2011 Ford F-250 Steering

The contact owns a 2011 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 68-70 MPH, the vehicle drove over a bump and experienced a death wobble. The contact attempted to turn the steering wheel with force, but the vehicle crashed into a guardrail. The contact developed blisters on the palms of his hands from gripping the steering wheel, but medical attention was not received. Police arrived on the scene; however, no police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, and the contact was informed that he needed to pay for the diagnostic. The vehicle was then towed to the residence, where the contact replaced the steering gearbox, ball joints, tie rod ends, track bar, shocks, front springs, and wheel bearings. The failure recurred. The vehicle was later taken to three different independent mechanics; however, the cause of failure was not found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 167,000.

Wobble in front end

The steering is lock up while drive you Issued a recall for Meijer model vehicle but my vehicle is not included and the steering is locking up while driving down the road that acts like the power steering pump is going out this having the same problem with the cylinder as the others

Own a 2011 F250 super duty and have experienced the death wobble on numerous occasions. I’m getting concerned because it has been getting worse. It takes longer for the oscillation to dissipate as I do my best to slow down without losing control. Please help all who have experienced this to get resolution without the high cost that is related. It is a danger to ourselves and possibly others as I control the vehicle on a busy highway and others have to brake. Thank you, Bill

MY 2011 F-250 KING RANCH DIESEL HAS A 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I BOUGHT IT ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO AND IT HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIME AND MY STEP SON ONCE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A VERY BIG BUMP FOR THE WOBBLE TO START. I HAVE TRIED TO 'DRIVE THROUGH' THE WOBBLE BUT IT JUST GETS WORSE. NONE OF THE MECHANICS I HAVE TALKED TO CAN TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT. I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT I CAN NOT TAKE A CHANCE ON HAVING A WRECK AND SOMEONE GETS HURT OR WORSE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VIOLENT SHAKING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS THAT OCCUR BETWEEN 55-75 MPH CAUSING THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 40 MPH TO HAVE THE SHAKING COMPLETELY STOP HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER, THE TRACK BAR WITH NEW BUSHINGS AND HAVE HAD AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL SHOPS LOOK AT IT AND HAVE FOUND NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END, STEERING COMPONENTS OR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. SPOKE WITH A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM WHICH I KNOW IT DID NOT BECAUSE IT HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND THIS WOBBLE HAS HAPPENED ALMOST 10 TIMES IN LESS THEN A FEW MONTHS. *TR

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

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.

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.

EXTREME SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN ENCOUNTERING A SHIFT IN ROAD SURFACE SUCH AS AN EXPANSION JOINT, ETC AT AROUND 55 MPH AND TURNING SLIGHTLY LEFT. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON FREEWAYS, HIGHWAYS AND ROADS. LINK TO VIDEO: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=UVTUQV60JNU

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.

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.

VEHICLE HAS A VIOLENT SPEED WOBBLE WHEN CROSSING SMALL BUMP IN ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED THIS IS MORE UNNERVING AS THIS OCCURS ON A CURVE VEHICLE WILL MOVE ACROSS LANE

DRIVING 60 - 65MPH,WHEN I RAN OVER DIPS OR BUMPS IN THE HWY MY STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END STARTED SHAKING AND SHIMMING VIOLENTLY AND IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I DID NOT APPLY BRAKES BUT DID TAKE FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL AND WHEN TRUCK SPEED REACHED 40MPH VIOLENT SHAKES STOPPED. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT HOWEVER IT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN OVER ALL BUMPS OR DIPS. IT JUST HAPPENED TODAY FEB-19 2017 WHEN WE WERE PULLING OUR HORSE TRAILER AT A SPEED OF 62MPH. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 50,200 MILES SO IT SHOULD NOT BE WORN OUT. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THE FORD ENGINEERS DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT IS SO DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE SOMEONE TO LOOSE CONTROL WHICH WOULD BE DISASTROUS WHEN PULLING A HORSE TRAILER LIKE WE DO. I WILL TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER HOWEVER I BET THEY WILL CHARGE ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO TRY TO FIX WHATEVER AILS THIS TRUCK WHICH I BELIEVE IS UNFAIR SINCE FORD HIRES TOP ENGINEERS TO BUILD SAFE TRUCKS.

MANY ISSUES (MYSELF INCLUDED) OF SEVERE "DEATH WABBLE" WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTING IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE SHIMMY THAT MANY TIMES SENDS THE VEHICLE INTO ADJACENT LANES UNTIL IT IS SLOWED TO 30 OR 40 MPH. FORD MOTOR CO. CAN'T FIX THIS AND HAS NO SOLUTIONS. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. LATEST 11/20/15.

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND YOU START TO LOSS CONTROL .YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL SHAKING STOPS.PEOPLE IN THE CARS NEXT TO ME PULLED OVER YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK SHAKE FROM OTHER CARS. NOTHING SEEM WRONG WITH FRONT END BUT THERE IS .SAFETY IS AN ISSUE HERE.IT DOESN'T ALWAYS SHAKE AND THEN BANG SHAKE CITY LOOK IN TO IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED LEFT AND RIGHT, BUT THE WHEELS TURNED TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING BOX FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,500. ...UPDATED 06/03/15 *BF UPDATED 7/7/2015*JS UPDATED 10/05/2017*CN

THE FRONT STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY, ONLY STOPPED AFTER SLOWING SIGNIFICANTLY. THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED AS STEERING DAMPENER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS HAS BEEN "REPAIRED" THREE TIMES AND IS NOW RECURRING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD BALANCE ALL FOR TIRES AND PERFORMED AND ALIGNMENT CHECK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,500. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED UNTIL THE SHAKING BECAME VIOLENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE WHEELS WERE BALANCED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE SHAKING CEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

APP. ONE YEAR AGO, I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY TRUCK. IT WOULD SHAKE IF I HIT A ROUGH SPOT OR BRIDGE APPROACH AT 60 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE WHOLE TRUCK TO SHAKE. I'VE HAD IT TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HAVE SPENT ABOUT $2100.00 AND IT'S STILL DOING IT. AT TIMES IT SHAKES REALLY HARD AND TO GET IT TO QUIT I HAVE TO BRING MY SPEED DOWN TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC. FORD SAYS IT DOES THAT SOMETIMES, I'VE HAD 6 F250'S FROM 1999 TO PRESENT AND NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER DONE THIS, EXCEPT THIS TRUCK. HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY MORE COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE? PLEASE CONTACT ME ON WHAT TO DO. THE DEALER HAS CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COM. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SAYS IT SUPPOSE TO DO IT SOMETIMES. IT DONE THAT 6 TIMES IN A 10 HOUR DRIVE 2 WEEKS AGO. *TR

UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP AT 55 MPH . TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES WITH THIS PROBLEM. FORD CANT SEEM TO FIX IT. TRUCK IS STOCK NO MODIFICATIONS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

IN FAST LANE WEST OF NASHVILLE ON INTERSTATE 40. HIT A MINOR AREA OF ROUGH ROAD AND THE STEERING STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY LEFT AND RIGHT. SLOWED AGRESSIVELY BUT HAD NO WHERE TO GO WITH SEMI TRUCKS ALL AROUND ME. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. AT APPROX 30 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED AND I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE BACK TO CRUISE SPEED. I HAVE DRIVEN THE TRUCK 9000 MILES AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR