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The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at 50 mph, the vehicle loss power steering assist without warning after driving over a pothole. The vehicle resumed normal drivability after a few seconds. The vehicle was taken to courtesy Buick GMC abbeville (1201 U S 167, abbeville, la 70510) where it was diagnosed and determined that the steering column needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.
Truck began shaking uncontrollably on several occasions above 60 mph. Front wheels wobbled and shuck violently. They got into a rhythm that keeps the shaking going until I reduce speed to about 25mph. I have almost lost control and crashed. Had to aggressively brake which also almost caused other cars to rear end me on the interstate. Common timing seems to be when I am driving over overpass with raised ridges connecting the bridge sections or when I cross grooves in the road. Very dangerous and likely to cause an accident soon
2012 F250 purchased new and no modifications ever. I have always run the stock Michelin tires. Beginning in or about 2015 I have experienced a severe steering wobble when driving at speeds over 50 mph when at least one of the tires hits a groove, bump or pothole in the road. The only way to control the violent shaking is to quickly reduce the speed and pulling onto the shoulder.
When traveling at speeds in excess of 50 mile an hour the vehicle is subject to doing a death wobble when crossing uneven pavement or hitting bumps. The vehicle shakes so violently that it becomes hard to control and has to come to a stop to regain full control. I have this nice truck that I have to avoid interstate travel because of fear of hurting myself or someone else. I have had bearings and track bar replaced, had truck realigned and tires balanced to try to fix the problem with no luck. I'm getting ready to purchase a steering stabilizer to try but I'm running out of options and money to sink in truck but it has to be fixed. After a lot of research and talking to others with similar problem it sounds like Ford needs to step up and have a fix for the problem. They charge premium prices for their products but mine has to set at the house or travel back roads to stay safe. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Morganton, NC, USA
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My truck has the death wobble I brought this issue in several times at this time no one could tell me what the issues was over the years it became worse I fixed some of the issue at my own expense still have issues worried I may die or kill someone else when the wobble occurs
Driving at 65 miles per hour on a slight right turn, the steering wheel shakes violently scares my wife and daughter so bad they want me to trade for a GMC.
While driving my vehicle on the highway it will inadvertantly begin to shake uncontrollably. This will continue until the speed is almost reduced to a stop. This has happened multiple times regardless of the tire tread wear. Has occurred with brand new tires.
Getting the death wobble, have replaced the shocks and damper, not luck. The steering wheel shakes violently sometimes when hit a bump at 60 miles per hour. Its terrible.
Traveling on interstate 65 South from montgomery, al headed home to defuniak springs, fl, was crossing a bridge that had bumps in the road from what I think were where bridge road sections. I was in the far left lane of a four part of the highway going about 65 mph when I felt the bumps in the road and all of a sudden my 2012 Ford F250 FX4 started a violent shaking in the front end of my truck so bad I could not control the vehicle! I thought the front end of my truck was coming loose from the vehicle! I could barely hold onto the steering wheel! I reduced speed as quickly as I could as I maneuvered over to the emergency lane far right. Thank god without an accident! a policeman stopped to assist me once I had the vehicle stopped on the right shoulder of the interstate and I told him I was already searching for the nearest Ford dealers for help. Local dealers were telling me I would need to have several front end suspension parts replaced, but would have to order parts and be several days before they could do work. I googled what happened and found out this was happening at an alarming rate for a lot of Ford F250 and F350 truck owners. It is called the "the Ford F250/F350 death wobble"! apparently this is a Ford design defect that causes this to happen at any mileage on vehicle. I decided to try to slowly drive my truck back to our home in defuniak springs, fl and was able to do so. The truck seemed to be okay after the incident as I drove back home at a slow speed. I have been fearful since to drive more than 60mph with it and my wife wil not drive the truck anymore! Ford needs to fix this!!
Currently have 53K miles. Problem rare, started at 10K or less. With our wilthout pickup camper loads: At 60mph or higher when hitting bridge expansion joints or rr tracks (particularly at angles) in which one wheel strikes irregularity first, a violent wheel and steering wheel shake begins. Must immediatly slow vehicle to stop it. Complete loss of vehicle control when active. Total of perhaps 6 occurrences. Currently in shop for investigation. Serious safety issue.
It is almost impossible to keep this truck between the lines on the road. It has about 4 inches of play in the steering wheel and overcorrecting this is even more dangerous....I'm scared to drive
The truck has what they call the death wobble its is very scary and dangerous. There are hundreds if not thousands for complaints out the on the internet this is a big problem and Ford should be responsible before people get killed if its not already happened. It shakes uncontrollably as soon as you you hit a bridge connector or a bump or any imperfection on the road when you doing tiger rate of speed aprox 60 to 70 mph. And very dangerous when Y9our on the highways it also can happen if the wheels area at a certain angle and you hit a bump in the road. You ha E to slow down to about 10 or 15 mph and can to hit the brakes.or gas to get out of it.
We have experienced death wobble on the highway multiple times. This is absolutely a safety hazard and needs to be addressed before someone is killed. Having to slow down rapidly to 30 mph on the interstate is not safe. Our truck is under Ford's extended warranty. First they blamed it on the tires so we had them replaced and that did not fix it. Now, they have replaced the entire front end twice without a resolution. The truck now shakes slightly at all times no matter what speed.
Experienced 'death wobble' while driving a highway 287 (same speed no stop and go with traffics). Truck was suddenly violently shaking and wobbling caused my husband almost lost control. He was able to pull over the tuck but scared him to death. We had it towed to a dealership and they confirmed the death wobble provided a quote.
I was driving about 55 mph on the parkway, a straight road, when all of a sudden my truck started to shake and wobble to the point I almost lost control. This happened twice and I took it to my Ford dealer. They knew what I was talking about and called it the "death wobble". they checked everything in the front suspension but said nothing was wrong. It has done this 4 more times. It is all I can do to control the vehicle and get it stopped. It almost caused me to have an accident. I can not make it happen, it does it when it wants to. My Ford dealer wants me to duplicate it for them.
The first time it happen (last week) I was going down the highway going 55mph (pulling a trailer), clear sky, temp in the 50's. felt a slight shake in the steering wheel and in the floor board. Within seconds is when a extremely violent shaking started. I had to pull onto the shoulder immediately. It happen again this morning going down a different highway about 60mph, clear sky temp 42 outside and it was the worst yet. My entire entire 2012 Ford F-250 was violently shaking to the point it was so sudden and abrupt we couldn't stop fast enough to stop the shaking
When driving 60mph, out of no where the front end started wobbling like crazy. We almost got in an accident. After slowing down it stopped. This happened again on our way home. We were driving on a one lane highway. This is extremely dangerous and scary. Thank god my husband was driving.
While traveling to Oklahoma, I was going 70 mph and hit a bump and experienced a violent shaking and had to slow to 45 too regain control. This was on 10/13/2019. I later learned that this is so common in Ford that it has the nickname ' death wobble"
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- Kaplan, LA, USA