2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I HAVE OWNED A 2017 F250 SUPER DUTY VEHICLE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND TWICE THE TAILGATE HAS OPENED WHEN DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME WAS NOT LONG AFTER I HAD THE TRUCK IN THE FALL OF 2018 AND THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD LEFT IT DOWN, ALTHOUGH IT MADE NO SENSE SINCE I HAD NOT LOADED ANYTHING IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK, BUT SOMEONE WAVED ME DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS I WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER, ON THE EXPRESSWAY, LESS THAN FIVE WEEKS AGO, IN AUSTIN, TEXAS (WE LIVE IN ATLANTA AND WAS VISITING OUR SON,) THE TAILGATE CAME DOWN AND A PIECE OF LUGGAGE FELL OUT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I WAS ONLY NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AFTER SEVERAL DRIVERS CAME UP BESIDE US AND YELLED OUT THEIR WINDOWS THAT THE TAILGATE WAS DOWN. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO AUTO WAS DAMAGED BEHIND US BUT HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE SINCE WE WERE GOING ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND NOT SURE HOW FAR BACK THE PIECE OF LUGGAGE FELL OUT. SADLY IT HAD SOME OF MY WIFE'S MEDICINES AND OTHER ITEMS AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY $600 IN TOTAL VALUE AND WE COULD NOT RECOVER THE PIECE OF LUGGAGE. LUCKILY THE OTHER ITEMS DID NOT FALL OUT (SEVERAL HEAVY BOXES OF ITEMS FOR OUR SON). IN LOOKING ONLINE TODAY, I FOUND THAT OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WANTED TO REPORT IT. I WILL BE GLAD TO FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF REQUIRED.

GETTING "DEATH WOBBLE" OR STEERING OSCILLATIONS AND VIOLENT SHAKING WHEN HITTING BUMPS ON ROAD AT MODERATE AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TOOK THE TRUCK IN AT 24K MILES AND STEERING PARTS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. 7 MONTHS/14K MILES LATER, SAME THING HAPPENING, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND SAME PARTS PLUS OTHERS NOW NEED REPLACED AND FORD CLAIMS IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY

DEATH WOBBLE, SHIMMY, OR OSCILLATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER HITTING BUMP, BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT OR IMPERFECTION IN ROAD. VEHICLE BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE, DARTS UNTO OTHER LANE IF WOBBLE STARTS IN A CURVE. MUST SLOW TO 15-25 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL

ACCELERATING ON TO INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65MPH, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL HIT A DEPRESSION IN THE ROAD SURFACE, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SWING VIOLENTLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DISPLACEMENT BECOMING LARGER IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I BRAKED HARD BRINGING THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. NARROWLY MISSING AN 18 WHEELER TRUCK. AFTER CHECKING FRONT SUSPENSION, I GINGERLY REJOINED THE FREEWAY AND CONTINUED AT 45MPH TO THE NEXT EXIT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS KNOW AS DEATH WOBBLE IN THE F250 COMMUNITY

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, OUR FORD F-250 STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE IN THE FRONT END AFTER GOING ONTO AN OVERPASS ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A VIOLENT WOBBLE OF THE FRONT END. IT FEELS LIKE THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION IS GOING TO SELF DESTRUCT. THIS HAPPENED ONE TIME AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH AND ANOTHER TIME AT A SPEED OF 75 MPH. IN ORDER TO GET THE FRONT END SHAKING TO STOP, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. DURING BOTH EPISODES, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT TIRES WERE WOBBLING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WAS SO VIOLENT THAT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE FIRST EPISODE OCCURRED WITH APPROXIMATELY 21,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER THAT EPISODE, WE TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND INDICATED IT WAS FIXED. THE SECOND EPISODE OCCURRED WITH ABOUT 29,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WE AGAIN TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHANGED THE CASTER SETTING ON THE VEHICLE TO AN OUT OF SPEC CONDITION AND TOLD US THAT THE FORD REGIONAL SERVICE REP TOLD THEM THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THAT SERVICE VISIT, THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 72 MPH AND 76 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE BACK AND FORTH AT A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A THIRD TIME TO ADDRESS THIS NEWEST PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS RIGHT AT 36,000 MILES ON IT AND IS AT THE END OF THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS APPROX OCTOBER 1, 2018 AND THE SECOND INSTANCE WAS APPROX MARCH 1, 2019.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, OUR FORD F-250 STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE IN THE FRONT END AFTER GOING ONTO AN OVERPASS ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A VIOLENT WOBBLE OF THE FRONT END. IT FEELS LIKE THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION IS GOING TO SELF DESTRUCT. THIS HAPPENED ONE TIME AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH AND ANOTHER TIME AT A SPEED OF 75 MPH. IN ORDER TO GET THE FRONT END SHAKING TO STOP, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. DURING BOTH EPISODES, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT TIRES WERE WOBBLING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WAS SO VIOLENT THAT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE FIRST EPISODE OCCURRED WITH APPROXIMATELY 21,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER THAT EPISODE, WE TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND INDICATED IT WAS FIXED. THE SECOND EPISODE OCCURRED WITH ABOUT 29,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WE AGAIN TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHANGED THE CASTER SETTING ON THE VEHICLE TO AN OUT OF SPEC CONDITION AND TOLD US THAT THE FORD REGIONAL SERVICE REP TOLD THEM THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THAT SERVICE VISIT, THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 72 MPH AND 76 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE BACK AND FORTH AT A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A THIRD TIME TO ADDRESS THIS NEWEST PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS RIGHT AT 36,000 MILES ON IT AND IS AT THE END OF THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS APPROX OCTOBER 1, 2018 AND THE SECOND INSTANCE WAS APPROX MARCH 1, 2019.

COMMONLY BEING REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE - DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE HORRIBLY, NEED TO SLOW DOWN, PULL OVER FOR IT TO STOP. DEALERSHIP WANTS TO REPLACE STEERING STABILIZER BUT STATED IF THAT DOESN'T WORK THEN THEY WILL DO FRONT END ALIGNMENT WITH CASTER SHIMS REPLACEMENT

DEATH WOBBLE IN THE 2017 FORD F250 IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE WERE NEARLY KILLED THIS PAST WEEKEND. FORD SERVICE HAS IT RIGHT NOW. BUT FROM ALL THE REVIEWS I HAVE READ, THE WOBBLE RETURNS AND USUALLY AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. IT HAPPENED ONE TIME TO US 6 MONTHS AGO, AND THIS PAST WEEKEND ABOUT 5 OR 6 TIMES ON A 250 MILE ROAD TRIP. SHAKES AND WOBBLES UNCONTROLLABLY . WE WERE ON I-40 GOING ABOUT 70 MILES MPH. WHEN WE WOULD HIT BUMPS OR CROSS UNEVEN BRIDGE IT WOULD GO CRAZY.

FIRST TIME AT 6000 MILES DRIVING 70MPH EXPENERNST THE DEATH WOBBLE. FORD COULDN'T GET PARTS THEY NEEDED. ALLINED AT LOCAL FORD DEALER TO FORD RECOMMENDATIONS. DIDN'T EXPERIENCE AGAIN TILL 26000 MILES. WE ARE ON A TRIP AND IT HAS HAPPENED 7 TIMES. FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO ADMIT WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATES.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (>45MPH) WHEN PASSING OVER ROUGH PAVEMENT THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHUDDER SIGNIFICANTLY FOR UP TO 100 YARDS AFTER PASSING THE ROUGH SPOT AND ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT AND REQUIRED SLOWING DOWN AND EVEN STOPPING TO MAKE THE VIBRATION CEASE. THERE WAS ALSO A CONTINUOUS SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT AND ABOVE 50 MPH ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT.