2017 FORD F-250 Steering Problems

I HAVE A 2017 F-250 WITH 24,000 MILES ON IT RECENTLY STARTED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS AT HIGHER SPEEDS (60 OR BETTER) AND AFTER HITTING A "ROUGH PATCH" IN THE ROAD OR BRIDGE JOINTS. FORD SEEMS TO SAY IT'S BECAUSE SOME OF US AREN'T ALWAYS CARRYING +/- 1000 LBS OF CARGO. I WONDER IF THE PROBLEM HAS TO DO WITH THE 800 LBS THEY TOOK OFF THE TARE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK WHEN THEY WENT TO THE ALUMINUM BODY IN 2017? *TR

I HAVE NOW EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE 6 TIMES WITH THIS TRUCK, ALL BETWEEN 65-80 MPH. THE LAST TWO ON 6/12/2020 AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS MEANS MY TRUCK FRONT END SUSPENSION AND EYEING SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT YOU LITERALLY CANNOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL REDUCTIONS SPEED BELOW 30 MPH. MY TRUCK HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. TODAY WAS THE WORST SOO FAR. HAD TO REDUCE SPEED IN LA TRAFFIC TO 30 MPH FOR IT TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE VERY SOON. HAD I VEERED LEFT, IT WOULD BE HAVE PUT INTO THE CENTER DIVIDE, RIGHT INTO A SEMI. THIS STARTED WHEN MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 10K MILES. TODAY THE VEHICLE HAS 26K. RECALL THESE VEHICLES! *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT MANY PEOPLE REFER TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IN MY TRUCK. THIS OCCURS AFTER A SERIES OF UNEVEN PAVEMENT OR BUMPS AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH. THE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AND VIOLENTLY. TO DATE IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. *TR

EXPERIENCING DEATH WOBBLE AFTER HITTING BUMP OR BRIDGE IN ROAD AND HEARING A LOOSE CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH.

TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MY TRUCK WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF BARELY BEING ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL. I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND ALMOST COME TO A STOP FOR IT TO STOP SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME I SIDE SWIPED A CONCRETE BARRIER AND TORE OFF MY RUNNING BOARD. MY FAMILY REFUSES TO TRAVEL IN THE TRUCK NOW. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT PAVED ROAD AROUND 50 MPH I HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHACK REEL BAD AND THE FRONT END DID THE SAME. I STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND GOT ON THE BRAKES HARD AND REGAINED CONTROL AT ABOUT 40 MPH. IF I WAS TOWING MY BOAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH. I HAVE A WITNESS TO THIS WHO WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ABOVE 40 MPH. *TR

MY TRUCK HAS 25,600 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH I WENT OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT. THE RESULTING SHAKE/OSCILLATION IN THE STEERING CAUSED ME TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO SLOW FROM 70 TO 25 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR MYSELF AND THOSE ON THE ROAD BEHIND ME. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING AND OTHER THAN THIS INSTANCE, THE DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRUCK HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE NEW. I.E. THE TRUCK DOES NOT VIBRATE OR WANDER AND EVERYTHING SEEMS NORMAL. TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE HOW VIOLENT THE SHAKING WAS, MY WIFE SCREAMED THAT WE HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT! *TR

TRUCK WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE AFTER BACKING UP. *TR

2017 F-250 DIESEL FORD TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT TRAVELING 55 MPH. HAD TO SUDDENLY BRAKE AND COME TO ALMOST COMPLETE STOP TO END SHAKING. LOCAL FORD DEALER UPDATED SOFTWARE AND SAID "TRY THAT, IT SHOULD BE FIXED." DID NOT FIX IT AND AFTER REPEAT OF INCIDENT, LOCAL MECHANIC DETERMINED TRACK BAR WAS WORN OUT AT 38K MILES. FORD DEALER SAID TRUCK WAS ABUSED AND THAT IS WHY PART WORE OUT. LOCAL MECHANIC ARGUED TRUCK WAS NOT ABUSED. I REPLACED TRACK BAR AT MY EXPENSE. FORD WOULD NOT WARRANTY PARTS. JUDGING BY COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS SERIES OF FORD TRUCKS MANUFACTURED DURING 2017 TIME PERIOD. *TR

THE TRUCK STEERING VIBRATE VERY BAD AND DID NOT TRACK STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. THE TRUCK TRACK IN THE OTHER LANE AND CLOSE TO THE DITCH BACK AND FORTH UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN.

WHEN HITTING A DIAGONAL UNEVEN SECTION OF PAVEMENT AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH THE FRONT TIRES AND STEERING START TO VIBRATE BACK AND FORTH RAPIDLY CAUSING A LOSE OF CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY TO RECOVER IS TO RAPIDLY SLOW THE VEHICLE TO BELOW 30 MPH. VIDEO OF HE TRUCK DOING HIS IS ON MY YOUTUBE ACCOUNT. FORD HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE ISSUE 4 TIMES, BUT IT HAS COME BACK AGAIN MAY 2020. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS AT OR ABOVE 55 MPH, WHEN I STRIKE A POT HOLE OR EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROADWAY, I EXPERIENCE THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END BEGIN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE, TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS HARD TO KEEP A HOLD OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO RESOLVE IT IS STOPPING AND STARTING AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND I'VE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THE LAST IT HAPPENED WAS 5/13/2020. I WAS DRIVING ON A STATE ROADWAY AND HIT A POT HOLE AND EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN. *TR

MY 2017 F-50 60,000 MILES, EXPERIENCES A SEVERE WOBBLE IN THE STEERING, NOTICEABLE WHEN THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS A SMALL BUMP OR SMALL DEFORMITY IN THE ROAD ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING ABOVE 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND SERVICED ON SCHEDULE. HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM WITH AND WITHOUT TOWING A TRAILER. THE WOBBLE BECOMES EXTREME TO THE POINT OF LOOSING CONTROL SUDDENLY DECELERATING CAUSES THE WOBBLE TO STOP AND REGAIN CONTROL. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE HIT A BUMP AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO VIOLENTLY WOBBLE. SPEED WAS ABOUT 75 AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 50 BEFORE IT WENT AWAY. HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER WHILE SLOWING DOWN. FELT LIKE THE TIRE WAS COMING OFF. THERE WAS A DAMPENER REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE I PURCHASED IT. TOLD IT WAS A RECALL BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. *TR

2 ISSUES THE FIRST IS BUMP STEERING. IF YOU HIT A SMALL BUMP ON HIGHWAY WHILE STEERING LEFT IT WILL JUMP ACROSS THE LANE. ONLY DOES IT IN LEFT TURN IN HIGHWAY. THE OTHER IS THE DEATH WOBBLE. MINE DID IT WHEN I HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT AT ABOUT 70 MPH AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS AT 20 MPH. I DO NOT DRIVE THIS TRUCK OVER 63 MPH NOW . THE BUMP STEERING HAS BEEN SINCE NEW. THE DEATH WOBBLE STARTED AT 32000 IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THIS AS APPARENTLY IT IS A BIG PROBLEM IN THE NEWER TRUCKS. FORD *TR

VEHICLE WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN TRAVELING 50+ MPH AND IT HITS A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE IS UNCONTROLLABLE AND REQUIRES IMMEDIATE DECELERATION UNTIL THE SHAKING SMOOTHES OUT ENOUGH TO SAFELY RESUME DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE THIS POSES AN EXTREME RISK OF HAVING OR CAUSING A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION. *TR

DEATH WOBBLE AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS DEALER REPLACED STEERING DAMPER AND DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM ALMOST CRASHED WITH MY 10,400 CAMPER HOOKED TO THE BACK. *TR

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE TRUCK EXPERIENCES VIOLENT STEERING WHEEL SHAKING WHEN IT ROAD JOINTS OR SLIGHTLY UNEVEN PAVEMENT. IT IS SO BAD CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS IF DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. *TR

VIOLENT SIDE TO SIDE SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL, COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DEATH WOBBLE". VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE HAS PROBABLY CAUSED DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 70 MPH WHILE ENCOUNTERING A BUMP OR PATCH IN THE ROAD.

DEATH WOBBLE - SEVERE STEERING CONTROL ON FM 1409. OCCURRED APPROACHING 50MPH ON SMOOTH SURFACE AND DRY CONDITIONS. 4/10/20. TEST DROVE 4/11/20 ON FM 565 SOUTH AND FM 3180 WITH 3 LESSER STEERING CONTROL OCCURRENCES. ROAD CONDITIONS COMPARABLE AND SPEEDS WERE BETWEEN 50-55MPH. ALL OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON ROADS. LESSER OCCURRENCES WITH SAME R

PURCHASED TRUCK NEW IN 2017, NOW AFTER 30K MILES WHEN HITTING A POTHOLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY. WHY HASN'T A RECALL BE DONE (ONLY A TSB). MY LOCAL DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK HAS NOW REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER PER TSB 19-2392. HAVE NOT YET TESTED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO VERIFY THIS FIXED THE ISSUE (HOMEM QUARANTINE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS SHELTER IN PLACE.

I BELIEVE IT IS REFERED TO AS "THE DEATH WOBBLE" TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT ABOVE 60 MPH

2017 F250 6.2 GAS, TRUCK SHAKES BADLY AT 65-70MPH OF IF YOU HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT SPEED. LOCAL FORD DEALER SAID EVERYTHING IS OK EVEN AFTER I SHOWED THEM THE TRACK BAR END LINKS WERE LOOSE. THE TRUCK HAS 41,000 MILES ON IT NOW BUT IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 30,000. THE TECH. LED ON THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS BUT, THEY DID NOTHING BUT DRIVE MY TRUCK FOR 8 MILES. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED BECAUSE WHEN IT HAPPENS IT IS HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND IM AFRAID IT WILL CAUSE AND ACCIDENT.

AT 68 MPH TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION I HIT SOME UNEVEN PAVEMENT IN THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. I HAD TO QUICKLY SLOW DOWN TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE

WHEN GOING OVER A ROUGH BRIDGE ON INTERSTATE AT @ 70 MPH STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 35 MPH ON BUSY INTERSTATE TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES THE SAME DAY.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD NO ANSWER. THE DEALERSHIP IS VILLAGE FORD IN DEARBORN MI.

DEATH WOBBLE, EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER ON FREEWAY UNTIL REDUCED SPEED BELOW 50 MPH. PARTS REPLACED AT DEALER-NO RESOLUTION. 1 MONTH WAIT FOR MORE PARTS. UNSAFE.

TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO OSCILLATE SIDE TO SIDE (DEATH WOBBLE). HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 40MPH BEFORE IT WOULD STOP OSCILLATING.

WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I EXPERIENCED WHAT THE INTERNET IS CALLING A "DEATH WOBBLE". THE "SHAKING" WAS SO SEVERE THAT I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO REGAIN SAFE CONTROL OF MY FORD F-250.

TRUCK GOES INTO A DEATH WOBBLE WHEN TRAVELING 60 OR MORE MPH AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD . HAVE TO TAKE FOOT OF OF GAS AND SLOW DOWN TO A SPEED OF 40 BEFORE IT WILL STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN A MONTH.

TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR HIT SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD WHERE BRIDGE JOINT WAS AND STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHOOK ALMOST LOST CONTROL AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO STOP SHAKING. THIS HAPPENED OVER 4 TIMES ON OUR TRIP. TRUCK HAS ONLY 16,000 MILES ON IT. THE WOBBLE USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU HIT VARIATIONS IN THE ROAD SURFACE IN A CURVE.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH VEHICLE BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE OUT OF CONTROL. THIS SEEMS TO START WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP OR BRIDGE JOINT IN THE ROAD. STEERING WHEEL BECOMES DIFFICULT TO HOLD AND STEERING BECOMES NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. SLOWING DOWN DOES NOT SEEM TO STOP THE VIBRATION, HAD TO PULL OVER SEVERAL TIMES. FRONT END FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO COME APART DURING THIS VIBRATION. VERY CONCERNING.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60-70 MPH) WITHOUT NOTICE THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IT STARTS OFF WITH SMALL VIBRATIONS, THEN PROGRESSES TO THE STEERING WHEEL ROTATING SHARPLY BACK AND FORTH. IT HAS DONE THIS THREE TIMES, USUALLY SLOWING DOWN WOULD STOP IT, THE LAST TIME IT DID THIS SLOWING DOWN DID NOT STOP IT. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, THE LAST TIME THEY REPLACED A STEERING STABILIZER, IT HAS DONE IT SINCE THAT PART HAS BEEN REPLACED. IF A DRIVER WHERE TO PANIC WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, THIS ISSUE COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR FATALITY. I WILL BE TAKING THE TRUCK BACK AGAIN FOR THIS ISSUE NEXT WEEK BUT HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN THE REPAIR. A SOLUTION NEEDS TO BE MANDATED.

I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON A SUNNY BEAUTIFUL DAY ON THE HIGHWAY IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE, VIBRATE, AND SHUDDER UNCONTROLLABLY. IT WAS SO VIOLENT THAT IT WOKE MY TWO YOUNG KIDS UP AS WELL SCARED THE HELL OUT OF THE WIFE AND I. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO SEE IF I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I DID NOT HAVE A FLAT. AFTER RESEARCH AND TALKING TO FELLOW PEOPLE IT IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE CALLING THIS A DEATH WOBBLE. THIS WILL SEVERALLY HURT OR EVEN KILL SOMEONE. I THOUGHT MY NEW 2017 FORD F250 WAS GOING TO FALL APART. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND I HIT A BUMP THE TRUCK GOES INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING AND I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY TO GET THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE INCURRED FORD DEATH WOBBLE, SPEED BETWEEN 70 & 75 MPH. AFTER TRAVELING OVER BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT. CAB SHAKING VIOLENTLY UNTIL I SLOWED TO ABOUT 35 MPH. TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED, AND ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES. THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 7 TIMES IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.

2017 F-250 4X4 PICKUP EXPERIENCES VIOLENT SHAKING IN STEERING AFTER HITTING BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (DEATH WOOBLE). HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADS AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL ONLY BY REDUCING MY SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A BUSY FREEWAY IN THE RAIN. MORE FREQUENTLY ON WET ROADWAYS. OCCURRED FIRST TIME AT 20000 MILES. DEALER ATTEMPTED REPAIR AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED AT ALMOST 36000 MILES.; DEALER AGAIN ATTEMPTED REPAIR AND PROBLEM RETURNED AT 38000 MILES. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BUSHINGS AND DIFFERENT PARTS AT EACH OCCURRENCE BUT PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING. FORD CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WHEN KNOWING THE PROBLEM WILL RETURN AND ATTEMPTS TO MASK PROBLEM WITH TEMPORARY FIXES FOR THEIR VEHICLES..

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65-75 MPH AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE STEERING WILL OSCILLATE BADLY, "DEATH WOBBLE" TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO ABOUT 30 MPH SO YOU CAN REGAIN CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK....WHICH I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A DEALER ON 2/10/2020. THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 22,500 MILES ON IT. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A RECALL NOTICE ON THIS TO HAVE IT CORRECTED?? I SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE ON THE INTERNET.

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE AT APPROX. 70 MPH WE HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY (OSCILLATE). THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP WAS TO SUDDENLY REDUCE SPEED AND MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. WE EXPERIENCED THIS 5 MORE TIMES, SOMETIMES OCCURRING AFTER JUST GOING OVER A ROAD JOINT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS YOU MUST HAVE ENOUGH SHOULDER TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD AND VEHICLES BEHIND YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE SUDDENLY STOPPING. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AND FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME. THE TRUCK IS UNDER WARRANTY AND WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALER. THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED IT BY REPLACING THE STEERING DAMPER (WHICH SHOULD NOT GO BAD AT 20,000 MILES). THERE IS NO...

SEVERE OSCILLATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL THAT STARTS WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP. THE OSCILLATING DOES NOT STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS CLOSED CONSIDERABLY.

AT 71 MPH WHILE THE TRUCK WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, I WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE LIKE IT WAS COMING APART. THE TRUCK'S BACK END STARTED TO COME AROUND ON ME LIKE IT WAS SKIDDING AND WENT BACK AND FORTH A COUPLE TIMES. THE ROAD WAS COMPLETELY STRAIGHT AND DRY SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY REASON THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED EITHER. CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF ME WENT TO THE SHOULDER AND DITCH TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY INSTANTLY KNEW WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING AND CALL IT THE FORD DEATH WOBBLE. THE TRUCK HAS 15,500 MILES ON IT WITH ORIGINAL TIRES, NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANY OTHER REASON TO DO THIS. VERY SCARY AND I...

'DEATH WOBBLE' WHEN DRIVING MY FORD F-250 BETWEEN 60-75 MPH, WHEN I HIT A BUMP OR SMALL UNEVENNESS ON THE ROAD THE PICK UP BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE! THE PICKUP BARELY HAS 38,000 AND THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO SELF AND OTHERS. FORD HAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING A SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE THE ADJUSTABLE TRACK BAR BUT IT DID NOT ELIMINATE THE VIOLENT SHAKE AT THE FORE MENTIONED SPEEDS. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON LINE REGARDING THE PROBLEM (I AM NOT A CERTIFIED MECHANIC) BUT A COMMON PROBLEM THAT WAS VERIFIED BY MORE THAN 5 CERTIFIED MECHANICS WAS THE DEGREE OF CASTER IN THE AXLE. AN ISSUE FROM WHAT THEY BELIEVE ORIGINATED AT THE MANUFACTURER. I CANNOT UNDERSTATE THE SAFETY CONCERN THAT I HAVE DRIVING MY F250 THAT I LIMIT THE DRIVING I DO IN THIS VEHICLE. VERY DISAPPOINTING...

IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS THE STEERING PROBLEM GOT WORSE. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH AND CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERS AND SAID THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNLESS I GET A RECALL NOTICE> DEATH WOBBLE IS SERIOUS. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THERE PROBLEMS. PLEASE HELP. SHAKES LIKE HECK AND ALMOST WRECKED MULTIPLE TIMES. 2017 F250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB

I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" FOR FORD TRUCKS. WHILE DRIVING ON I-35 IN OKLAHOMA (DECEMBER 2019), ABOUT 75 MPH, HIT A SMALL POTHOLE WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK TO SHAKE. I CAUTIOUSLY PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO A COMPLETE STOP TO STOP THE SHAKE/VIBRATIONS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SHAKE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ON OTHER OCCASIONS. AT LOWER SPEEDS, THE VIBRATION DAMPER TAKES CARE OF THE ISSUE. BUT, I CAN TELL IT HAD STARTED. IN MY TRUCK, IT HAS NOT CAUSED A SERIOUS LOSS OF CONTROL. THE ABOVE HAS (THUS FAR) BEEN THE WORST OCCURRENCE. THIS ISSUE OCCURS AFTER HITTING POTHOLES OR LARGE BUMPS IN THE ROAD. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WITH SEVERE SHAKING, THE STEERING DAMPER OVERCAME THE VIBRATION AS I SLOWED SOME, UNABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD THEN. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED AT ROUGHLY 33,000 MILES (JUNE 2019)....

70MPH OR ABOVE WHEN GOING OVER A ROUGH ROAD OR BRIDGE JOINTS, TRUCK GOES INTO A DEATH WOBBLE THAT CAN'T BE CORRECTED UNTIL I DROP BELOW 20MPH. HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN 6 WEEKS. THIS CAUSES ALMOST A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL AND REQUIRES PULLING OVER INTO A SHOULDER OR MEDIAN, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE

THIS TRUCK WHEN TRAVELING OVER 70 MPH GOES INTO A VIOLENT WOBBLE AND SHAKES AND MOVES ALL OVER THE ROAD. ESPECIALLY WHILE TRAVELING OVER 70 AND HITTING A POT HOLE OR BRIDGE SEAM WE HAVE BEEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH SEMI TRUCKS AROUND US AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND LOSE CONTROL. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADDED A STREAKING STABILIZER. ONE WEEK LATER IT STARTED UP AGAIN.

THE TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED WHAT IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. TRUCK HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT .TOOK TO FORD AT 47,000 MILES AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER ASSY. HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY AFTER BEING ON HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH. HIT SMALL BUMP AND TRUCK STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLABLY. HAD TO HIT BRAKES HARD WITH CARS BEHIND ME TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 30MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED. NOT HAPPY WITH PUTTING MY LIFE OR OTHERS IN DANGER.WILL BE CALLING FORD AGAIN ON MONDAY ABOUT ISSUE.

I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY DOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH (SPEED LIMIT). WHEN I HIT A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT THE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY VIBRATING TO THE POINT I WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I RAPIDLY DECELERATED AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED AFTER I SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT I WAS SECONDS AWAY FROM VEERING OFF THE ROAD INTO THE TREES. THERE IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FROM FORD ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT IT IS NOT A RECALL. SOMEONE IS LIKELY GOING TO DIE FOR WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN AND/OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE TECHNICAL BULLETIN FROM FORD ON THIS ISSUE IS: TSB# 18- 2268. NTHIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL.

THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING COMPONENTS DEVELOP A VIOLENT VIBRATION AFTER DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT OR A POTHOLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS PHENOMENON IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE 'DEATH WOBBLE'. I HAVE FOUND THAT SLOWING TO A STOP ON THE HIGHWAY IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VIBRATION AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING. IT IS UNSAFE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC AROUND YOU. IT IS UNSAFE TO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF YOUR STEERING ESPECIALLY WHEN OTHER TRAFFIC IS ALL ROUND YOU.

TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD GOING 70 MPH. DEALER CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND THE SHAKING HAPPENS EVERY DAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND BELOW. ALMOST WENT OFF THE ROAD AND BARELY MISSED HITTING ANOTHER CAR. HAVE TO SLOW DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP TO MAKE IT QUIT.