general problems of the 2015 Ford F-350 - part 1

My truck is been having a death wobble for years now. It's scary, I changed tires suspension and I still have the issue.

What component or system failed? the steering and suspension system failed. Specifically, the front axle hubs, track bar, and u-joints failed, causing a violent loss of steering control known as "death wobble. " these components are currently available for inspection; however, they were diagnosed as "failed" and requiring immediate replacement to make the vehicle safe to drive. How was safety put at risk? the failure caused violent, uncontrollable shaking of the steering wheel and front end at highway speeds. This resulted in a near-total loss of directional control, putting the driver and surrounding traffic at immediate risk of a collision. The defect made the vehicle impossible to steer safely above 45 mph. Has the problem been confirmed? yes. The failure was reproduced and confirmed by an independent certified service center, autonation Ford gulf freeway. Their inspection explicitly diagnosed the front axle hubs, track bar, and u-joints as "failed" and unsafe. The repair estimate to correct these safety defects totaled $6,128. 09. Has the vehicle been inspected? yes. It was inspected by autonation Ford gulf freeway (a certified Ford dealership) immediately following the incident. Were there warning symptoms? the symptoms (violent wobble) appeared immediately after purchasing the vehicle. During the pre-purchase test drive, the selling dealer's agent physically manipulated the steering wheel ("pulled the wheel") to prevent the wobble from occurring, concealing the pre-existing safety defect. The failure manifested fully as soon as the vehicle was driven at highway speeds without the agent's interference. Summary: the vehicle was sold with critical safety components (hubs, track bar) in a "failed" state. The selling dealer (autonation Ford corpus christi) concealed this known safety hazard. The vehicle is currently a roadway hazard until the $6,100+ repairs are completed.

My truck started "the death wobble" a few years ago. I have replaced shocks, tires and ball joints. The problem recently became almost undriveable on the highway as any small bump at a legal (70 mph) triggered 5 instances on a trip to and from a destination that was 70 miles away via the interstate. I have ordered additional parts based on internet research to try to fix this issue, however in my research it is clear the is a common issue. Why is this allowed to continue?.

Severe death wobble with speeds over 50. Steering to left at that speed and vehicle shakes severely. Going interstate speed, vehicle almost comes off pavement and shakes all over. Brought in numerous times for issue and never rectified.

Truck experienced death wobble at posted speed limit and steering could not be controlled until I could slow vehicle. Earlier the death wobble happened and took it to the Ford dealer and the service reported nothing wrong. I replaced the tie rods steering damper installed new shocks and springs and cannot be corrected.

I have experienced what is called the Ford death wobble on multiple occasions however yesterday it happened 3 different times while traveling with my 2 year old nephew and elderly mother. It terrified both as it almost caused an accident yesterday. This is not acceptable to pay $53 thousand for a vehicle that you feel unsafe to drive!.

I was driving on the freeway today at approximately 70mph when I hit a slight bump. The front end began shaking violently forcing me to brake and slow to approximately 30mph before it stopped. I believe this type of incident is referred to as a "death wobble". Fortunately, I wasn't injured nor was anyone else and traffic was only moderately busy. I checked the front suspension and couldn't find any issues. The truck has 104,000 mi on it and is well maintained.

The contact owns a Ford F-350. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 75 mph, the vehicle began shaking violently. The vehicle was slowed down to approximately 40 mph and the shaking subsided. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

Front end suspension has on several occasions began to violently shake. It appears that the driver side front wheel begins to bounce rapidly after hitting large or small defects within the road surface. This occurs only when driving on highway type roads where posted speeds typically exceed 55. (texas has some posted speeds of 80 mph and I drive this area often) numerous times during this occurrence I have had little to no control of my truck's direction of travel. The only solution to date that has worked is to slow down to a near stop while still in the middle of high speed traffic. When this "death wobble" occurs, I have zero control of my vehicle as far as steering is concerned. We no longer allow our children to ride in the truck with us as this has become a dangerous driving environment. Additionally the violence of this wobble aggravates an pre-existing medical issue within my neck and head. (veteran with (2) tbi's and severe nerve damage in my neck) the dealership has confirmed the issue and suggested I replace the front suspension and my tires. (my tires still had 20k+ miles left on them) the vehicle has been taken to a dealer for the vast majority of it's service and maintenance. I have mentioned the "death wobble" on several occasions' and even agreed to have the entire front end suspension along with all four tires be replaced. This seemed to have fixed the issue in the short term, but it has returned with considerably more violent shaking than before. I asked the dealer to repair again, but they refused without additional payments, as the repair is now more than 90 days old. No warnings are given prior to this violent shaking other than the initial jolt. Even with a warning, traveling at 60-75 mph along with confined traffic the chances of becoming involved in a possible life-threatening accident become extremely high.

Death wobble.

I just had new breaks and rotors, shocks and some small front end parts replaced. Alignment also completed. While driving south on I-17 down from sunset point at 75 mph the speed limit, I went over a small bump or hole on the road and the death wobble started and violently began to wobble from passenger side to driver side, or jumping or bouncing 6" to 12". Items in the door storage and on the dash where tossed about. I began pumping the breaks until the wobble stopped at about 35 mph. I have owned four f 350 one ton trucks with over 500,000 miles driven. This is the first time I have had this happen. I was asked by another f350 owner if I had ever had this happen before. I now know why it is called the death wobble. I cant believe I made it through this. There a big problem here!!!!!!!!!!!.

When I hit a bump or pot hole the truck front end goes out of control at speeds of about 50 to 70 mostly making it shimmy out of control. I have replaced most everything on the front end at my cost and it still does it. What is scary is that you dont know when it is going to happen. This truck is a 350 Ford super duty Ford with 92464 miles. I understand there is a defect on the front end of these trucks. This is a big truck to hold when it starts. Someone is going to get killed or kill someone else if they dont get this taken care of and im makeing notice of this problem.

Truck began to shake violently and did not stop shaking until I slowed to 20 mph. Safety risk of not being able to control the vehicle and having to slow on busy highway. The problem has not been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer. The components have not been inspected by manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others. No warnings or other symptoms.

While driving on louisiana’s poorly maintained i20 at @70 mph, we hit a bump & our 2015 f350 began violently shaking. We almost lost control, but managed to shift from left lane to shoulder in heavy traffic. Inspected tires & saw nothing amiss. Continued on trip back to TX & it occurred 2 more times whenever we hit a bump. Freaked us out & we were terrified each time we hit a bump, but drove under the posted speed limit & made it the rest of the way home without incident. Called our Ford dealer 1st thing Tuesday morning Sep 5th & were told they could not schedule us for an appointment til Sep 18th!! located a mechanic who was familiar with this “death wobble” and he had parts ordered & stabilizer bar installed on Sep 13th. Have not driven in la yet to confirm this fixed problem but mechanic has a Ford that did same thing & it fixed his truck.

Was driving on highway on December 10, 2020 and when entered bridge doing approximately 70 mph experienced extremely violent frontend shaking (death wobble). Had to pull to shoulder of highway and stop to reduce it. This occurred again during same trip under similar conditions. Thought something on frontend had broken, but all seemed to be alright upon visual inspection. Plan to take into Ford dealership on December 12 to have it inspected. Truck has 118,000 miles on it. This is a very dangerous situation as it occurs at higher speeds and could result in accident.

I was going approximately 70mph on the interstate and hit a bump and the vehicle began to shake violently and I had to make an emergency stop in the middle of the interstate to get it back under control! I’ve been told this is the death wobble. The vehicle has approximately 125,000 miles. This was very serious!.

I have a 2015 f350 and I have experienced the "death wobble" I was hauling my 5th wheel RV and I was going 60 mph and it felt like my entire front axel was getting ready to fall off my truck. I have my family of 4 in the vehicle. Both of my sons ages 8 and 3 years of age, my wife and myself. It was by far the scariest this I have ever experienced. Ford knows about the problem and still has not issued a recall. I am wanting to file a class action lawsuit.

When I go over 45 mile an hour it has the death wobble. Have almost had a few accidents due to this. What is the fix for this??.

When traveling over 50mph, when I go over an uneven area of road the vehicles front end vibrates violently (aka death wobble). I cannot utilize the brakes to slow the vehicle, I have to let the vehicle slow on its own down to about 40-45mph before the vehicle settles down. This issue has been going on since late last year. Two visits to the dealership have failed to correct the issue. Research on the internet reveals this is a known problem by Ford, yet they refuse to issue a recall.

I have had two incidents of the "death wobble" violent shaking of the from end. Thought a wheel was coming off. Pulled off the road and checked wheels. All seemed ok and I continued to drive home without incident. The first incident occurred in summer of 2021 and Ford dealer said they installed a damper. Cost was $315. Now in April of 2022 I experienced another, more violent death wobble. I have another appointment with the dealer and I assume they will "band aid" again. I think Ford should recall and fix their problem before someone gets hurt. I pull a 10,000 5th wheeler and am very concerned about out safety at this point. I will upload copy of last year's "band aid" fix. Please advise. Ray defrain PA.

3 times in the past year my 2015 F-350 truck started to wobble and shake increasingly after a slight bump at approximately 55 mph. Once it started, it continued to increase instability and control of the vehicle. I immediately slowed and pulled over carefully to a stop and got out to examine the vehicle. There wasn’t anything I could find externally that I hit that would cause the vehicle to react the way it did. I was able to continue driving without a repeat until several weeks later. This has happened 3 times in the past year.

If I incur a bump while traveling 60 mph, the front end will violently shake and rattle. The only way to stop this condition is to come to a stop. The vehicle feels totally out of control when this occurs. It is also very dangerous coming to a stop on a highway or interstate.

The death wobble if I’m on the highway it’ll start wobbling to the point of no control. I have replaced shocks and joints tires pretty much everything but it still does it. I looked it up and was told to report here.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-350. The contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the vehicle experienced the "death wobble" after driving over a bump in the roadway. The contact stated that the steering wheel began to violently shake, and he lost control of the vehicle. The contact took his foot off the accelerator pedal until the shaking stopped at 20 mph and the vehicle resumed normal driving. No warning light illuminated. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 74,400.

While driving several time at highway speed about 50-55mph I hit a bump and my truck goes into a violent shake. The steering wheel shakes and about lose control of the very heavy truck. I have asked the dealer to look at it next week. They said it was known as the "death wobble". My truck was shaking so bad I thought something had broke and I was going to wreak. I ask if this was under a recall the dealer said no. It maybe the steering or can purchase a special bracing for the truck. I shouldn't have to correct a manufacture defect.

Driving at highway speed going over a bridge and went over a expansion joint an out of no where the entire front end started to violently shake. I had to apply brakes which because it was shaking so bad the abs kicked in and started the wheels to skid. I was sure that the front wheels were coming off the truck. Still continues and Ford has the truck now. No warnings.

Multiple times: front end violent shake pulling steering wheel from hands and loosing control at 70 mph. Slammed on brakes just before I hit the center concrete barrier on highway. Driving over a manhole cover on road at 30 mph sent front end again into a built shake causing loss of steering and into oncoming traffic till was able to brake and stop vehicle. Drive great till next bump in road. 11 diesel techs cannot figure out what is wrong! this truck is going to kill someone, what is wrong with it???? replaced tie rods, track bars, ball joints, wheel bearing, steering dampener, shocks, multiple alignments, caster bolts, . . . $4800. . . In parts and labor so far and continues the exact same death wobble trap!.

I have replaced every defective part on front end of my truck. Got it aligned every single time. Brand new tires and different tire pressures and it still does it. I still have a steering oscillation(death wobble) over 50+ mph.

While driving on the freeway, exiting onto the off ramp, the rut in the road caused my whole front end to shake uncontrollably. I could barely keep the vehicle on the road and almost collided with the sound wall adjacent to the off ramp. The severe shaking lasts until my vehicles slows significantly, as in the 15-20 mph range. Which is less than ideal on a major freeway!!!!! this is the fourth time this has happened in the past few weeks. Research on the internet revealed to me that this apparently is a known problem with this particular vehicle model. I finally was wise enough to take it to my local Ford dealership, wherein a mechanic told me that it is a known problem by Ford, which the dealerships cover only when one is brought in with issues. Not shocking to me however, the Ford dealership just told me that the suspension issues was caused by "wear" and it is out of my pocket to repair. It has 35,000 miles on it! is this indeed a wide spread issue? my wife will no longer drive with me, or allow my kids in the vehicle, because she was in the truck on two of the occasions and she told me she would like to live!!!!!.

This truck is extremely dangerous. It has the infamous Ford death wobble. When you go across a slight transition or bump at 55-70 mph, the truck goes into a violent wobble in the steering that wont stop until you slow down to 30 or so mph. Ive had several parts replaced on the front end and nothing works. From online forums, ive recently learned that Ford is ignoring the problem. Please take action because I almost had 2 collisions traveling on the interstate.

The vehicle goes into a violent shaking of the front end and steering wheel (Ford death wobble). It has happened many times in the last two or so years. It can start at any time when the truck is traveling over 60 mph but it is usually associated with a bump in the road. It usually stops when I slow to 40-45 mph. I replaced the track bar ball joint and the steering stabilizer shock and the truck didn't shake for several months but now the problem has returned. When the problem started the truck was probably under 100,000 miles and now has a bit over 130,0000.

When traveling on the highway/interstate if one of the front tires hits a bump the whole front end shakes terribly. The only way to stop it is to slow way down below 50 mph which obviously is dangerous when other vehicles are traveling up to 20 mph faster.

At highway speeds, the front end begins to osculate or bounce from right wheel to left wheel in a rapid motion commonly known as the "death wobble". This truck has been to Ford dealership 5 times without making the problem any better. Possibly it has gotten worse after the visits. The wobble severely diminishes control of the 9500lb vehicle and has caused me to Dodge into barricaded construction zones among other dangerous maneuvers, to gain control. I have posted videos on you tube showing 6 instances (I have many more) of the wobble and belong to a rapidly growing group of thousands of Ford owners with the same problem. This issue typically takes place at highway speeds when un-even pavement is driven over and the left & right wheel do not hit the bump at the exact same time. Examples would be a bridge transition at a 20-30^ angle or just dilapidated top layer of asphalt. Especially prone to activation when the road is curving left and the driver side front wheel hits a small bump.

When you get past 48 miles per hour the front end/steer shakes noticeably. Also, when you hit a bump/hole in the road it shakes so bad we have to pull over now. In calling to get it fixed the Ford repairman knew what we were talking about before we said anything, but stated there was no recall on it?? its dangerous!.

My truck is experiencing the "death wobble" with only 60k miles on it. When I hit a bump going more then 50 mph the front wheel shake violently until I slow down. I am unable to control the steering wheel.