2017 Ford F-350 SD complaints

TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER ON 11/29/19 FOR DEATH WOBBLES ABOVE 60MPH WHEN HITTING BUMPS OR SEAMS IN THE ROADWAY. WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT MY STEERING SHOCK WAS BAD. PROBLEM IS THE STEERING SHOCK IS ON BACKORDER AND WAS ON A 6 TO 8 WEEK WAITING LIST. TRUCK IS GETTING WORSE, BECOMING UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CALLED DEALERSHIP ON 01/07/20 TO CHECK IF THEY HAD HEARD IF THEY HAD ANY IDEAS IF THE SHOCK WAS GONNA BE DELIVERED ANYTIME SOON. WAS STATED THAT THEY HAD JUST PLACED AN ORDER FOR ANOTHER ONE AND THAT THERE WAS STILL A 6 TO 8 WEEK WAIT ON THE SHOCK. THEY STATED THEY HAD 12 ON BACK ORDER. I HAVE ORDERED AN AFTERMARKET ONE FOR NOW. HOPEFULLY IF THIS IS THE PROBLEM AND THIS WILL KEEP FROM DESTROYING MY FRONT END.

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE A WARNING WAS DISPLAYED THAT SAID "ADAPTIVE STEERING FAULT SERVICE REQUIRED". POWER CYCLING THE VEHICLE 3 TIME AND EACH TIME PRESENTED WITH THE SAME WARNING AND CORRESPONDING DASH WARNING INDICATOR. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING RATIO WAS CLEARLY AFFECTED. THE DASH WARNING LIGHT STAYED LIT AT ALL TIMES DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. A SUBSEQUENT RESTART OF THE VEHICLE AN HOUR LATER CAUSED THE SAME MESSAGE AND INDICATOR LIGHT. HOWEVER AFTER ONLY A COUPLE MINUTES OF DRIVING THE INDICATOR WENT OUT. THE WARNING AND INDICATOR HAVE NOT RETURNED AFTER SEVERAL STARTS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. STEERING SEEMS TO HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. CONTINUING TO MONITOR.

AFTER TWO PLUS YEARS AND AROUND 80,000 MILES THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE VIGOROUSLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE SHAKING WAS SO BAD THAT YOU COULD HARDLY HANG ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING WAS TO SLOW DOWN BY AT LEAST 10 MILES PER HOUR. I THEN CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IN PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE BY CALLING IT "THE DEATH WOBBLE". THEY ALSO SAID THIS WAS COMMON ON FORD TRUCKS AFTER THIS MANY MILES. THE DEALER SAID THAT FORD WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR. I HAD THEM REPAIR THE TRUCK AND THE TOTAL COST WAS $2,770.85 WHICH I DID PAY.

GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER. ONCE I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE SHAKING STOPPED. AFTER CHECKING ALL TIRES, I STARTED GOING AGAIN AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE. I BOUGHT THIS USED 3 MONTHS AGO, IT HAS 46,600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AS THIS IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE, I WILL BE OUT OF POCKET ON THIS.

DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEEDS OVER 60MPH. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 40K MILES.

JANUARY 2018 I BOUGHT A NEW 2017 FORD F-350. AFTER DRIVING THE TRUCK AROUND 24000 MILES IT STARTED THIS HORRIBLE SHAKING AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL. RESEARCHED THE SYMPTOMS REFERRED TO AS DEATH WOBBLE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT 4 TIMES AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. IF YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH AND HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES BACK AND FORTH AND IT REAL HARD TO CONTROL IT. YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AS FAST AS YOU CAN WITH OUT USING THE BRAKES IF YOU STEP ON THE BRAKE THE SHAKING GETS MORE VIOLENT. TYPE IN DEATH WOBBLE ON GOOGLE IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE AS COMMON AS THIS PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THESE TRUCKS. ROLLING DOWN THE FREEWAY GOING TO HOUSTON THANKSGIVING DAY IT STARTED TO THE WOBBLE 12 TIMES IN 50 MILE SPAN EACH TIME HAVING TO TRY TO STEER ONTO THE SHOULDER AND SLOW DOWN AS FAST AS YOU CAN AND TRY TO NOT GET RUN OVER IN THE TRAFFIC.

IN NOVEMBER 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 14K MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON A NEVADA FREEWAY AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING EXHIBITED VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. DURING THIS EPISODE, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWING. THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED AFTER SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO APPROX 30MPH. RETURNING TO CA THE VEHICLE DID IT SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS SENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE FORD TSB 18-2268 WAS PERFORMED. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE FIXED UNTIL RECENTLY ON 01/01/2020, IT RETURNED AT 19.8K MILES. THIS TIME PULLING A 40 FOOT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER AT APPROX 55 MPH ON A CA FREEWAY WHEN THE FRONT BEGAN VIOLENTLY SHAKING AFTER DRIVING OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND MAINTAIN WITHIN A LANE OF TRAVEL WITH THE TRAILER ATTACHED. THE VIOLENT SHAKING ONLY STOPPED AFTER SLOWING TO APPROX 30 MPH.

THE TRUCK EXPERIENCES 'DEATH WOBBLE' UPON HITTING CERTAIN BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL ALONG WITH THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE TRUCK IS SLOWED TO WELL BELOW HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DURING THE SHAKING THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN FULL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK GET INTO 'DEATH WOBBLE' FOUR TIMES NOW, EVERY TIME I HAVE HAD THE ISSUE SPEEDS HAVE BEEN FROM 65MPH TO 75 MPH.

TRUCK WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND FUEL SPRAYED OVER THE MOTOR AND CAUGHT THE TRUCK ON FIRE AND LOST BRAKES WHILE FIRE WAS COMING UP ONTO THE I WINDSHIELD. TRUCK FINALLY CAME TO A STOP WITH THE USE OF TRAILER BRAKES. THE CAB WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE AND THEE DASHBOARD WAS MELTING.

HAD AN OCCURRENCE OF 'DEATH WOBBLE' ON I-25. TRAVELING 68~70 MPG HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT (ASPHALT TO BRIDGE) SQUARELY (WITH BOTH FRONT WHEEL AT THE SAME TIME). FRONT WHEELS BROKE INTO OSCILLATION. INTENSITY OF OSCILLATION QUICKLY INCREASED TO THE POINT I COULD BARELY MAINTAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK. SPEEDING UP AND SLOWING DOWN (RELEASING THROTTLE DID NOT DAMPED THE OSCILLATION). HARD BRAKING DID NOT HELP UNTIL VEHICLE SPEED WAS BELOW ABOUT 30 MPH. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES WITHIN ABOUT 5 MILES (ROUGH ROADS - CONSTRUCTION AREA) ON I-25. VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS.

MY TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING DEATH WOBBLE. WHEN I DRIVE AND THE TRUCK HITS A ROUGH PATCH OR BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING CREATES A WOBBLE SO BAD THAT THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES. THE WHEEL MOVES BACK AND FORTH UNCONTROLLABLY AND I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 40 MPH OR LESS FOR IT TO STOP. ON THE INTERSTATE PULLING A 5TH WHEEL CAMPER THIS IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR BOTH MY FAMILY AND OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. WHEN THE DEATH WOBBLE IS HAPPENING IT SCARES MY FAMILY TO THE POINT OF WANTING TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE STEERING OR ALIGNMENT OF THESE TRUCKS. I SEE THAT FORD HAS CREATED A COUPLE OF SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO TRY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BUT ARE UNSUCCESSFUL. FORD HAS SO MANY SERVICE ISSUES TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM THAT PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. THEY ARE PUTTING A BAND-AID ON THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

WE HAD A FRONT STEERING OSCILLATION, AKA "DEATH WOOBLE", OCCUR WILL IN A CURVE AT 55 MPH AFTER A MINOR BUMP. WE HAD TO SLOW TO 5 MPH BEFORE IT RECOVERED. THIS WAS ON A 2 LANE ROAD (GA 369) IN FORSYTH CO. I 'MAY' HAVE VIDEO, BUT I AN NOT SURE I SAVED IT.

I HAVE A 2017 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY. OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS I HAVE HAD TWO SITUATIONS DURING ACCELERATION ON A HIGHWAY WHERE THE VEHICLE ALMOST SHAKES/VIBRATES APART ON THE FRONT END. I HAVE REPORTED THE ISSUE TO FORD TWO TIMES NOW. WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED IN NOV 2019 WITH 19K MILES ON IT, THEY TOLD ME THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE. WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE 29TH OF DECEMBER I TOOK IT BACK INTO THE DEALER AND MENTIONED THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND THE WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE IT ON A HIGHWAY. THEY ADMITTED THERE IS AN ISSUE. EITHER MY TRUCK OR THEIR DESIGN IS UNSAFE. MASSIVE WOBBLE/VEHICLE VIBRATION - IF I WAS IN A CORNER I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

MY 2017 F350 HAS 34K MILES. IF ANY BUMP IN THE ROAD IS HIT IT CAUSES THE TRUCK TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. ANY SPEEDS OVER 65MPH THIS WILL HAPPEN. I HAVE ALMOST LOST CONTROL 2 TIME. THE VIOLENT SHAKE CONTINUES UNTIL YOU CAN SLOW THE TRUCK TO 20-30MPH. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE. FORD IS NOT STEPPING UP AND FIXING THIS. PLEASE HELP!

WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, IN A 65MPH ZONE, WHEN I HIT A BUMP, AND THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I TRIED TO PULL OVER, THINKING IT WAS A TIRE BLOW OUT, BUT THE STEERING WOULDNT REACT. I SLOWED DOWN, AND ABOUT 20MPH, AS PEOPLE AROUND ME ALMOST HIT ME, THE TRUCK CAME BACK IN CONTROL, AND STOPPED SHAKING. I SPEED BACK UP LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.... MY WIFE AND SON WAS WITNESS. THIS ALSO HAPPENED AT AROUND 12K MILAGE, BUT THIS TIME WAS MUCH WORSE......ALL TIRES WERE FINE, AND AFTER IT CAME BACK IN CONTROL...IT HASNT DONE IT AGAIN, YET...

SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH OUR TRUCKS, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY AND UNSAFE.*DT CONSUMER STATED 6 COMPLAINTS ON 6 DIFFERENT TRUCKS ON SAME ISSUE. *JB

HEAVY VIBRATION AND SHACKING OF STEERING WHEEL THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH OUR TRUCKS, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. IN A 10 MILE RIDE IT WOULD HAPPEN 3-4X AT 70 TO 75MPH HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. VERY DIFFICULT ON A HIGHWAY

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND HIT A BUMP. MY VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO ABRUPTLY DECELERATE DOWN TO 35 MPH TO GET OT TO STOP SHAKING. I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED A DEATH WOBBLE. I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE IN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE TO HAVE IT FIXED TO NO AVAIL. I HAD THE WHOLE FRONT END REBUILT. $1500 DOWN THE DRAIN. I HAD A 2012 F350 THAT DID THE SAME THING. THIS WOBBLE HAS HAPPENED TO ME MANY TIMES. MOST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED ON 12/22/2019.

WITH 19721 MILES MY TRUCK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER HITTING A BUMP WOULD START SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER PUT A NEW STEERING DAMPER ON IT. NOW WITH 23341 MILES ON IT ITS DOING IT AGAIN. DEALER SAYS A PART FORD SAYS WILL FIX PROBLEM IS BACK ORDERD THIS TRUCK IS UN SAFE TO DRIVE AS IS.

MY 2017 F350 4X4 WITH 11600 MILES HAS A DEATH WOBBLE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING OVER 45 MPH AND DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROADS. I HAD THE TRUCK IN FOR INSPECTION ALL LOOKED GOOD, HAD FRONT TIRES BALANCED AND AIR PRESSURE INSPECTED. FEW DAYS LATER ALMOST CRASHED MY VEHICLE ON THE BELTWAY. DOING SOME RESEARCH I NOTICED THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR FORD OWNERS. I TOW A 40' CAMPER AND WOULD HATE TO LOSE CONTROL KILLING MY FAMILY, MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. FORD NEEDS TO MAKE THIS AN URGENT RECALL ASAP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED BACK AND FORTH UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE INSPECTED AT MCMULLEN FORD (3401 S EXPRESSWAY ST, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51501, (712) 366-0531), WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

UNPREDICTABLE, VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL 'DEATH WOBBLE' AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING LOSS STEERING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS BROUGHT NEARLY TO A STOP. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. FORD DEALERSHIP SAID THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED WHEN I TOOK IT TO THEM LAST TIME, IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. READING MULTIPLE FORUMS THIS SEEMS TO BE A 'COMMON' PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. MY VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO DEALERSHIP 12/30/19. KEY SEARCH WORDS 'DEATH WOBBLE' MY VEHICLE IS 100% STOCK WITH THE ORIGINAL OEM TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES.

DRIVING DOWN ROAD TRUCK LOSES ALL POWER AND THEN COMES BACK ON. DOOR NOT SHUTTING. DRIVING TRUCK DOWN ROAD AND HIT A BUMP FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL AND YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM SHAKING. AUTOMATIC 4 WHEEL DRIVE STOPPED WORKING. WIPER MOTOR WENT OUT.

WHILE TOWING MY 5TH WHEEL TRAILER 65 MILES, THE TAILGATE OPENED BY ITSELF CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRAILER AND TAILGATE.

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH ON I84 WHEN I HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. I CAME TO A STOP ON THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TRUCK CONTINUED TO SHAKE UNTIL I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, THE HIGHWAY HAD A SLIGHT LEFT BEND WHEN I DROVE OVER THE ROUGH SPOT WHICH IS NOT EVEN THAT BAD OF A SPOT AND I DRIVE IT EVERYDAY WITH MY OTHER VEHICLE. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE STEERING HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND HAD THERE BEEN OTHER VEHICLES AROUND IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD IF NOT DEADLY.

TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THOUGHT I HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT.

THIS TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED THE INFAMOUS DEATH WOBBLE. ON A TRIP IN NOVEMBER IT OCCURRED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 75 MPH AND WE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND CRASHED. I LIMPED IT BACK HOME AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM AND WHO DOES ALL OF THE SERVICE ON IT. THE NECESSARY PARTS WERE ORDERED OVER 3 WEEKS AGO AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT THESE PARTS ARE ON A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER AND IT WILL BE AT A MINIMUM OF 6-8 MORE WEEKS.

THIS TRUCK HAS THE DEATH WOBBLY. GOING OVER R/R TRACKS STEERING WOBBLYS GOING AROUND A CURVE AT 75 MPH HIT A BUMP AN STEERING WHEEL STARTED WHOBBLING ALMOST HIT CAR IN CENTER LANE. ON GOING ISSUE IN THE FORD DEALER THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT FIX AN THEY WANT ME TO PAY 500.00 DOLLARS TO FIX IT;

AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN ROAD VEHICLE SHIMMY'S TILL SPEED IS REDUCED TO 20-25 MILES A HOUR. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WHEN I AM IN A CURVE. HAPPEN ON FREE WAY AND TWO LANDS. USUALLY OF 60 MILES PER HOUR. LESS PREVALENT AT LOWER SPEEDS. FIRST NOTICED WHEN TRUCK WAS NEW IN 2017. DEALER SAID COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH TRUCK. I JUST GOT BACK FROM DEALER SERVICE FOR SAME PROBLEM 1650 DOLLARS STILL DOING SAME SHIMMY.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY, MAKING THE TRUCK HARD TO CONTROL. THIS HAPPENS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. IT SEEMS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THE SHAKING STOP IS TO RAPIDLY BRAKE THE VEHICLE. SUDDEN BRAKING IAND LIMITED STEERING CONTROL N HEAVY, FAST TRAFFIC SEEMS DANGEROUS TO ME.

MY TRUCK HAS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". AT FREEWAY SPEEDS IT SHAKES SO BAD!! WHEN TRAVELING 60 TO 75 MPH AND DRIVE OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, IT SHAKES SO BAD. THIS WILL CAUSE A ACCIDENT. MY TRUCK HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON NORMAL PAVEMENT.

ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2019 I WAS DRIVING DOWN OHIO STATE RT. 2 IN SANDUSKY, OHIO ABOUT 1:00 PM GOING 70 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE. I DROVE OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK ,WITH NO WARNING, STARTED A VIOLENT DEATH WOBBLE. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE WOBBLE DIDN'T STOP SHAKING UNTIL THE TRUCK GOT DOWN TO 30 MPH. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 24,000 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL TRUCKS BUT THE PARTS TO FIX IT ARE BACK ORDERED AND WOULD CALL ME WHEN AVAILABLE. I THANK THE LORD THAT MY WIFE WAS NOT DRIVING IT AT THE TIME.

AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH THE TRUCK BEGINS TO WOBBLE AND I LOSE STEERING UNTIL I SLOW DOWN AND THE WOBBLE SUBSIDES. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN JUN 2019 WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 35K MILES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DAMPER ASSEMBLY AND TOLD ME THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO HAVE THE ISSUE AND I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK IN NOV 2019 WITH 40K MILES AND THEY TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I COMPLAINED AND SAID THE WOBBLE STILL CONTINUES. THEY THEN DECIDED TO DECREASED FRONT WHEEL CASTER ONE DEGREE AND CHARGED ME $600. THEY SAID THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK IS STILL EXPERIENCING WOBBLE AND I FEAR THAT FORD IS NOT ADDRESSING THE URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE. I AM NOT SURE WHERE TO TAKE MY TRUCK FOR SERVICE IS FORD DEALERSHIPS ARE UBABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, ROAD IMPERFECTION CAUSED VIOLENT SHAKING IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE (DEATH WOBBLE). VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER AND SEEMED TO TAKE LONGER THAN USUAL TO SLOW DOWN. WENT AWAY AT LOWERS SPEEDS (30 MPH OR SO). PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED 5 TIMES DURING OUR ROAD TRIP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND ABOVE, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE DEATH WOBBLE. KRAUSE FAMILY FORD (LOCATED AT 195 WOODSTOCK PKWY, WOODSTOCK, GA 30188, 877-808-3640) REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS-24549-129-J988W2. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

WE WERE DRIVING OUR F350 WITH 31,000 MILES ON IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY TOWING A CAMPER AT 65 MPH. WE HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY CAUSING ME TO ALMOST RUN OFF THE ROAD BEFORE GETTING IT STOPPED. IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS NORMAL BUT TO BRING IT IN FOR REPAIR? I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. 900 MILES LATER I AM DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE HIGHWAY TOWING A 12,000 LB. LOADED GOOSENECK TRAILER DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN AT 60 MPH! EVEN WORSE THIS TIME. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID AGAIN THAT IT IS NORMAL AND THEY WILL ORDER AN AFTERMARKET STEERING STABILIZER TO PUT ON IT THIS TIME. THIS IS BSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND INSANELY UNSAFE. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING WE WOULD HAVE WRECKED BOTH TIMES FOR SURE. I DONT KNOW HOW THEY CAN SELL A 90,000$ TRUCK KNOWING IT HAS THIS PROBLEM! I HAVE A VIDEO IN MP4 FORMAT OF THE FIRST TIME IT EVER DID IT TO ME BUT I CANT GET IT TO UPLOAD.

VEHICLE RANDOMLY EXPERIENCES "SPEED WOBBLE". HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF THE VEHICLE HITS EVEN A SMALL IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD. THE FRONT AXLE WILL START OSCILLATING SO VIGOROUSLY THAT THE FRONT TIRES START TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN, SIDE TO SIDE. THIS ONLY STOPS BOUNCING IF YOU YOU APPLY THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH. VERY DANGEROUS ON THEY HIGHWAY.

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH AND OFTEN AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD, OR A SEPARATION IN A BRIDGE PAVEMENT JOINT, THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK SHAKES AND VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. WHILE THIS IS OCCURRING, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES IN YOUR HANDS VIOLENTLY. THIS CONDITION IS VERY UNNERVING AND GREATLY REDUCES THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. THE ONLY THING THAT BRINGS THE TRUCK BACK TO A CONTROLLABLE STATUS IS TO SLOW DOWN CONSIDERABLY. THIS IS UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION BUT CANNOT OFFER A SOLUTION. UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY VEHICLE AND ESPECIALLY A VEHICLE THAT COST $70K.

MY 2017 F350 HAS 15,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS EXPERIENCED EXTREME DEATH WOBBLE AT LEAST 10 TIMES. IF YOU ARE GOING OVER 70 ON THE TURNPIKE AND HIT A BUMP THIS HAPPENS. YOU NEED TO MAKE FORD RECALL THIS BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. MY TRUCK IS 100 PERCENT STOCK EXCEPT FOR A REAR SWAY BAR I ADDED, AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD. IT HAPPENED 9-28-19 3 TIMES BUT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT FIXED 12-19-19, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ FORDS FIXES DO NOT REALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE FORD RECALL THIS BEFORE PEOPLE START DYING ON THE HIGHWAYS.

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN IT HAD A LITTLE LESS THAN 15K MILES ON IT. EVERYTHING WAS OK UNTIL ABOUT 26K MILES WHEN IF YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND YOU HAVE TO PULL COMPLETELY TO THE SHOULDER TO MAKE IT STOP. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO APPLE VALLEY FORD IN MINNESOTA AND GOT THE RUN AROUND. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE STEERING STABILIZER (WHICH IS ON FACTORY BACK ORDER) WHEN IT COMES IN. I HAD TO REPLACE IT MY SELF WITH ONE THAT I PURCHASED FROM O REILLY WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I STOPPED AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP TODAY (BOYER FORD IN MINNEAPOLIS MN) AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE KNEW A LOT ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT STATED IT IS NOT A RECALL AND TOLD ME THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR 3 STEERING STABILIZERS HIMSELF. HE SAID I COULD CHANGE THE TIRES TO A SOFTER RUBBER, CHANGE TO A DOUBLE STABILIZER AT A OFF ROAD SHOP OR PURCHASE CUSTOM WHEELS WITH A DIFFERENT OFFSET WHICH HE HAS HEARD FIXES THE ISSUE (OF COURSE AT MY EXPENSE). ONLY ISSUE IS I JUST PAID $57,000 FOR THIS TRUCK WITH LOWER MILES AND PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTEE SO I DID NOT HAVE ISSUES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE DEALERSHIP NOT BEING DONE WITH THE REPAIRS. MY SON HAS A VIDEO OF THIS IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, BUT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

MY 2017 F350 HAS A DEATH WOBBLE ISSUE. STARTED BACK IN JUNE 2019. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY HAVE TRIED MANY ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP. IT HAS BEEN IN 6 TIMES SO FAR. COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED WITH FORD AND FORD IS WORKING WITH DEALER BUT NOTHING THEY COME UP WITH WILL FIX IT. TRUCK IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I NO LONGER FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IT AS THE DEATH WOBBLE HAS NEARLY RAN ME OFF THE ROAD A FEW TIMES NOW. SEEMS TO START WHEN THE TRUCK IS GOING 60+ MPH AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I SLOW BELOW 40 MPH. TRUCK WILL DEATH WOBBLE EVERYDAY TO AND FROM HOME IF I DONT SLOW FOR THE BUMPS WHICH THEN CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE WITH OTHER VECHICLES.

BOUGHT MY FORD F 350 XLT IN FEB OF 2019 WITH 12,936 MILES ON IT FROM ROCHESTER FORD IN MN DRIVING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH IT DID THE DEATH WOBBLE 3 TIMES AND I CALLED THEM AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT. COULDN'T GET IT INTO THE SHOP UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS LATER AT BEDFORD FORD IN BEDFORD INDIANA WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER. HADN'T HAPPENED AGAIN UNTIL NOV 26, 2019. MADE AN APPT. AT BEDFORD IN FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIRES AND NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT AND NEW TIRES. MILEAGE IS LESS THAN 24,000 MILES ON IT. SO THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED AND THEY ARE JUST PUSHING ME AWAY AND BLAMING THE TIRES.

RECALL ISSUED #18V894 DATED: 12/18/2018 - MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: 18S45 BLOCK HEATER DEFECTIVE. FORD DEALER (CROSSROAD FORD ) HENDERSON, NC WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS RECALL? STATED THEY DID NOT GET PAID FOR IT FROM FORD.

EXPERIENCE PHENOMENA CALLED DEATH WOBBLE WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TYPICALLY OCCURS WHEN I DRIVE OVER A BUMP WHICH CAUSES THE EFFECT. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO GALPIN FORD FACTORY AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER IN NORTH HILLS CA TO HAVE THE ISSUE CORRECTED. I HAVE EXTENSIVE RECORDS OF ALL STEERING RELATED COMPONENTS REPLACED BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO OCCUR. I AM AWARE THERE CURRENTLY IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE AS THIS ISSUE IS SYSTEMIC WITH 2017 AND 2018 FORD F-250 AND FORD F-350 TRUCKS.

DURING THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS OF 45-55 MPH, THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK WILL VIBRATE AND SHAKE WHILE TRAVELING OVER ROUGH HIGHWAYS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING OVER THE CENTER RUMBLE STRIPS. THIS CONDITION IS ALSO REFERRED TO BUMP STEER OR "DEATH WOBBLE". I PURCHASED THE TRUCK BRAND NEW IN FEBRUARY 2017. CURRENTLY, THERE IS 18393 MILES ON MY TRUCK. THIS "VIBRATION" STARTED IN THE PAST 6-8 MONTHS AGO MOTHS, IF I HAD A CUP OF COFFEE OR ANY DRINK IN THE CENTER CONSOLE CUP HOLDER, THE CUPS WOULD VIBRATE AND SLIP LIQUIDS. I INITIALLY BLAMED THIS ON THE TIRES NEEDING ROTATED, WHICH ARE ROTATED EVERY 3000-5000 MILES. LAST WEEK, I INADVERTENTLY DROVE OVER THE CENTER LINE RUMBLE STRIPS. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND STEERING UNRESPONSIVE. THIS LASTED APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS AND CEASED WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. THE SAME VIOLENT SHAKE AND CONDITION OCCURRED 2 OTHER TIMES IN THE PATS 2 WEEKS WITH ONE OF THEM BEING THIS AFTERNOON. ALL TIMES WHEN THIS OCCURRED WAS AT THE MODERATE SPEED PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH ON THIS CONDITION, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THERE ARE OVER 1600+ COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME CONDITION. PLEASE NOTE, MY TIRES ARE 9/32 TREAD, NO SIGNS OF CUPPING OR BAD ALIGNMENT AND AIR PRESSURES EXACTLY AT THE MANUFACTURED RECOMMENDED 60PSI FRONT, 80PSI REAR. I HAVE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR DECEMBER 16, 2019 TO HAVE THIS CONCERN ADDRESS AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY TRUCK.

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.

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.

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 RELATIO