2019 Ford F-250 SD problems
Owners have filed 1,938 complaints about the 2019 Ford F-250 SD with NHTSA. Steering accounts for 40% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of suspension at 35%.
Complaints1,938
Crashes25
Fires16
Injuries23
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Steering 40.0% · 775
Suspension 35.0% · 678
Unknown or other 5.8% · 112
Wheels 4.5% · 87
Power train 2.3% · 45
Electrical system 1.7% · 33
Back over prevention 1.6% · 31
Fuel/propulsion system 1.5% · 30
Severity
Of those complaints, 25 describe a crash, 16 describe a fire and 23 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 18 model years of the Ford F-250 SD in this data, 2019 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings have fallen off, 204 in the last three years against 883 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 20,000 miles.
In owners' own words
After going over bump in the road truck starts bouncing uncontrollable, like the left tire in bouncing like a basketball to a point of almost losing control, until i can slow down to a stop ,then when I speed back up it stops. I have only experienced this two times both in the last month the truck has about 32000 miles. I have taken it to dealership for maintenance but I don't think they really know what's going on. Steering
Hitting a bump while driving at freeway speed will result in an uncontrollable shake of the truck that sometime force the truck to move from lane to lane. The shake will continue until the truck slow down to about 20 MPH. The dealer has the truck for 2 weeks but they could not find any issue and return the truck back without any repair and stated that the truck is safe to drive. They refuse to do the test drive. Steering
When there is a change in pavement or bump in the road, at high rates of speed, the vehicle begins violently shaking and is almost impossible to control. I've since searched the internet and this is referred to as a "death wobble." This has happened at 55 mph and at 80 mph. Front of vehicle always seems to "float" when there is a change in pavement or bump in the road, regardless of whether the death wobble occurs. Steering · reported at 22,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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