2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

WITH 19721 MILES MY TRUCK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER HITTING A BUMP WOULD START SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER PUT A NEW STEERING DAMPER ON IT. NOW WITH 23341 MILES ON IT ITS DOING IT AGAIN. DEALER SAYS A PART FORD SAYS WILL FIX PROBLEM IS BACK ORDERD THIS TRUCK IS UN SAFE TO DRIVE AS IS.

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND HIT A BUMP. MY VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO ABRUPTLY DECELERATE DOWN TO 35 MPH TO GET OT TO STOP SHAKING. I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED A DEATH WOBBLE. I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE IN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE TO HAVE IT FIXED TO NO AVAIL. I HAD THE WHOLE FRONT END REBUILT. $1500 DOWN THE DRAIN. I HAD A 2012 F350 THAT DID THE SAME THING. THIS WOBBLE HAS HAPPENED TO ME MANY TIMES. MOST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED ON 12/22/2019.

HEAVY VIBRATION AND SHACKING OF STEERING WHEEL THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH OUR TRUCKS, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY

SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH OUR TRUCKS, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY AND UNSAFE.*DT CONSUMER STATED 6 COMPLAINTS ON 6 DIFFERENT TRUCKS ON SAME ISSUE. *JB

MY 2017 F350 4X4 WITH 11600 MILES HAS A DEATH WOBBLE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING OVER 45 MPH AND DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROADS. I HAD THE TRUCK IN FOR INSPECTION ALL LOOKED GOOD, HAD FRONT TIRES BALANCED AND AIR PRESSURE INSPECTED. FEW DAYS LATER ALMOST CRASHED MY VEHICLE ON THE BELTWAY. DOING SOME RESEARCH I NOTICED THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR FORD OWNERS. I TOW A 40' CAMPER AND WOULD HATE TO LOSE CONTROL KILLING MY FAMILY, MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. FORD NEEDS TO MAKE THIS AN URGENT RECALL ASAP.

UNPREDICTABLE, VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL 'DEATH WOBBLE' AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING LOSS STEERING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS BROUGHT NEARLY TO A STOP. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. FORD DEALERSHIP SAID THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED WHEN I TOOK IT TO THEM LAST TIME, IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. READING MULTIPLE FORUMS THIS SEEMS TO BE A 'COMMON' PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. MY VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO DEALERSHIP 12/30/19. KEY SEARCH WORDS 'DEATH WOBBLE' MY VEHICLE IS 100% STOCK WITH THE ORIGINAL OEM TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED BACK AND FORTH UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE INSPECTED AT MCMULLEN FORD (3401 S EXPRESSWAY ST, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51501, (712) 366-0531), WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE TOWING MY 5TH WHEEL TRAILER 65 MILES, THE TAILGATE OPENED BY ITSELF CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRAILER AND TAILGATE.

DRIVING DOWN ROAD TRUCK LOSES ALL POWER AND THEN COMES BACK ON. DOOR NOT SHUTTING. DRIVING TRUCK DOWN ROAD AND HIT A BUMP FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL AND YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM SHAKING. AUTOMATIC 4 WHEEL DRIVE STOPPED WORKING. WIPER MOTOR WENT OUT.

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH ON I84 WHEN I HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. I CAME TO A STOP ON THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TRUCK CONTINUED TO SHAKE UNTIL I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, THE HIGHWAY HAD A SLIGHT LEFT BEND WHEN I DROVE OVER THE ROUGH SPOT WHICH IS NOT EVEN THAT BAD OF A SPOT AND I DRIVE IT EVERYDAY WITH MY OTHER VEHICLE. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE STEERING HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND HAD THERE BEEN OTHER VEHICLES AROUND IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD IF NOT DEADLY.