck. After hitting a bump in the road the truck will shack so bad that I have to pull over and come to a complete stop. Some times I have to do this in the middle of traffic and or on the interstate. The truck is a complete safety issue not only for me, my passengers, but also the other people on the road. It appears this is an ongoing issue with Ford Super Duty's. it is call "death wobble" for rightful reasons. Please investigate and have Ford make corrective actions in whole. They need to stop selling these trucks until they can figure it out. Its a rolling grenade.

- Sanford, FL, USA

While traveling at highway speeds hitting any bump in the road resulted in steering oscillation or death wobble until you slow to between 45 and 40 mph. Ford service advised the track bar, drag link, steering stabilizer were all defective and on backorder due to so many failures. I have multiple mpeg videos showing it happening and have given them to Ford and my Ford dealer.

- Marion, VA, USA

Violent front end shaking upon contact with road bumps or applying brakes at highway speeds over 50mph. Must reduce speed below 40mph to regain control. The more brakes applied the more shaking intensifies. Started at 10K miles when applying the brakes. Progressed to contact with bumps/bounces and uneven pavement. Reported immediately to Ford dealership. They checked at 13,756 miles (took that long to get appointment) and claimed steering dampner bad. Tsb #19-2392 from Ford (use new part #) part backordered for 7 weeks. Continued to drive vehicle during this wait time as they could not provide a comparable vehicle as a loaner. Finally replaced at approximately 19K miles. Alignment checked by dealership. Dealership claims all other parts are still good. Violent shaking returned at 19,867 miles when applying the brakes. Upon hitting rough road and/or bumps in the road the front end feels loose again. Notified dealership again. Response was "we did what Ford told us to do". I asked for a manager and am still waiting for a call back.

- Andreas, PA, USA

I was driving my truck down interstate 95 in the center lane at about 75 miles an hour with about 2000 pounds of tile in the back. All of a sudden I hit a bumpy patch in the road and the front end started vibrating like a tuning fork. It was vibrating so fast and so bad that we had to pull off the highway (in three lanes of heavy traffic) in order to get it to stop. It continued until we could get off the highway for a good ten or fifteen seconds maybe even longer to get off the road. I had two pallets of tile in the back end and was worried it was going to vibrate them onto the road. After the truck stopped the vibrating stopped of course. I walked around looking for a flat tire or other issue but nothing. Then we got on the highway again and the problem was no longer there. I have had the problem in much less severe cases many times where a vibration happened after hitting a rough spot but nothing like this. I called the service manager at kelly Ford and they said unless we could duplicate the problem they can't really do much about the problem. Tonight I searched on the internet and understand that it's been a problem with Ford for a while and there's even a class action lawsuit involving the issue.

- W Melbourne, FL, USA

Near brand new 2019 Ford F350 dually truck - experienced the so-called "death wobble". was at a speed of about 50mph and went over a bridge. When hitting the "bump" in the transition between the bridge and the pavement, the truck went into the violent shake/shimmy and I could not maintain control - braking did not help until I could manage to slow to about 2 mph. I was on a city street and the bridge/roadway was at a slight left turn when the incident happened. This extreme vibration in the entire truck and steering wheel violently shaking is known online as the death wobble. My truck is nearly new, has only 3600 miles on it and is 100% stock. No wheel/tire/suspension modifications have been made

- Queen Creek, AZ, USA

While traveling 65-70 mph on highway the front end of truck began oscillating violently causing loss of steering. The condition was only stopped after emergently braking in the middle lane of the highway to a full stop. Very scary!

- Douglas, MA, USA

Brand new truck with 3000 miles on it and the front end is very loose feeling. Lots of steering wheel shaking ( side to side movement) when hitting bumps. Dealer replaced the steering damper and it is slightly better for now. I am worried there is a bigger problem that is creating unwanted wear and tear on the critical steering linkage and it will need to be repaired often to keep it safe. Happens mostly at speeds over 40 miles per hour and worse when hitting bumps on curves like tight interstate on ramps

- Council Bluffs, IA, USA

On Nov 20,2019, while traveling from cornville, AZ to littleton, co I experienced a violent wobble with my 2019 Ford F350 Super Duty diesel truck. I was starting to go up raton pass in New Mexico (just North of raton, nm) and experienced the vibration going roughly 60-65mph. On our return home on 12/02/19 I experienced it again when driving on I25 through Colorado springs. I have been working with sanderson Ford in glendale, AZ and they conveyed to me that Ford has authorized their dealerships to replace the steering dampener and that was done on 01/17/19. When this condition initially happened the truck only had 9400 miles and on the return trip the mileage was 10,127.

- Cornville, AZ, USA