2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DEATH WOBBLE IN STEERING WHEEL AFTER HITING A POTHOLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED 60 MPH. VIOLENT SHAKE IN STEERING WHEEL. TRAVEL WAS IN A STRAIGHT POSITION.

SEVERAL TIMES MY TRUCK HAS GONE INTO A SEVERE SHIMMY WHILE TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS TO STAND ON THE BRAKES AND HOPE ANYONE BEHIND ME IS ALERT. I HAVE OWNED A 2009,AND A 2013 F-250 AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THEM.

2017 FORD SUPER-DUTY F-250 PICK-UP TRUCK; VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON, WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL OPERATING SPEEDS. RAPID DECELERATION REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. BOTH OCCURRED WHILE OPERATING ON PAVED ROADS ( FREEWAY/EXPRESSWAY AND 2 LANE HIGHWAY ) - NO POT HOLES OR BUMPS HIT, THAT I AM ABLE TO RECALL.

AT 70MPH VEHICLE HIT A SMALL ELEVATION CHANGE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE VEHICLE GO INTO WHAT THE DEALERSHIP CALLED A "DEATH WOBBLE". STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND IT FELT AS IF ALL WHEELS WERE BOUNCING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. I WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT ON A HIGHWAY AT THE TIME THE "DEATH WOBBLE" STARTED. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW AND PULL INTO THE CENTER DIVIDE.

WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH HIT SMALL BUMP AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES OUT OF MY HAND. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. HAVE TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP BUT CANT FIX BUT CHARGED ME 350.00

DEATH WOBBLE AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 45MPH AFTER GOING OVER EXPANSION JOINT IN THE HIGHWAY

WE WERE PULLING 5TH WHEEL AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. HIT BUMP IN ROAD. PICKUP STARTED SHIMMING/SHAKING VIOLENTLY, ALMOST LOST CONTROL. HAD TO REDUCE SPEED IMMEDIATELY WHICH IS HARD TO DO IN TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, THIS HAPPENED AGAIN WITHOUT THE FIFTH WHEEL DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. HIT BUMP IN ROAD AND YOU HAVE TO ALL BUT SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO GET IT TO STOP. DID THIS AGAIN 3-4 TIMES TRYING TO REACH DEALERSHIP. THE PICKUP HAS BEEN IN DEALERSHIP FOR THREE (3) WEEKS TODAY. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN PART WILL BE IN TO FIX IF FIXABLE.

I WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON INTERSTATE 10 HEADING TO JUNCTION TEXAS. THERE WAS AN AREA OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND AS I WAS COMING OFF OF THIS CONSTRUCTION THERE WAS SOME UNEVEN ROAD AND BUMPS. MY FRONT LEFT TIRE STARTED TO SHAKE, THE STEERING WJHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE AND IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT SO BAD THAT THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS SHAKING. I HAD TO GENTLY APPLY THE BRAKES BUT UNABLE TO STEER APPROPRIATELY WE VEERED INTO THE MEDIAN OF I10. I HAD BOTH MY 3 AND 6 YEAR OLD IN THE TRUCK. HAD THERE BEEN A MEDIAN WALL OR TRAFFIC THIS LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ON OUR TRIP BOTH AT BRIDGE INTERFACES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK SEVERELY AND VIBRATED AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KALISPELL FORD (2000 ROSE CROSSING, KALISPELL, MT) WHERE THE DAMPENING SHOCKS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE PICKUP STARTS TO SHAKE REAL BAD. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKE IS TO SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 45 MPH. IT HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABALIZER ARM. AFTER THE REPAIR IT HAPPENED 2 TIMES AGAIN IN ONE DAY. SOME OF THE TIMES I WAS IN THE FAST LANE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC I WAS GLAD THE OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND ME WAS ABLE TO SLOW ENOUGH TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE SUBJECT IT IS WHAT HAS BEEN TERMED THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. I HAVE 34,000 MILES ON THE PICKUP. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS ABOUT ONE WEEK AGO. THE LAST TWO TIMES IT HAPPENED WAS ON NOVEMBER 24, 2019. I CALLED THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME. THEY NEEDED TO CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM.