2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

THE TAILGATE OPENS INTERMITTENTLY EVEN WHEN LOCKED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. IT IS LIKE THE LATCH IT NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. ALSO, THE RADIATOR KEEPS LEAKING ON THE LEFT UPPER HOSE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON I-40 EASTBOUND IN EAST TENNESSEE I WENT THROUGH SOME ROUGH PATCHES AND POTHOLES IN THE ROADWAY. THIS RESULTED IN MY STEERING WHEEL BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD ON TO AND CONTROL. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRAFFIC I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY APPLY THE BRAKES AND ONCE IT REDUCED SPEED TO ABOUT 30 TO 40, IT STOPPED. DURING THE NEXT 200 MILES IT OCCURRED 3 MORE TIMES. ONCE WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND GOING OVER A ROUGH PATCH WHERE A BRIDGE AND ROAD MEET, AND TWO OTHER TIMES DUE TO POTHOLES THAT I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT/STOP A FULL BLOWN VIOLENT SHAKING EPISODE BY DRIVING SLOWER AND BEING AWARE OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. HAD I BEEN IN TRAFFIC OR ANYWHERE ELSE IT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. EACH EVENT HAPPENED WHEN TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE SHAKING IS SO SEVERE ITS CAUSES A LOSS OF CONTROL AND ALMOST RESULTS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. THE SHAKING CONTINUES UNTIL THE VEHICLE SPEED IS REDUCED BELOW 10 MPH.

WHILE STATIONARY OR ON TRIPS THE TIRES LOOSE AIR AND BECOME SEVERELY UNDER INFLATED REQUIRING THE TIRES TO BE INFLATED TO PROPER PSI, USUALLY BEFORE EACH TIME THE TRUCK IS USED (3-4 TIMES PER WEEK). THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD TIRES BECOME UNDER INFLATED WHILE TRAVELING OR IF THE TRUCK NEEDS TO BE USED IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS NO TIME TO INFLATE TO PROPER PSI. OUR TRUCK IS USED TO HAUL HORSES AND WOULD BE DANGEROUS IF WE HAD AN EMERGENCY TO MOVE HORSES WITHOUT TIME TO INFLATE THE TIRES OR IF TIRES LOST INFLATION WHILE ON A TRIP. PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED ABOUT 10 MONTHS (MAY 2018) AFTER THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW. TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY WOULD REPLACE LEAKING VALVE STEMS. INTERNET SOURCES SUGGEST THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY FORD USING STEEL VALVES ON ALUMINUM WHEELS, CAUSING CORROSION WHERE THE TWO METALS MEET. WENT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER WHO CONFIRMED SUCH CORROSION AND RECOMMENDED I REPLACE ALL SIX WHEELS AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $4,963.16. HOWEVER, DEALER COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR PREVENT ITS REOCCURRENCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REDUCED THE SPEED TO 20 MPH AND CONTINUED DRIVING TO HIS DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER LAWLEY'S TEAM FORD (100 AZ-90, SIERRA VISTA, AZ 85635; (520) 458-8140), WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING SEVERAL COMPONENTS ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE PARTS WERE REPLACED BUT NOT REPAIRED AND CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,826.*DT CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAS BEEN SOLD.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE THE SAID VEHICLE HIT A BUMP OR BAD SPOT IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT OF VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE EXTREMELY ERRATIC. I IMMEDIATELY HELD ON, LOOKED IN MIRRORS FOR OTHER VEHICLES AROUND ME AND HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY GET IT OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WE HAPPENED TO BE ON A 65MPH HIGHWAY. WITH HAZARD LIGHTS FLASHING WE DID MANAGE TO GET OFF THE MAIN ROAD TO THE SHOULDER. I NEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT IT WAS. MY WIFE WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME AS WELL. WE HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW. AT 9000 MILES THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THEN AGAIN AT 16,500, 18,900, 24,440 AND THE MOST RECENT TIME IS 27,500. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED 4 PRIOR TIMES. EACH TIME THEY CHANGE THE STEERING DAMPER AND I GET MY VEHICLE BACK. NOW I AM TOLD I NEED NEW TIRES, A CASTER ADJUSTMENT AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER DAMPER. SURPRISE THE DAMPERS ARE ON BACK ORDER.I'M VERY SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. LUCKILY I GUESS PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED YET. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT. THIS IS MY THIRD NEW TRUCK FROM FORD. I THINK WE HAVE CERTAINLY SPENT OUR FAIR SHARE OF MONEY WITH THEM. FIX OUR TRUCK SO WE CAN FEEL SAFE WHEN WE PULL OUR CAMPER AROUND THE COUNTRY. THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK. THANKS FOR READING OUR EXPERIENCE.

I WAS DRIVING DURING MODERATE RAIN AND WET ROAD CONDITIONS. MY TRUCK HIT A SEAM IN ROAD AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE AND BOUNCE. I HAD TO GET ON THE BRAKE FAST AND THIS WAS EARLY MORNING LOTS OF SEATTLE TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 60MPH. THE TRUCK ACTUALLY STARTED A SHIMMY THAT PUT ME IN THE OTHER LANE LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC ON MY LEFT SIDE. IT WENT AWAY WHEN I WAS ON THE BRAKE AND HAD SLOWED WAY DOWN UNDER 35 MPH. WHEN I GOT BACK ON ACCELERATOR, I AGAIN RETURNED TO HIGHWAY SPEED ONLY TO HAVE IT RETURN WORSE AFTER HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS TIME THERE WERE MORE VEHICLES AROUND AND I HAD TO HIT BRAKE EXTREMELY HARD SO AS NOT TO BOUNCE EVERYWHERE. THE TRUCK GOT NOTICEABLY LIGHT ON FRONT END BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND VEERED OFF ROAD TO THE RIGHT. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT TWICE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. TRUCK WAS PARKED AND TAKING TO FORD DEALERSHIP AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE AND FINDING OUT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. TRUCK ONLY HAS 17510 MILES ON IT HAS BEEN IN FOR ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCES. IN FACT TIRES WERE JUST ROTATED AT 17000 MILES.

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, - OCCASIONALLY THIS ISSUE OCCURS AT ABOUT 75 MPH WHEN GOING OVER A ROUGH AREA OR "CONCRETE TO ASPHALT" SEAM IN THE ROADWAY, THE TRUCK WILL GO INTO A VERY VIOLENT, ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END. LET OFF ON THE FOOT PEDAL TO BEGIN SLOWING TO AROUND 60 MPH FOR THE WOBBLE TO STOP. THEN HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY TO EXPECT THE SAME THING TO OCCUR AT ANY RANDOM TIME WHEN GOING OVER A ROUGH AREA IN THE ROAD. REALLY SCARY SITUATION WHEN THIS OCCURS!!!

4 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS OUR TRUCK EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". IN EVERY INSTANCE WE WERE TRAVELLING AT ABOUT 65-70 MPH AND CROSSING BRIDGES. OUR TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WE LOST CONTROL, EVEN CROSSING INTO THE ONCOMING LANE ONCE. AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND PULLING TO THE SHOULDER THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED. ONE OF THE TIMES, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IN SNOW AND ICE ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND CROSSED LANES BEFORE SHE COULD GET THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. NOW I'M AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER DRIVE THE TRUCK..

LESS THAN 20K MILES, THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKES AT TIMES WHEN HITTING A BUMP WHILE IN A TURN OR ONE SIDE HITS THE BUMP AND NOT THE OTHER. THE PICKUP BECOMES INCONTROLLABLE. YOU HAVE TO AGGRESSIVELY BRAKE TO REGAIN CONTROL WHICH IS LIKELY TO CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 45 TO 70 MPH.