1. Ford F-350
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  3. 2016
  4. Suspension

2016 Ford F-350 Suspension Problems

16
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.

What owners report

  • death wobble · 9 records
  • steering wheel · 6 records
  • violent shaking · 4 records
  • highway speeds · 4 records
  • miles hour · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi6
30–60k mi4
60–100k mi3
100–150k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 23, 2019 · 44,000 miles

    Steering · Suspension

    Extremely violent shaking of steering wheel and truck. Also known as the death wobble. This happens at highway speeds and is in predictable when it will do it.

    ODI 11306914

  • November 17, 2019 · 130,000 miles

    Steering · Suspension

    Ford death wobble, defect in front steering damping shock causes truck to severely start shaking when 1 wheel hits ripple in road. You cant stop the violent shaking of truck without almost stopping truck. It shakes entire truck. Happens on highways with ripples in pavement or uneven pavement at speeds around 60 mph or higher. Ford will not do anything about it. Dealership puts after market dual steering stabilizer…

    ODI 11286275

  • October 14, 2019 · 112,038 miles

    Suspension

    Driving at highway speeds hitting bumps or uneven pavement, uncontrollable, violent steering wheel shaking occurred . Ford dealership said a shock was loose and tightened. A few weeks later it happened again. Ford dealer does all my service work. They did not recommend any front end work, said it looked good.

    ODI 11268241

  • September 18, 2019 · 68,800 miles

    Suspension

    I was driving the vehicle straight at about 60 mph on a highway when the vehicle start to shake roughly in an oscillating style, apparently known as the "death wobble". Maintaining control of the vehicle was extremely difficult and required a considerable amount of force to keep the vehicle straight and not crashing into other cars or highway walls. The only way to stop this was to slam on the brakes and bring the…

    ODI 11256543

  • August 22, 2019 · 89,000 miles

    Steering · Suspension

    I am experiencing a profound "death wobble" in the front end. When driving on the highway and going over uneven pavement, an uncontrollable death wobble occurs and the whole front end shakes violently (causing the tires to skip on the pavement surface-loosing traction) and this "rhythm" cannot be controlled until the speed is brought below 25 miles an hour. This is especially dangerous in a curve in the road. It…

    ODI 11252164

  • August 21, 2019 · 44,600 miles

    Steering · Suspension

    While traveling freeway speed, hitting a bump on the road causes an uncontrollable shake in the front end and causes the truck to go towards the left, that only goes away after hitting the brakes and slowing down 10-15 mph. A representative from ford calls it the "death wobble." i had the truck into ford before the warranty expired and they replaced a steering stabilizer shock, but the problem never went away…

    ODI 11254268

  • August 9, 2019 · 62,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Steering · Suspension

    My 2016 f 350 has the death wobble took it to dealership they repaired the alignment stabilizer arm and let me go and got on the interstate10 headed to houston got speed up 75 mph and hit bump and almost lost control of the truck,18 wheeler almost run me over; it scared so bad i have a pacemaker i thought i was having a heart attack!!

    ODI 11243322

  • June 17, 2019 · 240 miles

    Steering · Suspension · Wheels

    There is an uncontrollable shaking at 60 miles an hour or higher, after investigation it seems that there are hundreds of cases, the shaking has been called " the death wobble" dealerships don't seem to know whats going on and ford not giving any good solutions. This cant be seen with pictures there is hundreds of videos in youtube about this issue.

    ODI 11220726

  • April 19, 2019 · 46,700 miles

    Suspension

    While in motion at highway speeds, traveling in a straight line, the vehicle shakes violently to the point of almost losing control. The shaking begins when the vehicle drives over a seam, bump, or hole in the road when at highway speeds. It causes the steering wheel to whip back and forth at a high rate of speed almost like a motorcycle when the handle bars whip back and forth (tank slapper). It is not always in…

    ODI 11210413

  • October 19, 2018 · 29,500 miles

    Steering · Suspension · Unknown Or Other

    I experienced death wobble while driving approximately 70mph after hitting a rough patch of straight road on the highway. Extremely violently shaking! I ended up in the shoulder of the road. I could not control the truck until i got to a near complete stop. There was a total loss of control. Miraculously avoided a wreck on the highway.

    ODI 11141615

  • October 18, 2018 · 29,947 miles

    Steering · Suspension

    2016 ford f350 powerstroke (29,947 miles), while traveling down smooth interstate pulling 5th wheel camper when speedometer gets to 61mph the steering wheel begins to vibrate. When speed is 62-63mph the entire truck begins to violently bounce causing near loss of control. The "wobble" was so severe while reducing speeds the truck was bouncing all over the highway lanes, fortunately tractor trailer drivers were alert…

    ODI 11141310

  • October 8, 2018 · 25,300 miles

    Power Train · Steering · Suspension

    October 8, 2018 at 3:45 pm heading north bound on us highway 55 at mile marker 191.8 towing a fifth wheel rv, hit rough pavement which caused uncontrollable oscillation of the steering wheel and violent shaking of the entire vehicle. You must slow the vehicle to under under 10 miles an hour to regain control. This same type of situation happen on august 4, 2018, which i returned the vehicle to the ford dealer who…

    ODI 11139661

  • August 4, 2018 · 21,000 miles

    Power Train · Steering · Suspension

    Uncontrollable steering after driving over expansion joints on the highways or rough roads or streets. Once you drive over these areas, the steering wheel begins to violently shake to the left then the right. The truck is shaking violently and makes it difficult to control the vehicle. You must slow down to almost a stop to stop the violent shaking and regain control of your truck. This has happen two times in a row…

    ODI 11118798

  • August 18, 2017 · 38,513 miles

    Steering · Suspension

    Hit a bump at 55 mph on highway and the front end began to violently wobble/shimmy. Vehicle is uncontrollable until slowing to minimal speed. Vehicle was taken to the dealership at 38k miles and told there was nothing wrong, keep tire pressure monitored constantly. Monitored pressure and vehicle began repeating this phenomenon at 58k. Paid $3169.63 for repairs however, violent episodes continued. 100k miles the…

    ODI 11222680

  • January 14, 2017 · 1,200 miles

    Service Brakes · Steering · Suspension

    Vehicle bounces very dangerously causing vehicle to swerve into other lane. Pot holes shake vehicle into other lanes. Brakes do not hold well during shaking. Myself inside shake very heavily as well feeling like a bobble head. Steering becomes very difficult while shaking. It is so bad speaking is difficult during the shake. This happens at any speed above 55mph. This occurs most on highways but also on city streets.

    ODI 10945404

  • June 13, 2016

    Power Train · Suspension

    While driving at 60 to 70 miles per hour you get a slight shimmy in the back end. As you progress the shake gets worse. The ford shop where i live has a rush in rush out work ethic, they don't listen to the one paying the bills. I have tried several shops to find the problem, no results. *tr

    ODI 10928660