Death wobble! dealership has replaced ball joint, bushing, new tires, some connecting rod ' still happens!!! this is going to kill me or somebody!!! it happens at 70 mph and above. this is all over the internet ' ford knows about it; they just haven't fixed it.
Death wobble. while in the highway at speeds above 45 mph if you hit any sort of bump the front end starts shaking uncontrollably and have to slow down to about 25mph to regain control. this has happened to me over 15 times in the last month. it is very dangerous and i have almost been in severe accidents a couple times. i have had it at the shop to fix this problem. they replaced the steering stabilizer and the problem did not go away. after reading for hours online there is no effective fix for this. this seems to be a dangerous design defect that ford will not address. please help
I drive a 2011 ford f250sd,while driving 65-70mph on freeway, drove over rough patch and the truck started to shake very violently, steering was extremly hard tl control, "deathwobblel "is what it is called ,wouldn't stop shaking asuntill slamming on the brakes and slowing down to about 30 mph. this has happend to me in my1989 f250 with over 250000 miles on it but this truck has only 63765 miles .first time this occurred was about 3 weeks ago and last nite it happened 3 time in a span of less then 10 miles very unsafe hope ford come up with a fix because seems to me there is more then few people with the issue
On the 17th of october 2019 driving down the interstate from nebraska to colorado my truck it would hit a bump or seam in the road and it would start to shake the steering wheel would shake the truck was shake vigorously until i had slowed it down to less than 20 it would quit this happened to me about 7 times from then on i just kept speed down get off that i got off the interstate and my kept my speed down to under 60 and it did not happen again i did take it to the dealer to be fixed, at my expense, i bought new tires i had the alignment done and everybody tells me this will fix what they call the death wobble but it was very scary and my truck only has 45000 miles on it! i just wanted to report this problem it is not safe at all i hope it doesn't happen again
The vehicle has an excessive wobble also known as the death wobble when you hit any slight imperfections in the road or sometimes on newer paved roads. the vehicle goes into a sudden loss of control state and you must slow down to 20 mph before you can recover the loss of control. the vehicle has been returned to ford and i have spent over $2400.00 replacing front end parts and tires with slight improvements. the death wobble is still occurring and is highly dangerous while driving especially on the interstate or heavy traffic at higher speeds in excess of 35 mph.
My truck started shaking violently after hitting a bump in the road. the internet calls this the death wobble and apparently it is affecting a lot of ford f250 trucks.
Truck developed what is called "death wobble". when i hit a bump on highway, usually at speeds around 65 mph the steering wheel and whole truck shake violently until i slow down to 35. replaced trackbar, draglink, tie rods, steering dampner, had the front end aligned by two different shops, still does it. this has been happening for several years, i will put the date of the latest below.
Death wobble. while in the highway at speeds above 45 mph if you hit any sort of bump the front end starts shaking uncontrollably and have to slow down to about 25mph to regain control. this has happened to me over 15 times in the last month. it is very dangerous and i have almost been in severe accidents a couple times. i have had it at the shop to fix this problem. they replaced the steering stabilizer and the problem did not go away. after reading for hours online there is no effective fix for this. this seems to be a dangerous design defect that ford will not address.
At 125,000 miles, i began to experience the "death wobble". hitting a rough spot on the highway, especially on a curve, the truck will randomly begin to shake. it begins in the front, shakes the steering wheel violently until i am able to slow down enough to stop it. i have replaced front stabilizer (steering damper), drag link, tie rod end, alignment, tire rotation, track bar bushing, ball joint, tie rods and another alignment. it still will randomly start to shake violently after i have hit a rough spot and especially in a curve at highway speeds. i cannot find anything else to replace. i have had two different mechanics work on the vehicle and we have together searched the web for other cures, but there are none to be found. it is not safe to drive my truck on the highway...the shaking becomes so violent that i become a traffic hazard and do not have enough control of the vehicle to handle it safely. the most recent event was today, 3/5/2019 but it has been happening, in between stays at the mechanic, since november.
While driving 55-65 mph the steering starts shaking violently, you are unable to hold the steering wheel straight. in order to stop this you have to slow down to 15-20 mph as quickly as possible before losing control hoping no one runs into you for having to stop quickly. this is very dangerous not knowing when it is going happen. this is such a problem with ford trucks that steering stabilizer kits are listed on line under death wobble. do you mean that people have to die before ford is made to do something about this? this has happened multiple times. the ford dealership said i needed new tires. this did not help.
For the second time first at 42,000 now at 82 000 at hiway speed of 66 mph the violent steering death wobble has happened again. the only way is to hold on so tight and slow trying to get off the travel lanes ..this so dangerous and unforeseen. inspected front steering and suspension ,all in tolerance. first time i used my esp warrant paying the deductibe.
When driving about 60 miles per hit bump in road vehicle went into a violent shaking did not stop until i almost came to a complete stop . i noticed that as a result the front tires were scuffed. these tires have less than 6000 miles on them.
While going at highway speeds the whole truck will start to shake violently after hitting a small bump or rough spot in the road making the steering wheel difficult to hold and the truck extremely hard to control. slowing down to 30 miles an hr will stop the shaking. this problem just started at 105k miles. it happens quite frequently and makes the truck almost impossible to use. local mechanic can not find any issue with suspension or steering. after looking at the internet this problem seems to be rampant with ford offering no solution to the problem.
When traveling above 50mph and hitting minor transitions, holes, imperfections in the roadway the front goes into a sever vibration causing a out of control experience. must slow down below 40 mph to get under control. i think this is referred to the "death wobble" continue to replace parts trying to find a solution
Steering becomes tight then wanders with not able to regain control of steering until vehicle is parked for sometime. mechanic said all parts are in good working order. happens after a turn but if you stop and turn off truck for several minutes it seems fine for awhile. this mostly in town slow to medium speed 15-45 mph. it has happened for about three months now. 3-29-2018 and @40-50 degrees outside.