2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, TIRES AND STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. 'DEATH WOBBLE'

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE SPEED WAS REDUCED, AND THE SHAKING WAS ELIMINATED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING TO HIS DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STERLING FORD (5524 INTERSTATE 49 FRONTAGE RD, OPELOUSAS, LA 70570, (337) 942-2686) PREVIOUSLY, WHERE THE FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,500.

WE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT WAS REPAIRED, AND TRUCK WORKED OK FOR 40,000 MILES. THEN THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPENED AGAIN. WE HAD THE TRUCK REPAIRED AGAIN. IS THERE NO PERMANENT FIX FOR THE DEATH WOBBLE? THIS IS EXPENSIVE AND FRIGHTENING. THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPENS WHILE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.

TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND YOU HIT A BRIDGE SEPARATOR OR A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 25MPH TO GET CONTROL BACK. FORD HAS REPAIRED IT 3 TIMES WITH A NEW STEERING DAMPENER IN 6 MONTHS TIME. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK FASTER THAN 45 MPH FOR FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHACKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE TRUCK. I HAD THIS ISSUE PRESENT ITSELF OVER 6 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING IT IN SEPT. 2016. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK BRAND NEW FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP. FIRST AND SECOND INSTANCE WERE IN LATE 2017WITH LESS APPROXIMATELY 18K MILES. ALL INSTANCES HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO SHAKE AND THEN CONTINUES TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND THE ENTIRE CAB IS SHAKING. LOSE OF STEERING CONTROL. ONLY STOPPED AFTER FORCIBLY SLOWING DOWN TRUCK TO BELOW 25 MILE PER HOUR CAUSING POSSIBLE COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLES OR BARRIERS. HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP AFTER THE SECOND INSTANCE AND THEY SAY FORD IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE ISSUE AND COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. IN MAY OF 2020, THE DEALER DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR WAS AN ISSUE AND THEY REPLACED STEERING DAMPER UNDER WARRANTY BUT AFTER 4 MONTHS THE ISSUE CAME BACK MORE VIOLENTLY THAN BEFORE. ON OCT. 28TH, 2020, IT OCCURRED 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING WITHIN A 40 MILE DISTANCE. THIS TIME THE TRUCK SHOULD SO VIOLENTLY I HAD TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE INTERSTATE TO MAKE IT STOP SHACKING. ROAD WERE WET AND AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE TRUCK ANYMORE WHILE THIS ISSUE PRESENT. I HAVE RE-CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND MENTIONED THE ISSUE AND SERVICE THEY PERFORMED BACK IN MAY, THEY DID NOT RETURN CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.

I WAS DRIVING FROM TWENTY-NINE PALMS CA. TO LAS VEGAS NV. ON THE MORNING OF THE 27TH OF OCTOBER 2020 AT ABOUT 0530 IN THE MORNING IT WAS VERY DARK OUTSIDE. I WAS ON A 2 LANE ROAD. WHILE DRIVING ALONG ON AMBOY ROAD, WHICH RUNS THRU THE DESERT, AT 55 MPH I DROVE OVER SOME ROUGH PAVEMENT AND MY RIGHT SIDE FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE GAS WHILE LIGHTLY TOUCHING THE BRAKE AND LETTING TRUCK SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN. AFTER IT STOPPED SHAKING I CONTINUED TO DRIVE BUT WAS WARY OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I DISCOVERED THAT THIS WHAT IS CALLED FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, THE DEATH WOBBLE. I PURCHASED MY F250 IN APRIL 2017. LATER IN THAT YEAR I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MORONGO GRADE IN MORONGO CA. IT WAS NOT AS VIOLENT SO I KIND OF DISMISSED IT BACK THEN. BUT THE OTHER DAY ON AMBOY ROAD WAS DIFFERENT. I HAD MY WIFE, MY NEPHEW AND HIS NEW BRIDE WITH ME. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. MY 3 AND A HALF YEAR OLD 2017 FORD F250 XLT 4X4 IS IN OUTSTANDING SHAPE. IS THE NHTSA AND FORD DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OR ARE WE DRIVERS AND FAMILY'S JUST EXPENDABLE ?

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 69 AT 70MPH WHEN I HIT AN OVERPASS BRIDGE. THE ROUGH PAVEMENT CAUSE MY TRUCK TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE THE TIRES AND ALMOST CRASHED INTO AN 18 WHEELER FUEL TRUCK. THE SHAKING DIDN'T GO AWAY UNTIL MY SPEED DROPPED TO 50MPH. SERIOUS DEFECT THAT FORD IS NOT FINDING THE CORRECT FIX FOR. FORD HAS REPLACED THE DAMPER TWICE AND THE TRACK BAR. THE SHAKE CAME BACK 3 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST TRACK BAR REPLACEMENT. THE CORRECT FIX , I BELIEVE, IS A CASTER ADJUSTMENT AT 3+ DEGREES. BUT FORD WILL NOT TRY THE FIX. IT WILL COST ME TO DO THAT AND VOID THE WARRANTY.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY . WHEN IT HITS SLIGHTLY ROUGH PAVEMENT THE STRUCK STARTS WOBBLING SUPER AGGRESSIVELY AS IF A TIRE POPPED. VERY SCARY AND VERY DANGEROUS. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE THEY KILL SOMEONE IF THEY ALREADY DIDN'T.

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THE 2017 FORD F250 PLATINUM WITH 107,000 BUT IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND WELL MAINTAINED. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT WILL SHUT SHUTDOWN FOR NO REASON.I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM IN THE RIGHT REAR TAILLIGHT. IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS FAIRLY REGULAR. WHEN IT HAPPENS I GET MULTIPLE ERROR MESSAGES. TAILLIGHT SYSTEM FAULT, BLIND SPOT SYSTEM FAULT AND THEN SAYS SEE OWNERS MANUEL. I AM WORRIED THIS MAY HAPPEN WHEN TOWING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. I HAVE REQUEST A FORD REP LOOK AT IT IF THE SERVICE TECH CANNOT FIGURE THE ISSUE OUT.

STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING ON ANY ROAD BETWEEN 50 MPH AND 65 MPH. CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY, DOESN'T MATTER