2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I ENCOUNTER EXTREME STEERING OCILATION WHICH EVERYONE KNOWS AS FORD DEATH WOBBLE. THE STEERING SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITH MY KIDS IN THE TRUCK. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN DANGEROUSLY TO 25 MPH BEFORE IT WOULD STOP SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES BETWEEN TAKING IT INTO MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEM NOT PROPERLY REPAIRING THE ISSUE. MY WIFE AND KIDS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED IN THE VEHICLE UNTIL I CAN CONFIRM IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY REPAIRED. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, I CAN SAY THAT I THINK IF MY WIFE WERE DRIVING THE TRUCK ATLEAST ON 2 OF THE INSTANCES IT HAPPENED, SHE LIKELY WOULDNT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP IT FROM A CRASH. 1 INSTANCE I WAS BETWEEN LANES AND BRAKING WITH FAST MOVING TRAFFIC. I DO HAVE VIDEO FOOTAGE AS WELL BUT COULDNT FIGURE HOW TO UPLOAD AN MP4 FILE.

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH TRUCK DEVELOPED A HIGH SPEED WOBBLE. WIFE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL. THE TRUCK THAT HAS 26000 MILES ON IT HAD NO PAYLOAD SHOOK SO HARD THAT MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO GET IT STOPPED WHILE TRYING TO STAY IN HER LANE AND ON THE ROAD.

FOR NO REASON THE TAILGATE WILL OPEN ON IT'S OWN. EITHER DRIVING OR PARKED. TAILGATE HAS COME DOWN A NUMBER OF TIMES. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IN A PARKING LOT.

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, ON A HIGHWAY, GOING AROUND A LEFT HAND CORNER, HIT A BUMPY PATCH OF ROAD THAT CAUSED A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHOLE TRUCK. SLOWED APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH TO GET SHAKING TO STOP.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 50MPH I PASSED OVER A SMALL BUMP (ROADWAY TO OVERPASS) IN THE ROAD. THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST BUT THE SHAKING HAS NOT BEEN AS VIOLENT AND HAS STOPPED WHEN LETTING OFF THE THROTTLE (NOT THIS TIME). THIS SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. MY TRUCK HAS 11,450 MILES.

TRUCK JUST TURNED 25K MILES THIS WEEK. I EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" TWICE TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE FIRST TIME I CROSSED AN EXPANSION JOINT THAT WAS NOT PERPENDICULAR WITH THE ROAD AT ABOUT 70 MPH. STEERING WHEEL WENT BACK & FORTH MAYBE SEVEN TIMES MOVING 3" OR SO VERY QUICKLY, DEFINITELY GOT MY FULL ATTENTION! SECOND ONE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER GOING OVER ANOTHER EXPANSION JOINT WHICH WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD, SAME OCCURRENCE BUT MUCH MILDER.

HAULING HORSE TRAILER WITH 4 HORSES, HIT A BUMP IN ROAD AND VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL ON A 5 LANE HIGHWAY THRU SLC UT. ALSO LEARNED AFTER THE FACT FORD DEATH WOBBLE.

SIGNIFICANT STEERING WHEEL OSCULATION AND FRONT SUSPENSION VIBRATION AFTER DRIVING OVER EXPANSION JOINTS ON HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. REQUIRE SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO 20-25 MPH BEFORE THE ISSUE STOPS.

DRIVING AT AROUND 50 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO BOUNCE AND VIBRATE AFTER HITTING A UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. THE BOUNCE AND VIBRATION DID NOT STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED TAKING A MAJOR EFFORT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL TILL STOPPED. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE.

AT SPEED OVE 60 ON ROAD BUMPS , BRIDGE JOINTS, ROUGH ROADS THE STEERING WHEEL WILL VIOTNELY SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY ALSO CALLED THE DEATH WOOBLE.COAST TO ABOUT 50MPH WILL STOP SHAKING. SCAREY WHEN IT HAPPENS DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY VEHIVKE CONTROL AT WHILE IT WOBBLES. SONE ROUGH ROADS THE BUMPS CAUSE A VIBRATION LIKE IT WANTS TO DO THE DEATH WOOBLE THEN THE RIGHT BUMP IR ITS ANGLE ON TH ROAD STARTS A DEATH WOOBLE. TRUCK HAS HAD DEALER VISIT #1 ALINGMENT, INSPECTION, #2 STEERING DAMPER REPLACED, #3 CAMBER ADJUSTED TO SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) #18- 2268 SPECS. #4 CAMVER ADJUST ADDUBG MORE CAMBER. OROBLEN AEEMS TO BE REDUCED NOW BUT CAN STILL HAPPEN BUT NOW LESS VILONLTY. THAN BEFORE. I FEEL LIKE A TEST CASE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX.