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2019 Ford F-350 SD Brakes Problems

Complaints
9about this part
Share
2%of 467 total for the year
Median mileage
15,600miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 9 complaints about the brakes of the 2019 Ford F-350 SD, 2% of the 467 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 15,600 miles.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I was driving home late one night from work, running about 55-60 and the steering wheel and truck started violently shaking and got worse as I tried to apply brakes. It caused me to run off the side of the road into a farm field(luckily no damage)! So I shut the truck off and checked everything, I thought a wheel was falling off or something but everything was good, so I slowly drove home and would start to feel the steering wheel shake when I would apply brakes but nothing like before.”

NHTSA complaint #11338398, filed 2020-07, 18,000 miles

“During speeds 50 MPH or above the front of truck will shake violently losing control of steer and breaking. It only takes the edge of a cement transition between regular road and bridge or some basic rough spots to start the violent shaking. During speeds between 35 and 50 after driving over rough road front will shimmy and smoothout. I have had 3 near misses with other vehicles due to the extreme and violent shaking. Yesterday was a near miss with a semi-truck, and did not gain control until after crossing over three lanes of I-435 traffic outside of kansas city. …”

NHTSA complaint #11287932, filed 2019-12, 36,400 miles

“The truck violently shaked out of control while traveling between 50 and 70 miles per hour after hitting various rough road conditions on the freeway. Everything from expansion joints to small potholes. The dealer changed the steering stabilizer to the updated model, but the truck still shakes while going over these road conditions, but does not wobble out of control. Death wobble truck began this vibration at 10,000 miles, and the wobble took place three times beginning at 13,000.”

NHTSA complaint #11317456, filed 2020-03, 10,000 miles

“On 4 separate occasions while driving my truck under 60 mph, the truck started shaking violently. The steering froze and the complete chassis, frame and body shook and felt like it was falling apart. It only subsided when I decelerated below 30 mph.”

NHTSA complaint #11489092, filed 2022-10

“The trailer brake controller randomly says trailer disconnected and will not apply the trailer brakes, but you can manually operate the brakes from the controller and they work fine, I have replaced every thing on the trailer brakes,wires,7pin plug, and I keep getting the same fault randomly( trailer disconnected). Ford tells me the unit is fine, Well it is not, I have pulled the trailer with a chevy and a dodge and the brakes work as they should. It happens everything I use it and after doing a Google search, seems there many others with the same problem”

NHTSA complaint #11519537, filed 2023-04

Related service bulletins

Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202517%
202449%
202325%
20221211%
202144%
202074%
201992%
201831%
2017102%
201652%
201563%
2014114%
2013111%
201213%
201137%
201012%
2009316%
20081010%
200714%
200643%
20052311%
200465%
200375%
200254%
2001106%
20001510%
19992014%

Other parts of the 2019 Ford F-350 SD

Steering
266 complaints
Suspension
227 complaints
Other or unknown
44 complaints
Wheels
40 complaints
Body and structure
23 complaints
Fuel system
22 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
20 complaints
Engine
18 complaints
Electrical system
16 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
13 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
9 complaints
Latches, locks and linkages
8 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2019 Ford F-350 SD

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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