2017 f-250 currently has 19,000 miles. 100 percent stock vehicle. Has severe shaking of the steering wheel and wheels of the truck on concrete roads at 60 MPH. Has happened four times now. First time happened when pulling a horse trailer on the interstate. The truck had approximately 17,000 miles at the time. Almost caused a horrible accident. Was the most violent shaking I have ever felt in a vehicle. I was able to barely get control of the truck. There needs to be a recall. This is a severe safety problem. That will cause accidents. I thought this was a freak incident but has become more common. Called the death wobble according to the internet. Has happened 3 more times while not pulling anything at highway speed of 60mph and I am scared to drive this truck on highways or interstates.
2017 Ford F-250 SD suspension complaints
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Well travelling at 65mph I went over a bridge expansion joint and got what is referred to as the "death wobble". Had to slow down to 20mph before it stopped. The truck is 100% stock with 24k miles on it. This is the second time this has happened in two days.
I was driving on a state highway. The speed limit is 65mph. When I drove over an overpass. At 65 MPH I went over the expansion joints in the road the truck started to shake violently. The steering wheel shakes back and forth to the left and right. And the whole truck shakes. After slowing down we returned to the posted speed limit only to hit some potholes two miles down the road. Where we experienced the same problem a second time. I made an appointment with the dealership I purchased the truck from, and on the way to the dealer, on the same highway in the same spot, it happened again. The truck was supposedly repaired. However on 03/07/2019 my wife took the truck to an appointment, and once again on the same highway in the same place at 70mph it happened a fourth time. I would like to add that our tires are properly inflated, balanced , and are not even down to the treadwear indicators.
It has happened numerous times, driving 55-60mph the steering wheel shakes violently when it hits a bridge approach.it has been back to the dealer twice, first time they replaced the steering stabilizer at 17,000 miles, started doing it again at approximately 23,000 miles, went back to dealer, they replaced the castor shims the front end, now it has started again at 30,500 miles. I had to brake to get speed down to 30 MPH for it to stop, I thought I was going to lose control of the vehicle
The vehicle has a "death wobble" making the vehicle impossible to control. It has almost killed me twice. Https://youtu.be/4jv7l8bbo1q the link is a video of what happens to steering when the death wobble occurs. I am fearful for my life
While driving down a newer toll road about 70 MPH I experienced the "death wobble". The front of my truck began bouncing and my steering wheel shook violently. It happened again a few days later while heading to the repair shop to have this diagnosed and repaired.
2017 f250 first death wobble at 40,000 miles, now 53,000 miles and experience death wobble daily. Daily driver, pray to god ford corrects before someone dies! Very serious safety issue. At highway speed death wobble forces you to slow to below 40 MPH to stop, now you have become a rolling road block to be rear ended.
At freeway speeds 70-75 MPH, an extreme wobble and shaking took place after running over a little rough pavement. Truck had to be slowed down to about 35 MPH for shaking to stop. Some posts on the internet have called this the "death wobble". This happened 3 times on I 90 freeway in recent trip from tacoma to spokane. Dealer is checking out the truck. Shaking is so bad that steering control is limited. Problem first experienced 3-3-19. Truck has 40,000 miles.
2017 f250 44,000 miles experiencing extreme front tire wobble on the expressway (death wobble) normally happens when im crossing over a bridge or hit minor imperfections on the highway. Usually happens at around 65 MPH and when the wobble starts it will not stop until around 30 MPH I lose control of the vehicle when this happens until I can get the wobble to stop. This has been going on for the last few months. I have everything stock on my truck . I have brought it into a shop to check front end and everything seems to be tight. I have had the tires rotated properly. This needs to be recalled by ford. I have been going through ford truck owner blogs and this is a serious ongoing problem with these trucks. I am not the only one. I am a long time ford truck owner and I have never had any issues with any of my trucks.
Vehicle shakes uncontrollably when driving over 65 on any road and you hit a bump (like coming onto the highway at the beginning of a bridge). After the shaking has started, it will not stop until you have slowed down to almost a dead stop. I am concerned for my family, myself, as well as other drivers on the road. This is not acceptable. My truck is just over a year old and has been babied. I know someone who has died from this issue in the past so this really is concerning. Please take action before someone is killed.
Driving on interstate 75 coming home from trip when all of a sudden truck went into a shack that almost killed myself and my passengers. Took all I could do to keep from crossing lanes into tractor trailer that was next to me. Got pulled over checked truck over and found nothing out of place. Later checked on websites and found out ford calls this the "death wobble". Happened a few more time before we got home ,but not as severe.
Driving around 60-65 miles an hour on the highway and the vehicle started to shake uncontrollably almost causing me to crash. Slowed vehicle down to about 40 and was able to regain control. This is a significant issue that ford needs to address before someone dies. The tsb issued for the ford death wobble problem is just putting a band-aid on the problem and doesn't fully acknowledging that there is a major issue going one here with multiple complaints.
Front end wobbles violently when I hit a bump over speeds of 40mph. Problem started @ 26k miles. I've taken it to santa margarita ford 3x's for fix. They couldn't fix it and have told me to take to tuttle click ford in irvine. Need help!!!! This is a huge safety problem for me and my family!!
While the vehicle is traveling above 45 miles an hour I hit a bump in the road and the front driver side wheel starts to wobble and steadily wobbles faster and faster until the vehicle is hard to control and I have to bring it to a stop for it to settle down before I can proceed this first happened in december 2018 I took it to the dealer they said everything was fine it happened again in february 2019 the vehicle is now at the dealer for over a week for this problem I have since learned and done research the term that is being used is the death wobble the truck has 15,500 miles on it
I have had this truck develop an intermittent almost uncontrollable highway speed front end 'wobble', it has been significant enough that I was afraid that I was not going to be able to successfully control the truck while I slowed down (it has happened twice) I have taken the truck to two ford dealerships (borman ford in las cruces new mexico, and to the dealership that I purchased the truck from...lawley team ford in silver city new mexico). Both dealership service departments indicated they could find nothing wrong with my truck. They also indicated that there were no ford service bulletins regarding this type of highway speed steering/front suspension wobbble. The dealership I purchased the truck at suggested that I install a heavier duty steering aftermarket stabilizer and track bar...my response was that my truck was 2 years old, with 20,000 miles on it, and that if there was a problem that ford should provide the parts and necessary repair. Searching the internet, many owners of 2017 and newer ford superduty f-250's are experiencing this problem, yet ford appears to not be acknowledging the issue. At this point I am afraid to drive the truck at highway speeds, and would appreciate help in forcing ford to address this significant safety issue. Please know that my truck has original wheels and tires, and no portion of the front suspension or steering assembly has been modified in any way. Thank you.
2017 f250 with 43,000 miles and have had the death wobble many times. I've brought it to the dealer multiple time to have the issue fixed. All they do is put a new steering damper on. The problem goes away for a few thousand miles, but happens again. I keep waste time and money to have this issue fixed. Every time it happens I just pray it's not the day I die, for how violently it shakes the vehicle. Would hate for ford to have a lawsuit against them due to the death of someone because of this issue, and they won't do anything to fix the problem.
Driving 65 MPH down the highway. Steering wheel starts wobbling back and forth uncontrollably. Vehicle veered out into oncoming traffic lane and I could not turn the steering wheel to avoid veering. Very dangerous and lucky their was no oncoming traffic. Vehicle only has 28000 miles on it.
I have a ford f-250 4x4 crew cab with 12,495. Miles on it. We entered hwy 53 north bound in wi and accelerated up to speed 65 MPH . Then went over a crack in the road and the front of the truck started to shake out of control. When I was able to get the trucked stopped on the side of the road.what people in the car behind me said that it looked like the right front tire was going to come off the truck.took the truck to dealer and they replaced the damper per tsb 18-2268. Pt # hc3z-3e651-f damper assy.big qustion is why didn't they replace the track bar,and tie rod ends at the same time. With that much shaking going on I am sure it shortened the life of those parts.
Driving at highway speeds, hit a bump in the road causing a 'death wobble' almost causing me to crash. Had to slow down to 45mph or slower for it to subside. This has happened 4 times. It is very unsafe.
Death wobble. Was traveling on the freeway at 70mph when I passed over a bridge and the truck started to violently shake the front end. I had to slow to 30pmh to regain control after uncontrollably being forced into another lane and almost causing an accident. This is the second time that this has happened to this truck and the first time after ford attempted to fix the issues by replacing parts. I have video of both events and ford will not fix the issue stating there is nothing wrong.
While driving at appx. 70-75 MPH after hitting a rough patch or bumps on the road the truck began to shake vigorously, I had to slow to 35-40 MPH to get it to stop. I have just had the tires balance, rotated, and inflated to the specs. I was just in the dearlship on friday 02/15/19 and mentioned it to them they said they would look at it and would be $120 diagnostic fee never got an answer back. This morning alone I had experienced it 3 times in the 40 miles I drive to work. This is a huge safety issue and to experience it that many times in a 40 mile drive to work is not ok. Luckily my kids and wife weren't in the truck they would have never rode in it again. I have 41k miles on my tuck and this isn't the first time it has happened. Before taking the tries to be balanced and rotated fixed the issue so it seamed but right after laving the tire shop it happened. I will be taking the truck back to ford again for them to tell me there is nothing wrong. What is the fix for this? It seams to a common problem is ford doing anything to help its customers? Now after this run of sudden shakes my sun roof will not open seams to be jammed or off track from the violent shaking not sure what else is broken or no longer works after this.
2017 f250 with 35k. First time hauling my 3 horse bumper pull trailer. Went over the bump onto an overpass on the interstate going 70 and the whole truck started shaking violently. The seats and steering wheel were shaking. It was terrifying. I slowed to 55 and it stopped. It did it to me twice yesterday with sophie in the car. I googled 2017 f250 shaking. It's a death wobble. And lots of people are having the issue.
The "death wobble" happened to me when I got my speed up to 55mph on a state highway, the front of the truck started to shake violently and uncontrollably, I had to slow down to about 30 before regaining control. This is a huge safety issue that ford has to address!!
As I was entering freeway I drove over an expansion gap at 50-55 MPH while changing lanes at which time my trucks front end started whobbling and violently shaking. I was unable to control front end and truck all together. I started to brake and my truck went into another lane where I almost hit another vehicle. I have 41,000 miles, original rims, tires and suspension.
With only 15,000 miles, my ford f250 4x4 super duty truck (all stock) would wobble violently when hitting a bump or dip on the road, typically at speeds over 45mph. I brought the truck in for service as this occurs frequently. Ford replaced several steering parts and admitted to what they call a "death wobble". What scares me the most is that the wobble was so bad, it forced me into the medial of the interstate and nearly caused a major accident. My fears are more toward that if I had my 17 year old driving the truck, much worse could have happened as it took all I had to maneuver the truck off the highway and down to a safe speed to bring the truck back under control. The wobble or shimmy was so extreme that I felt it needed reported. When I asked if the parts replacement would solve the problem indefinitely, they could not give me a good answer. So my fears again are "what if this happens again and what if my teenager is driving". I don't feel this problem is resolved and needs further investigation before someone is seriously hurt, or worse.
Death wobble - at about 55-60 miles per hour with an empty truck, I experienced the death wobble on the freeway. My truck seemed to go over a very slight pothole in the road and began this jumping. The freeway was crowded and I was in lane#3. The truck swerved violently. I had to slam on my brakes and get to the shoulder. The death wobble did not stop until I slowed to about 15 miles per hour. I was unable to control the vehicle. The problem happened once more the same day. It took ford a week to get an appointment. Once the vehicle was seen they only replaced the steering damper with the same type and did a front end alignment. Truck still wants to jump around on road surfaces and I feel the death wobble could happen at any moment. The service manager acted like this was the first time he had heard of this issue, until I did a google search and found many discussions and complaints about other 2017 super duty trucks doing the same thing. Then they admitted to seeing it on other vehicles. I felt like I was going to crash at any moment.
Stock, as delivered by the dealer, 2017 f250 superduty 4x4 fx4 with 20,xxx miles. Three events have occurred so far.. At speeds around 55mph the front end starts to shake violently after hitting bump.(death wobble). The bump that initiated the violent shaking of the truck and loss of steering control were not major bumps and on state highways. You loose control of steering the truck until the vehicle is below 25mph. Found numerous references of this occurring when searching issue on line. Dealer says it an known issue and would replace a steering component bushing under warranty. Asked if this would solve the issue. Was told to try an aftermarket dual stabilizer. Dealer would not cover under warranty. Sounded to me like they component that was damaged would be replace but the cause of the component failure would not be resolved.
At approximately 65 to 70 MPH and upon hitting a bump/expansion joint/pothole in the road, the truck will enter into a non-dampening castor oscillation (I.e. Death wobble). When this occurs it can be very difficult to control and the driver must slow down to approximately 40 - 45 MPH to get the wobble to stop. This can be extremely dangerous when towing a large/heavy trailer.
There is a nationwide problem with the ford super duty trucks it's been in the dealer theee times to correct death wobble which is extreamly dangerous and ford is giving the american public the run around and putting the public in danger , when somebody gets killed because of this it's going to be known that the problem was well documented and known and happening all over the country people are posting it on all social media's how is the government not stepping in on this?
I experienced steering ossalation and what is considered the "death wobble" while traveling at around 70 MPH, it happens after crossing a bridge seam the truck becames uncontrollable, shaking violently , it was so violent I had to slow to almost 20 MPH to get it to stop but I was able to get off to the side of the road once I could control the steering. This is not an isolated issue and seems a huge problem with the 2017. Ford has issued a tsb, but the truck should be recalled. 1 affected product
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