2019 F250 death wobble question

[manwitaplan]

I just bought my brand new Ford F-250 diesel truck 5 weeks ago. It has 4100 miles on it.
Yesterday getting on beltway 8 here in houston, when I hit 70 the truck shook so bad I thought the front end was gonna come off. I let off the gas and at 45mph it stopped. I was tripping out.

Is that the death wobble or something else?

Truck has 18” rims if that matters and everything is stock.


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[Chew]

Dang. I've got a 17 and haven't experienced that. I would be straight back to the dealer to get everything documented and looked at. Could be a lemon law deal if it keeps up.

[solocam_aggie]

Sure sounds like it. Sucks to hear that, especially on a new vehicle.

[JJtomball]

Mine did that and it was a bad tire.


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[Fordnandez]

Well crud........ I was hoping on the 17+ death wobble was going to be a thing of the past.

[manwitaplan]

Mine did that and it was a bad tire.


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That is what I have read so far. Seems everything goes back to the tires. Most people said don’t even deal with dealer and just put new tires on.


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[cgny27]

Man, just reading “death wobble” makes me have anxiety. Experienced that with my Wrangler a few years ago....it’s terrifying!! Good luck with the remedy!!!

[outlook8]

Man, just reading “death wobble” makes me have anxiety. Experienced that with my Wrangler a few years ago....it’s terrifying!! Good luck with the remedy!!!

X2...not a fun situation

[Backwoods101]

Well crud........ I was hoping on the 17+ death wobble was going to be a thing of the past.

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[fishman]

had it happen twice on my 2017 with the factory tires. never happened again after I put new tires on it. I think those factory Kevlar tires may be part of the problem.

[dawgkllr]

Was it a wobble or a bounce? I ask this because my 3500 Dodge Ram started doing the same thing. I had the entire front end rebuilt (140,000 miles) and it still did it. Finally changed the front shocks to Fox shocks and it seems to have cured the problem. I thought mine was wobbling but it was bouncing. Really started having the problem after putting a heavy duty Ranch hand front bumper on it.

[Texans42]

Steering stabilizer shock. Takes three mins to replace.

[Sackett]

My buddy has a 2019 and his did the same thing. He even video'd it while going down I-10 and took if straight to Autonation Ford in Katy where he bought it. The service writer had the Tech come up to watch the video and the first words our of the Techs mouth was, "Yep, thats Death Wobble". They replaced quite a few parts and he hasn't had the issue since. That was back in August.

[bbqfan5909]

Will be more than a tire now, you will need to replace ball joints and anything else damaged from "death wobble". It sucks, had a 06 cummins do this.

That is what I have read so far. Seems everything goes back to the tires. Most people said don’t even deal with dealer and just put new tires on.


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[VanX]

Lots to read up on death wobble over on another great forum; www.ford-trucks.com

Death Wobble TSB Info Requested

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1557613-death-wobble-tsb-info-requested.html

I hope I never experience on my '08 SuperDuty, but wish you luck resolving yours.