2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

IN OCT. 2019 I WAS HEADED TO TEXAS FROM MINNESOTA WITH MY 2017 F-350 DIESEL WITH ONLY ABOUT 28,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS PULLING MY 43 FT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, I HIT A BUMP IN THE HWY WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, I HAD TO APPLY THE BREAKS HARD TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING AND ALL MOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND TRAILER. IT WAS A GOOD THING NO ONE WAS NEXT TO ME AS I ENDED UP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO BRING THE TRUCK DOWN TO AROUND 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED SHAKING. THIS HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME WHILE ON MY WAY TO TEXAS AND ONCE AGAIN IT SHOOK VIOLENTLY TILL I GOT IT SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH. I PUT THE TRUCK INTO A FORD DEALER IN MINERAL WELL'S, TX AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER. I LEFT TX AND WAS GOING TO AZ, I WAS THERE FOR A FEW MONTHS AND HAD TO RETURN TO MN FOR 1 MONTH BUT LEFT MY 5TH WHEEL TRAILER BEHIND AND JUST DROVE THE TRUCK BACK, THEN ON 1/29/2020 I HEADED BACK TO AZ WITH MY TRUCK AND NOT PULLING ANYTHING. ON MY RETURN TRIP TO AZ I HIT A BUMP ON THE HWY AT 70 MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO ONCE AGAIN SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND HAD TO HIT THE BREAKS AND GET IT SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED SHAKING, THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 6,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK SINCE IT'S REPAIR. NOW I'M BACK IN :AZ ( 1/31/2020) AND I HAVE A APPOINTMENT AT THE FORD DEALER HERE ON 2/13/2020 TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN. THIS SHAKING GETS SO BAD THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO KEEP THE TRUCK, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF FORD DOESN'T GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED.

THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AND BOUNCES IN THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES ALMOST UNABLE TO CONTROL STEERING DIRECTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH BOTH WHILE DRIVING ON 2 DIFFERENT HIGHWAYS AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT FORWARD AND THE OTHER AFTER DRIVING OVER THE METAL END DAM AFTER THE APPROACH SLAB BEFORE A BRIDGE ON A GRADUAL LEFT TURN IN THE ROAD SENT ME IN THE SHOULDER. HAD TO SLOW TO 35MPH +\- TO REGAIN CONTROL AND NORMAL OPERATION.

REGULARLY EXPERIENCE VIOLENT SHAKING IN FRONT OF VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD, SUCH AS BRIDGE JOINTS. MULTIPLE STEERING COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING TIRES, HOWEVER PROBLEM PERSISTS.

MY 2017 FORD F350 HAS EXPERIENCED HEAVY STEERING OSCILLATION (DEATH WOBBLE) STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY 30K MILES. THE OSCILLATION OCCURS WHILE DRIVING OVER 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE MUST BE SLOWED TO BELOW 45-50 MPH TO STOP THE OSCILLATION. REDUCING MY SPEED TO 45-50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY WITH SPEED LIMITS OF 75 MPH IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. AFTER THE LAST VISIT, I REPLACED MY TIRES THAT WERE NOT WORN PAST THE TREAD WARNING BARS AT THE REQUEST OF THE MANUFACTURER AND NOW I HAVE CONSTANT SHIMMING OF THE STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN 55-70 MPH.

DRIVING OVER 45 MILES PER HOUR AND HITTING POT HOLE, EXTREMELY ROUGH ROADS AND CROSSING A BRIDGE JOINS THE FRONT END SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, IT KEEP SHAKING AND GETTING WORSE UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 45 MILES PER HOUR. I CALLED DEALER HE SAID TO REPLACE THE STEERING STABILIZER, BECAUSE PARTS FROM FORD ARE ON BACK ORDER, I DID REPLACE WITH A NEW STABILIZER, BUT THE CONDITION STILL EXISTS, A 2017 F 350 WITH 48,00MILES O SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS SHAKING HAPPENS ON ANY ROAD OVER 45 MILES PER HOUR

I WAS DRIVING ON I-91 LAST WEEK AT 70 MPH. I WENT OVER A ROUGH EXPANSION JOINT AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A FULL BLOWN DEATH WOBBLE. IT CARRIED ON FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WHILE I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL 45MPH WHERE THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL. DURING THE DEATH WOBBLE THE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATED VIOLENTLY AND THE TRUCK VIBRATED RAPIDLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I DID A WALK ABOUT EXPECTING TO SEE A BLOWN TIRE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING. I DECIDED TO DRIVE HOME AT 55MPH WHERE I HAD NO PROBLEMS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY WHERE THEY SAID THE DRAG LINK AND PASSENGER TIE ROD HAD PLAY AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. I KNEW THE TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY STILL SO I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHERE THEY SAID THE TIE ROD AND DRAG LINK WAS IN A SAFE OPERATING TOLERANCE AND THE STEERING STABILIZER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER IT IS ON BACK ORDER. THEY THEN SAID ONCE THEY FIXED THE STEERING STABILIZER THEY WOULD THEN CHECK THE TIE ROD AND DRAG LINKS AGAIN AND IF THERE WAS PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL FORD WOULD THEN REPLACE THOSE FREE OF COST. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITH MY KIDS AND THE CAR. WE ARE GOING ON VACATION AT THE END OF APRIL AND I AM CONCERENED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN EVEN WITH PARTS BEING REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER PARKED THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE IDLING, THE DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND 10 MINUTES LATER, THE TRANSMISSION ERRONEOUSLY SWITCHED TO THE REVERSE POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY AND CRASH INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE DURING THE ROLL AWAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER VARSITY FORD (3480 JACKSON RD, ANN ARBOR MI. 48103) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AROUND 75 MPH AND RAN OVER A ROUGH PATCH IN ROAD AND MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. WHOLE TRUCK SHOOK. SLOWED DOWN TO 60 AND IT STOPPED. PULLED OVER TO INSPECT UNDER FRONT END AND REAR. COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE. GOT BACK ON H.W. AND GOT BACK UP TO 75 AND NO SHAKING. HIT ANOTHER SPOT ON A BRIDGE WHERE PAVEMENT CONNECTS BRIDGE AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES. WHICH I DID. REPLACED WITH FACTORY MICHELINS. THEY ALSO PUT A NEW STEERING DAMPER ON. GOT TRUCK BACK SEVERAL DAYS LATER AND WHILE DRIVING UNDER 60 THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. ABOVE 60 THE STEERING STARTS SHAKING A BIT, BUT NOT LIKE THE DEATH WOBBLE. AT 75 MPH IT IS THE SAME, ALONG WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A REAR END VIBRATION. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID A PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND WOULD CALL. HAVEN'T HEARD BACK IN MONTHS. SO, I CALLED AND THEY SAID THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. HAVING TO BORROW A CAR FROM MOTHER IN LAW TO GET AROUND. I PURCHASED A WARRANTY THAT WILL EXPIRE AT 60,000 AND WAS TOLD THAT IF I GO OVER, IT WILL STILL BE UNDER THE ORIGINAL CLAIM AND I WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE $75 DEDUCTIBLE. I WILL GET THAT IN WRITING HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK. WITH THESE VIBRATIONS, IT KNOW IT WILL WEAR OUT OTHER FRONT END PARTS LIKE BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE REPLACED AT NO COST. DOUBTFUL! THIS IS MY 4TH FORD TRUCK AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER TRUCKS. I HAVE ONLY 57,000 MILES AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND FORD IS RUNNING FROM IT. VERY DISAPPOINTED. PLEASE HELP!

I HAVE 30000 MILES ON TRUCK. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK ON LONG ROAD TRIPS WITH A TRUCK CAMPER LOADED IN THE BACK WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. I HAVE HAD SEVER WOBBLING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH HAS BIN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. I HAVE 2 SMALL BOYS AND MY WIFE IN THE TRUCK ALONG WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK CAMPER AND IT IS STARTING TO SCARE ME. IT HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING 60 OR MORE AND IF I HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF SOME SORT. EVEN THE SAFETY STRIPS IN THE ROAD CAN SEND THE TRUCK INTO A VIOLENT SHAKING. IT HAS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAYS AND ON MOUNTAIN ROADS AS WELL.

SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION (AKA DEATH WOBBLE) WHILE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH I ENCOUNTERED A SLIGHTLY ROUGH PATCH OF PAVEMENT. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE BACK AND FORTH UNTIL I SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 10MPH AND THE OSCILLATIONS CEASED. FORD DOES HAVE A TSB OUT ON THE ISSUE BUT THEY ARE ONLY REPLACING THE STEERING DAMPER AND NOT LOOKING INTO THE ROOT CAUSE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DAMPER HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AS WELL.