2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

VEHICLE HAS A REALLY BAD SHAKE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION OVER 35 MPH AND GETS WORSE AS SPEED INCREASES. FEELS AS IF THE OPERATOR IS LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE OR ABOUT TO. IT'S A VERY UNSETTLING FEELING ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. HAS BEEN TO DEALER 4-5 TIMES , MULTIPLE PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, TIRES ROTATED, TIRES EVEN CHANGED AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GIVE AN EXACT EXPLANATION OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THEY NO LONGER WANT TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE. IT'S CAUSED AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF FEAR WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM PROPERLY. I'VE ONLY OWNED THE TRUCK ABOUT 9 MONTHS AND IT'S SPENT OVER A MONTH IN THE GARAGE , STARTED LESS THAN 1 WEEK AFTER PURCHASE . STARTED APPROXIMATELY 25280 AND STILL HAPPENING TODAY. WE HAVE EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE.

ON 11/30/19 WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSED MY VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. ON 12/1/19 THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON TWO MORE OCCASIONS.

WHEN HITTING SMALL BUMPS AT SPEEDS OF 35MPH OR MORE THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SHOOK SO SEVERELY I HAD TO SLOW TO 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. TRUCK HAS 9000 MILES ON IT AND THAT'S IT. BEEN DOING IT SINCE NEW, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT WAS THIS SEVERE. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. EVERYTHING IS STOCK ON THIS 6.2 LITER F-250 SUPER CAB 4WHEEL DRIVE. AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER COULD EASILY HAVE HAD A FATAL ACCIDENT IF THEY DIDN'T HANDLE THE SITUATION CORRECTLY OR IF I WAS ON A TURN.

FORD DEATH WOBBLE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DIVING OVER BUMP OR IMPERFECTION OF ROAD SURFACE AT SPEEDS AS SLOW AS 50 MPH. HARD TO REGAIN CONTROL UNTIL SPEED IS REDUCED TO APPROX 25 MPH. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FORD HAS IGNORED THIS PROBLEM . THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SURFACE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO GET FORD TO RECALL THIS SOMEONE WILL DIE SOONER OR LATER!

HAVE EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" ON MY 2017 SUPERDUTY SEVERAL TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AS WITH ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE OSCILLATION BEGINS AFTER HITTING UNEVEN PAVEMENT, AND GROWS UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN. THE FORD TRUCK OWNERS THAT HAVE POSTED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ARE BEGGING FORD (OR NHTSA) TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED, OR KILLED. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL ALL BE WONDERING WHY THE COMPLAINTS AND INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED, WHEN NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE (AND TO SAVE LIVES).

TRAVELING AT 60-65 MPH ON HIGHWAY FRONT END OF TRUCK BEGAN TO SHIMMY VIOLENTLY ( DEATH WOBBLE). THIS HAPPENED AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE JOINT IN THE ROAD. HAD TO SLOW TRUCK DOWN TO 20 MPH TO STOP THE SHIMMY. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY IF THERE WAS TRAFFIC BEHIND ME OR IN THE ON COMING LANE. TRUCK WAS BARELY CONTROLLABLE AND TOOK EXTREME EFFORT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY EACH TIME THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANDERSON FORD LINCOLN (2500 WILDCAT DR, LINCOLN, NE 68521, (402) 458-9800), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BUMPS IN THE ROAD CAUSE THE STEERING TO BEGIN TO WOBBLE AND MAKE THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLE, SLOWING DOWN ALLOWS THE DRIVER TO REGAIN CONTROL. IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE BE MANY PEOPLE AND APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE. PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 25000 MILES. CONTINUES TO THIS DAY AT 45000 MILES, SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.

AT 20,000 MILES I EXPERIENCED THE " DEATH WOBBLE" AT 75 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO GET SLOWED DOWN AND I REGAINED CONTROL AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, IF BOTH FRONT WHEELS HIT A BUMP AT THE SAME TIME, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE UNTIL THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO AROUND 40 MPH. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AT ABOUT 2 YEARS AND 40,000 MILES. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER AND SAID THAT WOULD FIX THE ISSUE. A YEAR LATER AND AT 53,000 MILES, THIS BEGAN HAPPENING AGAIN WHILE TOWING MY TRAVEL TRAILER CAMPER. IT IS ABOUT 8,000 LBS AND 650 POUNDS ON THE HITCH. THE PROBLEM WAS FAR WORSE WITH THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTING HITCH THAN WITHOUT, HOWEVER I DID EXPERIENCE IT TWICE IN ABOUT 100 MILES ON A STANDARD HITCH.