2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH ON A CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY, DROVE OVER A BRIDGE JOINT AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE SPEED NEEDED TO BE REDUCED TO ABOUT 30MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING STOPPED. THE SAME CONDITION HAPPED ABOUT 2 MILES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WHEN A SMALL BUMP WAS HIT AT ABOUT 50 MPH.

FORD TSB #18-2268. DEATH WOBBLE. SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED AND VIOLENT FRONT END OSCILLATION WHEN TRAVELING OVER EXPANSION JOINT, POT HOLE OR OTHER UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 65 MPH. EVENT IS REMEDIED BY SLOWING DOWN TO LESS THAN 45 MPH.

AT CERTAIN TIMES AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. HAD THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE SO FAR AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPNER BOTH TIMES. STILL HAVING ISSUES AND ANOTHER APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING ISSUE THAT COULD LEAD TO A FATAL ACCIDENT.

WHILE TRAVELING THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTREME SHAKING AND VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SLOWED TO 40 MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING SUBSIDED. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM A FEW TIMES AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDENT.

CONDITION BECOMING KNOWN AS DEATH WOBBLE. HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN BACK IN APRIL OF 2018. VIOLENTLY SHAKING OF THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AFTER HITTING A MINOR BUMP IN HIGHWAY. VERY SCARY AND LIFE THREATENING. WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP WHEN IT HAD 17,000 MILES. WAS FINE UP UNTIL TWO DAYS AGO OR 3/12/19. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AND IS CURRENTLY AT SAME DEALERSHIP BEING EVALUATED. VEHICLE IS A DEADLY ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE PICKUP CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES.

DEATH WOBBLE. TRUCK HAS ABOUT 28,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN GOING AROUND 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE I HIT AN AVERAGE BUMP AND THE WHOLE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. ACTUALLY HURT MY WRIST FROM HANGING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH BEFORE I HAD CONTROL AGAIN.

2017 FORD F250 HAS A UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END. IT SHAKES THE STEERING WHEEL SO HARD,EVEN WITH TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL IT WILL THROW YOU INTO ANOTHER LANE. IT HAPPEN TODAY 3/13/2019 AT 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. THE TRUCK HAS 26066 MILES ON IT. I HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND TRUCK SERVICE ONLY A FORD DEALERSHIP. MY TIRE ARE NOT WORN, I DO NOT HAVE ANY CRACKED BOOTS NOR IS THERE AND GREASE COMING OUT OF THEM.

DEATH WOBBLE, TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL TRAVELING OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR ON HIGHWAY. WHEEL VIOLENTLY WHIPPING BACK AND FORTH FAST AND VIOLENTLY. LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE ALMOST CAUSING MAJOR ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TAILGATE OPENED ON ITS OWN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO QUIRK FORD (540 SOUTHERN ARTERY, QUINCY, MA 02169, (617) 770-0070) AND THE TAILGATE HINGES WERE GREASED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,500.

WAS TRAVELING ON I90 WITH MY FATHER, WAS DOING 70 MILES PER WHEN TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND JERKING WAS ALL I COULD DO TO KEEP HOLD OF STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS A SEMI BEHIND ME THAT NEARLY HIT US AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP SHAKING NEVER BEEN SO SCARED