2018 Ford F-250 Steering Problems
- 100
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 100 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- death wobble · 56 records
- steering wheel · 27 records
- slow down · 19 records
- violent shaking · 14 records
- shake violently · 12 records
- highway speeds · 8 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 65 |
| 30–60k mi | 32 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Steering · Suspension
Uncontrolled severe vibration and violent shaking of entire vehicle. Seems to be initiated by uneven spots in pavement at speeds above 40-50 mph or so. Otherwise known as the "super duty wobble", a well known and documented issue since the introduction of the super duty line of ford pickup trucks in approximately 1998 or 1999. I have previously owned 1999 and 2006 f-350 super duty pickup trucks which experienced the…
ODI 11297775
Steering
When driving down the road mainly at highway speeds once in a while when i hit a bump in the road the truck will begin to shake violently and cause me to almost lose control. I have to fight the wheel and pull off the road and come to a stop to get the shaking to stop. This has happened to me twice now.
ODI 11287687
Steering
It called the death wobble. While driving home from iowa on december 3rd. I hit a bump in the road doing 70 mph. The wheels and steering started vibrating so bad it became uncontrollable. I hit the brakes and pulled off the side of the interstate. While pulled over a semi truck hit the rear of my camper totalling it. I was able to drive back to missouri with camper. The death wobble happened twice. After the second…
Crash reported
ODI 11289748
Steering · Suspension · Unknown Or Other
Purchased vehicle in 06/2018. Contacted spike's ford around 11/25/2019. Advised service department that vehicle would go into a death wobble every time it hit a bump as i was driving on the highway. The truck would shake and bounce uncontrollably. It could only be stopped by braking to bring down the speed. This could cause a injury or death to myself or others on the road. There are defects in the steering damper.…
ODI 11302579
Steering · Suspension
While traveling on i-74 at 70mph we hit a road expansion joint (slight bump) on a bridge and the truck began to shake and wobble to the point i almost lost control and hit the bridge railing, i hit my brakes to try and control the vehicle when i was almost hit by a semi truck. I pulled off the interstate and stopped. I could find nothing wrong and continued on and again when i was doing 65mph i almost lost control…
ODI 11282486
Steering
When driving at speeds between 45 and 65 the steering wheel will start shaking side to side violently. I have had the truck for about a month and it has happened 4 times. It shakes so bad you almost lose control. The only way to get it to stop is to slow way down, to approximately 15 mph or stop completely. This is pretty convenient when your on the interstate. Ford needs to offer a repair before someone dies!
ODI 11281875
Steering · Suspension
When driving at speeds of more than about 30 mph, and hit a bump, the trucks steering starts to shake violently. It is very difficult to maintain your lane when this is happening. In addition the brakes have to be applied rather rapidly to stop the wheels from shaking. The truck has 22,000 miles on it with no modifications.
ODI 11280547
Steering
Experience death wobble in front end at 34,000 anytime while driving on a rough road.
ODI 11281624
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
1st incident 2/10/2019, when the vehicle hit a bump in road the truck steering would shake and cause vehicle to bounce to the right uncontrollable, vehicle in shop 2/12/19 to replace steering strut. Vehicle mileage 10,699 on 11/15/2019 a trip from md to ky, travel approximately 72 mph and about 5 hours in trip, the vehicle hit a small bump in road on highway 79, the vehicle front began to shake violently and pull…
ODI 11282604
Steering · Suspension
At 12pm 11/14/2019, my truck began to shake violently at 70 mph after hitting a bump at a bridge junction. Scared me badly and i immediately decelerated and the violent shaking stopped at about 40 mph. I didn't know if i blew a tire, hit something, the engine was about to fall out of the truck or what! I did some research online and found that my truck had what is known as the "death wobble". Today the exact same…
ODI 11280357
Steering · Suspension
I'm am reporting the famous death wobble. When i talked to my for rep he said it was a known problem but ford has not done anything to fix it. This happened at 55 mph and was so extreme i thought my vehicle's wheels were going to fall off. Fortunately i was able to get off the road safely but this is a huge problem that is all i've got forums. Please help ford fix this problem.
ODI 11279981
Steering
This truck had death wobble at 17k miles, ford replaced the steering stabilizer, wobble is back at 40k miles and we have to buy another stabilizer out of pocket. This is one of several 17-19 f250s we own that has had death wobble. Ford needs to step up with the recall.
ODI 11281743
Steering
Truck develops serious wobble in the front end/steering and only way to correct is to slow down 15 mph or more. This has happened on 3 occasions and i took it to the local dealer and they said the steering damper was bad and replaced it. It has happened twice since that time. The vehicle is in stock condition, save for the replacement steering damper (which i assume is oem since it was done at the ford dealership)…
ODI 11279180
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
This submission is the second notice of "death wobble' on my 2018 ford f-250 truck. The truck had less then 14,000 miles on it. It occurred on november 9, 2019. I was merging into traffic on an interstate highway at about 65-70 mph and crossed a bridge joint which caused the front wheels and steering wheel to shake violently. I slowed the vehicle and was almost rear-ended by a 18 wheel semi-truck that couldn't…
ODI 11291868
Steering · Suspension · Unknown Or Other
I hit a rough patch of road at 55 mph on a 2 lane and the steering wheel was jerked out of my hands and the truck violently started shaking and bouncing veering into oncoming traffic pulling left towards a semi. I hit the brakes and turned the wheel to the right as hard as i could only turning right slightly enough to miss the truck. I pulled over and inspected the wheels and everything looked fine. I drove away…
ODI 11279069
Steering
When you hit a bump at highway speeds the front of the truck stats shaking like crazy and you have to slow down to stop it from happening. Very dangerous and was lucky ot to have been i an accident.
ODI 11280232
Steering · Suspension
While driving on the interstate running 68 mph i crossed a straight bridge and encountered a severe vibration/loss of control coming from my front suspension. After hitting a slight bump at the beginning of the bridge the vibration was so severe and would not stop until i slowed the truck to 20mph. I was forced to use both lanes to slow the truck down without wrecking. This seems to be a common condition that some…
ODI 11278743
Steering
Moving on i-25 near fort carson, co on nov 3rd at approximately 70mph. Experienced violent shaking in steering wheel severally effecting control of truck. Was able to slow, and check vehicle for suspected flat tire. Found no issues, proceeded with caution back up to highway speed, experienced it again. Proceeded to home at 50mph, have not driven it on highway since. Ford dealership says i need a new steering…
ODI 11289326
Steering · Suspension
While traveling around 45 to 50 mph on a two lane road going around a slight curve to the left the truck hit a rough patch in the road and the front wheels started oscillating up and down causing me to lose any control of the steering wheel. I could barely hold on to the steering wheel because it was shaking so violently until i had slowed almost to a stop. I then pulled off the road and examined the front end of…
ODI 11278415
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
Ford f250 lariat 2018 has death wobble at highway speeds between 50 and 80 mph very unsafe scares the bjesus out of me n my family bought it to pull a trailer behind it . Donot want do do that in fear of someone getting severly injuried or worse!! Its been to ford dealership they want to put a bandage on it for $800.00 with no guarantee to fix the problem!! They taught their employees well deny deny deny. What a…
ODI 11283057
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
A residual vibration after hitting a bump started in feb 2019 at 8.6k miles. Dealership replaced damper assembly. All good for a while then vibration with hitting a bump started again in oct 2019 at 25k miles. On 11/2/19 at 26k miles at 70 mph experienced severe/violent shaking in the steering wheel and had to slam on brakes to stop it and bring truck under control. The ford dealership replaced the damper assembly…
ODI 11289995
Steering · Suspension
Truck has 16,000 miles on it. Purchased new from dealer. Within 1,000 miles experienced random front end shake, was occasional on rough road. Recently it occurred in one weekend 6 times. All on different interstate roads between pennsylvania and new jersey. Shook so hard and violently both fog lights cracked on the truck including one of the fog light mounts. Happens on any road. Happens any speed above 45mph.…
ODI 11282732
Steering · Suspension
On 7 occasions my 2018 f250 has had severe death wobble. As low as 40mph up to 75 mph it has only 32000 miles when this first occurred it has been to the ford dealer 4x for this issue and they have done their so called repairs and it still does it
ODI 11287070
Steering
While driving at 65 mph i encountered a pot-hole and my steering wheel begin to shake violently! I was unable to steer the truck and crossed three lanes before i could get stopped. Fortunately i did not hit another vehicle or the barrier in the median. I reported the issue to west point ford, in west point va, and took the truck to them. They returned the truck to me a few days later claiming that they could not…
ODI 11270161
Steering · Suspension · Wheels
Hit very small bump on the highway and went into an extremely violent shaking and off-balance feeling pulled over to the side of the road that i had a flat tire went down the road and it happened again both instances happened at speeds between 55 and 70 mph
ODI 11269507