NHTSA Complaint #11389218 — 2017 FORD F-250

DEATH WOBBLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, 55-75MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK STARTS SHAKING SO BAD THE ONLY CONTROL YOU HAVE IS BRAKES. IT DOES NOT STOP UNTIL ALMOST COMPLETELY STOPPED. IT CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY SMALL BUMP OR "RUB BOARD" SITUATION, CURVE OR NO CURVE. FORD IS AWARE OF, THEY REPLACED STEERING STABILIZER EARLY 2019, AND HAPPENED AGAIN JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. CALLED THE DEALER, THEY ARE WILLING TO REPLACE STABILIZER AGAIN, BUT RECOMMENDED I CONSIDER AFTERMARKET. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT, AND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE IT WAS 9 MONTHS OLD. THIS PROBLEM IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET (INCLUDING MUCH EARLIER YEAR MODELS AND LATER) AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A LAWSUIT. I DRIVEN PICKUPS (WORK RELATED) FOR OVER A MILLION MILES (MOST OF THEM HAD 200,000 PLUS MILES WHEN TRADED IN) AND NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE UNTIL I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. IT IS DANGEROUS, AND, RIDICULOUS, THAT I NEED TO GO SPEND $3000 ISH DOLLARS TO HOPEFULLY FIX A $50,000 + TRUCK WITH 32,000 MILES ON IT TO FIX A KNOWN DESIGN ISSUE THAT I WAS CERTAINLY NOT INFORMED OF WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE LAST INCIDENT THIS PAST WEEK HAPPENED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, ON TOP OF AN INTERSTATE OVERPASS THAT WAS CUT DOWN TO ONE LANE FOR CONSTRUCTION AT 65MPH - IT HAD NOT OCCURRED FOR 8-9 MOTHS (SINCE STABILIZER REPLACEMENT) AND WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. IT CAME ABOUT 6 INCHES SHORT OF CAUSING A MAJOR INCIDENT. ALSO, DUE TO THE EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHAKING, THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT OTHER DAMAGE IS BEING DONE TO THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURS.