Ford F-350 Complaints (2019)

467 consumer complaints on file.

#11418810May 27, 2021
STEERING
The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, the vehicle started to violently vibrate, before coming to a stop. The vibration stopped after the vehicle was brought to a complete stop. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 17,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11418690May 26, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
Experienced several death wobbles hauling oilfield equipment down to Texas, luckily there was no traffic at the time as the truck bucked all over the road, happened two more times on trip on rough roadways had to slow to59 to avoid. Very lucky no accident.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11418119May 22, 2021
STEERING
Driving 55 mph and hit a dip in the road when the front end of the truck and steering wheel start shaking violently. Immediately slowed down by braking and truck returned to normal. Took truck to mechanic and was informed that steering damper and tie rods are worn. He was able to confirm truck shake. Truck has 27,513 miles on it. No safety risk to me or others since I was able to get vehicle under control. No symptoms prior to the front end and steering wheel shaking.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11415448May 6, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY (M-I-75) AT A SPEED OF 65 MILES PER HOUR I HIT A BUMP AND MY TRUCK SHOOK FIERCELY AND UNCONTROLLABLY FORCING ME TO DRIVE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL I COULD GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. UPON STARTING TO DRIVE AGAIN THIS INCIDENT WAS REPEATED LEAVING ME TO ROLL DOWN THE SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY UNTIL I COULD REACH AN EXIT TO GET OFF INTO A SAFE AREA. WHEN I LOOKED THIS UP ONLINE I FOUND THAT THIS INCIDENT IS ALREADY KNOW AND NAMED, "THE DEATH WOBBLE!"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11415350May 5, 2021
STEERING
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 10 UPON ENCOUNTERING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING THE FRONT STEERING AND WOULDN'T STOP UNTIL TRUCK WAS STATIONARY. (DEATH WOBBLE). IT OCCURRED AT 40 MPH WHILE CITY DRIVING AFTER A TURN, 3 DAYS BEFORE THAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11415116May 4, 2021
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING, WHEELS
ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TRUCK HAS GOTTEN THE SHAKES AND IT'S HARD TO CONTROL ON THE ROAD. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES BAD TOO. WAS GOING ABOUT 50 MPH EACH TIME. ONCE DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA AND THE OTHER TIME DOWN A COUNTY ROAD. I BELIEVE IT HAS A 'DEATH WOBBLE'
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11414163April 27, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED VIBRATION CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL/ACCELERATOR/FLOORBOARD. WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP WHILE DRIVING THW VIBRATION GETS WORSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11413188April 21, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
THE TAILGATE WILL OPEN UP WHEN BACKUP UP IN TRUCK - THERE IS RECALL BUT THE RECALL DOES NOT FIX THE ISSUE. I HAVE THE RECALL WORK COMPLETED BY FORD DEALER BUT IT STILL OPENS UP WHEN BACKUP WITH TRAILER ATTACHED. THIS HAS HAPPEN 3 TIMES SINCE WARRANTY REPAIR. FORD DID NOT FOX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WILL NOT ACKOWLEDGE IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11413070April 20, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
MY VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY EXPERIENCES WHAT IS KNOW AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AFTER HITTING VARIOUS ROAD CONDITIONS; ROUGH PAVEMENT PATCH, HOLES, IRREGULAR ROAD HEIGHTS ON FREEWAYS, HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS. OCCURS AS LOW AS 40MPH IN THE CITY AND 65+ ON FREEWAYS. FORD DEALER INSTALLED A 'NEW IMPROVED STEERING STABILIZER' BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED IN LESS THEN A MONTH. I REPLACED THEIR STEERING STABILIZER WITH AN AFTERMARKET BRAND (MOOG). IT HAS HELPED PREVENT THE SERIOUS WOBBLE BUT WHEN TRAVELING OVER THE ROAD SURFACES IDENTIFIED ABOVE, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH SLIGHTLY (CONTROLLABLE) THEN STOPS AFTER RETURNING TO SMOOTH ROAD. STILL, MY HEART RACES, ANTICIPATING THE DEATH WOBBLE EVERY TIME. THE PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED AT ABOUT 15000 MILES AND NOW THERE IS 35000 MILES ON IT. I WILL NOT LET ANYBODY ELSE DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS DANGER. IF I COULD, I WOULD TRADE IT IN ON A DIFFERENT BRAND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11407563April 12, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TRUCK HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE PAVED ROAD AND LOST ALL CONTROL OF STEERING AND STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. ONCE TRUCK CAME TO A NEAR STOP I WAS ABLE TO TAKE OVER STEERING AND THE WHEEL STOPPED SHAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406901April 7, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
DEATH WOBBLE. I'M CONFIDENT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE TERM AS THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM FORD OWNERS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND THAT IS NOT AN EMBELLISHMENT. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I'M TRIED AND TRUE FORD, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND WILL NOT LET ANYONE OTHER THAN MYSELF DO SO. PLEASE TAKE THIS FOR ACTION, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT ISSUE. FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT HAS FAILED TO DELIVER A SOLUTION. IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING AS I HAVE HELD THAT COMPANY IN HIGH REGARD FOR YEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406570April 5, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
AT 80 MPH A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD SENT MY TRUCK INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHICH VIOLENTLY SHOOK MY TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL. I HAD TO SLOW MY TRUCK DOWN TO 35MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN THIS MUCH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406330April 4, 2021
STEERING
4-3-21, TRAVELING ON A MARYLAND INTERSTATE HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCUR TWICE IT OCCURRED FROM HITTING A BUMP ON THE OVERPASS WHICH CAUSED US TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL WHILE AMONGST TRAFFIC. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK THE FRONT END FELT FUNNY EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11403558March 17, 2021
SUSPENSION
TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN GOING OVER MINOR ROAD IMPERFECTION SUCH AS A BRIDGE SEAM OR SMALL RUT WHEN OVER ~45-50 MPH. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES, WHOLE TRUCK FEELS LIKE IT IS HOPPING OR SHIMMYING. VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. WILL NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL I GET TO UNDER 40 MPH (WHICH IS ADDED DANGER ON A FREEWAY). THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY, AND IS GETTING WORSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11399571March 7, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
VEHICLE GOES INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR DIP ON THE ROAD. MOST OFTEN OCCURS WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 60 MPH. THE SHAKING WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE VEHICLE'S SPEED IS REDUCED TO ABOUT 30 MPH. AT LEAST 50% OF THE VEHICLE'S CONTROLLABILITY IS LOST DURING THIS EVENT. THIS IS A CONTINUES PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WHEN THE ABOVE DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE MET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11398263February 28, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OVER THE 5 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK, THE FRONT WHEELS OF MY 2019 F350 HAVE SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AFTER CROSSING MINOR BUMPS AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE SHUDDERING WAS VIOLENT ENOUGH TO POSE A SERIOUS THREAT OF AN ACCIDENT. IMMEDIATE, RAPID DECELERATION WAS THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL. MY INSTINCT (JUST MY OBSERVATION) IS THAT THE BUMPS CAUSED A SHUDDER IN THE FRONT WHEELS AND IF THE TRACTION CONTROL WAS ENGAGED THAT THE SYSTEM ENGAGING MADE THE SHUDDERING WORSE. THE LAST TIME AND THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS YESTERDAY 2/27/21 MY WIFE AND 2 SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME. DE-ACCELERATION, DANGEROUS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE ON ITS OWN, DID NOT STOP THE SHUDDERING THIS TIME, BUT DISENGAGING THE TRACTION CONTROL SEEMED TO STOP IT IMMEDIATELY. I OFTEN TOW A 30' FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER ON FAMILY TRIPS AND FORTUNATELY THE SHUDDERING HAS NOT YET HAPPENED WHILE TOWING THE CAMPER, BUT I FEAR WHAT COULD HAPPEN UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS IN FORD FORUMS AND HAVE COME TO KNOW THIS DEFECT IS COMMON WITH FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS AND IS KNOW AS THE F250/350 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS A VERY ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. I ALSO SAW THAT TAKING THESE TRUCKS IN FOR SERVICE HAS NOT HELPED OTHER OWNERS AND THAT FORD HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A COMMON, DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW ACROSS MULTIPLE YEARS OF THE SUPER DUTY LINE OF TRUCKS. I URGE THE NHTSA TO PRESSURE FORD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11398197February 27, 2021
STEERING
WHILE RIDING AT 65MPH HIT SMALL BUMP ON INTERSTATE AND TRUCK PROCEEDED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY IN STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END, COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE UNTIL TRUCK CAME UNDER 40 MPH. THIS WAS DESCRIBED AS 'DEATH WOBBLE' UPON FURTHER RESEARCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11398137February 26, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
THE TAILGATE ON MY FORD F350 WAS REPAIRED LAST YEAR FROM THE RECALL PERTAINING TO THE TAILGATE OPENING ON ITS OWN. THE TAILGATE OPENED ON ITS OWN AGAIN TODAY. 02/26/2021. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS TURNING RIGHT FROM A MAIN CITY STREET ONTO A SIDE STREET GOING ABOUT 10 MPH. TODAY I WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH AND TURNED LEFT INTO A PARKING LOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11397490February 23, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
TAILGATE REPEATEDLY OPENED ON ITS OWN. TAILGATE LOCKED AND WILL NOT OPEN. I SEE RECALL FOR OTHER FORD SUPERDUTY RELATED TO SAME ISSUE BUT APPARENTLY THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.*DT*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11396738February 18, 2021
STEERING, SUSPENSION
MY VEHICLE HAD APPROX. 22000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT STARTED TO DEVELOP WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THIS IS WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES TERRIBLY WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANY BUMPS ON THE ROAD. IT CAN SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. AT APPROX. 27600 MILES I TOOK IT TO POWER FORD IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM FOR REPAIR. THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING DAMPENER HAD FAILED. THERE IS LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB. THIS DESIGN ISSUE EXISTS IN ALL 2006 TO 2019 FORD F-250S AND F-350S. THIS ISSUE MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND DECREASES THE MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE OF STEERING COMPONENTS CAUSING OWNERS TO INCUR THE EXPENSE OF REPLACING FAILED COMPONENTS AT UNREASONABLY SHORT INTERVALS OR INSTALLING AFTER-MARKET SOLUTIONS. WHILE FORD MAY SEE IT AS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, THE SHORT COMPONENT LIFESPAN AND VEHICLE CONTROL ISSUE INDICATES A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT WHICH THE NHTSA SHOULD ADDRESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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