2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DEATH WOBBLE WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP AT 45 MPH + GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED NEW TRUCK HAPPENS ALL THE TIME DEALER DOES NOTHING

AT AROUND 20,000 MILES DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I HIT A BUMP DOING ABOUT 70 MH AND MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 35 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE STEERING DAMPNER WAS BAD. THEY REPLACED IT. FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 12000 MILES, NOW AT AROUND 30,000 MILES IT HA STARTED AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY DID AN ALIGNMENT ON IT AND IT STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM

ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH ON I-555 SOUTHBOUND AT THE BAY OVERPASS. AS THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN UPON THE OVERPASS, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED LEFT AND RIGHT VIOLENTLY UNTIL I QUICKLY SLOWED TO ABOUT 30 MPH. IT WAS ONLY THEN I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. MY WIFE WAS PRESENT AND WITNESSED HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS FOR ME TO HOLD THE TRUCK ON THE ROADWAY. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPAIRED THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM IN NOVEMBER 2018 AND AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2019. SINCE RECEIVING THE TRUCK AFTER THE SECOND REPAIR, THERE HAS BEEN NOTABLE, BUT LESSER, STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT WHEN ENCOUNTERING UNEVEN PAVEMENT.

TRUCK WILL RANDOMLY BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND BECOME HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING, TYPICALLY AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

I WAS COMING BACK FROM FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA TO PHOENIX AT HIGHWAY SPEED (75) MPH AND HAD A HIGH SPEED WOBBLE. (DEATH WOBBLE). I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 50 MPH TO STOP THE WOBBLE. THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE AS THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME HAD NO IDEA WHY I HAD TO HIT MY BRAKES SO HARD. I WAS THE SLOWEST VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY YESTERDAY AFTER THAT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE NET AND IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALER NEXT.

EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" 5 TIMES NOW IN THIS TRUCK. WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED 70 MPH PLUS AND HITTING SMALL POT HOLE, EXPANSION JOINT AT BRIDGE OR JUST UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE TRUCK WILL START TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. IT TAKES A RIGID GRIP WITH BOTH HANDS TO TRY AND CONTROL VEHICLE AND STOPS SHAKING ONLY AFTER REDUCING SPEED TO 30 MPH OR BELOW. THIS TRUCK HAS ACTUALLY CAUSED ME TO HAVE LOWER BACK PAIN AND WRISTS ON BOTH HANDS HURTING FOR DAYS AFTER AN OCCURRENCE. THE PROBLEM STARTED AT 12961 MILES AT WHICH TIME FORD REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER HC3Z-3E651-F. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED AT 26238 MILES AND SITS AT A FORD DEALERSHIP NOW AS THEY SAID NO PARTS ARE AVALIBLE TO FIX.

I HAVE A 2017 F250 4X4 WHICH HAS 30,000 MILES ON IT NOW AND IS STILL COVERED UNDER THE FACTORY 3YR/3600 MILES AND ON 9 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING OVER 55MPH MY TRUCK HAS BEGAN TO SHAKE THE FRONT END CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL SEEMS TO BE MOSTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR EVEN A WHEN THE PAVEMENT WAS UNEVEN EACH TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO STOP THE SHAKING UNTIL THE TRUCK WAS BELOW 30MPH AND LAST TIME I WAS ON A 2 LANE UNDIVIDED ROAD THE SHAKE CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL AND CROSS OVER THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD INTO THE PATH OF ON COMING TRAFFIC, LUCKILY THE CAR COMING THE OTHER WAY SAW THE PROBLEM AND DROVE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A HEAD ON ACCIDENT, AFTER THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALER AND SET UP A TIME TO DROP IT OFF FOR SERVICE SERVICE ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A FORD MOTOR COMPANY TSB 19-2274 AND THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND BEFORE THIS FORD ALSO HAD A TSB 18-2268 THEN I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 60 DAYS AGO IT WAS IN THE FORD DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD PARTS INSTALLED THAT DIDN'T FIX IT. I HAVE ONLY DROVE THIS TRUCK ABOUT 1000MILES SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT IT ALONG WITH MY SELF HAVING THIS PROBLEM WHEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TRUCK OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND THAT WHY THERE HAS BEEN 2 DIFFERENT TSB ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM MOST ARE COMPLAINING THAT AFTER THE REPAIR IT STILL DOES THE VIOLENT WHEEL SHAKE OR AS FORD CALLS IT SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION ABOVE 45MPH.AND WORST IS THE PARTS NOTED IN THE TSB IS ON EXTENDED BACK ORDER AND FORD GAVE BACK THE TRUCK AND SAID DRIVE IT AND WE WILL CONTACT IT WHEN THE PART COMES IN THIS IS VERY UNSAFE THE PUBLIC REFERS TO THIS AS THE DEATH WOBBLE AND THAT IS TRULY WHAT IT IS, MY FRIEND HAS A BRAND NEW 2019 WITH 4K MILES ON IT THAT HE BOUGHT NEW AND IT ALSO DOES IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS HIGHWAY SPEEDS OVER A BUMPY PATCH IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. PRESTON FORD (4309 PRESTON RD, HURLOCK, MD) WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN I DRIVE OVER A BUMP, BRIDGE GROVE, OR ANY OTHER IRREGULARITY IN THE ROAD. WHEN THIS IS EXPERIENCED I HAVE TO BRAKE IMMEDIATELY TO GET THE SPEED DOWN TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE IS SCARY ENOUGH, ADD IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC WHILE DOING THIS AND ITS'S A NIGHTMARE EACH TIME, WHICH IS EVERY TIME I'M ON HIGHWAYS.

TRAVELING AT 75 MPH ON KS TURNPIKE WHILE CROSSING A BRIDGE HIT A SMALL BUMP THAT IS THE BRIDGE JOINT AND MY FORD F-250 SUPPER DUTY TRUCK BEGAN A VIOLENT SHAKE IN THE FRONT END CAUSING ME TO ALMOST LOOSE CONTROL. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INSPECTED VEHICLE BUT FOUND NO FLAT OR DAMAGE. CONTINUED AT MINIMUM HIGHWAY SPEED WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS CROSSING THE ROAD INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT NOT AS SEVERE. ATTEMPTED TO SCHEDULE A REPAIR WITH RUSTY ECK FORD, WHO TRANSFERRED MY CALL TWICE AND ENDED UP WITH THE VOICEMAIL OF THE MAINTENANCE MANAGER. LEFT NAME, NUMBER AND INFORMATION OF ISSUE. NO RETURN CALL AS OF DECEMBER 26TH.