2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THE WELL-KNOWN-BY-FORD DEATH WOBBLE. FIRST TIME WAS AT APPROX. 29K MILES. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOO WERE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY PERFORMED THE KNOWN "FIX" AND VEHICLE WAS OKAY FOR A BIT. THE SECOND TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED (APPROX. 40K MILES), THERE WAS A PALPABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE FEEL OF THE STEERING POST-EVENT. SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST EXPERIENCE, I MOVED AND THE FIRST DEALERSHIP WAS OVER 100 MILES AWAY, SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP (ALONG WITH THE PAPERWORK FROM THE FIRST FIX). AGAIN, SERVICE TECHS WERE WELL-VERSED IN THE DEATH WOBBLE AND THEY CLAIMED THAT FORD HAD ROLLED OUT A NEW "FIX" AND THAT WHAT THE FIRST DEALERSHIP HAD DONE WAS INCORRECT. AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS PURCHASED WITH THIS VEHICLE; HOWEVER THIS DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE IT AND TRIED TO CHARGE ME FOR THIS FIX. WHETHER THEY COULD LOCATE THE WARRANTY OR NOT, THIS IS A CONTINUED PROBLEM AND THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS FIX AT ANY POINT IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF BACK AND FORTH LATER, FORD FINALLY AGREED TO PAY. WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THIS "FIX", ANOTHER DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST A WEEK, AND WE HAVE AGAIN GONE BACK AND FORTH ON PAYMENT. THE DEALERSHIP DID FINALLY LOCATE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT AGAIN...THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY AS IT IS A FORD PROBLEM. ALL TIMES THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED, I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (OVER 70 MPH) AND AM FORCED TO IMMEDIATELY SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND GET TO THE SHOULDER. I AM FREQUENTLY TOWING ITEMS, AND CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THIS WOULD GO DOWN IF IT OCCURRED IN THAT INSTANCE. FORD CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT THESE $75,000+ TRUCKS KNOWING THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. I NOW HAVE, AGAIN, A $75K VEHICLE I FEEL IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALERSHIP STATES THEY SEE THIS DAILY. HOW IS THIS LEGAL???

DEATH WOBBLE AT 70MPH ON 4 LANE STATE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TO REDUCE SPEED TO <35MPH FOR IT TO STOP. HAPPENING MORE & MORE FREQUENT.

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR DIP IN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT IS EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED WHILE PULLING A HORSE TRAILER AND THIS MAKES THE TRUCK EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER MUCH LESS RETAIN CONTROL OF. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT NOW THE TRUCK HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT AND THE REPAIR IS NO LONGER COVERED. THE LAST TIME IT WAS REPAIRED THE PART WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COVERED FOR 12,000 MILES AND THE MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK WAS JUST OVER THAT MILE MARKER AND THE DEALER SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED THIS TIME. THE LATEST PART REPLACEMENT IS APPARENTLY ON BACKORDER AND WE ARE FORCED TO DRIVE THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE UNTIL WE CAN GET IT REPAIRED ONCE AGAIN.

AT ABOUT 62K MILES ON MY STOCK 2017 F250 I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MAJOR OSCILLATION WHENEVER I WOULD DRIVE OVER THE SLIGHTEST ROAD BUMP/IMPERFECTION BETWEEN 55-75 MPH. SINCE THEN THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE TO WHERE THE ENTIRE TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WILL NOT STOP UNLESS I SLOW DOWN UNDER 50 MPH.

WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH AND COMING INTO CONTACT WITH ANY UNEVEN SPOTS IN THE ROAD THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND JUMP UP AND DOWN LEFT AND RIGHT SO BAD THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING BUT HIT THE BRAKES.WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWS TO ABOUT 30MPH THE SHAKING SUBSIDES AND IS FINE UNTIL THE NEXT BUMP IN THE ROAD.. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 5 MINS AND IN LESS THAN 1 MILE DISTANCE ON A STATE HIGHWAY .. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD ABOUT 8000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE ,IT HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES SINCE, EVERY TIME AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 50MPH

MY F-250 HAD ABOUT 26,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I FIRST EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH I WENT OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT ON THE INTERSTATE IN KS. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE PICKUP STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DANGEROUSLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH THE OSCILLATION. AFTER SLOWING TO AROUND 30 MPH THE OSCILLATION STOPPED. THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER FILLED THE CAB. THIS SAME EVEN HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT I COULD FEEL THE DEATH WOBBLE START IN THE STEERING WHEEL A SECOND OR LESS BEFORE THE VIOLENT SHAKING STARTED. ALL THREE TIMES IT OCCURRED ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEEDS OF 75 AND 70 MPH. I DO NOT TRUST THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE!!!

FORD REPAIR SHOP CALLED AND SAID THE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED. TEST DROVE. BOTH THE OWNER AND SERVICE TECH EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK. SERVICE TECH PLACED TRUCK BACK IN THE SHOP FOR FURTHER REPAIRS. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME FOR THIS REPAIR WITH 20,000 HIGHWAY MILES ON THE TRUCK. ISSUE WAS STEERING WHEEL VIGOROUSLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN ENCOUNTERING A SLIGHT IMPERFECTION ON A STRAIGHT, LEVEL, AND PAVED HIGHWAY.

DEATH WOBBLE TRUCK IN MOTION, HAPPENS ON HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS WHEN GOING OVER 65 MPH AND YOU HIT A BUMP, SHAKES AND LOSS OF CONTROL HAVE TO COME TO STOP TO REGAIN CONTROL. STARTED HAPPENING AT 17K. INFORMED THERE WAS NO FIX. ENDANGERS LIVES OF ALL ON BOARD.

I AM REPORTING A SUSPENSION & STEERING PROBLEM WITH MY 2017 FORD F-250 WITH 28,000 MILES. THE TIRES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND PROPERLY INFLATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION, HAD ANY FRAME WORK PERFORMED ON IT AND THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION HAD BEEN OPERATING ACCEPTABLY. WHILE DRIVING ON A LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A MODERATE BUMP IN THE LANE. THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING BEGAN SHAKING, VIBRATING AND OSCILLATING SEVERELY AT A HIGH FREQUENCY (RELATIVELY FAST VIBRATION). THE SHAKING CONTINUED FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AS THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING SHOOK. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL BUT WAS AFRAID TOUCHING THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE THE CONDITION WORSE. THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING. THE SHAKING/VIBRATING DID NOT STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY SLOWED DOWN. ABOUT A MILE FURTHER DOWN THE SAME ROAD THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER MODERATE BUMP AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH AND EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME CONDITION. ABOUT 2 MILES AFTER THAT THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER MINOR BUMP AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME SEVERE SHAKING AGAIN. AT THAT POINT, I OPERATED THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 50 MPH (15 MPH BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT) AND EXITED AT THE FIRST EXIT I GOT TO. I TOOK LOCAL ROADS AT SPEEDS UNDER 50 MPH TO RETURN HOME. I HAVE OPERATED THIS TRUCK AND A 2020 FORD EXPLORER OVER THIS SAME ROAD, IN THE SAME LANE AND OVER THE SAME BUMPS NUMEROUS TIMES AND NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEM WITH THE EXPLORER OR SUCH A SEVERE REACTION WITH THE F-250. WITH THE 2017 FORD F-250, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE JUMPING LATERALLY WHEN TRAVELING OVER THESE BUMPS AND OTHERS LIKE THEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. THESE BUMPS ARE NOT DEEP POTHOLES AND ARE TYPICAL MODERATE BUMPS COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED ON MANY OLDER HIGHWAYS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED A SHORT TIME LATER.

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A DRY ROAD 01/03/2020 I WENT OVER A SLIGHT ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD. THE FRONT WHEELS IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO VIBRATE SEVERELY. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING OUT OF CONTROL. I HIT THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE VIBRATING WHEELS AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OVER THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK. IN READING ABOUT OTHER COMPLAINTS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY FORD IS NOT ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM. I AM TAKING MY TRUCK TO MY FORD DEALER ON MONDAY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THE TRUCK WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING. PEOPLE TEND TO PANIC AND MAY HAVE DRASTIC REACTIONS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE ON FORD TO RECOGNIZE THIS PROBLEM AND FIX IT BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR KILLED.