2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

AT 17000 MILES EXPERIENCED STEERING OSCILLATION AND DEATH WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING 55MPH OR GREATER. EXTREMELY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN PULLING A TRAILER. HAVE HAD PARTS REPLACED AND SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES. MOST RECENT PARTS REPLACED AT 35500. DEALER HAS PERFORMED TSB SEVERAL TIMES. THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY COMMON AND IS AFFECTING A LOT OF THESE TRUCKS.

TRUCK IS ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCING WHAT IS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". TRUCK WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED IN NOV 2018 PER TSB#18-2268. WHEN VEHICLE HITS ROUGH ROAD OR BRIDGE TRANSITION STRIPS ON HIGHWAY THE FRONT END BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE SIDE TO SIDE AND UP AND DOWN, CAUSING THIS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS AT THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO QUICKLY SLOW TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. WHEN FORCED TO DO THIS ON A HIGHWAY I'VE NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE REQUIRED QUICK DECELERATION. THIS IS A WIDELY REPORTED PROBLEM THAT FORD WANTS TO BLAME ON THE VEHICLE OWNER, SAYING THAT IT IS THE RESULT OF IMPROPER OWNER CARE OR NOT HAVING ENOUGH WEIGHT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK!! OWNERS ARE DUMBFOUNDED THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED ON THE FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FAULT THAT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY RESULT IN TRAGIC ACCIDENTS IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. DEALER HAS HAD MY TRUCK FOR OVER 3 WEEKS NOW, STATING THAT FORD IS BACKLOGGED ON SENDING REQUIRED PARTS TO REPAIR. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS.

MY 2017 FORD F-350DRW TAILGATE KEEPS OPENING WHEN DRIVING OR STATIONARY. IT HAS OPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR AND AT LEAST 15 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING. TRYING TO CONVINCE FORD DEALERSHIPS THAT THE TAILGATE WAS UP, AND I DID NOT FORGET TO SECURE OR TOUCHED ONE OF THE BUTTONS TO RELEASE THE LOCK. ON NOVEMBER 21, 2019, WHILE TOWING ON I-44 IN OKLAHOMA, OUR 5TH WHEEL RV, THE TAILGATE OPENED AND DAMAGED THE TAILGATE ALONG WITH THE TWO DOORS OF THE RV. I ALWAYS CHECK MY TRUCK AND RV AFTER EACH SERVICE STOP. I CHECKED AT THE PREVIOUS STOP PRIOR TO LAWTON, OKLAHOMA AND THE TAILGATE WAS UP. I STOPPED AT THE LAST SERVICE STATION ON I-44 PRIOR TO ENTERING TEXAS AND SAW THE TAILGATE DOWN AND THE DAMAGE. UNTIL I GET MY TRUCK REPAIRED, I HAVE HAD TO INSTALL BLACK BUNGIE CORDS TO KEEP THE TAILGATE FROM FALLING.

DRIVING TRUCK ON INTERSTATE EXPERIENCED FOUR EVENTS WHERE ENTIRE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THIS CAUSED THINGS IN CAB SUCH AS CELL PHONES COFFEE CUPS WATER BOTTLES TO FALL INTO THE FOOT WELL. EACH TIME MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO LOWER SPEED AT WHICH TIME I ESTIMATE THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED AROUND 35 MPH. I TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALER AFTER EACH EVENT WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER TWICE BUT THIS HAS NOT CORRECTED THE ISSUE. THIS WAS RECOMMENDED WITHIN A SERVICE BULLETIN #18-2268. THESE FOUR EVENTS EXPOSED ME TO BEING REAR ENDED SINCE THE BRAKING REQUIRED TO STOP THE VIOLENT SHAKING IS RANDOM TO THE VEHICLES CRUISING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC ADJACENT AND BEHIND ME. DURING THE MOST RECENT EVENT (11/17/2019) TRAVELING IN STRAIGHT LINE THE TRUCK DRIFTED HALF WAY INTO THE LANE TO THE LEFT. WHAT IS OCCURRING IS THAT YOU CAN BE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WITH CLEAR WEATHER AND TRAFFIC AND WHEN YOU HIT A PAVEMENT JOINT, IT SETS OFF THIS EXTREME VIOLENT UNCONTROLLED HARMONIC VIBRATION EVENT THAT INSTINCTIVELY YOU BRAKE HARD TO GET OUT OF THE CYCLE. FORTUNATELY, THE VEHICLES BEHIND WHERE ALSO ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR SPEED IN TIME FROM 70 MPH TO AROUND 35 MPH FOR AN EVENT THEY HAVE NO ABILITY TO PREDICT. THIS CONDITION HAS MADE ME AND MY FAMILY VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT DRIVING THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE LAST EVENT ON 11/17/2019 MY WIFE AND I DISCUSSED TAKING SIDE STREETS HOME FROM OUR DESTINATION BUT DECIDED TO TAKE THE INTERSTATE AT REDUCED SPEED IN RELATION TO FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

THE COMPLAINT IS SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION AFTER HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT ON AN EXPANSION JOINT ABOVE 72 KM/H (45 MPH) MAKING IT HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE TRUCK.

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY IN THE TRUCK IF YOU DRIVE OVER THE SLIGHTEST ROAD IMPERFECTION. I HAVE CALLED FORD WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THEY DID SAY THAT THIS WAS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE STEERING COMPONENTS AND TRACK BAR WAS SUBJECT TO PREMATURE FAILURE.

MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 68,871 MILES. I PURCHASED IT LESS THEN ONE YEAR AGO WITH 57K MILES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" THREE TIMES WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING 11/17/19. THE MOST RECENT SENT ME ONTO THE SHOULDER AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. EACH OF THE THREE TIMES HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN 70-78MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AFTER HITTING ROUGH ROAD OR A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT. THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY STOCK. I HAVE NO VIDEOS OF THE INCIDENTS DUE TO MY PRIMARY CONCERN BEING CORRECTING THE PROBLEM BY IMMEDIATELY SLOWING BELOW 45MPH. I HAVE CONTACTED A REPAIR SHOP WHO STATED THEY WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, AND I CAN'T GET IT INTO A FORD DEALER FOR A WHILE.

WITH JUST 20,000 MILES MY 2017 F350 HAS DEVELOPED THE "DEATH-WOBBLE" . AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY IN A SLOW ARCHING TURN, IF THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER (2ND TIME) AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE 4TH TRUCK BACK THIS WEEK FOR THE SAME ISSUE. ALL THE DEALER CAN DO IS REPLACE THE STEERING COMPONENTS WITH THE SAME ONES THAT WERE ON THE TRUCK. SEEMS LIKE FORD JUST WANTS TO GET OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD.

DRIVING AT 60-65, WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP SUCH AS RAILROAD TRACKS, POTHOLES OR ROUGH ROADS, THE FRONT END WILL BEGIN TO WOBBLE AND THEN THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WITH VERY LITTLE CONTROL. ONCE YOU SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 40, THE SHAKE GOES AWAY AND THE TRUCK DRIVES NORMAL.

HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT 50MPH +, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY MAKING THE VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD AND SLOW WAY DOWN TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THIS NEARLY CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND ME TO REAR END ME ON ONE OCCASION. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. I HAVE ONLY EXPERIENCED THIS UNLOADED WITH NO TRAILER ON STRAIGHT ROADS, THUS FAR. THE VEHICLE IS RIGHT AT 19,000 MILES, STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IT SHOULD NOT BEHAVE THIS WAY. EVEN WHEN THE WOBBLE DOESN'T HAPPEN, THE VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES JUMP TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER GOING OVER ANGLED JOINTS IN THE ROAD. IF YOU ARE NOT PAYING EXTREME ATTENTION, YOU WILL BE IN THE MEDIAN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IT SIMPLY ISN'T VERY SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A HIGH PAYLOAD. THE WOBBLE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AT THE SAME BRIDGE JOINT GOING IN TWO DIRECTIONS. THE JUMPING TO THE SIDE OCCURS ALMOST DAILY AT THE SAME JOINT. THE WOBBLE OCCURRED A SEPARATE TIME ON ANOTHER ROAD. BOTH ROADS ARE 2-3 LANE CITY THOROUGHFARES. NOT REALLY CITY STREET OR HIGHWAYS, BUT I SUPPOSED DIVIDED HIGHWAY IS THE BEST DESCRIPTION . I JUST REPLACED STOCK/ORIGINAL TIRES, HOPING THOSE HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.