2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I HAVE A 2017 FORD F250 SUPER CAB WITH APPROXIMATELY 28,600 MILES ON IT. I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE FRONT END OSCILLATION (DEATH WOBBLE) FOR ABOUT THE LAST 5,000 MILES. IT OCCURS WHEN TRAVELLING OVER APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS CERTAIN BUMPS IN THE ROAD OR EXPANSION JOINTS AT ROAD BRIDGES. VEHICLE SHAKES SIDE TO SIDE UNCONTROLLABLY AND ONLY STOPS WITH AN IMMEDIATE BRAKING TO AROUND 35 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT MYSELF AND MANY OTHER FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCK OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING WHICH COULD LEAD TO MAJOR ACCIDENTS, INJURY, OR DEATH, IF IT HASN'T ALREADY.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING AT LEAST 60 MPH YOU HIT A BUMP OR IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD AND YOUR WHOLE TRUCK START SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, YOU FEEL AS IF YOURE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN ALMOST COMPLETLY TO GAIN ANY CONTROL OF THE WHEEL. THIS IS SERIOUSLY SO DANGEROUS. IT NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY PUT A NEW SHOCK ON, IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO I TOOK IT UP THERE AGAIN AND THEY TOLD ME IT IS A TRAIL AND ERROR PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. RIDICULOUS

AT 75MPH ON A THREE LANE FREEWAY, I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHICH RESULTED IN A VIOLENT FRONTEND SHIMMY THAT WAS SO BAD I HAD TO PULL OVER AND SLOW DOWN TO 25MPH TO GAIN CONTROL. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS IN QUESTION. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN SHORTLY THEREAFTER AT SAME SPEED SO I HAD TO CONTINUE AT 45 MPH AND DRIVE ON BACK ROADS TO GET HOME. ON TAKING IT TO A FORD DEALER THEY FOUND "DRAG LINKS AND TRACKBAR, BALL JOINTS HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY TECH. ALSO FOUND THAT STEERING DAMPENER HAD TOO MUCH MOVEMENT. REPLACED TRACK BAR BALL JOINTS, DRAG LINKS AND STEERING DAMPENER." HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN TO A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES, THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED, NOT USED IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, FREEWAY MILES ONLY, AND NEVER BEEN IN THE DIRT. AFTER NOTICING ONLINE THAT IT APPEARS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM AMONGST 2017 F250S, OUR CONCERN IS IF THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT WILL OCCUR AGAIN. NEXT TIME I MAY NOT BE SO FORTUNATE.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AFTER HITTING BUMP, FRONT WHEELS START UNCONTROLLABLE OSCILLATION BACK IN FORTH CAUSING STEERING CONTROL TO BE LOST AND FEED BACK THROUGH STEERING WHEEL. I MUST COME TO COMPLETE STOP FOR IT TO STOP. DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX PROBLEM THREE TIMES BUT HAS NOT FIXED ISSUE.

ON MORE THAN 20 SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE TAILGATE HAS RANDOMLY OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY. IN ONE INSTANCE THIS ALLOWED THE LOAD I WAS CARRYING AT 55 MPH TO FALL OUT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND ONTO THE HIGHWAY NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED BETWEEN 60-70 OR 80 MPH, THE TRUCK DEVELOPS VIOLENT STEERING WHEEL SHAKE, BACK AND FORTH, WHOLE TRUCK VIBRATES, TIRES SEEM TO BE SHAKING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER ( DEATH WOBBLE). THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE TRUCK GOES OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD, BUMP, HOLE OR DEFECT IN THE ROAD. HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING, WITH OR WITHOUT TOWING BUT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN TOWING TRAVEL TRAILER. SHAKING WILL NOT STOP UNTIL TRUCK IS BROUGHT TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. VERY SCARY

DEATH WOBBLE OCCURS BETWEEN 50-70 MPH IF HIT A ROUGH SPOT ON PAVED HWY. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. HAVE HAD DEALERSHIP FIX..BUT ONLY REDUCED SEVERITY.

WHILE TRAVELING IN THE #3 LANE AT 57 MPH AT 6:10 P.M. ON INTERSTATE 80 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; AS I DROVE OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ROADWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE/OSCILLATE VIOLENTLY AS WAS THE ENTIRE TRUCK, WHICH HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL OF THE STEERING AT THAT POINT. I DECELERATED THE TRUCK WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES AS I THOUGHT THAT WOULD SEND ME INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SPIN, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH OR WORSE. LUCKILY, DRIVERS AROUND ME REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND GAVE ME AS MUCH SPACE AS THEY COULD SO THAT I COULD REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. ONCE I SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE SHAKING WAS NOT AS INTENSE AND I BEGAN TO CAREFULLY BRAKE ALL THE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. I STOPPED THE TRUCK ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. SINCE MY FORD DEALER WAS CLOSED AT THAT TIME; I DROVE THE TRUCK ON SURFACE STREETS BACK HOME AND CONTACTED MY DEALER THE NEXT MORNING. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE TRUCK OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD AND SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR FIND ANYTHING AMISS WITH THE TRUCK. A DAY PRIOR, THE SERVICE ADVISOR ASKED ME IF THE "DEATH WOBBLE" STARTED BEFORE OR AFTER I HAD THE TRUCK SERVICED. I TOLD HIM I HAD THE TRUCK SERVICED ON SATURDAY AND THE "DEATH WOBBLE" STARTED ON THURSDAY, SO IT WAS AFTER. THE NEXT DAY ON HIS RETURN CALL TO ME HE INDICATED THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AMISS WITH THE TRUCK OTHER THAN THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NOT CORRECT, FOR WHICH THEY ADJUSTED TO "PROPER" INFLATION. BELOW IS THE SYNOPSIS OF THE REPAIR AS IT IS WRITTEN ON MY INVOICE: 24748 PERFORM TEST DROVE STEERING WOBBLE DO NOT DUPLICATED AT THIS TIME PERFORM PUT VEHICLE ON RACK AND INSPECTON FRONT END CHECK ALIGNMENT OK PASS CHECK AIR TIRES PRESSURE FOUND FRONT TIRES AT 70 PSI REAR 60 PSI PERFORM ADJUSTMENT TO SPECS FRONT 60 PSI REAR 65 PSI RECOMMEND RETURN VEHICLE TO CUSTOMER AT THIS TIME CHECK ON FUTURE CONCERNS

'DEATH WOBBLE' IT STARTED WHEN MY TRUCK WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OLD AT 24,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING TO THE POINT WHERE I COULDN'T GRAB IT. THE TRUCK WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND IT QUITE SHAKING ONCE I GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 25-30 MPH. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE, WHICH SCARES ME. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE IT UNTIL YOU'VE EXPERIENCED IT. I'VE HAD MY TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY HAVE WORKED ON IT UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I'M NOT ONE TO COMPLAIN, AND I HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF FORD VEHICLES MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. THERE ARE SEVERAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

I HAVE A SEVERE WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. IT ISN'T A CONSTANT WOBBLE AND I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. I NOTICE IT HAPPENS AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER IT DIDN'T HELP. THE SECOND TIME I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT AND RIGHT AND THAT MY TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE. I HAD THEM BALANCED THAT SAME DAY, AGAIN IT DIDN'T HELP. THE PROBLEM FORCING ME TO BASICALLY PARK MY VEHICLE OR ONLY DRIVE IT AROUND TOWN AT LOWER SPEEDS THAT I KNOW I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THE WOBBLE AT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK BECAUSE WHEN THIS WOBBLE HAPPENS IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL I HAVE TO TRY AND SLOW DOWN AND PULLOVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AS I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE VERY SAME ISSUE. IT'S UNSAFE AND IT GOING TO KILL PEOPLE IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE TO MAKE THE MANUFACTURER FIX THESE PROBLEMS.