2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DIESEL FUEL SPRAYING OUT CONTINUOUSLY WHILE DRIVING - FUEL FILTER HOUSING CRACK DETECTED. HAD TO PARK AND THEN PUT IN SHOP - DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED FUEL FILTER HOUSING WAS CRACKED. PLANET FORD IN SPRING, TX IS THE DEALERSHIP.

FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS/PITS IN THE PAVED ROADWAY AT 40+ MPH. THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS OCCUR. WHEN IT DOES, I MUST IMMEDIATELY BRAKE TO SLOW THE TRUCK TO 20MPH OR LESS TO REGAIN CONTROL. TODAY WAS THE WORST OCCURRENCE - COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL AND SWERVED OVER BOTH ADJACENT LANES BEFORE RECOVERING. WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. NO TRAFFIC NEAR, SO NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WHEN DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, TRUCK STEERING WHEEL CANNOT BE HELD FIRM DUE TO REACTION TO THE EXPANSION JOINT AND THE STEERING. ALL THESE HAVE OCCURRED ON BOTH PAVED COUNTY ROADS, STATE HIGHWAYS, AND INTERSTATES AND DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A "DEATH WOBBLE" WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER 70 MPH, IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER (GALPIN FORD, 15505 ROSCOE BLVD, NORTH HILLS, CA 91343, 1-(818) 787-3800) KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR MONTHS, BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A LOANER VEHICLE OPTION DURING THAT TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING ON THEIR RESPONSE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TAILGATE HAS BEEN OPENING ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED AND THE TAILGATE DROPPED WHILE DRIVING AND THE TAILGATE AND TRAILER WERE DAMAGED. NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO OPEN ON ITS OWN. KEY FOB WAS ON THE DASH WHEN THIS HAPPENED SO COULDN'T OF BEEN PUSHED ON ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY. DAMAGE OCCURED WHEN TURNING, THE TAILGATE CAUGHT THE CARGO DOOR(S) OF THE ATTACHED FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILER.

POWER TAILGATE IS COMING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. TAILGATE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO IT COMING OPEN WHILE TOWING A TRAILER. TAILGATE HAS OPENED ON TWO OCCASIONS AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT BOTH TIMES. BOTH TIMES THE TAILGATE HAS COME OPEN IT HAS BEEN WHILE THERE WAS A TRAILER CONNECTED. ONCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE OTHER WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS 05/22/2018 AND THE SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS 10/08/2018.

10/19/2018, AT 54 MPH, ON A SMOOTH, 4 LANE FREEWAY AT 4:30 AM, MY TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING AND VIBRATING VIOLENTLY AS THOUGH I WAS DRIVING ON A ROLLING FLAT TIRE. I IMMEDIATELY LET OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN AS QUICKLY AS I COULD WITHOUT BRAKING; ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT TO STEER, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO INSPECT IT. I COULD NOT DETERMINE THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK OR ANY EVIDENCE I UNKNOWINGLY RAN OVER SOMETHING. LATER THAT MORNING, CALLED 3 FORD DEALERSHIPS TO SEE IF I COULD GET MY TRUCK IN FOR INSPECTION, WHICH ALL 3 TOLD ME THIS ISSUE IS KNOW AS THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK COULDN'T BE SEEN UNTIL THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL TIRE SHOP WHOM I HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH ALL MY FLEET TRUCKS AND TRUST THEIR EXPERIENCE IN SUSPENSION, TIRE, BRAKE AND SHOCK SERVICES. THE MANAGER TOLD ME THE SAME THING ABOUT THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. HE SAID HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS LOOSE, BROKEN AND THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS CORRECT. THAT ALL CHECKED OUT FINE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, I LEARNED THAT THIS IS COMMON FOR THE SUPER DUTY TRUCKS AND APPARENTLY FORD IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO CORRECT IT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I HOPE THAT THE NHTSA TAKES THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY AND BECOMES INVOLVED IN THE REMEDY OF THIS PROBLEM.

MY 2017 FORD SD F-250 TAILGATE HAS OPENED BY ITSELF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. SEVERAL TIMES LAST YEAR BOTH STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE THIS YEAR WHILE STATIONARY. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT HAPPEN IN REAL TIME ONLY AFTER IT HAS HAPPENED. IN 2017 ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND PASSING CARS POINTED TO MY TAILGATE. THIS YEAR 2018 THE TRUCK WAS PARKED AT WORK FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WHEN I WALKED TO IT THE TAIL GATE WAS WIDE OPEN. THE KEY FOB IS ALWAYS IN MY FRONT PANTS POCKET.

TWICE NOW I'VE HAD THE TAILGATE OF MY TRUCK (LARIAT) HAS OPENED ON ITS OWN. I'M UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE FAULT SO I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT IN YET, BUT BOTH OPENINGS WERE UNEXPECTED.

POWER TAILGATES OPENING SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY INPUT. IT HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. IT POSES A POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE OF CARGO FLYING OUT OF THE TRUCK BED. IF RV OR TRAILER IS ATTACHED, CONTROL-ABILITY OF TRAILER MAY BE IMPEDED.

I RECENTLY PARKED MY TT AT OUR NEW RV CAMPGROUND. WHILE BACKING IT UP THE GATE OPENED RANDOMLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AND DENTED THE TOP OF MY TAILGATE. EXTREMELY UPSET I NEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A HARD CASE TO SUBMIT TO WARRANTY FOR THEM TO BELIEVE THAT IT WASN'T USER ERROR. A FEW DAYS LATER I LEFT WORK AND DROVE 20 MILES DOWN THE HIGHWAY ONLY TO GET TO WHERE I WAS GOING AND GET OUT OF MY TRUCK TO SEE THE TAILGATE DOWN WITH A FULL PROPANE TANK IN THE BACK AN A $1000 WORTH OF FISHING POLES. TODAY I TOOK MY WIFE TO LUNCH AND WHEN WE PARKED AND GOT OUT THE GATE WAS DOWN AGAIN. WE ATE WENT A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD, SHOPPED AND UNLOCKED THE DOORS USING THE FOB AND THE GATE DROPPED. THAT'S TWICE IN ONE DAY. IT WAS GETTING WORSE. SHORTLY AFTER, I GOT A LAST MINUTE CALL TO MOVE MY TT DUE TO RISING WATERS HERE IN BUCHANAN AT THE RV PARK AND WHILE I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE GATE OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE THE DOORS WERE UNLOCKED. SO I GOT OUT MY CAMERA AND CLOSED THE GATE. WITHIN 20 SECONDS IT OPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I VIDEO TAPED IT AND TEXTED THE VIDEO TO MY FORD WARRANTY REP. I RUSHED MY TRUCK TO COVERT FORD AND BY GODS GOOD GRACE THE TAILGATE OPENED REPEATEDLY IN FRONT OF EVERY FORD REP WORKING. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY FIND. MY TRUCK IS A 2017 F250 LARIAT ULTIMATE. I HAVE A VIDEO BUT IT IS 9.63MB. EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT IT.