2017 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

POWER TAILGATE OPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. SOME ITEMS IN THE BED WERE LOST.

MY 2017 FORD F350 HAS NOW EXPERIENCED THREE EVENTS REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE" OR SHIMMY WHICH CAUSES SEVERE SHAKING OF THE ENTIRE TRUCK AND ESPECIALLY THE STEERING WHEEL. FIRST EVENT IN BAKERSFIELD CALIF WHERE I HIT CONSECUTIVE BUMPS IN THE FREEWAY WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. HAD TO SLOW TO LESS THAN 40 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. SECOND EVENT WAS TOWING MY 5TH WHEEL DOWN A 6% GRADE INTO VERDE VALLEY ARIZONA. HEAVY BRAKING CAUSED THE SAME DEATH WOBBLE IN ADDITION TO THE TRUCK PULLING TO THE RIGHT. SPEED WAS 65 MPH. THIRD EVENT WAS LEAVING MCCARREN AIRPORT IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA WHERE HITTING A FREEWAY BRIDGE TRANSITION CAUSED THE DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN. TRUCK HAS BEEN TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. ALIGNMENT CHECKED OK, TRACKING BAR TORQUE OK, WHEELS OK, BALL JOINTS OK. BRAKE HOSE DID NOT PASS PRESSURE TEST AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND CAUSE. I SINCERELY BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN ISSUE OR OEM PARTS INSTALLED AT FACTORY WERE DEFECTIVE AT TIME OF INSTALLATION. THIS IS MY FOURTH SUPERDUTY 4X4 SUPERCREW. MY OTHER THREE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE. IN INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE I FOUND TWO AUTOMOTIVE RELATED WEBSITES WHERE 35 PLUS LATE MODEL SUPERDUTY OWNERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

MY TAILGATE OPENED UP WHILE PULLING A CAMPER WHILE IN A RIGHT TURN AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TAILGATE AND 5TH WHEEL CAMPER WHICH I WAS TOWING

DEATH WOBBLE, YOU HIT A SMALL BUMP OR UNEVEN ROAD AT 20-75 MPH AND IT SHAKES VIOLENTLY YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 15MPH TO MAKE IT QUIT. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE AND SAID IT WAS TIRES OUT OF BALANCE, THE NEXT TIME IT WENT IN THEY SAID IT WAS MUD IN THE WHEELS. 2ND PROMBLEM IS THE UPPER OIL PAN STARTED LEAKING AT 80K , 3RD PROMBLEM THE STAINLESS STEEL BRADED LINE THAT GOES FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS MODULE RUPTURED AND LEFT ME WITH NO BRAKES . ALL OF THIS OVER A COURSE OF ABOUT 89K MILES

THE TIRE VALVE STEMS LEAK. I HAVE REPLACED 8 VALVE STEMS AND I HAVE OWNED MY TRUST APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR. IN SOME INSTANCES THE LEAK RATE WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT, REQUIRING FREQUENT STOPS TO RE-INFLATE THE TIRES. FORD HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM - THE COMPANY SIMPLY REPLACES THE VALVE STEMS AND LEAKS RESUME WITHIN 2-3 MONTHS. THIS WAS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE TOWING A LARGE LOAD IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. FORD HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE REFUSED TO CORRECT THE ROOT CAUSE. / THE VALE STEMS LEAK UNDER ALL CONDITIONS - WHILE DRIVING, WHILE TOWING A LOAD, WHILE PARKED.

I OWN A 2017 FORD F-350. THIS TRUCK IS FULLY STOCK, NO MODS OF ANY KIND. NO ABUSE. MAINTENANCE IS ALWAYS ON TIME AND TIRES ARE ALWAYS ROTATED AND BALANCED EVERY 5000 MILES. IN MAY 2018, I WAS DRIVING ALONG A STRAIGHT MODERATELY BUMPY ROAD AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR AND MY TRUCK WENT INTO THE DEATH RATTLE. THE FRONT END SHOOK SO HARD I ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. THE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES. IT HASN'T HAPPENED AGAIN UNTIL YESTERDAY, 10/10/18. I WAS TRAVELING ON A NEWLY PAVED ROAD AT 30 MPH. I HIT A SLIGHT BUMP AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO THE DEATH RATTLE AGAIN. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 5 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD ABOUT 3 MILES TIL I GOT HOME. I CRAWLED AT ABOUT 15 MPH WITH NO PROBLEMS. I STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN ABOUT 60 FEET FROM MY HOME, STARTED TO TAKE OFF AT AN EXTREME CRAWL AND IT STARTED SHAKING AGAIN. THE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,036. I HAVE CHILDREN AND THIS IS DANGEROUS! MY KIDS ARE ALWAYS WITH ME AND I CAN'T RISK THEIR LIVES BECAUSE FORD HASN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE FORD FIX THIS. IT IS A DESIGN FLAW, AS I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT. THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I LET OFF THE GAS AND SLOWED DOWN AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. I HAD APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. I AVOID ALL BUMPS AND DIPS NOW. IT HAS HAPPENED 8 OR 9 TIMES. I HAVE NEVER HAD THE TRUCK LOOKED AT FOR THE PROBLEM, NOW THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE I WILL TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SHIP. I JUST THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT ITS A HEAVY DUTY SUSPENSION.

VEHICLE HAS 5800 MILES, 4X4, CREW CAB, LONG BED ALL STOCK AS FROM FACTORY. NOT DRIVEN OFF ROAD. VEHICLE HAS BECOME UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO "DEATH WOBBLE". PROBLEM INCREASED FROM A SLIGHT VIBRATION TO AN ISSUE THAT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM OCCURS ABOVE 50 MPH. IF A DIP OR SERIES OF "WASHBOARD" BUMPS ARE ENCOUNTERED THE STEERING BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE AND WILL FORCE THE VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER LANE OR OFF THE ROAD. FORD DEALERSHIP (HASTINGS FORD) HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND AWAITING A RESPONSE AS TO WHAT THE "FIX" SHALL BE. IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD FOR MANY YEARS YET THE TSB FROM FORD ADDRESSES TIRE INFLATION AS THE CULPRIT. BELIEVE FORD HAS MISSED THE ACTUAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

SUDDEN LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE DUE TO LEAKING TPMS VALVE STEMS. THIS IS THE SIXTH SIMILAR FAILURE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW IN 3/2017. THE FIVE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES RESULTED IN WARRANTY REPLACEMENT OF THE TPMS/VALVE STEM UNIT. THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF 20 TO 30 POUNDS OF TIRE PRESSURE, FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF 20 POUNDS PER DAY. THIS HAS OCCURRED BOTH WHILE DRIVING, AND WHILE PARKED.

AT 60 MPH SOME TIMES WITH A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT END WILL START TO SHAKE LIKE CRAZY AND IT IS UNCONTROLLABLE. IT ONLY STOPS AFTER SLOWING TO ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES THIS YEAR. THE DEALER SHIP HAS WORKED ON THE TRUCK TWICE WITH NO SUCCESS. THE TRUCK HAS 20,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS AS THE TRUCK FRONT END IS OUT OF CONTROL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. YESTERDAY WAS THE WORST. IT HAPPENED TWICE IN A 3 MILE STRETCH OF ROAD.