2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH OR GREATER, THE VEHICLES FRONT TWO WHEELS AND STEERING WHEEL WILL WOBBLE OR OSCILLATE RAPIDLY AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE OR EXPANSION JOINT. THE WOBBLING JARS THE STEERING WHEEL AND MAKES THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL. BREAKS MUST BE APPLIED AND SPEED REDUCED BY 5 TO 20 MPH TO STOP THE WOBBLE.

I OWN A 2017 FORD F350 THAT HAS EXPERIENCED DEATH WOBBLE. WHICH IS A VIOLENT SHAKING AND VIBRATING IN THE FRONT END. WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE FRONT END SHAKES SO BADLY, YOU CANNOT EVEN CONTROL THE VEHICLE. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES ON IT, AND THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. IT HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD, WHEN TURNING, WHEN HITTING A BUMP, GOING FAST OR GOING SLOW. I KNOW MANY OTHER FORD OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THEIR DEATH WOBBLE, SO I AM JOINING THEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

UPON COLD START, THE AT IN 'M' MANUAL MODE, FIRST GEAR OR 'R', EITHER 4WD LO, HI OR 2WD, WHEN ACCELERATED UP TO 1500-1800RPMS, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE BY ITSELF, WITHOUT OPERATORS FOOT ON ACCELERATOR INCREASING SPEED AND RPMS APPROACHING 4000 RPMS. BRAKING IS POSSIBLE AND WILL SLOW TO IDLE RPMS SAFELY, BUT IF INCREASED AGAIN WITH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR TO 1500-1800 RPMS, SYMPTOM WILL REPEAT UNTIL WARMED UP THRESHOLD HAS BEEN REACHED. THIS IS BETWEEN 3-5 MINUTES AFTER COLD START. ALL IS NORMAL AFTER THIS TIME AND VEHICLE WILL NOT INCREASE IN SPEED BY ITSELF. IF VEHICLE SITS FOR 2-3 HRS, SYMPTOM CAN BE REPEATED. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE DOES NOT SEEM TO PLAY A FACTOR. IT IS MOST EASILY EXPERIENCED IN 4WD LO, AS THE SPEED IS LOWER, YET THE RPMS ARE THE SAME AS IN 4WD HI OR 2WD. I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN BACKING UP (IN 'R') IN 4WD LO AFTER A COLD START AND HAD TO INCREASE SPEED AND RPMS BEYOND 1500 WHEN VEHICLE STARTING INCREASING IN SPEED BY ITSELF. I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE AND NO DAMAGE OR INJURY OCCURRED. I HAVE SINCE EXPERIMENTED TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHEN THIS SYMPTOM OCCURS.

STEERING WOBBLE (SOME CALL IT DEATH WOBBLE) ON CARTOON BUMPS IT APPEARS T INDUCE A UNCONTROLLABLE WO BUE IN FRONT WHEEL STEERING. WHEELS WILL ISOLATE FAST AND VIOLENTLY UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWS. MY VEHICLE SO FAR HAPPENS INT HE 55 TO 60 MPH RANGE AND COASTING WITHOUT USING BRAKES IT WILL DISCONTINUE BEFORE 40MPH. I NOTICE ON THE HIGHWAY THAT I HA E EXPERIA CEDAR THIS (3 TIMES SO FAR) THAT SEVERAL OF THE TYPICAL CROSS RIDGES CAUSED BY GROUND HEAVE OR FREEZING WILL MAKE STEERING WHEEL SHALE LIKE 3 TIMES. THIS IS NOT NORMALLY EXPERIANCED ON MOST SMOOTHER BLACK TOP ROADS. I FEEL THE 3 SHAKES ARE A PRE-WOBBLE ACTION AND WHEN A BUMP MAYBE IS REPEATED IN CARTOON DISTANCE MAYBE IT MAKES THAT 3 SHAKE I'VE FEEL CROSS THE CONTROLLED STEERING POINT AND THIS SHAKE/WOBBLE HAPPENS. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE WO BUE HAPPEN WHILE GOING STRAIGHT BUT HAVE FELT THIS 3 SHACK PRE-WOBBLE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN IN A CURVE AND FEEL LIKE IT COULD DO IT IN A CURVE ALSO SHOULD THE NEEDED TRIGGER BUMPS BE THERE. I DO NOT HAVE PHOTO OR VIDEO DO HOPE TO MOUNT CAMERA AND HAVE A VIDEO SHOULD IT REPEAT IN THE FUTURE. FORD DEALER 1ST VISIT FOU D NOTHING BUT FELT THEY COULD CHANGE ALIGNMENT BUT NEEDED TO ORDER A SHIM I BELIEVE. 2ND VISIT REALIGNED USING A SHIM AND CHANGE STEERING DAMPNER. 3 RD VISIT SAME ANSWER BUT SHIMS ON BACKORDER WILL CHANGE PAST 3/4 DEGREE ADJUSTMENT TO 1 DEGREE. HOPE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS ADJUSTMENT WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IT.. SERVICE SHOWED ME A SERVICE BULLETIN OUTLINING THESE STEPS TO SOLVE ISSUE.

TWO ISSUES.: 1) I HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING THE TIRES INFLATED TO THE CORRECT LEVELS. AFTER FOUR OR FIVE TRIPS BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THIS ISSUE MAY BE CORRECTED. IT WAS SO BAD I HAD TO PURCHASE A PUMP TO MAKE SURE I COULD PUMP THE TIRES UP WHEN I WAS AWAY FROM HOME -- RVING. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE TO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUE WHEN THEY SOLD ME THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK COULD LOSE 30 POUNDS OF TIRE PRESSURE OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN MARCH 2018. 2) ON FOUR OR FIVE OCCASIONS THE TAILGATE HAS FALLEN OPEN. ONCE IT DID IT WHILE I WAS TOWING A TRAILER. ON THE OTHER OCCASIONS IT HAS FALLEN OPEN WITHOUT US KNOWING IT. TODAY, MY WIFE USED THE TRUCK. SHE GOT HOME AND PARKED THE TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY. WHEN SHE WENT OUT TO CHECK THE MAIL, SHE FOUND THE TAIL GATE OPEN. WE RECENTLY COMPLAINED TO FOX FORD, THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD US THE TRUCK. WHEN MY WIFE TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, SHE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TAILGATE ISSUE. THEY CLAIMED THEY "TIGHTENED IT" ACCORDING TO MY WIFE. WELL, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. I WILL COMPLAIN AGAIN TO THEM TOMORROW.

ON NOV. 7 AND NOV. 24, 2018 WHILE DRIVING MY 2017 F350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL TRUCK I CROSSED FREEWAY BRIDGE TRANSITION STRIPS AT 70MPH, AT WHICH TIME THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK WENT INTO WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO BY OWNERS AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE UP, DOWN AND SIDEWAYS. THESE VIOLENT VIBRATIONS WERE OBVIOUSLY FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH ALSO BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE, NEARLY TAKING THE WHEEL OUT OF MY HANDS WHEN THE EVENT FIRST STARTED. THE VIBRATION DID NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS OFF ON THE BERM AND REDUCED SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THESE OCCURRENCES OBVIOUSLY CAUSED NOT ONLY A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME, BUT FOR EVERY VEHICLE BEHIND OR BESIDE ME AT THE TIME. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE PROBLEM IS TO IMMEDIATELY REDUCE SPEED, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 70 MPH, EVEN MORE SO IF TOWING A TRAILER OR CAMPER. THIS ISSUE CAN VERY EASILY CAUSE VEHICLES WITH THIS ISSUE TO LOSE CONTROL RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDELY KNOWN, GOING BACK YEARS, AND OWNERS HAVE SAID TSB 18-2268 DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AND OWNER'S ONLINE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE NHTSA ALLOWS THIS PROBLEM TO PERSIST.

2017 FORD F-350 DRW 4X4. WHILE DRIVING ON US HWY 67 IN ARKANSAS (A VERY ROUGH ROAD) AT 60 MPH, TOWING A 15K LB 5TH WHEEL RV, ENCOUNTERED A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED A SUSTAINED STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION THAT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 15-20 SECONDS UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND STABLE OPERATION RESUMED. THIS OSCILLATION HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST A FEW TIMES, BUT ONLY FOR 1-2 SECONDS AND ALWAYS AFTER EXPERIENCING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. I PRESUME THIS PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS WOULD BE COVERED BY FORD TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 18-2268 31 AUG 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A POTHOLE, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY AND THE FRONT END SLOWLY BEGAN TO STOP SHAKING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MOODY MOTORS FORD (251 SPRUCE AVE, NIOBRARA, NE 68760, (402) 857-3711) WHERE THE STEERING SHOCK STABILIZER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,356.

DRIVING AT 65-70 MPH ON A CONCRETE PAVED HIGHWAY. HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF PAVEMENT OR EXPANSION JOINT, AND THE FRONT END BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY, AS IF ONE OR BOTH OF THE FRONT TIRES HAD FLATTED. I COULD SEE THE HOOD SHAKING. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO OSCILLATED SIGNIFICANTLY. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND LIGHTLY BRAKED TO ABOUT 45MPH BEFORE THE SHAKING AND OSCILLATION STOPPED. THIS OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 7, 2018.

I'VE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM TWICE WITH MY 2017 F350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE." AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS HITTING AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, MY TRUCK FRONT WHEELS BEGIN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. I MUST IMMEDIATELY SLOW TO A STOP TO END THE WOBBLE. MY TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 6K MILES, SO IT ISN'T BECAUSE OF ANY WORN PARTS. I FOUND OUT VIA THE INTERNET IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS.