2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED WHAT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AT LEAST SIX (6) TIMES AT HIGHER SPEEDS (70+MPH) AND ONCE (1) AT SLOWER IN-TOWN SPEEDS (45MPH). FORD HAS REPLACED MY STEERING STABILIZER ONCE (19,000M) AND HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THE SECOND ONE (29,000M) FOR 4.5 WEEKS. TO GET IT TO STOP THE FIRST TIME, I HAD TO SLOW TO 50MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE WHILE THE LAST TWO TIMES, IT HAS REQUIRED ME TO SLOW DOWN TO UNDER 30 REGARDLESS OF THE INITIAL SPEED (I HAD TO PULL OFF ON THE SHOULDER). IT IS NOW BAD ENOUGH I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. A LOCAL STEERING SHOP WILL EVALUATE THE F250 THIS NEXT WEEK - THEY, APPARENTLY, HAVE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WHEN REPLACING THE STABILIZER WITH AN AFTER-MARKET DOUBLE STABILIZER KIT ALONG WITH NEW FRONT SHOCKS. IT IS ALSO MY NEW UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE OTHER STEERING COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE TRACK BAR, AND TIE-RODS ..... WE'LL SEE. THE DATE OF THE EVENT IS THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED IT - IT IS NOW THE END OF JANUARY OF 2020 AND IT IS STILL ONGOING.

EXTREME VIBRATION SHAKING THRU THE STEERING WHEEL AT 50 MILES PER HOUR ON SMOOTH ROAD. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THESE EFFECTS ON A SMOOTH ROAD WITH NO WARNING. VEHICLE HAS 10700 MILES AND IS EXCELLENT CONDITION. WAS VERY SCARY AS I HAD TO APPLY AGGRESSIVE BRAKING TO SLOW THE VEHICLE , FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN OFF THE ROAD AS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING , LIKE A WHEEL WAS COMING OFF. VERY SERIOUS ISSUE, AS THERE WAS NO WARNING OR INDICATION . AFTER THIS EVENT RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND AS AN OWNER I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOW , IT IS FAULTY AND UN SAFE , ITS NEEDS REPAIRED.. I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE WITH A THE MINIMUM A NOTICE OF A POTENTIAL ISSUE . I FELT LIKE I HAD LOST TEMPORARY CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS GOING TO CRASH, JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60MPH), I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY IN THE FRONT END, TO A POINT THAT I FELT I MIGHT LOSE CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET IT TO STOP WAS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW AND IS "VERY" CONCERNING. THE SECOND TIME WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED AS WELL, THIS TIME 70MPH.

FIRST OCCURRENCES WERE LATE 2018.2017 FORD F250 LARIAT FX4 WITH APPROXIMATELY 14000 MILES & ZERO MODIFICATIONS.. WHILE TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP OR BRIDGE/OVERPASS TRANSITION VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. SHAKING OR "DEATH WOBBLE' CONTINUES UNTIL VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO SPEEDS BELOW 40 MILES PER HOUR. ABILITY TO STEER OR KEEP VEHICLE IN LANE IS SEVERELY COMPROMISED. AFTER A SERIES OF OCCURRENCES IN LATE 2018 VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP JANUARY 2019. STEERING STABILIZER WAS REPLACED. THE ISSUE DID NOT RESURFACE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS/10000 MILES LATER. IN DECEMBER 2019 AFTER HAVING ONE PREVIOUS DEATH WOBBLE EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING ALONE A MONTH OR TWO PRIOR I EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE 4 TIMES IN A SINGLE DAY WHILE TRAVELING WITH 5 PASSENGERS. AT THIS TIME AND IN THE FIRST OCCURRENCES WHILE TRAVELING WITH PASSENGERS I WAS ABLE TO INSTRUCT THEM TO RECORD THE VIOLENT SHAKING ON THEIR PHONE AND HAVE RECORDINGS OF 3-4 SEPARATE DEATH WOBBLES.THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AND AS OF 1/23/20 I'VE BEEN TOLD THE ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT STABILIZER IS ON BACKORDER/UN-AVAILABLE/DISCONTINUED & THE NEW REPLACEMENT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MID-LATE FEBRUARY. INTERNET RESEARCH SUGGEST THIS IS A LARGER ISSUE AND MANY NEWER F-250'S EXPERIENCE IDENTICAL ISSUES. SAFETY TO THOSE TRAVELING IN AND AROUND THESE VEHICLES IS OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN.

NUMBER TWO BATTERY TERMINAL CORRODED. FORD MAINTENANCE INDICATES THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THE HARNESS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 60 DAYS AND THE PART IS STILL UNAVAILABLE. THIS DEFECT RENDERS THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE.

VEHICLE STARTED SMALL SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS SIX MONTHS AGO. TODAY WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH, SMALL BUMP LEAD TO SUCH VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END I HAD TO SLOW TO 35 MPH ON INTERSTATE. NEW SMYRNA DEALERSHIP INDICATES THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. TIRE PRESSURE IS NORMAL. TIRES ROTATED WITH EACH OIL CHANGE . 31,000 MILES. SCHEDULING APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP ASAP. THIS MAY REPRESENT A SERIOUS DESIGN OR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION PROBLEM. MANY REPORTS OF THIS NATURE ON INTERNET.

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. ONLY SLOWING TO BELOW 40 MPH WILL STOP THE VIBRATING. IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE "DEATH WOBBLE" BUT PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. THEY TELL ME THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE.

ON 1/21/2020 I WAS DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON SH225, WENT UNDER BW8, AND THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. IT FELT AS IF THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS GOING TO SHAKE APART. I WAS ALMOST IN A WRECK BECAUSE THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP SHAKING AND THE STEERING WAS IMPACTED. THE DASH, MIRRORS, SEATS, AND LITERALLY EVERYTHING ON AND IN THE TRUCK WAS VIOLENTLY VIBRATING AND SHAKING. HAD TO REDUCE SPEED TO ABOUT 30MPH AND THE SHAKE FINALLY SUBSIDED, AFTER MULTIPLE CARS COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS WRONG AS WELL - AND THEY WERE SEEING THIS HAPPEN FROM OUTSIDE THE TRUCK! THIS HAS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY, TO A LESSER EXTENT IN DECEMBER WHICH CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD AND THE ISSUE SUBSIDED QUICKER THAN THIS TIME. NOT SURE WHAT THE ISSUE IS BUT IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED ME OR OTHER DRIVERS DUE TO A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE DROPPED MY TRUCK OFF AT MAC HAIK FORD IN PASADENA, TX. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY - ABOUT 25K MILES ON THE TRUCK.

I HAVE A 2017 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 4X4 THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END THE SALESMAN THAT I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM CALLS THE PROBLEM A DEATH WABBLE THE TRUCK HAS 53000 MILES ON IT BUT TOMBALL FORD WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE OUT OF THE PARTS THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM NATION WIDE .*BF*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MIKE WILLIS FORD DEALER (337-625-3030, LOCATED AT 930 BEGLIS PKWY, SULPHUR, LA 70663) AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000.