2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ABOUT 40 MPH THE TAILGATE OPENED BY ITSELF AND THE CARGO FELL OFF TO THE ROAD, THE CARGO WAS DAMAGED.*DT*JB*DT*JB

DEATH WOBBLE I HAVE ABOUT 24 THOUSAND MILES ON MY TRUCK AND WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. WHEN IT HAPPENS IT'S A STRUGGLE TO KEEP IT IN THE LANE. I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT AND FORD SEEMS TO BE BLOWING ME OFF ABOUT IT. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK AND HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT FUNCTION WILL SHUTOFF AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 30 SECONDS OF USE AND DISABLES THE USE OF THE HEATED OR COOLING FUNCTION UNTIL THE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF COMPLETELY AND RESTARTED. THE DEALERSHIP REVIEWED AND SAID IT WAS COMMON AND REQUIRES REWIRING OF BOTH SEATS DUE TO OHM-AGE DIFFERENCE. THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $700 TO $900 WHICH SEEMS EXCESSIVE AND IF COMMON WHY WOULD IT NOT BE RECALLED?*DT*JB

AFTER HITTING SOME ROUGH PAVEMENT AT BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ON A COUNTRY HIGHWAY MY TRUCK STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I THINK I WAS IN A SLIGHT TURN AT THE TIME. *TR *BF

AT SPEEDS OVER 60MPH, THE TRUCK GOES INTO A "DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN A LARGE BUMP, POTHOLE OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT IS ENCOUNTERED. THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES RAPIDLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND THE TRUCK FEELS AS IF IT IS LOSING CONTROL. THE TRUCK MUST BE DECELERATED RAPIDLY TO STOP THE SHIMMY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES, MAKING THE TRUCK DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES. .

I BOUGHT THIS 2017 F-350 FORD AND AS I WAS DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I WAS TOLD BUY A FEW FORD CUSTOMERS THAT THEY CALL THIS THE DEATH WOBBLE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK TO HAUL HEAVY ITEMS. WHY WOULD FORD RESELL THIS TRUCK KNOWING IT HAS THIS PROBLEM? I AM A 74 YEAR OLD VETERAN AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS ITS VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK? AND WHY HAS NHTSA NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK WITH MY FAMILY ANYWHERE.CAN A LAWSUIT BE FILED? IS FORD DOING ANYTHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM?

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND YOU GO OVER A CRACK OR BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT THAT YOU ALSO MOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. YOU MUST SLOW DOWN TO SPEEDS BELOW 30 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED AND THE DEATH WOBBLE CEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MONARCH FORD (132 N D ST, EXETER, CA 93221) ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE VARIOUS UNKNOWN REPAIRS RELATED TO THE DEATH WOBBLE WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED A PARTIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

AFTER 70MPH THE REAR END VIBRATES CONSTANTLY. THIS HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY. IT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE BACK WHEELS. *TR

MY TRUCK HAS HAD A "DEATH WOBBLE"SINCE IT WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT MAYBE JUST A ROAD CONDITION. IT'S BEEN "FIXED" 3 TIMES BUT HASN'T BEEN CORRECTED YET. IT HAPPENS AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS OF 70+ MPH