2016 Ford F-350 Sd

WITHIN 8,000 MILES THE VEHICLE COULD NOT GO OVER 45 MPH AND HIT A BUMP WITHOUT THE FRONT TIRES AND ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT THE CARS AROUND ME WOULD SCATTER AND I'D HAVE TO PULL OVER TO STOP THE VIOLENT SHAKING. I'VE HAD A 2005 F350 BEFORE AND WAS ALREADY AWARE OF THE KNOWN PROBLEM, "DEATH WOBBLE". DEALERSHIP ADJUSTED MY CAMBER SO THE OUTSIDE TIRES WORE OUT IN A FEW MONTHS. AFTER 16,000 MILES THE PROBLEM RETURNED AND THEY BLAMED THE BALDING TIRES WHICH THEY CREATED WITH THEIR CAMBER ADJUSTMENT AND TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY. AFTER I GOT HOME I ALSO REALIZED THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER INTENTIONALLY DID NOT PUT MY COMPLAINT ON THE WORK ORDER. HE KNEW I WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH FORD TRUCKS AND I KNEW THE HISTORY AND OBVIOUSLY TRIED TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FED ME THE SAME LINE THAT READ FROM HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOLD ME THE TRUCK HAD TO BE ALIGNED EVERY 6 MONTHS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR 20 YEARS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

TERRIBLE SHAKING WHEN CRUISING AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. I MAINLY NOTICE THE SHAKING AROUND 45 MPH, AND AGAIN AROUND 60 MPH. I AM ABLE TO CONTROL THE SHAKING BY EITHER ACCELERATING TO AROUND 70 MPH, OR BRAKING TO BELOW 40 MPH. THE SHAKING IS SO BAD SOMETIMES THAT I FEEL LIKE I WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IF I DON'T SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN TO MAKE THE SHAKING STOP. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TYPE OF STREET I AM ON AS LONG AS I AM GOING FAST OR SLOW ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL AND VEHICLE TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY.

CURRENTLY FILED A CLAIM ABOUT "DEATH WOBBLE" ND I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND GOT IT "FIXED" AT A DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE 47K MILES ON MY TRUCK AND EVEN AFTER GETTING IT FIXED, I HIT A REPAIRED POTHOLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND GOT DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN AT 70 MPH. AT THAT SPEED, THERE WAS ABOUT 30-45 SECONDS WHERE YOU HAVE LITERALLY NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. MY ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS THE PERSON BEHIND ME ON THIS HIGHWAY WHO PUT THEIR HAZARDS ON AND HELD TRAFFIC BACK AS IT WAS PEAK TRAVEL TIME.

ACCELERATED INTO THE HIGHWAY. I WAS AT 70 MPH WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE LANES WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, I COULDN'T BRAKE AND COULD HARDLY MANAGE TO KEEP MY HANDS ON THE WHEEL TO TRY AND STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ISSUE WAS DIAGNOSED AS 'DEATH WOBBLE' WHICH WAS EXPLAINED AS A SUSPENSION ISSUE. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE TRUCK ENCOUNTERS A BUMP ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION, SOMETIMES A DEATH WOBBLE (SEVERE TIRE/SUSPENSION BOUNCE) OCCURS THAT ONLY CAN BE STOPPED BY SLOWING SEVERELY. THE BOUNCE/WOBBLE IS SO SEVERE THAT YOU CAN NOT STEER OR DO ANYTHING EXCEPT HANG ON AND JAM ON THE BREAKS TO GET IT TO STOP.

THE DEATH WOBBLE ON A 2016 FORD F 350. I HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT AND I THOUGHT I HAD A BLOWN TIRE . GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND CHECKED TO SEE IF I HAD A BLOWN TIRE? NOPE PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD NO PROBLEMS! THE THE NEXT DAY HIT A POT HOLE AND SAME THING HAPPENED. HAD A SHOP REPLACE TRACK BAR BUSHING AND THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED, MIND YOU NOT TWO DAYS LATER IT OCCURRED AGAIN , NOW I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED WITH 23000ISH MILES AND THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM DID NOT TELL TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT A LIFT KIT THAT WAS INSTALLED REPLACING THE SHOCKE STEERING DAMPENER AND ADDED A DUAL STEERING STABILIZER, AFTER 800$ LATER NOTHING HAS CHANGED.