2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

STOCK, AS DELIVERED BY THE DEALER, 2017 F250 SUPERDUTY 4X4 FX4 WITH 20,XXX MILES. THREE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED SO FAR.. AT SPEEDS AROUND 55MPH THE FRONT END STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING BUMP.(DEATH WOBBLE). THE BUMP THAT INITIATED THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE TRUCK AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WERE NOT MAJOR BUMPS AND ON STATE HIGHWAYS. YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING THE TRUCK UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS BELOW 25MPH. FOUND NUMEROUS REFERENCES OF THIS OCCURRING WHEN SEARCHING ISSUE ON LINE. DEALER SAYS IT AN KNOWN ISSUE AND WOULD REPLACE A STEERING COMPONENT BUSHING UNDER WARRANTY. ASKED IF THIS WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE. WAS TOLD TO TRY AN AFTERMARKET DUAL STABILIZER. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THEY COMPONENT THAT WAS DAMAGED WOULD BE REPLACE BUT THE CAUSE OF THE COMPONENT FAILURE WOULD NOT BE RESOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN EXTENSIVE 'DEATH WOBBLE' UPON DRIVING OVER UNEVEN ASPHALT. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL WITH FORCE TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS STABILIZED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. SOUTHLAND FORD (801 NORTH ST, ASHBURN, GA 31714, (229) 567-3301) DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED SOME FRONT END PARTS, INCLUDING THE TIRE STABILIZER, BUSHINGS, DAMPENERS, AND RESET THE CAMBER CASTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEATH WOBBLE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 55-70 MPH WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP OR UNEVEN TERRAIN THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK INCLUDING THE STEERING COLUMN WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL YOU BRAKE AND BRING THE SPEED BELOW 40 MPH. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT

AT APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 MPH AND UPON HITTING A BUMP/EXPANSION JOINT/POTHOLE IN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK WILL ENTER INTO A NON-DAMPENING CASTOR OSCILLATION (I.E. DEATH WOBBLE). WHEN THIS OCCURS IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND THE DRIVER MUST SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 40 - 45 MPH TO GET THE WOBBLE TO STOP. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN TOWING A LARGE/HEAVY TRAILER.

THERE IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM WITH THE FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS IT'S BEEN IN THE DEALER THEEE TIMES TO CORRECT DEATH WOBBLE WHICH IS EXTREAMLY DANGEROUS AND FORD IS GIVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THE RUN AROUND AND PUTTING THE PUBLIC IN DANGER , WHEN SOMEBODY GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS IT'S GOING TO BE KNOWN THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WELL DOCUMENTED AND KNOWN AND HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE POSTING IT ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA'S HOW IS THE GOVERNMENT NOT STEPPING IN ON THIS?

I EXPERIENCED STEERING OSSALATION AND WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WHILE TRAVELING AT AROUND 70 MPH, IT HAPPENS AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE SEAM THE TRUCK BECAMES UNCONTROLLABLE, SHAKING VIOLENTLY , IT WAS SO VIOLENT I HAD TO SLOW TO ALMOST 20 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ONCE I COULD CONTROL THE STEERING. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE AND SEEMS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE 2017. FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB, BUT THE TRUCK SHOULD BE RECALLED. 1 AFFECTED PRODUCT

RECIEVED A RECALL FROM FORD FOR FROZEN DOOR LATCHES. DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE IN THE COLD. WENT INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY "FIXED" THE RECALL. BUT IT DID NOT WORK. FORD STATES THERE IS NO OTHER FIX AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AT THIS TIME. THEY TOLD ME TO BUNGEE MY DOOR SHUT AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER RECALL! THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER THAT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH AND FORD IS TAKING NO ACTION TO FIX!

DOORS DO NOT SECURELY CLOSE WHEN EXPOSED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES, PARTICULARLY AFTER EXPOSURE TO SLEET,SNOW OR WIND. THIS IS A FOUR DOOR VEHICLE AND MOST TIMES ALL DOORS ARE AFFECTED. WHEN THIS OCCURS DOORS DO NOT SECURE AND LATCHING DOES NOT OCCUR. OF COURSE, DOOR AJAR AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALERTS OCCUR. BASICALLY YOU MUST DRIVE HOLDING THE DOOR. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE A SAFETY ISSUE EXISTS.

WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD TODAY AT AROUND 60 MPH. MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY AND I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 25 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. MY TRUCK HAS ABOUT 24K MILES ON IT AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH IT APPEARS TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND HUNDREDS OF SUPER DUTY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE THIS WILL CAUSE SOMEONE TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED. I AM LUCKY TODAY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME ON THE HIGHWAY SLOWING DOWN FROM 60 TO 25.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JEFF DRENNEN FORD (801 S. 2ND ST, COSHOCTON, OHIO) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE NOX SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,900. *TT CONSUMER STATED MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WAS HIS PROBLEM.*JB