2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

THE TAILGATE AT TIMES COMES UNLATCHED. I DO HAVE A CANOPY WHICH KEEPS THE TAILGATE FROM DROPPING DOWN ALL THE WAY. TRUCK ONLY HAS 10700 MILES ON IT AND IS STILL ON WARRANTY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE, THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, NOR FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I HAVE CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE 3 TIMES, AND HAVE DONE WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO DO, BUT THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WHAT THEY TELL ME THEY ARE GOING TO DO. VECHICLE IS IN MOTION, AND HAS HAPPENED WHEN PULLING MY CARGO TRAILER. DATE BELOW WAS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED. I DO NOT DRIVE THIS VECHICLE MUCH.

MY VEHICLE ALUMINUM RIMS ALL CORRODED AROUND THE VALVE STEM CAUSING THEM TO LOOSE AIR. FORD REPLACED ALL THE RIMS AT 10,000 MILES. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAD CORRECTED IT. AT 39,500 MILES THE NEW RIMS DID THE SAME THING CORRODING AROUND THE VALVE STEM CAUSING THE AIR TO LEAK OUT. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED.FORD AGREED THE RIMS WERE DEFECTIVE AND WOULD ONLY REPLACE THEM IF I PAID OVER HALF OF THE NEW COST. I AM ALWAYS FEARFUL THAT THE TIRES WILL LOOSE AIR AT HIGH SPEED AND CAUSE A CRASH.

HAD TRUCK REPAIRED IN APRIL OF 2017 WITH DEATH WOBBLE. TODAY IT IS BACK IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SERVICE PERSON SAID THERE IS NO 'FIX', JUST KEEP BRINGING IT BACK N. GUESS I WILL UNTIL IT KILLS ME IN AN ACCIDENT! SAME PROBLEMS AS BEFORE, FRONT END GOES CRAZY WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR BRIDGE XIAN'S ION JOINT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS.

WHEN TRAVELING AT 60-75 MPH AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD LIKE A PAVEMENT TO BRIDGE DECK BUT NOT LIMITED TO THAT THE FRONT END GOES INTO A VIOLENT SHIMMIE AND HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO KEEP CONTROL AND SLOW TO 30MPH OR SO. MOSTLY HIWAY DRIVING SOME NO HIWAY. HAVE TAKEN IN TO FORD AND OTHERS AND WAS TOLD FORD CAN'T FIX THIS ISSUE. STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 36K AND I HAVE 42K ON IT NOW. HAVE INSTALLED A STEERING DAMPENER WITH NO FIX. THIS IS HAS DEFLATED THE VALUE OF MY VEHICAL IF I WAS ABLE TO SELL IT AT ALL WITH ALL THE BLOGS LIKE CARGURUS DEATH WOBBLE. FORD NEEDS TO BE FORCED TO MAKE A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE AND HOPE YOU WILL PURSUE THIS ISSUE. I DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF MONEY TO JUST BUY ANOTHER BRAND VEHICAL TO PULL MY 5TH WHEEL AND THIS ISSUE COULD KILL SOMBODY. THANK YOU

THIS VEHICLE ON NORMAL ROADS, INTERSTATE OR BACKROADS, WILL GO INTO WHAT I WOULD CALL A DEATH WOBBLE. THIS "WOBBLE" IS VERY VIOLENT, AND IT USUALLY OCCURS AT 50MPH OR GREATER. AT THIS SPEED THE VEHICLE BECOMES BARELY GUIDEABLE TO THE POINT THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THE VEHICLE STOP THE EVENT IS TO SLOW DOWN. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT IT WILL CONTINUE DOWN TO SPEEDS OF 35-40 BEFORE IT GOES AWAY. I STRONGLY FEEL AS THOUGH THIS EVENT, IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN AT THE WRONG TIME WILL COST A LIFE. IT DOES NOT TAKE A HUGE POT HOLE TO SET IT OFF, IT IS TYPICALLY A SMALLER IRREGULAR BUMP THAT WILL GET IT GOING. UNDER WARRANTY I HAVE HAD THE STEERING DAMPER REPLACED AS WELL AS BOTH FRONT SHOCKS AND NOTHING SO FAR HAS TOUCHED THE ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH HIT A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AS I SLOWED TO ABOUT 20MPH BEFORE IT WOULD STOP. THEN AGAIN WHEN I HIT A SECTION OF GROUND PAVEMENT SAME THING HAPPENED. DEALER SAYS IT'S TIRE ONLY HAVE 20K ON FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES. THEY THEN REPLACED STEERING DAMPENER, DID NOT CORRECT STILL AT DEALERSHIP. 2017 F350 CREW CAB COMPLETELY STOCK. 27K MILES

STEERING OR SUSPENSION GOES INTO A VIOLENT SHACKING OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DEATH WOBBLE AFTER HITTING CERTAIN BUMPS ON A ROADWAY. BUMPS APPEAR TO INVOLVE BOTH FRONT TIRES POSSIBLY WHEN ONE TIRE HITS FIRST SIMILAR TO BRIDGE JOINTS OR PAVEMENT BREAKS. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ABOUT 55 OR GREATER, ONLY HAD HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT. THE STEERING WHILE SHAKES BACK AND FORTH ABOUT 1-INCH EACH WAY WITH TRUCK BODY SHAKING. IT APPEARS TO WORSEN IF BREAKING HARD SO SLOW DECELERATION HAS BEEN MY PRACTICE. WHEN TOWING TRAILER HAVE USED MANUAL APPLICATION OF TRAILER BRAKES TO DRAG TRUCK SLOWER WHICH SEEMS BETTER. EXPERIENCED WHEN DRIVING TRUCK ONLY AND ALSO WHEN TOWING A FIFTH WHEEL 12K POUND TRAILER OR A 7K POUND HITCH PULL BOX TRAILER. TRUCK WEIGHS ABOUT 9K POUNDS. FORD DEALER HAS SERVICED UNIT ACCORDING TO SERVICE BULLETIN #18-2268. FOUR VISITED FOR REPAIRS AND A FEW ADDITIONAL VISITS FOR INSPECTION BEFORE ORDERING PARTS. FORD COMPANY ISSUED A CASE NUMBER CAS-17515150-L3W8H1. THIS CASE CASE CLOSED BY FORD FOLLOWING THE LAST REPAIR WITH OUT CONFIRMING WITH BE IT HAD BEEN FIXED. I PRESENTLY HAD FORD DEALER ORDER NEW TIRES FOR INSTALL ON 10/28/2019 THEN HOPE TO HAVE ALIGNMENT CHECKED AGAIN AS WELL LOOK FOR ANY NEW SIGNS OF WEAR ON COMPONENTS. LAST TRIP FROM EMINENCE , MO TO DIXON IL EXPERIENCED THIS DEATH WOBBLE 7 TIMES. COMBINED VEHICLE WEIGHT ABOUT 22K POUNDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH OVER A ROUGH, BUMPY ASPHALT ROAD, THE VEHICLE AND STEERING JERKED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOZEMAN FORD LINCOLN (2900 N 19TH AVE, BOZEMAN, MT 59718, (406) 587-1221) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A STEERING STABILIZER WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL ROAD SPEEDS, BETWEEN 45 AND 70 MPH, WHEN VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS A BUMP WHILE IN A SLIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO "SHIMMY", OR OSCILLATE, VIOLENTLY, MAKING VEHICLE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VERY DIFFICULT. DEALER HAS STATED THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AND SEEMS TO BE WORSE.

FRONT TIRES OSCILLATE BACK AND FORTH WHEN HITTING POTHOLES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ABOVE 50MPH, BRIDGE OVERPASSES ANYTHING THAT IS ROUGH. KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE FOR MOST PEOPLE. TRUCK BECOMES OUT OF CONTROL SHAKING BACK AND FORTH, HAVING TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP. THIS ISSUE STARTED AROUND 37K MILES AND HAS JUST GOTTEN WORSE. NOW THE DEALER SAYS MY TRACK BAR WITH BALL JOINT IS RUINED, STEERING STABALIZER, 2 DRAG LINKS 1 AT PASSENGER KNUCKLE AND 1 AT THE PITMAN ARM. THIS REPAIR IS CLOSE TO $1,000.