2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

DRIVING AT APPROX. 65 MPH MY F-350 4X4'S STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VERY HARD, ENOUGH TO HAVE A DPS STATE TROOPER HEADING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION NOTICE. HE MADE A U-TURN, CAUGHT UP TO ME, PUT ON HIS LIGHTS AND STOPPED ME. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A TRAFFIC STOP TURNED OUT TO BE A SAFETY CHECK. HE TOLD ME THAT HE STOPPED ME BECAUSE HE HAD NOTICED MY WHEELS WOBBLING AND THOUGHT THAT I WAS IN DANGER OF CRASHING. I HAD TOLD THE OFFICER THAT THE WOBBLING STOPPED ONCE I REDUCED MY SPEED TO ABOUT 40 OR SO. TIRES WERE CLOSE TO NEEDING CHANGING, I REPLACED MY TIRES AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED UNTIL RECENTLY. IT IS STARTING TO WOBBLE NOW AND THEN ONLY AFTER AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 MILES. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT A ONCE IN A MILLION EVENT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES AMONG OTHER FORD OWNERS TO SHOW THEM WE NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. MY LIFE IS WORTH MORE THAN A BAD ENGINEERING DESIGN. DID I BUY A $ 73,000.00 COFFIN?

THE POWER TAILGATE WILL RELEASE WHILE IN MOTION. I HAD THE FORD RECALL COMPLETED ONCE, I BELIEVE AROUND SEPTEMBER OF 2020. I JUST HAD THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE POWER TAILGATE FIX DOES NOT APPEAR TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. THEY JUST REMOVED THE ORIGINAL RECALLED PARTS AND DID THE RECALL AGAIN ON MY TRUCK. THIS CURRENT WORK WAS COMPLETED ON 1/20/21. PLEASE FORCE FORD TO DO A REPROGRAM OF THE BODY CONTROL MODULE TO INCLUDE NOTIFICATION WHEN THE TAILGATE IS OPEN IN THE DISPLAY IN THE DASH. I WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THE REINSTALLATION OF THE RECALL WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE, MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT.

DEATH WOBBLE ON HIGHWAY AFTER HITTING A BRIDGE SEAM. JUST STARTED AFTER 2 YEARS IN JANUARY 2021

MASSIVE STEERING WOBBLE AND SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 60 TO 70 MPH. USUALLY ON A ROUGHER HIGHWAY OR A BUMP FOR JOINT EXPANSION. RATTLE CONTINUES TILL SPEED REDUCTION TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR.

TWO ISSUES. FIRST ISSUE, CRACKED RIM. STARTED LOSING TIRE PRESSURE, LEAK BETWEEN RIM AND STAINLESS STEEL VALVE STEM, HAD VALVE STEM REPLACED WITH RUBBER VALVE. LASTED ABOUT A WEEK AND STARTED LOSING AIR PRESSURE AGAIN. USED GREEN SLIME AND SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. PRESSURE LOSS WAS MINIMAL, 70 PSI DOWN TO 60 PSI OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS, WOULD REINFLATE TO 70 PSI AND WOULD HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND I WOULD JUST INFLATE BACK TO 70 PSI. DRIVING BACK FROM FL TO NC ON THE 30TH OF DEC 2020, I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF 20 PSI IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME. PULLED INTO REST AREA, REINFLATED TIRE AND SPRAYED WITH WINDEX AND SAW BUBBLES COMING FROM A CRACK AROUND THE TIRE VALVE AND GOING ABOUT 2 INCHES TOWARD THE INNER EDGE OF RIM. CHANGED TO SPARE, AND MADE IT HOME WITH NO OTHER ISSUES. RIM IS ORIGINAL FACTORY ALUMINUM RIM. DEALERSHIP SAID TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY. PURCHASED AFTERMARKET WHEELS THIS WEEK, DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE WITH SAME MODEL OF RIM. SECOND ISSUE. TRUCK HAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000 MILES. NOTICED DEATH WOBBLE WHILE I WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH ABOVE MENTIONED TIRE/RIM ISSUE AND FIGURED IT WAS DUE TO THE IMBALANCE OF FRONT TIRE THAT HAD GREEN SLIME IN IT. WOBBLE HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY AFTER HITTING POTHOLE, WAS GOING ABOUT 50-55 MPH, HIT POT HOLE, TRUCK STARTED SHAKING, SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 30 AND SHAKING STOPPED. HAS HAPPENED 2 OTHER TIMES BUT THOSE TIMES I HAD THE OLD TIRE/WHEEL SET UP. THIS LATEST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WITH DIFFERENT TIRE/WHEEL SETUP. HAVE NOT TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND FIGURED THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL STARTED WOBBLING STRONGLY, IT DID NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT FREQUENCY IS INCREASING. I HAVE OEM SUSPENSION, WHEELS, TIRES, NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE VEHICLE.

I EXPERIENCED THE FORD 'DEATH WOBBLE' ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 65MPH DECEMBER 23RD 2020. I TOOK THE TRUCK MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. MY STEERING DAMPENER HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED, DUE TO THE RECALL, ON JUNE OF 2020. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP STATED THE DAMPENER WAS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT THE TRACK ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST TO ME OF APPROX. $400.00. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED THE THE TRACK ARM IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY RECALL. THIS LEAVES ME DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT WILL EXPERIENCE THE 'DEATH WOBBLE' AGAIN AND PUT ME AND MY FAMILY IN GRAVE DANGER. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO COVER THIS KNOWN PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD REPLACE ALL PARTS THAT ARE AFFECTED IN THIS CASE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HARM OR DEATH TO THE VEHICLES OCCUPANTS. A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE FORD DEALERSHIP DID, OR DIDN'T DO, CAN BE FOUND ON THE FORD OASIS REPORT WITH THE VIN NUMBER PROVIDED.

WHILE TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (55+ MPH), THE TRUCK EXPERIENCES THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, COMPROMISING STEERING CONTROL. THE SHAKING WILL TYPICALLY ONLY SUBSIDE BY REDUCING SPEED, OF THE VEHICLE.

ON DECEMBER 24 ,2020 AFTER ENTERING INTERSTATE I25, AND REACHING ABOUT 50 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK WHEN INTO A VIOLENT SHACK AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL.

WHILE DRIVING CATALYTIC CONVERTER HEATS UP AND STARTS LEAKING BLACK LIQUID ON SENSOR WIRES AND SMOKING REAL BAD WITH A BURNING SMELL.