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What causes death wobble 2011 F-250?

What causes death wobble 2011 F-250?

Ford Motor Company), says the death wobble is caused by a defect linked to abnormal wear or loosening of the track bar bushing, damper bracket, ball joints, control arms, shocks or struts. This often results in Ford failing to honor the truck’s warranty through no fault of the owner.

What causes death wobble on 2012 F-250?

Ford Motor Company), the death wobble is caused by a defect linked to abnormal wear and/or loosening of the track bar bushing, damper bracket, ball joints, control arms, shocks and/or struts.

Why does my Ford F250 have death wobble?

Read our story. Our Ford F250 4×4 began to experience the ‘ death wobble ‘ at around 80,000 miles. It is a stock vehicle with no lift or big tires. After several thousand dollars in repairs and a couple of years without a fix, we finally found something that worked.

What causes a Ford Super Duty to wobble?

The Ford Super Duty class action lawsuit points to premature wear for various suspension components as the culprit for the shaking and wobbling condition, including the shocks, damper brackets, struts, control arms, and ball joints.

What finally fixed our death wobble after two years?

A set of Bilstein 5100 Series shocks fixed our death wobble problem. After two years and several thousand dollars of front end suspension repairs, nothing helped the death wobble on our F250 until we tried these. It continued after all the repairs covered below until an off road shop suggested these shocks.

What was the problem with the Dodge death wobble?

After looking back through the shop’s records, they found that a few death wobbles they had trouble solving on a few Dodges actually came down to replacing the pitman arm. They replaced this and it “seemed” to fix the problem.

Read our story. Our Ford F250 4×4 began to experience the ‘ death wobble ‘ at around 80,000 miles. It is a stock vehicle with no lift or big tires. After several thousand dollars in repairs and a couple of years without a fix, we finally found something that worked.

A set of Bilstein 5100 Series shocks fixed our death wobble problem. After two years and several thousand dollars of front end suspension repairs, nothing helped the death wobble on our F250 until we tried these. It continued after all the repairs covered below until an off road shop suggested these shocks.

After looking back through the shop’s records, they found that a few death wobbles they had trouble solving on a few Dodges actually came down to replacing the pitman arm. They replaced this and it “seemed” to fix the problem.

What should I do about my truck’s death wobble?

Took truck to shop #2 and had the ball joints (which never seemed bad) and all shocks replaced again (including stabilizer) since the truck had been taking a real beating when this would happen. Again, good for a short time, then the death wobble would happen again.

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Ruth Doyle