2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

THIS TRUCK HAS THE DEATH WOBBLY. GOING OVER R/R TRACKS STEERING WOBBLYS GOING AROUND A CURVE AT 75 MPH HIT A BUMP AN STEERING WHEEL STARTED WHOBBLING ALMOST HIT CAR IN CENTER LANE. ON GOING ISSUE IN THE FORD DEALER THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT FIX AN THEY WANT ME TO PAY 500.00 DOLLARS TO FIX IT;

THIS TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED THE INFAMOUS DEATH WOBBLE. ON A TRIP IN NOVEMBER IT OCCURRED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 75 MPH AND WE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND CRASHED. I LIMPED IT BACK HOME AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM AND WHO DOES ALL OF THE SERVICE ON IT. THE NECESSARY PARTS WERE ORDERED OVER 3 WEEKS AGO AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT THESE PARTS ARE ON A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER AND IT WILL BE AT A MINIMUM OF 6-8 MORE WEEKS.

TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THOUGHT I HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT.

AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN ROAD VEHICLE SHIMMY'S TILL SPEED IS REDUCED TO 20-25 MILES A HOUR. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WHEN I AM IN A CURVE. HAPPEN ON FREE WAY AND TWO LANDS. USUALLY OF 60 MILES PER HOUR. LESS PREVALENT AT LOWER SPEEDS. FIRST NOTICED WHEN TRUCK WAS NEW IN 2017. DEALER SAID COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH TRUCK. I JUST GOT BACK FROM DEALER SERVICE FOR SAME PROBLEM 1650 DOLLARS STILL DOING SAME SHIMMY.

ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2019 I WAS DRIVING DOWN OHIO STATE RT. 2 IN SANDUSKY, OHIO ABOUT 1:00 PM GOING 70 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE. I DROVE OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK ,WITH NO WARNING, STARTED A VIOLENT DEATH WOBBLE. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE WOBBLE DIDN'T STOP SHAKING UNTIL THE TRUCK GOT DOWN TO 30 MPH. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 24,000 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL TRUCKS BUT THE PARTS TO FIX IT ARE BACK ORDERED AND WOULD CALL ME WHEN AVAILABLE. I THANK THE LORD THAT MY WIFE WAS NOT DRIVING IT AT THE TIME.

MY TRUCK HAS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". AT FREEWAY SPEEDS IT SHAKES SO BAD!! WHEN TRAVELING 60 TO 75 MPH AND DRIVE OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, IT SHAKES SO BAD. THIS WILL CAUSE A ACCIDENT. MY TRUCK HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON NORMAL PAVEMENT.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY, MAKING THE TRUCK HARD TO CONTROL. THIS HAPPENS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. IT SEEMS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THE SHAKING STOP IS TO RAPIDLY BRAKE THE VEHICLE. SUDDEN BRAKING IAND LIMITED STEERING CONTROL N HEAVY, FAST TRAFFIC SEEMS DANGEROUS TO ME.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, ROAD IMPERFECTION CAUSED VIOLENT SHAKING IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE (DEATH WOBBLE). VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER AND SEEMED TO TAKE LONGER THAN USUAL TO SLOW DOWN. WENT AWAY AT LOWERS SPEEDS (30 MPH OR SO). PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED 5 TIMES DURING OUR ROAD TRIP

AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH THE TRUCK BEGINS TO WOBBLE AND I LOSE STEERING UNTIL I SLOW DOWN AND THE WOBBLE SUBSIDES. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN JUN 2019 WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 35K MILES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DAMPER ASSEMBLY AND TOLD ME THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO HAVE THE ISSUE AND I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK IN NOV 2019 WITH 40K MILES AND THEY TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I COMPLAINED AND SAID THE WOBBLE STILL CONTINUES. THEY THEN DECIDED TO DECREASED FRONT WHEEL CASTER ONE DEGREE AND CHARGED ME $600. THEY SAID THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK IS STILL EXPERIENCING WOBBLE AND I FEAR THAT FORD IS NOT ADDRESSING THE URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE. I AM NOT SURE WHERE TO TAKE MY TRUCK FOR SERVICE IS FORD DEALERSHIPS ARE UBABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND ABOVE, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE DEATH WOBBLE. KRAUSE FAMILY FORD (LOCATED AT 195 WOODSTOCK PKWY, WOODSTOCK, GA 30188, 877-808-3640) REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS-24549-129-J988W2. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.