2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

STARTED GETTING WOBBLE/OSCILLATION IN STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN HITTING ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS OR BRIDGE JOINTS THAT REQUIRES QUICK BRAKING TO BELOW 25MPH TO GET BACK UNDER CONTROL. FIRST STABILIZER WAS REPLACED AND ALIGNMENT PERFORMED WITH RESULTS LASTING ABOUT A YEAR, THEN IT CAME BACK, THIS TIME DRAG LINK REPLACED AND RE-ALIGNED, STILL HAS ISSUE TO SOME EXTENT WHEN CROSSING BRIDGE JOINTS ON HIGHWAY.

I WAS DRIVING MY F250 ON THE FREEWAY AND AFTER HITTING A COUPLE BUMPS IT STARTED DOING THE DEATH WOBBLE AS ITS CALLED. ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM FORD HAS TSB BUT THEY DON'T TAKE THIS CONDITION SERIOUSLY AS I SCHEDULED AN APPT WITH THE DEALER SHIP WITHIN DAYS AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS ARE ALL BACKORDERED TO REPAIR IT AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE DATE THEY CAN GET THEM.

THE REAR DOORS OPEN ON THERE OWN AND WILL THEN NOT CLOSE. "FIXED" ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW A YEAR LATER THEY AGAIN OPENNING ON THERE OWN AND THEN ARE UN ABLE TO BE RE-SECURED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD, HIGHWAY, AND IN THE DRIVEWAY. VERY CONCERNED FOR MY CHILDREN WHO RIDE BACK THERE.

2 EVENTS-2 WEEKS APART I BELIEVE IT IS REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IN BOTH EVENTS, I HIT A BUMP ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE. ALL I COULD DO WAS HIT THE BRAKES. AT ABOUT 30 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED AND I COULD PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO LOOK AT THE TIRE. I THOUGHT A TIRE HAD COME OFF THE TRUCK. TRUCK HAS 38000 MILES AND IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. NOW FACED WITH AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND TO BE HONEST I AM NOW A LITTLE SCARED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. DEFINITELY NEVER GOING TO PULL MY FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER AGAIN WITH THIS TRUCK. THANKS FOR LISTENING.

WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH TENDS TO SMOOTH IT OUT. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER AND ROTATED THE TIRES, BUT THE ISSUE STILL EXISTS AND FEELS A BIT WORSE AND IS OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON THE HWY THE TRUCK DID A DEATH WOBBLE I HAD TO SLOW TO 25 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 13500 MILES ON IT I BOUGHT IT NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE TO DRIVE IT. I'M 45 YRS OLD AND TRUCK HAS NEVER LEFT THE ROAD IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED TO THE MAX FOR FORD TO SAY PEOPLE ARE NOT MAINTAINING THESE TRUCKS IS WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS IS A COMPLETE LIE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET KILLED. THE DEALERS WILL TELL YOU FLAT OUT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. WHY WON'T FORD FIX THEM?

LOSS OF CONTROL AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH AFTER RUNNING OVER A POTHOLE OR ROUGH ROAD SURFACE. THE FRONT TIRES START TO BOUNCE OR OSCILLATE AND STEERING BECOMES DANGEROUSLY ERRATIC. YOU HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO LOWER THE SPEED. EVERYTHING LOOSE IN THE CABIN CAN BEGINS MOVING AROUND AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO HOLD. IF YOU ARE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT SPEEDS OF 60-70 MPH THERE IS VERY REAL DANGER OF BEING HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DESCRIPTIONS ONLINE OF FORD F250 TRUCKS CALL IT THE DEATH-WOBBLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 34-GALLON FUEL TANK, BUT TOOK LESS THAN 24 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE CONTACT CALLED BILL UTTER FORD AT 940-321-7400 (LOCATED AT 4901 S INTERSTATE 35 E, DENTON, TX 76210) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 17-0046 (WHICH ADDRESSED THE POSSIBILITY OF A FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000. *DT *DL

FRONT END STEERING BEGINS A DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH. IF EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN THE ROAD, CITY OR HIGHWAY, IS DRIVEN OVER AT THESE SPEEDS IT MAKES THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

MY FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THIS GENERALLY HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND I HIT A BUMP. WHEN THIS SHAKING TAKES PLACE I MUST SLOW DOWN TO 45-55 MPH FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. THIS SHAKING BEGAN WITH 32,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK AND I HAVE NOW BROUGHT IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES. IT APPEARS FORD CANNOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.