2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

HORRIBLE DEATH WOBBLE. HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER TWICE NOW. THEY CANNOT FIX IT. IF YOU RESEARCH IT ON THE INTERNET IS A BIG DESIGN FLAW BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CASTER ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY HAPPENED. PLEASE HAVE THEM FIX THIS. I DO HAVE A VIDEO

TRUCK STARTED EXPERIENCING SEVERE FRONT END OSCILLATIONS AT 70 MPH WHEN ONE TIRE PASSES OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT. OR OTHER SEEMINGLY INSIGNIFICANT BUMPS. THIS FIRST HAPPENED WHEN I HAD ABOUT 17K MILES ON THE TRUCK. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER ON 12/19/2017 AND GOT IT BACK ON 1/12/2018. FORD DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY SPECIFIC CAUSE FOR THE WOBBLE. PROBLEM IS REPEATABLE ON A SPECIFIC BRIDGE IN FOND DU LAC, WI. I TOOK THE FORD SERVICE MANAGER AND TECHNICIAN ON A RIDE TO WITNESS IT ON 3/16/18 WHEN IT OCCURRED 3 TIMES ON THE BRIDGE IN ONE DAY. I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE EVENT ON VIDEO AND SHARED IT WITH FORD. I WOULD ATTACH IT TO THIS COMPLAINT BUT IT EXCEEDS THE 5M SIZE LIMIT. AFTER REPAIRS THE TRUCK WAS OK UNTIL 2/17/2019 WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE WOBBLE. PARTS WERE ORDERED AND INSTALLED ON 3/1/2019 WHEN TRUCK HAD 28K MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 4/10/2019 WHEN THE PROBLEM RETURNED WITH 29K MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK DROVE WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL 2/3/2020 WHEN THE WOBBLE REAPPEARED WITH 35.3K MILES ON IT. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR SERVICE ON 2/10/2020. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AT FORD AND THE TRUCK SHOULD BE RECALLED. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" HASN'T YET OCCURRED WHILE TOWING MY 5TH WHEEL RV (FOR WHICH I PURCHASED THE TRUCK).

VEHICLE WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING ,STEERING WHEEL IS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL YOU COME TO AN ALMOST STOP THEN IT WILL QUIT SHAKING VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY USUALLY BETWEEN 45-65 MPH WHEN THE SHAKING STARTS,STEERING DAMPNER WAS REPLACED BY DEALER AT 20 K AND AT 29 K SHAKING STARTED AGAIN

2017 FORD F-250 WITH 23,953 MILES ALL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, TRANSITIONED OFF A BRIDGE (EXPANSION JOINT.) VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END RESULTING IN VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE TRUCK. KNOWN AS 'DEATH WOBBLE.' APPLIED BREAKS AND ONCE SLOWED DOWN TO 40 MPH THE VEHICLE RETURNS TO NORMAL OPERATION. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THE LAS COUPLE OF WEEKS AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. TOOK TRUCK TO ASHEVILLE FORD BEFORE THIS LAST TIME AND THEY STATED NOTHING WRONG AND THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE.

DEATH WOBBLE - DRIVING WITH OR WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL, WITHIN 65 AND 70 MPH, A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD WILL CAUSE THE FRONT SUSPENSION, BOTH WHEELS, TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO BELOW 35 MPH.

DRIVING IN FORWARD MOTION ABOVE 50 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE WILL EXPERIENCE AN UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE WHEN HITTING ANY SIZE BUMP IN THE ROAD. THIS IS NOT AN INTERMITTENT EVENT. THIS OCCURS WITH VEHICLE EMPTY OR UNDER TOW (LOADED). THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT IT IS TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 40 MPH. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PHENOMENON ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. MOST HAVE REPORTED FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE FORUM THAT FORD USED TO COVER THE REPAIR, BUT IS NO LONGER COVERING UNDER WARRANTY. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 20000 MILES ON IT, I ONLY USE IT FOR EVERYDAY DRIVING AND TOWING A CAMPER UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. TIRES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND INFLATED PROPERLY. THE CONDITION PRESENTS ON ANY TYPE ROAD AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH. I HAVE ALSO NOTED A CREAKING/ CLUNKING SOUND DURING SLOW SPEED TIGHT TURNS IN THE PARKING LOT.

WHEN CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND I DRIVE ACROSS AN EXPANSION JOINT OR LARGE CRACK IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END WOBBLES TERRIBLY. THIS IS TERRIFYING AND I MUST SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATELY TO ABOUT 30 MPH TO GET THE WOBBLING TO STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW STARTING WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 35,000 MILES ON IT. I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THIS DOES NOT GET FIXED.

EXPERIENCE WHAT IS CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE", SEVERE STEERING OSCILLATION. TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED 60 MPH OR BETTER HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. OSCILLATION STARTED, TO REGAIN POSITIVE CONTROL OF VEHICLE I HAD TO REDUCE SPEED TO UNDER 35 MILES AN HOUR. IN TRAFFIC AT 60 MPH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF THERE IS NO SHOULDER OR IF YOU ARE IN THE FAST LANE. LUCKILY EACH TIME THIS OCCURS I HAVE BEEN IN A RURAL AREA. IF I WERE ON THE DC BELTWAY AND THIS OCCURRED, WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS WOULD CAUSE A MULTIPLE VEHICLE EVENT WITH INJURIES..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAULING A GOOSE NECK TRAILER AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE TAIL GATE OPENED INDEPENDENTLY AND CAUGHT WITH HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ON THE TRAILER AND THE PUMP DETACHED. THE CONTACT STATED AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER (ROMEO FORD OF KINGSTON, LLC LOCATED AT 128 NY-28, KINGSTON, NY 12401), WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE TAIL GATE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE AND TRAILER WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V864000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND IT TOOK THE STEERING WHEEL RIGHT OUT OF MY HANDS AND I GRABBED THE WHEEL AND SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN AND TRIED TO GET TO THE RIGHT EMERGENCY LANE,THE SHAKING CONTINUED TILL I SLOWED TO ABOUT 20MPH AND IT STOPPED SHAKING, EXITING OF THE ROAD AND CHECKED MY TIRES THEY HAD NO ISSUES, HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK 8 MONTHS AND THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES TO ME AND MY WIFE ,MY KIDS CANNOT DRIVE THIS DEATH TRAP PLEASE HELP BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED OR KILL SOMEONE