general problems of the 2011 Ford F-250 - part 1

The contact owns a 2011 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the front of the vehicle was shaking abnormally. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the steering column had failed and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

This truck consistently gets the death wobble even after having several things repaired on it to fix the problem. This needs to be looked into. This has happened several times with this truck.

When driving over 55mph and hitting a bump, pothole, etc. . . . The death wobble starts taking excessive force to keep the truck on the road with the steering wheel nowhere aligned to where the tires are aimed. Dealership stated they wouldn't take the vehicle on trade due to the steering box needing to be addressed first. No warning lamps illuminate. Happens every time while driving from mileage 170k - 189k.

Keeps having a death wobble when I hit a bump going faster than 50 miles per hour that can't be controlled or stopped without pulling over to a stop or near stop.

Going over unsmooth roads ,or very little change in road height,vehicle shakes violently have to come to complete stop and risk getting ran over in middle of highway interstate or whatever couple close calls but no accident,yet.

I own a properly maintained 2011 Ford F-250. Today, 14 instances of what is commonly know as "Ford death wobble" occurred to me on the interstate highway while I drove 250 miles. Violent front end shaking at speeds over 55mph after driving over rough bridges or bumps in the road. Several times I almost lost control of my truck it shook so badly. I had to sharply decrease speed below 35 mph before shaking would stop and I could regain control. I can easily reproduce this problem, but I learned to drive no faster than 50 mph the rest of the way home on the interstate in order to mostly avoid further cases of violent shaking. In addition to almost losing control of my truck, having to slam on my brakes to reduce speed put myself and other vehicles at risk on a highway with fast-moving vehicles. I will be taking it to a Ford dealer tomorrow to see if they can resolve this very dangerous defect.

Driving on highway at about 60 mph and truck wheel started wobbling violently …. . Searing wheel violently oscillating right left right left uncontrollably!!! finally stopped after slowing down to below speed on highway … totally unsafe !!! my shoulders and neck hurt for several days from trying to keep the truck straight. Thank god it was not a busy freeway at the moment or I would have been hit or my horse trailer which I was pulling. No way to stop the violent oscillation except slow to almost stop.

When traveling on the interstate at aprox. 70-75 mph the steering wheel began to violently shake to the point that I was worried if I could keep control of the truck. Fortunately there was no one behind me as I had to slam on my brakes and slow to 40 mph before the shaking stopped. I was able to make it home without this occuring again.

This truck developed "death wobble" after a simple tire rotation. At approximately 53mph, any bump in the road surface would cause the front end to shake violently and cause the truck to be uncontrollable. While violent, it locks the truck into an unsteerable condition and only hard braking can stop the truck. The truck shuttered violently until stopped. From the repairs it appears a combination of weakening shocks and steering stabilizer cause the front end to shutter mildly and probably constantly until the bushings on the track bar are worn enough to cause problems. Then any alteration in front end components, like rotating the tires will unbalance the entire precarious set-up. Once "death wobble" has occurred, it becomes more violent and happens more often until the truck is fixed. Worst of all, there is no single fix or known fix for this problem. The owner if forced to spent thousands of dollars trying every known fix until the problem stops. It was so violent, I was concerned the truck could possibly destroy itself. I was astounded the entire truck did not shake itself apart, it was extremely violent and made steering impossible. I had to drive back to the tire shop at 45mph and carefully avoid even the most minor bump in the road to stop the truck from shaking itself to pieces or killing us.

I was going 65 mph in center lane, hit a pothole. The right front wheel began to vibrate wildly. I thought it was going to fall off. I slammed my brakes and veered sharply right to reach the breakdown lane. We were nearly in a violent collision. The car behind me slammed his breaks, leaving skid marks, the car in the lane to my right was forced into the breakdown lane, also leaving skid marks. We had 200 miles to home which we drove slowly without further incident. I had to replace: tie rod ends, steering damper, ball joint, stabilizer bar. Truck needed an alignment. $1008. 37. 4 months later, I hit a pothole. The left front tire vibrated wildly. Now I knew what do do.

Experience death wobble every time I merge onto the highway. Results in loss of control and is very hard to control and maintain in my lane.

The problem with this vehicle is death wobble from the front suspension of the truck. Over the years it has done this and is quite dangerous when at highway speed, because when it happens, you will have to slow to 30 mph to regain control of the the truck. I have had this issue fixed two separate times, about every four years, by replacing the ball joint and track bar. These repairs are costing about $450 usd. There are no warning before this problem happens. You simply have to hit a bump in the road going 60-70 mph for it happen.

2011 Ford f250 death wobble. Front end repaired after several wobble incidents in 2018. Vehicle now begins shaking at speed of 45mph and uncontrollable at 65mph. I either have to slow down, or accelerate to 70+ to avoid the wobble, but steering still shakes.

At highway speeds if hitting a defect in the road, like a pothole or some kind of dip, my front end starts shaking violently and I can barely keep control of the truck. This is known as death wobble. This has happened multiple times while driving down the highway. ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly #vpic#.

Traveling on interstate onramp getting up to speed and at approximately 50 mph hit a small bump and front end started to shake violently to the point I had to slow to 30 mph for it to stop almost causing accident. Accelerated up to 75 mph again with no issue. Approximately 3 miles after the first incident I went across a bridge and the bump at bridge transition caused the truck to again violently shake until I slowed down to 30mph. No modifications to the vehicle suspension. Truck has 112000 miles. Dealer says nothing wrong even though it happened while testing it. It does not happen everytime I hit a bump. But it does happen 2-3 times per month.

Almost killed me and my family from death wobble on the highway. Truck violently shakes when bumps are hit going over 50mph. Extreme safety hazard. Hit a bump on I-25 and shook across 3 lanes of traffic. This is about 6 times since I bought the vehicle and the dealer says there are no issues with the truck. I know 8 Ford owners with the exact same issue.

My Ford F-250 starts shaking very very bad when I hit a small bump on the freeway. To get the very scary wobble to stop I need to slow down on the freeway between 20-30 miles per hour. This has happened over 50 times. I've had it happen 3 times within ten miles before. Slowing down to 20-30 on the freeway has been very dangerous. And I have almost been in a few accidents because of it. It is so bad and dangerous that I try not to ever have anyone ride in my truck with me. My family is scared to ride it it anyways.

Death wobble. As I was accelerating to enter freeway traffic my right front wheel hit a pot hole on the on ramp. I was doing approximately 50 mph. The truck immediately went into a wobble that was almost un-controllable. I was able to slow my truck and drive to the shoulder of the freeway. I inspected the front end, tires, shocks, steering dampener (which were new) and did not find any problems.

Was driving truck approximately 60 mph when it began experiencing death wobble. This has been occurring more and more frequently over the past 6 months and I recently had the shocks, steering dampener, & drag link replaced and it only made the wobble worse. I had to pull over twice within 5 miles to get the steering wheel to stop shaking.

The truck has developed the "death wobble" at speeds between 50 and 60mph. Driving becomes uncontrollable as the truck shakes and bounces very hard and I have to rapidly come to a stop. I've had some work done on it at a local shop but it hasn't solved the problem. It's basically not highway road worthy but I can drive it around town.

Death wobble, shaking uncontrollably when hitting bumps or uneven roads on highway at 65mph.

Ford F-250 crewcab with no aftermarket parts & Ford recommended rims/tires: a month ago I noticed wobbling/shaking similar to the described �death wobble�. Placed truck in for service and a recommendation for a solution. While driving over 50 mph and the vehicle runs over bump on the highway, the steering wheel and truck will shake violently. As this so called death wobble occurs I will coast over to the emergency lane and coast to a stop. I have noticed vehicles behind me slow down quickly and I am assuming they are see truck shake violently, too. If other drivers are seeing this death wobble occurring I am wondering if these drivers are taking emergency avoidance actions which could cause an accident to others. How safe are F-250/f-350 to be on the road? the pickup has been the shop twice for repairs and now I need to contact the shop again for third recommendation. All of the Ford recommendations have been completed but the death wobble returns again in less than 60 miles. I cannot sell the pick-up because I know the pick-up has the death wobble. �so now I am stuck with a pick-up that cannot be driven on the highway. Please post any suggestions/recommendations for a repair for the death wobble. Thank you for your help.

My truck violently shakes after hitting a bump or groove. I am barely able to control it and it will not stop until you bring the vehicle to a stop.

We have experienced the well-reported death wobble multiple times - beginning approx in 2020 - going approx 55 mph on a one-lane highway and hit a slight bump in the road. Could not control the vehicle, the steering wheel started shaking violently as we headed for a concrete bridge. Had to stop the vehicle completely. Then we experienced the same incident on different roads. We had the vehicle front end fixed by a reputable mechanic, and we’ve ended up having the front end suspension rebuilt, so far 3 times. The latest incident was in 2024, we experienced it again driving about 60 mph. This truck is standard stock - has not been lifted or modified in any way. We do not drive it very often as it is used as a farm vehicle.

When traveling over 50 mph when my vehicle hits a bump, I get a "death wobble" where the front end shakes uncontrollably. The only option that I have is to slow the vehicle down to 35 or below to get it to stop. I've come close to either losing control or getting hit from behind on several occasions. I can replicate this event by going over different bumps in the road. I have re-aligned my vehicle, replaced the brake system, installed a new steering dampner, rotors, etc, to no avail. Ford dealerships play stupid and act as if there's no problem, I've taken it to multiple mechanics and they insist that it's faulty parts within the steering and suspension. Would like to have it repaired if possible, but don't have a lot of options as to what the true cause is. Please advise as to whether or not you have any other complaints . This has been an ongoing issue since I purchased the vehicle new in 2011. It has only gotten worse as it gets older.

The steering damper has malfunction which caused death wobble. The truck almost flipped.

Driving 45 mph on road I drive all the time and all of the sudden the truck started shaking violently and there was no ability to steer at all because of the shaking. I had to slow the truck down to just a few mph to get the shaking to stop. It was extremely scary and there was absolutely no way to turn the vehicle in any direction if I had needed to.

I was driving on the interstate and hit a bump in the road and the steering wheel was shacking uncontrollably, brakes barely worked while trying to pull off the road. At first I thought that my tires were about to come off my truck, the shaking was so bad that items in the seat ended up on the floorboard of the truck. While trying to get the truck to stop and off the interstate I was almost rear ended by an 18 wheeler.

Vehicle in motion at 60 to 65 mph on smooth public city highway when the vehicle began shaking uncontrollably particularly in the front end. Steering became difficult to control and although I immediately began to brake and attempt to keep it from the median or ditch the vehicle didn't cease the uncontrollable shaking until I came to a near stop off the edge of the highway. It continues to feel as if it were about to occur any moment again the remaining 20 miles to my home. I intend on taking it to the Ford dealership first thing in the morning as if was a dangerous situation to myself and wife as well as other drivers on the highway. Purchased vehicle less than 5 months ago.

Front end shimmy that is felt in the steering while moving at highway speeds.

Front tires go into a death wobble as you are driving over 55 mph and cannot be controlled. Must pull over and stop to correct but it will happen again.

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving between 55 or 60, the vehicle front end shake badly intermittently. The contact stated that he would decelerated depressing the brake pedal to stop the shaken. The contact stated is a death wobble. No warning indicator lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where all four tires was replaced twice an alignment was complete. The technician informed the contact it could be a death wobble. The failure recurred. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and was not repaired. The contact state that the failure recurred numerous times but intermittently. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000. Aw.

Uncontrolable front wheel bounce at speeds above 45 mph when you hit even the slightest bump or variation in the road. Entire truck shakes and you have to slow down to 20 mph or lower to get the bounce to stop. Has happened at least 30 or more times. Tires, tire pressure, shocks, steering stabalizer, and all front end components have been check and replaced. Still continues to happen. This issue is extremely widespread with many forums talking about it. This will cause multiple deaths if not handled swiftly. Driver has not control over vehicle until the bounce stops. At highway speeds (45 mph +) this is not an issue that can be put off any longer. Recently watched another Ford f250 (with 6. 7 engine, so 2011 or newer) get the tire bounce and ended up going off the road and rolling twice. I hit the same area and was able to control the bounce and slow because I saw the other Ford crash. I am trying to research the crash and get a police report number to submit. I can't emphasize how important it is that this gets handled and fixed by Ford!!.

Traveling on interstate highway 40 speed 65 mph my 2011 Ford F-250 crew cab superduty experienced an extremely violent shaking of vehicle front end which came very near to complete loss of control. The only way to stop the shaking was to hit the brakes hard and drop down to 20 mph or so before the shaking stopped-dangerous on a high speed highway. Looked it up when I returned from trip and apparently this is a fairly common problem. Suggested fixes of alignment, shock replacement and tire balancing did not work-still experience the problem about once a month-always in a straight line and speeds between 55 and 70 mph. Bumps in the road make it more likely to happen. Date below is the last time it occurred-it has happened about 10 times in the last year.

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.