2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I RECEIVED A RECALL FOR A CONDITION KNOWN AS THE SUPERDUTY DEATH WOBBLE WHERE THE TRUCK STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN YOU HIT UNEVEN PAVEMENT DURING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAD EXPERIENCED THIS TWICE THEN TOOK IT TO MY DEALER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED AND PERFORMED THE RECALL. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER. IT HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES WITH THE NEW PART AND SHAKING FAR WORSE THAN BEFORE. ATTACHED IS THE 2ND REPAIR WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES BOTH REPAIRS. I AM TRYING TO REACH FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH HELP FROM MY DEALER. ATTACHED IS THE REPAIR INVOICE FROM THE 2ND TIME IN.

I HAVE A 2017 F-250 WITH 24,000 MILES ON IT RECENTLY STARTED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS AT HIGHER SPEEDS (60 OR BETTER) AND AFTER HITTING A "ROUGH PATCH" IN THE ROAD OR BRIDGE JOINTS. FORD SEEMS TO SAY IT'S BECAUSE SOME OF US AREN'T ALWAYS CARRYING +/- 1000 LBS OF CARGO. I WONDER IF THE PROBLEM HAS TO DO WITH THE 800 LBS THEY TOOK OFF THE TARE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK WHEN THEY WENT TO THE ALUMINUM BODY IN 2017? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED SHAKING WITHOUT WARNING WHICH FORCED THE TIRE TO BE RELEASED. THE CONTACT STATED HE REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE AND DROVE HOME. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE QUARTER PANEL WAS DAMAGED. THE DEALER (PINES FORD 8655 PINES BLVD, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024) WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND OFFERED THE CONTACT AN ALIGNMENT HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

I HAVE NOW EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE 6 TIMES WITH THIS TRUCK, ALL BETWEEN 65-80 MPH. THE LAST TWO ON 6/12/2020 AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS MEANS MY TRUCK FRONT END SUSPENSION AND EYEING SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT YOU LITERALLY CANNOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL REDUCTIONS SPEED BELOW 30 MPH. MY TRUCK HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. TODAY WAS THE WORST SOO FAR. HAD TO REDUCE SPEED IN LA TRAFFIC TO 30 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE VERY SOON. HAD I VEERED LEFT, IT WOULD BE HAVE PUT INTO THE CENTER DIVIDE, RIGHT INTO A SEMI. THIS STARTED WHEN MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 10K MILES. TODAY THE VEHICLE HAS 26K. RECALL THESE VEHICLES! *TR

I EXPERIENCE DEATH WOBBLE IN MY 2017 FORD F-250. IT IS DANGEROUS AND ALARMING WHEN THIS DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS. ANY SMALL UNEVENNESS IN THE ROAD CAN CAUSE THE TIRES TO START WILDLY WOBBLING. NORMALLY HAPPENS AT AROUND 70MPH AND STOPS ONCE SLOWED DOWN TO 40 MPH. VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WHEN THIS HAPPENS. YOUR QUESTION BELOW ASK WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT HAPPENS AT LEAST A FEW TIMES A WEEK ON IH35. IT IS NOT A SINGLE EVENT - IT HAPPENS OFTEN. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT MANY PEOPLE REFER TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IN MY TRUCK. THIS OCCURS AFTER A SERIES OF UNEVEN PAVEMENT OR BUMPS AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH. THE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AND VIOLENTLY. TO DATE IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. *TR

EXPERIENCING DEATH WOBBLE AFTER HITTING BUMP OR BRIDGE IN ROAD AND HEARING A LOOSE CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH.

TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MY TRUCK WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF BARELY BEING ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL. I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND ALMOST COME TO A STOP FOR IT TO STOP SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME I SIDE SWIPED A CONCRETE BARRIER AND TORE OFF MY RUNNING BOARD. MY FAMILY REFUSES TO TRAVEL IN THE TRUCK NOW. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT PAVED ROAD AROUND 50 MPH I HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHACK REEL BAD AND THE FRONT END DID THE SAME. I STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND GOT ON THE BRAKES HARD AND REGAINED CONTROL AT ABOUT 40 MPH. IF I WAS TOWING MY BOAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH. I HAVE A WITNESS TO THIS WHO WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ABOVE 40 MPH. *TR

MY TRUCK HAS 25,600 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH I WENT OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT. THE RESULTING SHAKE/OSCILLATION IN THE STEERING CAUSED ME TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO SLOW FROM 70 TO 25 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR MYSELF AND THOSE ON THE ROAD BEHIND ME. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING AND OTHER THAN THIS INSTANCE, THE DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRUCK HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE NEW. I.E. THE TRUCK DOES NOT VIBRATE OR WANDER AND EVERYTHING SEEMS NORMAL. TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE HOW VIOLENT THE SHAKING WAS, MY WIFE SCREAMED THAT WE HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT! *TR