At random times while traveling at highway speeds over 50mph and hitting a road bump or expansion joint in a bridge transition. The vehicle will start to violently and uncontrollably shake until speed is dropped to about 30 MPH. I have taken it into the dealership and they changed the steering linkage dampener and sent me on my way. It subsequently happened again under the same circumstances as before I took it back to the dealership and they say nothing is wrong but it needs an alignment which I need to pay for. This is not a fix as the alignment out would be a constant issue and since they changed the part the alignment should be part of the process. They did not know about or follow tsb 18-2268. This is a huge safety issue and could cause injuries or even death due to accident when this happens. I am getting ptsd from dealing with this
2017 Ford F-250 SD steering complaints
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While driving about 65 miles an hour the steering wheel started to vibrate violently almost losing control. I pulled over and inspected tires and rims thinking one of the front tires was about to come off. Everything looked normal. Scared the crap out of me! I had the tires rotated at 15k and had the shop inspect everything and found nothing. Internet is calling this the "death wobble". Ford going to inspect and poss replace steering stabilizer. This has happened before but not as severe. Thought it was road vibration. Now I know better. This is a serious issue that needs attention before someone is killed! Then there is the issue of increased front end wear. Reports say ford is not covering damage, says its the buyer's lack of maintenance. This is a truck with under 15k miles and is having problems. Please investigate.
It has happened several times and continues to be a problem. My 2017 ford f250 while going down the road will go into the death wobble. Steering wheel shakes uncontrollably and have to take foot off of gas pedal until it slows down enough to regain conrol. The worst at interstate speeds. It is a danger to my passengers, myself and other vehicles that are around me. Have had it to the dealer numerous times with different repair attempts.
I had just stopped for gas and got back on the highway and was in the passing lane going over a bridge deck and as soon as I came off the bridge the truck started shaking horribly. I let the car next to me pass as I slowed down and pulled over. Scared myself and my uncle to death and still had to drive 160 miles to get home. After returning home I have taken it to the local dealer and they replaced damper steering linkage but as our family vehicle we do not feel comfortable in it's safety!
Vehicle enters into "death wobble" when hitting uneven pavement at speeds above 50mph. The only way to stop the wobble, even if the pavement is smooth, is to slow down below 30mph.
While traveling on the expressway at 65 MPH I passed over a rough piece of asphalt and the truck started to shimmy then immediately severely shake and shudder. I immediately braked and tried to steer to the shoulder steering was almost impossible. The shaking continued till the truck stopped. This was extremely frightening and uncontrollable. This is the third time this has happened but by far the worst. All 3 times the truck was driving normally at 60 or 65 MPH till it hit a minor bump or rough patch of road.
Traveling at around 70mph on I 65 south in alabama at 341 mile marker when a gap in the road caused my vehicle to begin to vibrate badly to the point I almost lost control. I slowed to about 40 MPH and it stopped. I accelerated back to 70mph and less than a mile later hit a bump and it started the same vibration again. It did this one more time again before I exited at the 334 exit. It is very a very scary event. I am afraid to keep driving this vehicle. I took it to a front end shop and they found nothing wrong but had heard complaints of this happening with this vehicle. I took it to the ford dealer and they indicated there was a tech bulletin to cover this but since my truck has 46k miles it was not covered.
At highway speeds hitting bridge expansion joints or rough roads create death wobble of the front wheels and the steering wheel shakes violently loss of control dealer has truck for repairs has done this since new progressively got worse very dangerous must apply brakes immediately to regain control
At 22000 miles my 2017 f250 fx4 all stock has had death wobble 5 times at highway speeds. Bringing to dealer next week.
Experiencing death wobble in front suspension of truck when hitting any bumps, grooves etc in highway travel at speeds of 65 to 75 miles per hour. Have to slam on brakes to stop extreme wobble in front end. Took truck to dealer for repairs 2 times and they discount issue and will not cover repairs. This issue has happened three times while on freeway 11/16/19, 11/28/19 and 12/6/19
Traveling down interstate 10 in az. Encountered uneven road. Traveling at 65 MPH pulling a 30' airstream classic trailer. The truck went into a violent shaking in the steering. I could hardly hold on to the steering wheel. I appiled the brake as trucks were swerving to get around me at 75 MPH. I had my wife put on the emergency flashers as I could not let go of the wheel. I could not steer or move to the right of the road. Truck was literally "hopping" as I tried to slow without getting hit from behind. Shaking finally subsided when my truck reached 20 MPH. I literally was close to stopped on a 75 MPH roadway! I increased mt speed again to about 50 MPH and the shaking started again. I had to almost stop again. My wife and I were visibly shaking. We could have been killed. We pulled off on the next exit and called a ford dealer. Ford dealer replaced front stabilizer shock. Ford is back-ordered on their shock for months. Wonder why? We replaced it with a third party shock. The suspension was checked and the dealer said it should be fine. Two days latter we experienced the shaking again! We are now stuck in palm springs waiting for a dealer to open on monday. I called ford corporate and they said they did not have a recall on this. They said they will call the dealer and me on monday to get their truck division involved. I cannot drive this truck pulling a trailer with this issue. This is a very dangerous problem. I fear driving this in the mountain with roads that curve. When this shaking occurs, you cannot do anything but go straight.
Started getting wobble/oscillation in steering at highway speeds when hitting rough road conditions or bridge joints that requires quick braking to below 25mph to get back under control. First stabilizer was replaced and alignment performed with results lasting about a year, then it came back, this time drag link replaced and re-aligned, still has issue to some extent when crossing bridge joints on highway.
I was driving my f250 on the freeway and after hitting a couple bumps it started doing the death wobble as its called. Its a known problem ford has tsb but they don't take this condition seriously as I scheduled an appt with the dealer ship within days and was told the parts are all backordered to repair it and they don't know the date they can get them.
When traveling at highway speeds and driving over a bump in the road, the truck begins to shake violently. Slowing the vehicle to approximately 45 MPH tends to smooth it out. It was taken to the dealership and the replaced the steering dampener and rotated the tires, but the issue still exists and feels a bit worse and is occurring more frequently than before.
Loss of control at speeds greater than 50 MPH after running over a pothole or rough road surface. The front tires start to bounce or oscillate and steering becomes dangerously erratic. You have to immediately hit the brakes hard to lower the speed. Everything loose in the cabin can begins moving around and the steering wheel is hard to hold. If you are in heavy traffic at speeds of 60-70 MPH there is very real danger of being hit from behind while trying to regain control of the vehicle. Descriptions online of ford f250 trucks call it the death-wobble.
Front end steering begins a death wobble at speeds over 40 MPH. If even the slightest bump in the road, city or highway, is driven over at these speeds it makes the steering wheel shake violently from side to side.
Vehicle has a really bad shake coming from the front end. Happens while in motion over 35 MPH and gets worse as speed increases. Feels as if the operator is losing control of the vehicle or about to. It's a very unsettling feeling especially with young children in the vehicle. Has been to dealer 4-5 times , multiple parts have been replaced, tires rotated, tires even changed and they can't seem to give an exact explanation or correct the problem. I feel they no longer want to investigate the issue. It's caused an extreme amount of fear while driving on the freeway, and something needs to be done to correct this problem properly. I've only owned the truck about 9 months and it's spent over a month in the garage , started less than 1 week after purchase . Started approximately 25280 and still happening today. We have everything documented since date of purchase.
On 11/30/19 while traveling on a highway at approximately 65 MPH a bump in the road caused my vehicle and steering wheel to shake violently until the vehicle was slowed to approximately 20 MPH. On 12/1/19 the same thing happened on two more occasions.
When hitting small bumps at speeds of 35mph or more the truck shakes violently. It happened yesterday while driving at highway speeds and shook so severely I had to slow to 30 MPH before it stopped. This is a very serious life threatening matter that needs to be fixed. Truck has 9000 miles on it and that's it. Been doing it since new, but this was the first time it was this severe. It almost caused an accident. Everything is stock on this 6.2 liter f-250 super cab 4wheel drive. An inexperienced driver could easily have had a fatal accident if they didn't handle the situation correctly or if I was on a turn.
Ford death wobble front end shakes violently when diving over bump or imperfection of road surface at speeds as slow as 50 MPH. Hard to regain control until speed is reduced to approx 25 MPH. This is extremely dangerous and ford has ignored this problem . This has happened on surface roads and highways. The federal safety agency needs to get ford to recall this someone will die sooner or later!
Have experienced "death wobble" on my 2017 superduty several times at highway speeds. As with all of the other complaints, the oscillation begins after hitting uneven pavement, and grows until you slow down. The ford truck owners that have posted similar complaints are begging ford (or the federal safety agency) to do something about this before someone gets seriously injured, or killed. When that happens, we will all be wondering why the complaints and information was provided, when nothing was going to be done to correct the issue (and to save lives).
Traveling at 60-65 MPH on highway front end of truck began to shimmy violently ( death wobble). This happened after crossing a bridge joint in the road. Had to slow truck down to 20 MPH to stop the shimmy. This could have ended badly if there was traffic behind me or in the on coming lane. Truck was barely controllable and took extreme effort to maintain control.
At highway speeds, bumps in the road cause the steering to begin to wobble and make the vehicle uncontrollable, slowing down allows the driver to regain control. It has been called the death wobble be many people and appears to be a known issue. Problem started around 25000 miles. Continues to this day at 45000 miles, seems to be getting worse.
At 20,000 miles I experienced the " death wobble" at 75 miles per hour on the highway. Hit the brakes hard to get slowed down and I regained control at 30 miles per hour.
While driving on the highway at 70 MPH, if both front wheels hit a bump at the same time, the truck begins to violently shake until the speed is reduced to around 40 MPH. This first happened at about 2 years and 40,000 miles. The ford dealership replaced the steering damper and said that would fix the issue. A year later and at 53,000 miles, this began happening again while towing my travel trailer camper. It is about 8,000 lbs and 650 pounds on the hitch. The problem was far worse with the weight distributing hitch than without, however I did experience it twice in about 100 miles on a standard hitch.
Death wobble at 45 MPH+ - completely stock truck going 45+ MPH and hit a small bump or groove on a regular main road and the truck goes into a serious death wobble
While on the highway at approx. 70mph I struck a bump and the front end began to oscillate uncontrollably. The vibration continued until speed was reduced below 40mph. This has occurred twice now. Ford replaced a stabilizer after the first occurrence but the problem has returned.
Driving truck on highway at about 73 MPH. Steering wheel started shaking back and fourth badly, wobbling. Applied brakes and it settled down. It has done this several times. Also done at about 50 MPH on newly asphalt highway. Apllied brakes and it settled down. I also had my tires balanced at two different tire shops that I deal with all the time. All this is drving straight on smooth asphault highway. Took to dealer and they said steering dampner (I think was the name) was bad. Replaced it and said they drove it and was ok. Truck had around 17,800 when it first did this. Truck still had a very very slight right to left shake.this was done on 9/20/2019, 18,257 miles. Did not have a "death wobble" again until 11/15/2019. It was horrible. On intersate fourty in arkansas driving on straight road about 78mph around 8:00 at night.. Did not feel any bump. Worse wobble I have had on my truck . The wobble did no stop until I got off interstate and stopped the truck. Scared me and my brother to death!!! Did not do it again on way home, this is about 350 miles. Still has little shake to steering wheel that I said earlier. I don't know what would have happened if this had been my wife or grand daughter. This is a very very vsry serious problem. I called my dealer when and he said bring it back and try not to drive it over 70mph. This should not have anything to do woth it. I have videos of some of this, but not the last time
While driving on interstate highway at 65 MPH, I hit a bridge transition bump and the steering wheel and front end of truck started shaking violently until I was able to get pulled over and slowed down.
Experiencing severe steering oscillation (death wobble) under normal highway operation with my factory stock 2017 ford f-250 4x4. Vehicle has been taken to my local ford dealership twice for this steering oscillation issue, under factory warranty, and the problem persists. The dealer now states they are unable to replicate the problem and stated a ford factory tech instructed them to increase the front tire pressure to 5 psi over what the door sticker indicates as the recommended psi. The dealer road force balanced the front tires and told me the vehicle could be picked up. I picked up the vehicle and experienced the steering oscillation again on the way home from the dealership. The death wobble normally occurs when the vehicle is traveling straight at speeds between 45 and 55 MPH when the vehicle encounters bumps (expansion joints in the roadway) and/or roadway to bridge transitions. The vehicle shakes violently and the steering wheel oscillates rapidly. The vehicle returns to normal function when the speed is reduced to speeds under 30 MPH.
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