2017 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

2017 FORD F 250 DIESEL 19,000 MILES, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 ON HIGHWAY 70 @ APPROX. 60-65 MPH(TIRE PRESSURE 55#) I HIT A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, THE FRONT WHEEL WENT INTO A UNCONTROLLABLE WOOBLE, FINALLY SLOWED SUFFICIENT TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. INITIALLY AT 17,000 MILES, I HAD NOTICED A SLIGHT WOBBLE WHEN GOING OVER CERTAIN BUMPS AND EXPANSION JOINTS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY TESTED IT AND SET THE TIRE PRESSURE LOWER, UNTIL THIS INCIDENT IT WAS BETTER. WILL BE GOING IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND BRING THIS TO DEALERS ATTENTION,

DEATH WOBBLE, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, I RAN OVER SOME TRAIN TRACKS AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP TO GET IT TO QUIT. SCARED MY WIFE HALF TO DEATH. VERY DANGEROUS.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE OVER 50 MPH AND HITTING A BUMP OR RIDGE IN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AND IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THIS IS REFERRED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE." WE HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO OUR LOCAL DEALER FOR THE SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIR THAT FORD HAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE REPAIR DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER CARE DO NOT HAVE A SOLUTION. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND OUR DEALER TELLS US THEY HAVE 8 TRUCKS IN FOR SERVICE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO SOLUTION. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

DRIVING SOUTH ON I-95 JUST NORTH OF PORTLAND,ME. TRAVELING WITH NO LOAD AT 70 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT. CAME ACROSS A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT WHICH RAN SLIGHTLY DIAGONAL TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE TRUCK WENT INTO A VIOLENT DEATH WOBBLE. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS SHUDDERING. I HAD ALL I COULD DO TO KEEP TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING LEFT TO RIGHT AT A HIGH OSCILLATION. I HAD LIMITED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND LET OF THE ACCELERATOR AND DRIFTED TOWARD THE BREAKDOWN LANE. AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE OSCILLATION STOPPED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CONDITION REPEATED. WHEN I GOT HOME I WENT ON LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE JUST OVER 50K MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE THE TIRES AS THEY MAY BE GETTING WORN. I DID FOLLOW THAT INSTRUCTION ALTHOUGH THE TIRES STILL MET THE WEAR LIMITS. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB # 18-2268 WHICH I AM GOING TO HAVE EXECUTED NEXT WEEK WHICH LOOKS INTO THIS PROBLEM AND MAKES MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT. ALL THAT SAID, THE PROBLEM IS FAR GREATER THAN SOME TIRE WEAR AND ALIGNMENT ADJUSTMENTS. NO VEHICLE SHOULS SHAKE AND OCILLATE YOU OFF OF THE ROAD IN A VIOLENT OSCILLATION WHERE THE DRIVER LOSES THEIR ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. FORD HAS A FAR MORE SERIOUS DESIGN ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS. AS THEY DO NOT ACKNOWLEGE THE PROBLEM AND OFFER A TRUE FIX (AT THEIR COST) THE OWNER OF THESE VEHICLES IS PLAYING A GAME OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE UNTIL THE VEHICLE GOES BACK INTO THE VIOLENT OSCILLATION. AFTER READING MANY ON-LINE POSTS, THIS APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING AT ALL DIFFERENT MILEAGE LEVELS. FORD NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE CUSTOMER AND THEIR FAMILY SHOULD NOT BE ENDANGERED FOR A DEFECTIVE FRONT SUSPENSION

I EXPERIENCED WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" TWICE LAST WEEK WHILE TRAVELING AT AROUND 70 MPH, BOTH TIMES IT HAPPENED AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE SEAM THE TRUCK BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY , I THOUGHT MY AXLE UNDER THE TRUCK HAD BROKE , IT WAS SO VIOLENT I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER DRIVERS TRAVELING AT SAME SPEED AS 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. SO AFTER CHECKING TO MAKE SURE ALL WAS GOOD ,I WAS STILL ON ALL FOURS AND NOT EVER HEARING OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS "DEATH WOBBLE THING " ASSUMING VDOT NEEDED TO FIX SOME PAVEMENT I CONTINUED AND ABOUT THREE MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE SAME THING HAPPENED AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE OVER A BRIDGE SEAM BUT THIS TIME I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE AND WAS RIGHT BESIDE AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER .WITH VEHICLES ON ALL THREE SIDES OF ME , NO WAY TO GET OFF HIGHWAY , AND A VIOLENT, SHAKING AND UNCONTROLLABLE STEER WHEEL, I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO BRAKE AND SLOW TO 30 MPH . THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE TRUCK TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY ARE DECIDING WHAT IS WRONG WITH AND WHAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE AND SEEMS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE 2017.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A DEATH WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING MODERATE SPEEDS OVER UNLEVELED LAND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED VIOLENTLY AND FORCE HAD TO BE USED TO STEER. FORD OF MURFREESBORO (1550 NW BROAD ST, MURFREESBORO, TN 37129, (615) 713-1436) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A LOANER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. *DT*JB

2017 FORD F250 FRONT END. AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH AND ABOVE IF I RUN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I MUST SLOW TO AROUND 30 MPH FOR IT TO SUBSIDE. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ON LINE, THERE APPEARS TO BE HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF THE SAME CONDITION. DEATH WOBBLE IT IS BEING CALLED. THE TRUCK IS BECOMING UNUSABLE.

TYPICAL HIGHWAY DRIVING OVER MINOR ABNORMALITIES IN ROADWAY AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH CAN CAUSE THE STEERING TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE UNLESS/UNTIL YOU BRAKE NEARLY TO A STOP. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL COLLISIONS BY ME PERSONALLY. THERE IS NO STEERING CONTROL UNTIL YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THIS CONDITION IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A DEATH WOBBLE. FORD HAS A TSB ON IT BUT THEY ARE SIMPLY REPLACING DEFECTIVE PARTS TO GET PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND NOT SOLVING THE TRUE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. IF NOT CURED PROPERLY, LIVES WILL BE LOST BECAUSE OF THIS KNOWN FLAWED DESIGN. PLEASE DON'T LET THIS KILL ANYONE (ELSE?)!!!

UNCONTROLLED "DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN DRIVING OVER 45 MPH. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO OSCILLATE VIOLENTLY, WHICH CAUSES THE TRUCK TO SHAKE (WOBBLE) IN AN EXTREMELY UNCONTROLLABLE MANNER. SINCE THE DEATH WOBBLE USUALLY OCCURS AT HIGH SPEEDS, IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO TURN INTO ADJACENT VEHICLES CAUSING FATALITIES. THE ONLY WAY TO RECOVER FROM A DEATH WOBBLE IS TO UNEXPECTEDLY SLOW DOWN, WHICH IS ALSO DANGEROUS TO NEIGHBORING VEHICLES ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS. IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, THIS OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT 70MPH ON AN INTERSTATE, AT NIGHT, AND DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AND AFTER DRIVING ONTO A ROAD-BRIDGE TRANSITION, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SUDDENLY VIOLENTLY SHAKE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL ROCKED BACK AND FORTH. I WAS FORCED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALL THE VEHICLES AROUND ME HAD TO TURN INTO THE MEDIAN TO AVOID HITTING MY VEHICLE. I CHECKED MY VEHICLE FOR DAMAGED TIRES OR DEBRIS UNDERNEATH AND FOUND NO SUCH DEBRIS OR DAMAGE. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNEW OF TSB 18-2268. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT ALMOST KILLED ME AND MY CHILDREN.

SUSPENSION OSCILLATION WHEN HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT OR BRIDGE TRANSITION AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND TIRES BOUNCING (AKA DEATH WOBBLE). TRUCK HAS 28,412 MILES AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED. UNABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS ISSUE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS. MULTIPLE 17' 18' SUPER DUTY'S HAVING THIS ISSUE.