NHTSA Complaint #11383849 — 2017 FORD F-350

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON I-40 EASTBOUND IN EAST TENNESSEE I WENT THROUGH SOME ROUGH PATCHES AND POTHOLES IN THE ROADWAY. THIS RESULTED IN MY STEERING WHEEL BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD ON TO AND CONTROL. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRAFFIC I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY APPLY THE BRAKES AND ONCE IT REDUCED SPEED TO ABOUT 30 TO 40, IT STOPPED. DURING THE NEXT 200 MILES IT OCCURRED 3 MORE TIMES. ONCE WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND GOING OVER A ROUGH PATCH WHERE A BRIDGE AND ROAD MEET, AND TWO OTHER TIMES DUE TO POTHOLES THAT I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT/STOP A FULL BLOWN VIOLENT SHAKING EPISODE BY DRIVING SLOWER AND BEING AWARE OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. HAD I BEEN IN TRAFFIC OR ANYWHERE ELSE IT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.