Ball Joint problems of the 2011 Ford F-350

On multiple occasions when driving at highway speeds when I run across ruff roads or bumps the trucks front end begins to wobble and shake. The shake is worse if I am in any kind of turn, but it will do it on straight roads also. I must slow down to under 30 mph to regain control of vehicle. I have taken it into Ford dealerships and gotten no results. One dealership claimed it to be in the ball joints and I had them replaced but the problem still exists. Doing online research, I am seeing others with the same issue and some calling it the death wobble. I have been experiencing this since 2018 but the last time was 10/22/2020.

The well known issue called "death wobble". This is documented issue with the Ford f-series trucks where the truck violently wobbles out of control when driving approximately 55mph. Ford denies this is an issue, yet you can find evidence of this issue all over the Ford truck forums. With my truck, this issue is becoming more frequent. When it occurs, I have to pull off to the shoulder and slow down to approximately 15mph before it stops. I have replaced the shocks, tie rod ends, track bar, track bar ball joint, rotated tires, alignment, and it is still occurring. The only thing left to replace are the ball joints then pretty much the entire front end suspension will have been rebuilt at a cost of a couple thousand dollars. This is a significant safety issue and can easily cause an accident, especially when in construction zones on the highway. From what I've read, this has already caused accidents in certain cases and is due to a poor design of these trucks. Ford needs to address this and the NHTSA should force Ford to issue a recall to correct the problem.

Driving at 65 mph on ih-10 houston TX, hit a bump in the road and truck entered into a death wobble, had to veer across 3 lanes and a on ramp to the shoulder and slow to about 5 mph before the shimmy stopped. Very scary actually a little scared of my truck now. Went to a front end shop today and was told I have no loose parts and the steering stabilizer was fine. He told me the ball joint on the track bar is usually what it is and only Ford can fix it. They did not charge me.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford F-350 sd. While driving 55 mph, the contact stated that the vehicle began to shake violently. The contact applied the brakes to slow the vehicle down and the shaking subsided. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they were unable to diagnose the failure. The contact stated the trac bar, bushings, ball joints, steering and tie rod ends were all replaced. The tires on the vehicle were replaced and balanced but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 25,000. Updated 03/05/lj the consumer stated he experienced steering wheel oscillation for the last 70,000 miles. The consumer had numerous components replaced, but to no avail. The dealer infromed the consumer the oscillation was normal.