general problems of the 2012 Ford F-250 - part 1

Today 11/21/24, I notified my husband as I am driving up the ramp going 50 my Ford started to shake hard. I had to hold on to the steering wheel and pull over with out pressing the break. I came to a stop and kept him on the phone in case I were to flip over. The vehicle stopped wobbling and I started up again. I was not able to drive but less than 40 and again the wobble coming back. The commute for me was over 1 hour. I would not make it alive home. This vehicle had to go to the shop as if I were to drive home I would not be alive at this moment.

Driving on PA turnpike twice this year and at 70 mph my 2012 Ford f 250 with 79000 miles on it started shaking uncontrollably , had my wife and granddaughter with me and they cried and screamed till it stopped. Going to the dealer to see what Ford is going to fix for me before someone is killed ! hopefully a recall or free fix! I have been educated that this has been an on going issue in many f250 Fords.

The front suspension randomly shakes when doing speeds above 60 on the freeway. It’s very dangerous especially because we almost experienced running into a semi while driving on I-50 between a cement construction wall and the semi. I find it hard to believe that Ford will not own up to this. There is clearly a history of this. I simply want my front suspension fixed to meet safety standards.

I continue to experience violent shaking of vehicle when traveling around 70mph. I almost lost control before I could safely pull over on the highway. I purchased truck with 55,000 miles on it and I replaced all the tires after it happened the first few times. New tires did not help.

Death wobble--great oscillation and shuddering of steering wheel and vehicle itself after hitting patches of rough road at highway speeds. This has happened 5 times now. Truck is currently being inspected for any faulty equipment. This occurred on interstate 10 in la, and if not for quick thinking, I would have swerved into other traffic or lost control completely. This is a known problem with Ford f250s and is very dangerous. No warnings, no lights, and no way to predict that this might occur driving over rough pavement.

The front end of the vehicle and wheels start to violently oscillate at speeds between 50-60 mph. Sometimes it occurs after hitting a small bump and often occurs over smooth roads. This has been described as the "death wobble". I have to slow down below 25 mph for the wobbling to stop. This has put me in numerous dangerous situations on the street amd highway.

Inconsistent death wobble when traveling at speeds 50+mph. The vehicle will begin to shake violently. I will have to come to stop to resolve issue. A licensed mechanic has diagnosed this issue and replaced most of the front end suspension parts. The inconsistent death wobble continues and the vehicle shakes violently and is difficult to maintain control. This is a huge safety issue.

Ford super duty has been in shop for death wobble numerous times and when we get vehicle back still is the issue. Very unsafe and hard to stable once it starts. Even auto shop people when thought fixed drove and scared them. Whole truck shakes uncontrollably. Very poor on Ford for no recall with this happening. Why buy truck if you can’t drive it for work duties.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated upon making a turn, the wheel seized, and the vehicle failed to move. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the front passenger’s side axle shaft had fractured at the wheel. The dealer diagnosed that the outer shaft and seals needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 229,020.

While driving the truck going over 50 miles per hour, it goes into a wobble, shaking, vibration mode. I feel like I'm in a earthquake. Some times it comes on just normal driving and most of the times happens driving over bumpy uneven surface and potholes road doing over fifty miles per hour. I have taken it to the dealership red mccombs in san antonio texas about three or four times before with this problem. They can't fine the problem. The survice adviser did state that one of there technician did knowdice a slide vibration while test driving it but other then that no probems. They did replace a part at one time but it did not solve the problem. I have an appointment [red mccomb] on 6th of February to drop off the truck to check out again. I don't know what to do any more. This last time the vibration was real bad. Had hard time getting it under control on a major city highway. I though I was going to get kill. I fear for my life and safety driving that truck. I don't want to sell it and put somebody else life in danger. I called Ford manufacture on around the 17 or 18 of January and informed them about it. The conversation was recorded according to them. They acted like there has been no problem with those trucks. They contacted me back with the dealership. Thats when I made the appointment. I bought that truck new in temple texas from the johnson brothers dealership in June 2012. Red mccomb has maintain all of the required maintanace and mechanicle problems since I bought it new. Just about everything is documentred there.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph the vehicle had suddenly experienced the death wobble causing the vehicle to violently shake and vibrate. During the failure the steering column had failed causing the driver to loose control of the steering and drive off the road and crash into a ditch. During the crashed the vehicle sustained damage to the subframe bracket. No injuries were reported. No police report was taken. The vehicle was towed away from the scene. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 206,000.

Today, September 6, 2022, is the first time I experienced the so called death wobble. I was traveling along at 55 mph when I went over a bump in the road and my truck began to shake like a dog shaking water off. I slowed down to 40 mph before it stopped. The shaking caused the turbocharger intake hose to break away from the engine causing an undrivable condition.

The truck is experiencing what is commonly referred to as the "death wobble. " at around 55 mph, the vehicle starts to violently shake. It shakes the whole vehicle, especially the steering--the steering wheel severely shakes until I slow the vehicle slows down below 40 mph. From my research, I've found this is a common issue among other superduty owners. It seems like there are faulty front end suspension and/or steering parts at play: pitman arm, drag link, tie rod ends (and their bushings/ball joints), etc. The shaking happens on the freeway and is frightening to experience as it could potentially lead to losing control if unable to slow down in time to stop the shaking. Being at freeway speeds, my family and I are at risk as well as other vehicles on the road if we were to lose control. This issue did occur 1. 5 years ago. I took it into a Ford dealership where they replaced the steering dampener/stabilizer. Now the death wobble is happening again. From what I've learned, this is a band-aid fix that doesn't address the root cause of the death wobble. No warning lamps or error codes are present before, during, or after the shaking.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would shake abnormally without warning. Upon investigation, the contact linked the failure to the death wobble. The contact also stated that the egr cooler was defective, causing the vehicle to downshift while driving at various speeds. The contact had the egr cooler repaired by the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired for the death wobble. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 136,700.

Okk main issue is what everyone calls the “death wobble”. It has done it countless of times since I’ve had the truck. Even after I bought a new fox single steering stabilizer. I have replaced quite a few things under the front end that I was told “could” be why it kept doing it. The most recent I’ve bought for the front is brand new fox shocks just like the ones I have on the back and it still does it. I’ve had the front end aligned a couple times since I’ve had the truck and rotated my tires once too. And to this day it still does that death wobble. It scares me every time too still. Im afraid ima end up in a wreck or cause a wreck bc of it. Another issue is I keep having this warning pop up saying “ engine temp too high reduced engine power “ bc it thinks the engine coolant is too low which it’s not. And when I scan the code through the obd port it just says “engine oil temp sensor too low/too high”. I had the Ford dealership in my town put a new oil temp sensor in it but it still throws a code just about everyday I drive it. Another issue I had was the high pressure fuel pump on the front of the motor go out literally while I was sittn in my driveway at night after just driving it not even 3 miles down the road to the store to grab a few things. And it ran fine like normal but soon as pulled in the driveway an was rolling my windows up about to go in it just died on me an had to get it towed to the Ford dealership in my town. They looked at my fuel an said my fuel was fine with no contaminants in it. I was just unlucky they said so that was basically 10k out my pocket to pay for a whole new fuel system. The death wobble is my most concerning issue but other than that the truck has been awesome.

While traveling at 55mph I hit a bump which caused the front of the vehicle to shake very violently. Rapid speed increase made it worse. It was only resolved when I braked hard slowing to 30mph. Thank goodness there was no traffic behind me as this would have resulted in my being rear ended by another vehicle.

Front end death wobble. It began slightly about 6 months ago but progressively has gotten worse. Today driving from 40mph to interstate speeds of 70mph. It is scary and dangerous. Please do whatever is necessary to have Ford recall and fix for this issue.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated that since purchasing of the vehicle, the vehicle experienced the death wobble on two separate occasions. The contact stated that the failures occurred while driving at undisclosed speeds. The contact stated that after driving over bumps on the road the vehicle experienced a violent and uncontrollable shaking without warning. The contact stated that once the vehicle slowed down, the vehicle would resume normal operation. The contact had initially taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic who replaced the track bar and track bar ball joint; as well as, the front and rear shocks. Despite the repair, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the independent mechanic after the second failure and remained in the possession of the independent mechanic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and he was informed that there were no recalls on the vehicle and was provided a case number. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.

Extreme, violent shaking of the front end. At highway speeds, when it happens, the vehicle is very difficult to control while trying to slow down enough for it to stop. This is definitely a safety issue.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, the vehicle drove over a bump in the roadway and started to experience the death wobble. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to park on the side of the road, restarted the vehicle, and continued driving to his destination. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 148,200.

My wife and I were traveling on I-40 at about 70 mph when the front end of the vehicle started shacking violently. We had to slow and come to a complete stop. This happened twice so we returned home driving about 50 mph. The first shop replaced the stablizer shock. This did not help. Took it to a second shop they replace the ball joint this seemed to help until got to highway speed. It happened again. The shop then installed shocks for each wheel. So far this has corrected the issue.

The contact owned a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph when they came to a small unevenness in the road due to a merging of roads. The contact stated that when they passed that point the vehicle suddenly displayed the death wobble despite there being no significant bumping of the vehicle. The contact had to come to a complete stop then pulled over to the side of the road. The contact stated the wobbling seized till they came to a similar uneven patch on the road at approximately 60 mph. Again, the contact had to pullover to seize the wobble. The contact had to drive at less than 50 mph to avoid the failure from reoccurring. The contact had not taken the vehicle to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.

Death wobble, any change in the road such as a bridge, older road, bump, ect. . . . The truck starts to shake uncontrollably, and have to come to a complete stop and start over.

Death wobble in the front of the vehicle. At speeds greater than 40mph, the vehicle becomes almost impossible to steer due to a major 'wobble' in the front end.

We are experiencing the death wobble. Had some repairs done and still having the same issue, just worse. The front end shakes violently when we hit a pot hole or a dip in the road. Couldn't keep hold of steering wheel and started to fish tail. Yes. Our diesel mechanic has looked at it and fixed some of the work. No warning lamps or anything prior to it happening was evident. The first time it happened was October 26, 2021.

Death wobble. Truck was uncontrollable, shook so bad that I thought I was going to run off the road. Has happened 3 times. Ford claims it is an expected issue.

The vehicle starts shaking violently and uncontrol able until you slam on the brakes and your speed almost drops to nothing, only until then do you have control of the vehicle. I have been lucky because nobody has been beside me or else I would of slammed into them. Components in the front end have failed, I have replace the steering control arms, had the tires rebalanced, put a rancho stabilizer, and had the ball joints checked.

While driving at approximately 75mph on an interstate; after hitting a bump or expansion joint the front end wobbles uncontrollably until the speed is reduced by about half. I had a trusted mechanic look at my truck and he said all front end parts were in good condition and tight. He talked to a dealer who recommended replacing the steering damper as a cure for the "death wobble" issue. I had that replaced around the first of February 2021. I had not driven the truck on an interstate at speed since the replacement until Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The wobble happened three separate times within a span of ten minutes scaring the daylights out of me and nearly causing two wrecks. The truck is hazardous to drive to not only myself, but to other vehicles in my vicinity while on the road.

My local tire man described this as a " death wobble" and that is aa good description. As I drive usually at 55 mph the truck suddenly starts to shake, no prior warning, so hard it is hard to hold onto the steering wheel. O far I have been able to pull off to the side of the road and slow to a stop without a wreck. I can then proceed as if nothing has occurred. This seems to be getting more frequent. And makes me nervous when I drive. . I have learned from my tire man there are other owners in my are having this same problem with their Ford trucks. We have had Fords since the '70's and never had this problem with any other one. I understand there is a part or something that can be done to fix this problem; however it costs $400-$500 and I think this is something that Ford should fix, not the owner, when it seems to be a Ford problem. Whether in design or whatever. I even had a Ford serviceman tell me that this is a problem sometimes with Ford . This is a frightening thing and I about had a heart attack the first time it happened. . Luckily I was alone and didn't frighten anyone else. This has happened numerous times first in 2014 . I will put the last time in the space below and I did have a friend with me that time.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, the vehicle started shaking abnormally. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer fairway Ford of augusta inc (4333 washington rd, evans, GA 30809, (706) 854-9200) where the vehicle was repaired. The contact was unsure of what parts were replaced. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the vehicle drove over a bump and experienced the death wobble. The contact pulled over and slowed down to stabilize the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed and repaired, however, the failure recurred. The contact stated the vehicle was repaired six times for the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 128,000. The VIN was not available.

While driving at highway speeds and going over a bump, steering wheel will oscillate violently. Will have to slow down to nearly a stop to get it to stop. This happens between 60 and 65 mph hitting the right bump truck gets death wobble, has to get on the brakes hard to stop it, had dealer look at it. It has been at the Ford dealership where I bought it and an independent shop and each time it has gotten a little better at each shop but still not completely fixed.

Traveling at freeway speeds when the truck hits a bump or issue in/on the road the front wheels start to shake violently and I am barely able to control the truck until it slows to around 10 mph, I have now replaced all the steering components and it has gotten worse and I have almost rolled my truck. When I have contacted Ford dealers they all tell me that they have never heard of this issue but for $6,000 to $10,000 they can replace all the suspension parts and that should fix the unusual problem that only I am having.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 50 mph, the vehicle experienced the death wobble. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated he was able to drive the vehicle to his destination. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was informed the front steering damper was needing to be replaced. The vehicle had been repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000. The VIN was not available.

At highway speeds when going around a curve the vehicle began shaking violently. Ford dealer replaced the damper assembly, front suspension arm bushing, installed 1 degree adjusters, replaced the track bar bushing, and did a front end alignment. Ten months later I experienced a similar violent shaking when going over bumps at 75 mph. This happened 3 times in a 2 day period. The shaking would only subside after slowing down to less than 15 mph. Many other f250 owners have experienced the same problem. The shaking is so violent is could easily cause loss of control and an accident. This vehicle is unsafe.