2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DOORS DO NO STAY CLOSED. HAD UPDATES DONE ON 11/25/19 SECOND TIME ON 11/27/19 DOOR ON RIGHT REAR WOULD NOT REMAIN CLOSED ALSO DRIVERS DOOR DID THE SAME BUT WAS ABLE TO CLOSE AFTER IT WARMED UP . MY 12 YEAR OLD SON AND 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACK. IS FORD GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A PERMANENT REPAIR THAT WORKS. IN THEIR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LETTER SAYS IT'S A ONE TIME FIX. FIRST OFF IT NEEDS TO BE A FIX.

DEATH WOBBLE AT 45 MPH+ - COMPLETELY STOCK TRUCK GOING 45+ MPH AND HIT A SMALL BUMP OR GROOVE ON A REGULAR MAIN ROAD AND THE TRUCK GOES INTO A SERIOUS DEATH WOBBLE

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 70 MPH ON I-57 IN ILLINOIS WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY (DEATH WOBBLE) HAD TO REDUCE SPEED TO 38 MPH TO GAIN CONTROL. IT OCCURRED 6 TIMES ON TRIP. ON 9/20/19, AT 12,692 MILES, WATSEKA, IL. FORD DEALER REPLACED STEERING DAMPENER - TSB-19-2274 UNDER WARRANTEE. ON 11/25/19, SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED AT 60 MPH. @ 14,680 MILES. TRUCK HAS HAD NO MODIFICATIONS TO STEERING, TIRES, WHEELS OR SUSPENSION. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT FORD MOTOR CO. HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS AND AFFECTS VEHICLES AS EARLY AS 2011 MODEL YEAR. THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT BRIDGE DECKS OR ROAD REPAIRS.

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70MPH I STRUCK A BUMP AND THE FRONT END BEGAN TO OSCILLATE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VIBRATION CONTINUED UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED BELOW 40MPH. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE NOW. FORD REPLACED A STABILIZER AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE BUT THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED.

DURING MY VACATION, MY 2017 FORD F250 WITH 24,000 MILES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WHENEVER I WOULD CROSS A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT OR OTHER ROUGH PATCHES ON THE ROAD AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THE FRONT END OSCILLATED SO SEVERELY THE TRUCK WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE. IT HAD TO BE SLOWED DOWN TO 35-40 MPH TO GET IT BACK UNDER CONTROL. IT BECAME SO SEVERE, I QUIT DRIVING IT 1,700 MILES FROM HOME AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER IN THE AREA I WAS AT. THE PROBLEM IS THE STEERING STABILIZER AKA STEERING DAMPER. FORD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THEN THAT PART FAILED AGAIN.WHEN THIS SITUATION OCCURS, IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE CONTROLLED UNTIL IT IS SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY.

WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF I HIT A BUMP MY STEARIN WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKES BACK AND FORTH. I HAVE TO REDUCE SPEEDS TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP.

DRIVING TRUCK ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 73 MPH. STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING BACK AND FOURTH BADLY, WOBBLING. APPLIED BRAKES AND IT SETTLED DOWN. IT HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES. ALSO DONE AT ABOUT 50 MPH ON NEWLY ASPHALT HIGHWAY. APLLIED BRAKES AND IT SETTLED DOWN. I ALSO HAD MY TIRES BALANCED AT TWO DIFFERENT TIRE SHOPS THAT I DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME. ALL THIS IS DRVING STRAIGHT ON SMOOTH ASPHAULT HIGHWAY. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID STEERING DAMPNER (I THINK WAS THE NAME) WAS BAD. REPLACED IT AND SAID THEY DROVE IT AND WAS OK. TRUCK HAD AROUND 17,800 WHEN IT FIRST DID THIS. TRUCK STILL HAD A VERY VERY SLIGHT RIGHT TO LEFT SHAKE.THIS WAS DONE ON 9/20/2019, 18,257 MILES. DID NOT HAVE A "DEATH WOBBLE" AGAIN UNTIL 11/15/2019. IT WAS HORRIBLE. ON INTERSATE FOURTY IN ARKANSAS DRIVING ON STRAIGHT ROAD ABOUT 78MPH AROUND 8:00 AT NIGHT.. DID NOT FEEL ANY BUMP. WORSE WOBBLE I HAVE HAD ON MY TRUCK . THE WOBBLE DID NO STOP UNTIL I GOT OFF INTERSTATE AND STOPPED THE TRUCK. SCARED ME AND MY BROTHER TO DEATH!!! DID NOT DO IT AGAIN ON WAY HOME, THIS IS ABOUT 350 MILES. STILL HAS LITTLE SHAKE TO STEERING WHEEL THAT I SAID EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS HAD BEEN MY WIFE OR GRAND DAUGHTER. THIS IS A VERY VERY VSRY SERIOUS PROBLEM. I CALLED MY DEALER WHEN AND HE SAID BRING IT BACK AND TRY NOT TO DRIVE IT OVER 70MPH. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WOTH IT. I HAVE VIDEOS OF SOME OF THIS, BUT NOT THE LAST TIME

INTERSTATE DRIVING AT 70MPH HIT SMALL BUMP ON BRIDGE AND TRUCK STEERING FRONT END STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING, HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP IN ORDER TO STOP THE SHAKING 2017 F250 SUPER DUTY 20K MILES

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, I HIT A BRIDGE TRANSITION BUMP AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END OF TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER AND SLOWED DOWN.

EXPERIENCING SEVERE STEERING OSCILLATION (DEATH WOBBLE) UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY OPERATION WITH MY FACTORY STOCK 2017 FORD F-250 4X4. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS STEERING OSCILLATION ISSUE, UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE DEALER NOW STATES THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND STATED A FORD FACTORY TECH INSTRUCTED THEM TO INCREASE THE FRONT TIRE PRESSURE TO 5 PSI OVER WHAT THE DOOR STICKER INDICATES AS THE RECOMMENDED PSI. THE DEALER ROAD FORCE BALANCED THE FRONT TIRES AND TOLD ME THE VEHICLE COULD BE PICKED UP. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED THE STEERING OSCILLATION AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEATH WOBBLE NORMALLY OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS BUMPS (EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE ROADWAY) AND/OR ROADWAY TO BRIDGE TRANSITIONS. THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATES RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE RETURNS TO NORMAL FUNCTION WHEN THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO SPEEDS UNDER 30 MPH.