2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS GONE INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE FRONT END WOBBLE UPON HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEEDS OF 70-75 MPH. THE WOBBLE CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-6 SECONDS AND CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY GRADUALLY REDUCING SPEED. STEERING IS NOT FUNCTIONAL DURING THE WOBBLE. THE FIRST TWO TIMES (OCTOBER 2019) THE VEHICLE WAS TOWING A TRAILER. THE LAST TWO TIMES (DECEMBER 2020) THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY TWO PASSENGERS IN THE CAB AND A FEW PIECES OF LUGGAGE IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. IN MAY 2020 FORD INSTALLED A STEERING LINKAGE DAMPER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THAT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND FOLLOWING THE DECEMBER 2020 INCIDENTS, SUBSTANTIAL FRONT-END REPAIRS WERE REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 36K MILES ON IT.

UPON ENCOUNTERING A BUMPY SURFACE ON SOUTHBOUND I-25 NEAR CO. SPRINGS AT APPROX. 70 MPH, THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND CONTINUED TO DO SO UNTIL I HAD IT ALMOST STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED ONCE MORE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. I HAVE SINCE BEEN DRIVING IT MORE SLOWLY WITH REPEATED PROMISES BY FORD THAT THEY WILL FIX IT "ONCE THEY HAVE THE PARTS"

SEVERE CASES OF THE DEATH WOBBLE. HIT THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN THE ROAD GOING OVER 50 AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN TO 10-20 MPH. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN 3 WRECKS NOW ON THE INTERSTATE FROM THIS ISSUE. FORD TOLD ME THE STEERING STABILIZER BAR IS OR BACKORDER UNTIL MID JANUARY. I HAVE A 60K TRUCK I CAN'T DRIVE AND NOT POSITIVE THE STEERING DAMPNER WILL EVEN FIX THE ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ABOUT 75 MILES AND I HIT A BUMP AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING AND I HAD TO HOLD ON TO KEEP IT FROM GOING TO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS VERY SCARY AS I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT WITH MY FAMILY, I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF MY TRUCK AND IT ONLY HAS 24,000 MILES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ISSUE IN SUCH AN EXPENSIVE TRUCK.

WHEN HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR CROSSING A BRIDGE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IT CAUSES EXCESSIVE BOUNCING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT IN OF THE TRUCK AND IS HARD TO STEER. SOME CALL IT THE DEATH WOBBLE

I JUST RESEARCHED THE VIOLENT SHAKE OF MY FRONT END THAT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT THE VEHICLE NEXT TO ME. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH AND DROVE OVER A BUMP ON THE ROAD AND MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLE. I IMMEDIATELY STOMPED ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AS FAST AS I COULD. I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MPH BEFORE THE SHAKE STOPPED. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO HIT THE VEHICLE NEXT TO ME SINCE THE TRUCK WENT RIGHT OF CENTER. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED ME SINCE I SLOWED DOWN SO QUICKLY LIKE YOU WERE GIVING SOMEONE A BRAKE CHECK BEHIND YOU. I HAVE OWNED THIS 2017 F250 LESS THAN A MONTH. IF I KNEW ABOUT THE DEATH WOBBLE I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. I AM NOW SERIOUSLY CONCERNED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK AND NOW I CAN NOT ALLOW MY 17 YR OLD SON DRIVE IT IF NEEDED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ARE OVER 1,200 COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND FORD HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS MY 6TH FORD TRUCK BUT FIRST F250 AND MY LAST. I WILL MOST LIKELY GO TO GMC OR DODGE FOR A 2500 SERIES TRUCK. I TRAVEL FOR WORK AND THIS PROBLEM REALLY WORRIES ME TO DRIVE AT 70/75 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE AT THE HIGHER SPEEDS IT IS A GOOD CHANCE LOSS OF CONTROL WILL HAPPEN IF THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS. THESE TRUCKS COST A LOT OF MONEY AND NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO DRIVE A UNSAFE VEHICLE. IF I COULD JOIN THE JOINT LAW SUIT AGAINST FORD I WOULD. MAYBE ANOTHER GROUP OF F250 & F350 OWNERS CAN START A CLASS ACTION SUIT AS WELL AGAINST FORD. IT WILL BE A VERY SAD DAY WHEN WE ALL FIND OUT A DEATH HAS OCCURRED AND COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH A RECALL. IF YOU GOOGLE DEATH WOBBLE YOU WILL NOT PURCHASE A F250 OR F350. I REALLY HOPE FORD TAKES CARE OF THIS SINCE I REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF THE TRUCK.

VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END OF TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL. 58,000 MILES ON F250. HAPPENS WHEN TRUCK HITS POTHOLE OR ROUGH BRIDGE JOINT AT SPEEDS OVER 50. THE DEATH WOBBLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND CROSSING UNTO A BRIDGE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND VIBRATE. AFTER STOPPING TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, NO DEFECTS OR PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER COGGIN FORD LOCATED AT 2655 N. VOLUSIA AVE, ORANGE CITY, FL 32763 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

ON OR ABOUT 30 NOV 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 445PM I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 28 EAST BOUND TRAVELING AT 65 MPH BY MYSELF, WHEN MY FRONT END BEGAN TO VIGOROUSLY SHAKE, I FIRST THOUGHT IT MIGHT OF HAD A FLAT TIRE..IT WAS HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE BUT SLOWED DOWN AND LET COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS BUT IT STOPPED. ON 4TH DECEMBER WHILE TAKING MY 2 KIDS TO THE ROLLER SKATING RINK, MY FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY AGAIN, THIS TIME I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, LIKE THE FIRST TIME I WAS TRAVELING..I WAS GOING ABOUT 60 MPH. I CONTACTED BENOIT FORD WHERE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND I'M SCHEDULED TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT ON 7 DECEMBER 2020.

SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION FAILURE AFTER HAVING TSB 19-2392 20TH DECEMBER 2019 EXECUTED 1 YEAR AGO. SO JUST 1 YEAR LATER THE EXACT SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY AT A SPEED OF 73 MPH, DRIVING STRAIGHT, AND AFTER HITTING SOME ROAD RUFFAGE WITH THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. SOME LOSS OF STEERING; ONCE BRAKING SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO 45 MPH PROBLEM CLEARED. HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO FORD AS OF YET; BUT PLANNING ON CALLING THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO DISCUSS. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 20N04 & TSB 19-2392 STATES THIS IS A ONE-TIME REPAIR; WELL THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. VERY DANGEROUS ON THE FREEWAY AT 73 MPH!!