2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

VEHICLE RANDOMLY EXPERIENCES "SPEED WOBBLE". HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF THE VEHICLE HITS EVEN A SMALL IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD. THE FRONT AXLE WILL START OSCILLATING SO VIGOROUSLY THAT THE FRONT TIRES START TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN, SIDE TO SIDE. THIS ONLY STOPS BOUNCING IF YOU YOU APPLY THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH. VERY DANGEROUS ON THEY HIGHWAY.

WE WERE DRIVING OUR F350 WITH 31,000 MILES ON IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY TOWING A CAMPER AT 65 MPH. WE HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY CAUSING ME TO ALMOST RUN OFF THE ROAD BEFORE GETTING IT STOPPED. IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS NORMAL BUT TO BRING IT IN FOR REPAIR? I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. 900 MILES LATER I AM DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE HIGHWAY TOWING A 12,000 LB. LOADED GOOSENECK TRAILER DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN AT 60 MPH! EVEN WORSE THIS TIME. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID AGAIN THAT IT IS NORMAL AND THEY WILL ORDER AN AFTERMARKET STEERING STABILIZER TO PUT ON IT THIS TIME. THIS IS BSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND INSANELY UNSAFE. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING WE WOULD HAVE WRECKED BOTH TIMES FOR SURE. I DONT KNOW HOW THEY CAN SELL A 90,000$ TRUCK KNOWING IT HAS THIS PROBLEM! I HAVE A VIDEO IN MP4 FORMAT OF THE FIRST TIME IT EVER DID IT TO ME BUT I CANT GET IT TO UPLOAD.

MY 2017 F350 HAS 15,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS EXPERIENCED EXTREME DEATH WOBBLE AT LEAST 10 TIMES. IF YOU ARE GOING OVER 70 ON THE TURNPIKE AND HIT A BUMP THIS HAPPENS. YOU NEED TO MAKE FORD RECALL THIS BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. MY TRUCK IS 100 PERCENT STOCK EXCEPT FOR A REAR SWAY BAR I ADDED, AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD. IT HAPPENED 9-28-19 3 TIMES BUT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT FIXED 12-19-19, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ FORDS FIXES DO NOT REALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE FORD RECALL THIS BEFORE PEOPLE START DYING ON THE HIGHWAYS.

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH AND OFTEN AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD, OR A SEPARATION IN A BRIDGE PAVEMENT JOINT, THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK SHAKES AND VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. WHILE THIS IS OCCURRING, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES IN YOUR HANDS VIOLENTLY. THIS CONDITION IS VERY UNNERVING AND GREATLY REDUCES THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. THE ONLY THING THAT BRINGS THE TRUCK BACK TO A CONTROLLABLE STATUS IS TO SLOW DOWN CONSIDERABLY. THIS IS UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION BUT CANNOT OFFER A SOLUTION. UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY VEHICLE AND ESPECIALLY A VEHICLE THAT COST $70K.

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN IT HAD A LITTLE LESS THAN 15K MILES ON IT. EVERYTHING WAS OK UNTIL ABOUT 26K MILES WHEN IF YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND YOU HAVE TO PULL COMPLETELY TO THE SHOULDER TO MAKE IT STOP. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO APPLE VALLEY FORD IN MINNESOTA AND GOT THE RUN AROUND. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE STEERING STABILIZER (WHICH IS ON FACTORY BACK ORDER) WHEN IT COMES IN. I HAD TO REPLACE IT MY SELF WITH ONE THAT I PURCHASED FROM O REILLY WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I STOPPED AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP TODAY (BOYER FORD IN MINNEAPOLIS MN) AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE KNEW A LOT ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT STATED IT IS NOT A RECALL AND TOLD ME THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR 3 STEERING STABILIZERS HIMSELF. HE SAID I COULD CHANGE THE TIRES TO A SOFTER RUBBER, CHANGE TO A DOUBLE STABILIZER AT A OFF ROAD SHOP OR PURCHASE CUSTOM WHEELS WITH A DIFFERENT OFFSET WHICH HE HAS HEARD FIXES THE ISSUE (OF COURSE AT MY EXPENSE). ONLY ISSUE IS I JUST PAID $57,000 FOR THIS TRUCK WITH LOWER MILES AND PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTEE SO I DID NOT HAVE ISSUES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE DEALERSHIP NOT BEING DONE WITH THE REPAIRS. MY SON HAS A VIDEO OF THIS IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, BUT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

MY 2017 F350 HAS A DEATH WOBBLE ISSUE. STARTED BACK IN JUNE 2019. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY HAVE TRIED MANY ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP. IT HAS BEEN IN 6 TIMES SO FAR. COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED WITH FORD AND FORD IS WORKING WITH DEALER BUT NOTHING THEY COME UP WITH WILL FIX IT. TRUCK IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I NO LONGER FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IT AS THE DEATH WOBBLE HAS NEARLY RAN ME OFF THE ROAD A FEW TIMES NOW. SEEMS TO START WHEN THE TRUCK IS GOING 60+ MPH AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I SLOW BELOW 40 MPH. TRUCK WILL DEATH WOBBLE EVERYDAY TO AND FROM HOME IF I DONT SLOW FOR THE BUMPS WHICH THEN CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE WITH OTHER VECHICLES.

RECALL ISSUED #18V894 DATED: 12/18/2018 - MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: 18S45 BLOCK HEATER DEFECTIVE. FORD DEALER (CROSSROAD FORD ) HENDERSON, NC WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS RECALL? STATED THEY DID NOT GET PAID FOR IT FROM FORD.

BOUGHT MY FORD F 350 XLT IN FEB OF 2019 WITH 12,936 MILES ON IT FROM ROCHESTER FORD IN MN DRIVING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH IT DID THE DEATH WOBBLE 3 TIMES AND I CALLED THEM AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT. COULDN'T GET IT INTO THE SHOP UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS LATER AT BEDFORD FORD IN BEDFORD INDIANA WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER. HADN'T HAPPENED AGAIN UNTIL NOV 26, 2019. MADE AN APPT. AT BEDFORD IN FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIRES AND NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT AND NEW TIRES. MILEAGE IS LESS THAN 24,000 MILES ON IT. SO THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED AND THEY ARE JUST PUSHING ME AWAY AND BLAMING THE TIRES.

DURING THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS OF 45-55 MPH, THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK WILL VIBRATE AND SHAKE WHILE TRAVELING OVER ROUGH HIGHWAYS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING OVER THE CENTER RUMBLE STRIPS. THIS CONDITION IS ALSO REFERRED TO BUMP STEER OR "DEATH WOBBLE". I PURCHASED THE TRUCK BRAND NEW IN FEBRUARY 2017. CURRENTLY, THERE IS 18393 MILES ON MY TRUCK. THIS "VIBRATION" STARTED IN THE PAST 6-8 MONTHS AGO MOTHS, IF I HAD A CUP OF COFFEE OR ANY DRINK IN THE CENTER CONSOLE CUP HOLDER, THE CUPS WOULD VIBRATE AND SLIP LIQUIDS. I INITIALLY BLAMED THIS ON THE TIRES NEEDING ROTATED, WHICH ARE ROTATED EVERY 3000-5000 MILES. LAST WEEK, I INADVERTENTLY DROVE OVER THE CENTER LINE RUMBLE STRIPS. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND STEERING UNRESPONSIVE. THIS LASTED APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS AND CEASED WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. THE SAME VIOLENT SHAKE AND CONDITION OCCURRED 2 OTHER TIMES IN THE PATS 2 WEEKS WITH ONE OF THEM BEING THIS AFTERNOON. ALL TIMES WHEN THIS OCCURRED WAS AT THE MODERATE SPEED PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH ON THIS CONDITION, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THERE ARE OVER 1600+ COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME CONDITION. PLEASE NOTE, MY TIRES ARE 9/32 TREAD, NO SIGNS OF CUPPING OR BAD ALIGNMENT AND AIR PRESSURES EXACTLY AT THE MANUFACTURED RECOMMENDED 60PSI FRONT, 80PSI REAR. I HAVE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR DECEMBER 16, 2019 TO HAVE THIS CONCERN ADDRESS AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY TRUCK.

EXPERIENCE PHENOMENA CALLED DEATH WOBBLE WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TYPICALLY OCCURS WHEN I DRIVE OVER A BUMP WHICH CAUSES THE EFFECT. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO GALPIN FORD FACTORY AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER IN NORTH HILLS CA TO HAVE THE ISSUE CORRECTED. I HAVE EXTENSIVE RECORDS OF ALL STEERING RELATED COMPONENTS REPLACED BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO OCCUR. I AM AWARE THERE CURRENTLY IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE AS THIS ISSUE IS SYSTEMIC WITH 2017 AND 2018 FORD F-250 AND FORD F-350 TRUCKS.