2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

2017 F-250 4X4 PICKUP EXPERIENCES VIOLENT SHAKING IN STEERING AFTER HITTING BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (DEATH WOOBLE). HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADS AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL ONLY BY REDUCING MY SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A BUSY FREEWAY IN THE RAIN. MORE FREQUENTLY ON WET ROADWAYS. OCCURRED FIRST TIME AT 20000 MILES. DEALER ATTEMPTED REPAIR AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED AT ALMOST 36000 MILES.; DEALER AGAIN ATTEMPTED REPAIR AND PROBLEM RETURNED AT 38000 MILES. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BUSHINGS AND DIFFERENT PARTS AT EACH OCCURRENCE BUT PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING. FORD CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WHEN KNOWING THE PROBLEM WILL RETURN AND ATTEMPTS TO MASK PROBLEM WITH TEMPORARY FIXES FOR THEIR VEHICLES..

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE INCURRED FORD DEATH WOBBLE, SPEED BETWEEN 70 & 75 MPH. AFTER TRAVELING OVER BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT. CAB SHAKING VIOLENTLY UNTIL I SLOWED TO ABOUT 35 MPH. TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED, AND ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES. THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 7 TIMES IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.

AT 71 MPH WHILE THE TRUCK WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, I WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE LIKE IT WAS COMING APART. THE TRUCK'S BACK END STARTED TO COME AROUND ON ME LIKE IT WAS SKIDDING AND WENT BACK AND FORTH A COUPLE TIMES. THE ROAD WAS COMPLETELY STRAIGHT AND DRY SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY REASON THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED EITHER. CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF ME WENT TO THE SHOULDER AND DITCH TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY INSTANTLY KNEW WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING AND CALL IT THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. THE TRUCK HAS 15,500 MILES ON IT WITH ORIGINAL TIRES, NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANY OTHER REASON TO DO THIS. VERY SCARY AND I WON'T LET THE FAMILY IN IT NOW. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAID IT WILL MOST LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN AS THEY HAVE TRUCKS COME BACK OVER AND OVER TRYING TO FIX IT BUT THERE ISN'T A LEGITIMATE FIX FROM FORD.

SEVERE OSCILLATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL THAT STARTS WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP. THE OSCILLATING DOES NOT STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS CLOSED CONSIDERABLY.

'DEATH WOBBLE' WHEN DRIVING MY FORD F-250 BETWEEN 60-75 MPH, WHEN I HIT A BUMP OR SMALL UNEVENNESS ON THE ROAD THE PICK UP BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE! THE PICKUP BARELY HAS 38,000 AND THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO SELF AND OTHERS. FORD HAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING A SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE THE ADJUSTABLE TRACK BAR BUT IT DID NOT ELIMINATE THE VIOLENT SHAKE AT THE FORE MENTIONED SPEEDS. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON LINE REGARDING THE PROBLEM (I AM NOT A CERTIFIED MECHANIC) BUT A COMMON PROBLEM THAT WAS VERIFIED BY MORE THAN 5 CERTIFIED MECHANICS WAS THE DEGREE OF CASTER IN THE AXLE. AN ISSUE FROM WHAT THEY BELIEVE ORIGINATED AT THE MANUFACTURER. I CANNOT UNDERSTATE THE SAFETY CONCERN THAT I HAVE DRIVING MY F250 THAT I LIMIT THE DRIVING I DO IN THIS VEHICLE. VERY DISAPPOINTING AND FRUSTRATING WHEN FORD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM OR TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE WITH A RECALL. MY HOPE IS THAT THE NHTSA CAN INTERVENE AND PREVENT SOMEONE FROM BECOMING FATALLY INJURED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.

70MPH OR ABOVE WHEN GOING OVER A ROUGH ROAD OR BRIDGE JOINTS, TRUCK GOES INTO A DEATH WOBBLE THAT CAN'T BE CORRECTED UNTIL I DROP BELOW 20MPH. HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN 6 WEEKS. THIS CAUSES ALMOST A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL AND REQUIRES PULLING OVER INTO A SHOULDER OR MEDIAN, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE

I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" FOR FORD TRUCKS. WHILE DRIVING ON I-35 IN OKLAHOMA (DECEMBER 2019), ABOUT 75 MPH, HIT A SMALL POTHOLE WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK TO SHAKE. I CAUTIOUSLY PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO A COMPLETE STOP TO STOP THE SHAKE/VIBRATIONS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SHAKE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ON OTHER OCCASIONS. AT LOWER SPEEDS, THE VIBRATION DAMPER TAKES CARE OF THE ISSUE. BUT, I CAN TELL IT HAD STARTED. IN MY TRUCK, IT HAS NOT CAUSED A SERIOUS LOSS OF CONTROL. THE ABOVE HAS (THUS FAR) BEEN THE WORST OCCURRENCE. THIS ISSUE OCCURS AFTER HITTING POTHOLES OR LARGE BUMPS IN THE ROAD. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WITH SEVERE SHAKING, THE STEERING DAMPER OVERCAME THE VIBRATION AS I SLOWED SOME, UNABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD THEN. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED AT ROUGHLY 33,000 MILES (JUNE 2019). I NOW HAVE 41,517 (FEB 2020). THE ISSUE FIRST OCCURRED AROUND 39,500 MILES. OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY OF COURSE. CURRENT FORD "FIX" FOR ISSUE FROM FORD DEALER WILL COST $2600. LOOKS LIKE A BASIC REPLACE EVERYTHING FOR THE STEERING AND HOPE IT WORKS KIND OF FIX. I NEED TO CHECK WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY FOR COVERAGE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT HAS BEEN A NOTED PROBLEM IN FORD TRUCKS FOR OVER A DECADE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN. IT WILL KILL SOMEONE EVENTUALLY.

IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS THE STEERING PROBLEM GOT WORSE. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH AND CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERS AND SAID THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNLESS I GET A RECALL NOTICE> DEATH WOBBLE IS SERIOUS. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THERE PROBLEMS. PLEASE HELP. SHAKES LIKE HECK AND ALMOST WRECKED MULTIPLE TIMES. 2017 F250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB

THIS TRUCK WHEN TRAVELING OVER 70 MPH GOES INTO A VIOLENT WOBBLE AND SHAKES AND MOVES ALL OVER THE ROAD. ESPECIALLY WHILE TRAVELING OVER 70 AND HITTING A POT HOLE OR BRIDGE SEAM WE HAVE BEEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH SEMI TRUCKS AROUND US AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND LOSE CONTROL. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADDED A STREAKING STABILIZER. ONE WEEK LATER IT STARTED UP AGAIN.

I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY DOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH (SPEED LIMIT). WHEN I HIT A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT THE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY VIBRATING TO THE POINT I WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I RAPIDLY DECELERATED AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED AFTER I SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT I WAS SECONDS AWAY FROM VEERING OFF THE ROAD INTO THE TREES. THERE IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FROM FORD ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT IT IS NOT A RECALL. SOMEONE IS LIKELY GOING TO DIE FOR WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN AND/OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE TECHNICAL BULLETIN FROM FORD ON THIS ISSUE IS: TSB# 18- 2268. NTHIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL.