2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I'VE HAD MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OF THE DEATH WOBBLE WHILE DRIVE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED YESTERDAY 11/16/20 AND WAS THE WORST INCIDENT SO FAR. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AFTER HITTING A COUPLE SEEMS IN THE CONCRETE THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND WOBBLE, PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF 1-2 MINS. I LET MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDDLE AND APPLIED SLIGHT PRESSURE TO THE BREAKS, WHICH MADE THE WOBBLE WORSE. AFTER FINALLY SLOWING DOWN TO ~30 MPH THE TRUCK STOPPED WOBBLING AND SHAKING. I HONESTLY BELIEVE A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER COULD HAVE EASILY LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED THE TRUCK CAUSING A MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY KILLING PEOPLE.

HIT A BUMP AT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND STARTS A DEATH WOBBLE. (FRONT END UNCONTROLLABLY SHAKES) HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY AND FORD REPLACED STABILIZER. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS

VEHICLE EXHIBITS SEVERE STEERING OSCILLATION WHEN SPEEDS ARE ABOVE 45MPH AND PASS OVER A POTHOLE, EXPANSION JOINT, OR OTHER NORMAL UNEVEN SURFACE. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE WITH THIS SCENARIO. ALSO COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS DEATH WOBBLE.

2017 F-250 FACTORY STOCK WITH 15,800 MILES. TIRES ARE LIKE NEW, NEVER USED AS A TOW VEHICLE. CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING BY 69 YEAR OLD MAN. I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY TOLL ROAD AT 70 MPH AND HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT IN A BRIDGE AND THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. IT CONTINUED TO SHAKE UNTIL I HAD SLOWED TO 40 MPH. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED THIS ONE TIME (TWO DAYS AGO) BUT AFTER READING SIMILAR REPORTS ONLINE, I AM AFRAID TO GO OVER 65 MPH.

I WAS TRAVELING ON A FLAT HIGHWAY IN KANSAS AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS NO INCLEMENT WEATHER. I CAME UPON A TYPICAL HIGHWAY BRIDGE, AND WHEN FRONT WHEELS CROSSED THE BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO ALSO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND TURN BACK AND FORTH, ABOUT AN 1/8TH TURN EACH WAY, BACK AND FORTH VERY FAST. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SLOWING THE VEHICLE AND GRIPPED THE WHEEL HARDER TO TRY TO KEEP FROM GOING OFF THE ROAD. THE SHAKING CONTINUED UNCHANGED UNTIL VEHICLE REACHED SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 20MPH. AFTER THE INCIDENT I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND INSPECTED THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, FINDING NO ABNORMALITIES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY REMOVING HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. KEN STOEPEL FORD (400 SIDNEY BAKER ST S, KERRVILLE, TX 78028, (830) 257-5553) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

I OWN A 2017 FORD F250 THAT I BOUGHT NEW AND NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES. IN AUGUST 2019 I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AT APPROX 60MPH ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND I HIT A SLIGHT FROST HEAVE ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN TO APPROX. 25MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC HEAD ON COLLISION. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH VIOLENT SHAKING FROM A VEHICLE, IT FELT AS IF ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE HELD ON BY A SINGLE LUG NUT AND I HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL. I CALLED THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND THEY SCHEDULE ME FOR REPAIRS. I LATER RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND REALIZED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS A NAME "DEATH WOBBLE" AND THAT IT IS COMMON IN FORD TRUCKS. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE ISSUE SINCE BUT I FEEL THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN AND I AM HONESTLY VERY CONCERNED THAT IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS THAT DAY IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY TRAGIC ACCIDENT. I JUST LEARNED OF THIS SITE TO REPORT SAFETY ISSUES OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE DONE IT MUCH SOONER. IT APPEARS THAT FORD HAS A DESIGN FLAW THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY CONTINUE TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. I AM FEARFUL THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE FATALITIES BEFORE THIS EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE IS CORRECTED.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HITTING A SMALL BUMP OR RIDGE IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT STEERING SYSTEMS STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY BRAKING HARD AND SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MANY FORD TRUCK OWNERS AND IS KNOWN AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I LIVE IN HOUSTON AND BRAKING HARD TO A STOP HERE, DURING RUSH HOUR, ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. I'M BEGINNING TO BE AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK ON THE ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 66 MPH OVER A BUMP OR RIDGES IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END VIOLENTLY VIBRATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE STOPPED FOR THE FAILURE TO COMPLETELY GO AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STANLEY FORD BROWNFIELD (1708 LUBBOCK RD, BROWNFIELD, TX 79316, (806) 637-3561) WHERE THE TIRES WERE BALANCED. POLLARD FRIENDLY FORD COMPANY (3301 S LOOP 289, LUBBOCK, TX 79423, (806) 797-3441) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRACK BAR STEERING DAMPER CASTER SHIMS WERE AT THE WRONG ANGLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,457.

I WAS TRAVELING ALONG I-40 GOING ABOUT 75 MILES PER HOUR AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE LEFT WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE TRUCK BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS RIPPED OUT OF MY HANDS. I PULLED A MUSCLE IN MY ARM TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. THE SHAKING WENT AWAY AS SOON AS I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 68MPH, AND DID NOT RETURN AS I ACCELERATED FURTHER. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING ON 11/12/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 38K MILES. HERE IS A LINK TO THE VIDEO OF WHAT OCCURRED. HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/100036038931239/VIDEOS/158294595381837/ HERE IS ANOTHER LINK TO A VIDEO FROM ANOTHER OCCASION. HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/100036038931239/VIDEOS/158075658737064/ HERE IS A LINK OF THIS SAME ISSUE AFFECTING ANOTHER PERSON'S TRUCK. HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CLINT.PATTON.5/VIDEOS/10101610077554026/ THIS PROBLEM IS SO COMMON, THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN PROGRESS. HTTPS://TOPCLASSACTIONS.COM/LAWSUIT-SETTLEMENTS/CONSUMER-PRODUCTS/AUTO-NEWS/901841-FORD-CLASS-ACTION-ALLEGES-DEATH-WOBBLE-TRUCK-DEFECT/ YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY NEED TO FORCE FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THESE TRUCKS BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES IT AND GETS KILLED. THIS IS NOT A MYTH, THIS IS NOT B.S., THIS IS SERIOUS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME DRIVE MY TRUCK AND EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF. *TR