2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TRAVELING AT AROUND 75 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON THE INTERSTATE, I HIT A BUMP THEN THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL WILL BEGIN TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 50 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED.

DEATH WOBBLE STARTED AT 13K MILES. DEALERSHIP CHANGED VARIOUS PARTS IN FRONT END AND FIXED THE PROBLEM. AT 21K DEATH WOBBLE WAS BACK. DEALERSHIP CHANGED STEERING DAMPER. PROBLEM WAS FIXED. 33K ITS BACK. THE DAMPER IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE TRUCK. ONCE THE DAMPER IS WORN, DEATH WOBBLE HAPPENS AT SPEEDS OVER 45MPH WHEN TRUCK ITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD. UNCONTROLABLE FRONT END SHAKING FORCES DRIVER TO SLAM ON BRAKES UNTIL ABOUT 25MPH WHEN SHAKING STOPS. THIS IS TERRIFYING AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THIS IS ALL OVER THE WEB. I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON EXPERIENCING THIS. PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I AM PETRIFIED TO TAKE THE TRUCK BACK OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALERSHIP WONT FIX IT UNTIL THEY EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM, BUT WONT DRIVE THE TRUCK LONG ENOUGH. WHAT THEY FIXED TWICE, CLEARLY IS NOT SUFFICIENT AND IT HAS GONE AGAIN. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT OR KILLED IF FORD DON'T FIX THIS. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD, OR ABUSED IN ANY WAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED RIGHT AND LEFT. THE CONTACT ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEACON JONES FORD-LINCOLN, INC. (919-736-3387, LOCATED AT 3301 MCLAIN ST, GOLDSBORO, NC 27534) WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A KNOWN OCCURRENCE, BUT THERE WAS NEITHER A RECALL NOR A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000.

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN I45 AT 70MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK STARTED TO WOBBLE REALLY BAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO WOBBLE BAD ALSO. IT WAS HARD TO HOLD ON TOO. I SLOWED DOWN AND GOT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RODE , AT ABOUT 30 MPH IT QUIT WOBBLING AND I PROCEEDED ON. SOON AFTER I WAS GOING ABOUT 65 MPH AND IT STARTED WOBBLING AGAIN. I SLOWED DOWN AS I DID BEFORE AND IT STOPPED WOBBLING AGAIN AROUND 30MPH. I PARKED WHEN I GOT HOME. I WENT TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND IT STARTED WOBBLING AGAIN. EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, IT WOBBLES NOW. I HAVE CALLED DEALERSHIP AND WILL BE TAKING T IN 6 DAYS FROM TODAY. THEY COULD NOT FIT ME IN UNTIL THEN.

DRIVING AT LEAGAL HIGHWAY SPEED OF 75 ON US I30 IN SULPHUR SPRINGS TEXAS ON 11/11/2018. HIT A BUMP ON ROAD AND VEHICLES FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT AS I STRUGGLED TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL. ONCE I SLOWED TO 45 SHAKE WENT AWAY. HAPPENED AGAIN 15 LATER UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. CLASSIC DEATH WOBBLE

THE TRUCKS STEERING SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER UNEVEN, EXPANSION JOINT, BUMPS, ETC IN THE ROAD. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE SHAKING IS SO VIOLENT YOU CAN SWERVE INTO OTHER LANES OF TRAFFIC AND THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES IT STOP IS SLOWING DOWN TO ABOUT 40 MPH OR UNDER. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO HITTING OTHER VEHICLES, THANKFULLY THEY WERE ABLE TO SWERVE TO AVOID ME AS I HAVE VIRTUALLY NO CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AT THAT POINT.

FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY DEATHWOBBLE AT 1500 MILES..... GOOGLE THE PROBLEM IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AT AN EXPONENTIAL RATE. FORD DOESN'T SEEM VERY MOTIVATED IN FIXING THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE A NATIONAL RECALL

FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS ON PAVED ROADWAY WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH. THE WORST OCCURENCES WERE WHEN TOWING A 5TH WHEEL CAMPER. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD AND GET DOWN BELOW 45 MPH TO GAIN CONTROL. EACH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED HAS BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE (I-95, I-40, I-75). THIS IS DANGEROUS ANYTIME AND PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN IN TRAFFIC. I CONTACTED TWO FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. LOCAL FORD TRUCK SHOP HAS HAD PARTS ON ORDER FOR COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I WILL PUT THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR THE REPAIRS. I AM UNABLE TO UPLOAD IT, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS (MP4 FORMAT) THAT WERE TAKEN IN THE CAB DURING A TWO INSTANCES. THESE SHOW THE MAGNITUDE OF THE VIBRATIONS. THE DATE OF OCCURENCE BELOW WAS ONE OF 3 DIFFERENT DAYS. OTHER DATES WERE 15 AND 18 OCT 2018.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE BUMP CAN BE AS MINOR AS A CRACK IN THE PAVEMENT OR EXPANSION JOINT. LARGER BUMPS ON ROUGH ROADS ARE WORSE. THE SHAKING IS SO SEVERE THAT STEERING IS IMPACTED AND SLOWING TO WELL BELOW HIGHWAY SPEED IS REQUIRED TO STOP THE WOBBLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE A VIDEO, BUT UPLOAD NOT ALLOWED BY YOUR SYSTEM.

TRAVELING AT 65MPH ENCOUNTERED A BUMP ON A INTERSTATE 4 LANE HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IMMEDIATE ACTION ON MY BEHALF SAVED A NEAR ACCIDENT FULL APPLICATION OF MY BRAKES STOPPED THIS DEATH WOBBLE !