2017 FORD F-350 Steering Problems

ON DECEMBER 24 ,2020 AFTER ENTERING INTERSTATE I25, AND REACHING ABOUT 50 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK WHEN INTO A VIOLENT SHACK AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL.

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. EACH EVENT HAPPENED WHEN TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE SHAKING IS SO SEVERE ITS CAUSES A LOSS OF CONTROL AND ALMOST RESULTS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. THE SHAKING CONTINUES UNTIL THE VEHICLE SPEED IS REDUCED BELOW 10 MPH.

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.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE THE SAID VEHICLE HIT A BUMP OR BAD SPOT IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT OF VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE EXTREMELY ERRATIC. I IMMEDIATELY HELD ON, LOOKED IN MIRRORS FOR OTHER VEHICLES AROUND ME AND HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY GET IT OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WE HAPPENED TO BE ON A 65MPH HIGHWAY. WITH HAZARD LIGHTS FLASHING WE DID MANAGE TO GET OFF THE MAIN ROAD TO THE SHOULDER. I NEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT IT WAS. MY WIFE WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME AS WELL. WE HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW. AT 9000 MILES THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THEN AGAIN AT 16,500, 18,900, 24,440 AND THE MOST RECENT TIME IS 27,500. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED 4 PRIOR TIMES. EACH TIME THEY CHANGE THE STEERING DAMPER...

I WAS DRIVING DURING MODERATE RAIN AND WET ROAD CONDITIONS. MY TRUCK HIT A SEAM IN ROAD AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE AND BOUNCE. I HAD TO GET ON THE BRAKE FAST AND THIS WAS EARLY MORNING LOTS OF SEATTLE TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 60MPH. THE TRUCK ACTUALLY STARTED A SHIMMY THAT PUT ME IN THE OTHER LANE LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC ON MY LEFT SIDE. IT WENT AWAY WHEN I WAS ON THE BRAKE AND HAD SLOWED WAY DOWN UNDER 35 MPH. WHEN I GOT BACK ON ACCELERATOR, I AGAIN RETURNED TO HIGHWAY SPEED ONLY TO HAVE IT RETURN WORSE AFTER HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS TIME THERE WERE MORE VEHICLES AROUND AND I HAD TO HIT BRAKE EXTREMELY HARD SO AS NOT TO BOUNCE EVERYWHERE. THE TRUCK GOT NOTICEABLY LIGHT ON FRONT END BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND VEERED...

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, - OCCASIONALLY THIS ISSUE OCCURS AT ABOUT 75 MPH WHEN GOING OVER A ROUGH AREA OR "CONCRETE TO ASPHALT" SEAM IN THE ROADWAY, THE TRUCK WILL GO INTO A VERY VIOLENT, ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE WOBBLE OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END. LET OFF ON THE FOOT PEDAL TO BEGIN SLOWING TO AROUND 60 MPH FOR THE WOBBLE TO STOP. THEN HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY TO EXPECT THE SAME THING TO OCCUR AT ANY RANDOM TIME WHEN GOING OVER A ROUGH AREA IN THE ROAD. REALLY SCARY SITUATION WHEN THIS OCCURS!!!

4 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS OUR TRUCK EXPERIENCED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". IN EVERY INSTANCE WE WERE TRAVELLING AT ABOUT 65-70 MPH AND CROSSING BRIDGES. OUR TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WE LOST CONTROL, EVEN CROSSING INTO THE ONCOMING LANE ONCE. AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND PULLING TO THE SHOULDER THE VIOLENT SHAKING STOPPED. ONE OF THE TIMES, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IN SNOW AND ICE ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND CROSSED LANES BEFORE SHE COULD GET THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. NOW I'M AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER DRIVE THE TRUCK..

LESS THAN 20K MILES, THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKES AT TIMES WHEN HITTING A BUMP WHILE IN A TURN OR ONE SIDE HITS THE BUMP AND NOT THE OTHER. THE PICKUP BECOMES INCONTROLLABLE. YOU HAVE TO AGGRESSIVELY BRAKE TO REGAIN CONTROL WHICH IS LIKELY TO CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 45 TO 70 MPH.

STARTING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER A USED PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE AT 48,000 MILES AND 3 YEARS OLD, A INTENSE FRONT AXLE OSCILLATION WAS INTERMITTENTLY NOTICED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 75MPH, OFTEN THE ISSUE WOULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DIRECTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROADWAY OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS. AFTER HAVING THE FORD DEALERSHIP LOOK AT THE VEHICLE 4 SEPARATE TIMES TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, THE ISSUE STILL HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. SO FAR THE FIXES TRIED BY THE DEALER HAVE BEEN BALANCING THE TIRES, INSTALLING NEW STEERING DAMPENER, NEW TIE ROD ENDS, NEW DRAG LINK AND TWO SEPARATE ALIGNMENTS.

VEHICLE HAD SEVERE DEATH WOBBLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OVER 65MPH. DEALER ADJUSTED CASTOR AND IMPROVED THE SEVERITY. STILL HAVE UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATION AND VIBRATION. MANY VISITS TO DEALERS IN TWO STATES WITH NO CORRECTION OR IMPROVEMENT. UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSAFE TO TOW 5TH WHEEL.

DEATH WOBBLE

2017 FORD F-350, TRUCK CAN HIT ANY BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL GOES CRAZY SHAKING EXTREMELY VIOLENTLY. THIS HAPPENS AT SPEEDS FROM ABOUT 45MPH AND FASTER. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKING IS TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 25-30MPH. IT'S VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHILE IT'S SHAKING, AS YOU DO NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL OF THE STEERING. A BIG PROBLEM IS THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T TELL WHICH BUMPS WILL CAUSE THE VIOLENT SHAKING. IT COULD BE A LARGE UNAVOIDABLE POTHOLE, OR IT COULD BE A SMALL CONCRETE JOINT IN AN OTHERWISE VERY SMOOTH FLAT ROAD. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN THERE WERE NO BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IT IS VERY DISHEARTENING TO KNOW THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS SELLING VEHICLES FOR UPWARDS OF $80,000 THAT CAN'T BE SAFELY DRIVEN ANY FASTER THAN...

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, WE HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE STEERING WAS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND ALMOST CAUSED US TO HIT THE CAR IN THE LANE NEXT TO US. WE HAD TO SLOW DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY TO STOP THE SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK AND THE SECOND TIME WE WEREN'T AWARE WE HIT A BUMP, THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. OUR TRUCK ONLY HAS ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT NEXT WEEK.

I BOUGHT THIS 2017 F350 USED WITH APPROX. 67000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS A 3000 MI 0R 90 DAY WARRANTY. WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURRED I HAD OWNED THIS VEHICLE 3 WEEKS. ON 9-25-20 MY WIFE AND I WENT TO PICK UP A DESK AT A RESIDENCE 20 MILES FROM OUR HOUSE. AFTER LEAVING THE RESIDENCE I ACCELERATED TO HIGHWAY SPEED 50-60 MPH ON A PAVED TWO-LANE HIGHWAY. WE HIT A ROUGH PATCH, RIPPLED SECTION OF PAVEMENT. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHUTTERING BACK AND FORTH IN MY HANDS AND THE TRUCK STARTING STEERING INTO THE ONCOMING LANE. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE, I GRIPPED IT AS HARD AS I COULD WITH NO RESULT TO RETURN THE TRUCK BACK TO THE LANE WE WERE IN. I ALSO WAS PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL TRYING TO SLOW THE VEHICLE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME SLOWING DOWN....

"DEATH WOBBLE" MARCH 2020 DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD (IT WAS A VERY STRAIGHT SECTION OF ROAD) AT ABOUT 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT AGGRESSIVE BRAKING SLOWED THE VEHICLE AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. THE NEAREST FORD DEALER INSTALLED A NEW STEERING DAMPER FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. SEPTEMBER 2020 THIS TIME I WAS TOWING A 39 FOOT FIFTH WHEEL RV. SAME VIOLENT SHAKING ALSO AT HIGHWAY SPEED 70 MPH STRAIGHT ROAD. AGAIN AGGRESSIVE BRAKING RETURNED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO ME. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER INCIDENT BUT IT WAS SURE SCARY! MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT.

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APROX. 65MPH WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND WOBBLING, I LOST CONTROL OF STEERING UNTILL I CAME TO A STOP. I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GOT OUT THINKING I HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TIRES. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN FINE SINCE BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

WHILE TRAVELING ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN TRAFFIC, I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO BRAKE AND SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A FRONT SUSPENSION/STEERING ISSUE.

AT 400 MILES DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AS IF THE FRONT WHEELS WERE COMING OFF, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT MUST BE A BAD ROAD, SAME THING WHEN IT HAPPENED AT 7,000 MILES AND AT 22,000 MILES. AT 35000 MILES WE TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND THEY KEPT THE TRUCK FOR WELL OVER A MONTH, TO FIX IT. NOW AT 39000 IT STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM, IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY, AND WE ARE TAKING IT BACK IN TOMORROW TO BE LOOKED AT. NOW THAT I BOUGHT MY WIFE A TRUCK THAT IS WELL OVER $70,000 SHE NO LONGER FEELS SAFE TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT IS SO SCARY TO DRIVE WILE THE FRONT TIRES SHAKE LIKE THEY ARE FALLING OFF. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRAFFIC, SHE FEELS LIKE SHE COULD KILL SOMEONE SIMPLY BY LOSING CONTROL WHEN THAT HAPPENS. I HAVE PURCHASED COUNTLESS FORD AUTOMOBILES...

HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. EVERYTHING ON THE TRUCK WAS STOCK....TIRES, WHEELS, SHOCKS, AND STEERING DAMPER. HAVE REPLACED SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPER, AND DRAG LINK AND STILL HAVE THE SAME DEATH WOBBLE. WORSE WITH MY FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER HOOKED TO IT WITH A LOAD ON. CAN'T TRAVEL DOWN BACK ROADS IN UPSTATE NY FASTER THAN 25MPH BECAUSE IT GETS SCARY. *TR

DEATH WOBBLE I HAVE ABOUT 24 THOUSAND MILES ON MY TRUCK AND WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. WHEN IT HAPPENS IT'S A STRUGGLE TO KEEP IT IN THE LANE. I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT AND FORD SEEMS TO BE BLOWING ME OFF ABOUT IT. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK AND HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. *TR

AFTER HITTING SOME ROUGH PAVEMENT AT BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ON A COUNTRY HIGHWAY MY TRUCK STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I THINK I WAS IN A SLIGHT TURN AT THE TIME. *TR *BF

I BOUGHT THIS 2017 F-350 FORD AND AS I WAS DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I WAS TOLD BUY A FEW FORD CUSTOMERS THAT THEY CALL THIS THE DEATH WOBBLE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK TO HAUL HEAVY ITEMS. WHY WOULD FORD RESELL THIS TRUCK KNOWING IT HAS THIS PROBLEM? I AM A 74 YEAR OLD VETERAN AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS ITS VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK? AND WHY HAS NHTSA NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK WITH MY FAMILY ANYWHERE.CAN A LAWSUIT BE FILED? IS FORD DOING ANYTHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM?

AT SPEEDS OVER 60MPH, THE TRUCK GOES INTO A "DEATH WOBBLE" WHEN A LARGE BUMP, POTHOLE OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT IS ENCOUNTERED. THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES RAPIDLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND THE TRUCK FEELS AS IF IT IS LOSING CONTROL. THE TRUCK MUST BE DECELERATED RAPIDLY TO STOP THE SHIMMY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES, MAKING THE TRUCK DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES. .

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND YOU GO OVER A CRACK OR BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT THAT YOU ALSO MOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. YOU MUST SLOW DOWN TO SPEEDS BELOW 30 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK.

MY TRUCK HAS HAD A "DEATH WOBBLE"SINCE IT WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT MAYBE JUST A ROAD CONDITION. IT'S BEEN "FIXED" 3 TIMES BUT HASN'T BEEN CORRECTED YET. IT HAPPENS AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS OF 70+ MPH

AT 39000 MILES DEVELOPED A MASSIVE FRONT WHEEL SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON ROUGH ROADS. ROTATED TIRES AND BALANCED. NO CHANGE. REPLACE ALL TIRES WITH SAME AS CAME WITH. DEATH WOBBLE WAS GONE FOR 4000 MILES HAS NOW RETURNED.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN I HIT A SMALL POT HOLE IN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I COULD BARELY HOLD ONTO IT. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TRY TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET IT TO STOP.

WHEN TRAVELING ABOVE 60 MPH AND I HIT A RIDGE OR POT HOLE THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY. IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME AROUND 34,000 MILES. FORD REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER AND DRAG LINK, PART OF A TSB. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES.

WHEN GOING 65MPH OR OVER AND DRIVING OVER A TRANSITION IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE STEERING OSCILLATES UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL YOU DECELERATE TO 35MPH OR UNDER.

PURCHASED TRUCK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND AFTER DRIVING IT ON ROADS TO WORK AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH AND ABOVE SHOWED HIGH LEVEL OF INSTABILITY WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND RAIL ROAD TRACKS ON ROUGH ROADS ESPECIALLY AND VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL IN TRAFFIC, DEATH WOBBLE IN FRONT END CAUSING SAFETY HAZARDS AND IS VERY DANGEROUS; VEHICLE IS HARD TO CONTROL AND PUTS SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND OTHERS AT RISK IN THIS HUGE TRUCK. REPORTED TO DEALER AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME SAID TO SCHEDULE SERVICE, I DEMANDED MY TRUCK BACK OR A DIFFERENT TRUCK, MANAGER WOULD NEVER RETURN MY CALLS OR EMAILS. SERVICE DOESN'T RESPOND, MANAGERS EITHER, ELECTRICAL KEEPS LOCKING UP AS WELL IN GPS AND INTERIOR CONTROLS AS WELL AS VOICE PROMPTS. THIS IS A LEMON AND WASTE OF 60 GRAND. INTEND TO SEEK LEGAL ACTION AND REPORT THIS SAFETY HAZARD OF ROCKWALL TEXAS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING 55-65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUBURBAN FORD LOCATED AT (37000 US-26, SANDY, OR 97055: (503) 668-5511) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FORCED WHEEL BALANCE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

AT APPROX. 20,000 MILES MY TRUCK DEVELOPED A ISSUE WHEN EVER I REACHED SPEEDS ABOVE 55MPDS AND HIT A ROUGH PATCH IN ANY ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND YOU COULD FEEL THE FRONT END SHAKE. YOU WOULD DROP YOUR SPEED DOWN TO A CRAWL AND IT WILL STOP.

MY 2017 FORD F-350 HAS STARTED THE WELL KNOWN (DEATH WOBBLE AT SPEED ABOVE 30 MPH AFTER HITTING SEAMS, REPAIRED HOLES AND POT HOLES. IT BECOMES VERY UNSTABLE AT TIMES ON HIGHWAY. I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2008 F-350 CREW CAB 4X4. I GUESS FORD DOESN'T SEE THE VIOLENT SHAKE AS A CONCERN.

EXPERIENCING DEATH WOBBLE. IT CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I HIT UNEVEN PAVEMENT ON THE INTERSTATE, THE WOBBLE BEGAN AND I SPUN 180 WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. FORTUNATELY IT WAS OVERNIGHT WHILE THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC, OTHERWISE I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WHILE THE TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER SAID THEY INSTALLED A STEERING DAMPENER. PROBLEM RETURNED AT A LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN 55MPH-75MPH, HIT A ROUGH PATCH AND THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHIMMY OUT OF CONTROL. THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL IS TO SLAM ON BRAKES.

RAN ACROSS SLIGHT BUMP ON BRIDGE ON I75 AT 70 MPH AND THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. HAD TO CROSS IN FRONT OF OTHER TRAFFIC AND COME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH, THE VEHICLE FRONT END WOBBLED OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JIM ONEAL FORD 516 SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE SELLERSBURG, IN 47172, (812)-246-4441. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE THE FAILURE. AS A COURTESY THE DEALER INSTALLED A STEERING DAMPER ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT STEERING DAMPER MAY CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT FIXED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,588.

EXPERIENCED UNCONTROLLED SHAKING OF THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND INABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WELL OVER A DOZEN TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. SLIGHT BUMPS IN THE ROAD CREATE THIS SITUATION. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS I WENT ACROSS AN OVERPASS. COMING OFF THE BRIDGE I WENT OVER THE BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT AND CASED MY PICKUP TO IMMEDIATELY START AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT "DEATH WOBBLE". I HAD TO APPLY BRAKE AND SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH BEFORE IT WOULD COME OUT OF IT. I HAVE MADE AN APPT WITH THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM NEW HOWEVER THEY WERE EXTREMELY NON-NONCHALANT ABOUT MY PROBLEM. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SEEM THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THE HUNDREDS OF SUPER DUTY OWNERS ARE HAVING WITH NO RECALL YET. I FEEL LIKE IF I WAS NOT AS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER OR IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND WOULD HAVE CRASHED.

WHEN DRIVING MY 2017 FORD F350 PICKUP TRUCK AT A SPEED OVER 55 MPH AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, MY STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK VIOLENTLY LEFT AND RIGHT UNTIL I APPLY THE BRAKES AND REDUCE MY SPEED TO 30 MPH OR LESS. IT CAN OCCUR ON A BUMPY ROAD, WASHBOARD GRAVEL , CONCRETE EXPANSION JOINTS ON THE HIGHWAY, DIPS, OR WHEN TRANSITIONING ON OR OFF A BRIDGE. I'VE GOTTEN THE VIOLENT SHAKING ON BOTH STRAIGHT ROADS AND CORNERS. I HAVE HAD THE DEATH WOBBLE BETWEEN 14 & 16 TIMES. IT FIRST HAPPENED WHEN MY TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 19,000 MILES. ATTEMPTED REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE AT FORD UNDER WARRANTY AT 27,969 MILES...30,680 MILES...35,800MILES. MY TRUCK NOW HAS 40,000 MILES AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I HIT AN UNEVEN PIECE OF PAVEMENT WHICH CAUSED MY STEERING WHEEL TO BEGIN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED IN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN CONTROL AND MAINTAIN LANE POSITION. IT IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM. EVERY TIME I SEE A BUMP, POTHOLE, UNEVEN PAVEMENT, ETC, IN MY PATH, I GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL AS TIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE AND BRACE FOR THE WORST. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND SEEMS TO BE A WELL KNOWN AND VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AMONG FORD OWNERS. SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY. STICKER PRICE ON MY TRUCK WAS 77,250. THAT'S A STEEP PRICE TAG FOR A TRUCK THAT IS BARELY DRIVEABLE. FURTHERMORE, MY CHILDREN RIDE IN THAT TRUCK. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND MADE TO FIX THEIR INFERIOR AND DANGEROUS DESIGN.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS GOING OVER AN OVERPASS WHERE THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING AND SWERVING OUT OF CONTROL. MY FEAR WAS THAT I WAS GOING OVER THE BRIDGE! I WAS AFRAID TO HIT THE BREAK FOR FEAR IT WOULD MAKE IT WORSE. SO I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND AS I SLOWED, I FINALLY GAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS WHILE GOING OVER AN OVERPASS AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. I AM UNSURE WHAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME IN ANY VEHICLE BEFORE AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 34 YEARS. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE!!! IT IS A DEATH TRAP!!!

VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN TRAVELING 60MPH OR HIGHER ON FREEWAYS AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. HAVE TO SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATELY TO REMAIN IN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HAPPENED 6 TIMES IN LAST 2 WEEKS.

WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55MPH, IF THE TRUCK ENCOUNTERS ANY ROUGH OR UNEVEN PAVEMENT SUCH AS A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL OSCILLATE VIOLENTLY MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. ON TWO OCCASIONS THIS HAS CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO CROSS THE CENTER LINE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO REDUCE SPEED AND STOP THE OSCILLATION. HAD THERE BEEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A COLLISION. I AM TOLD BY THE LOCAL DEALER THAT FORD IS WORKING ON A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING DAMPENER ALONG WITH OTHER STEERING COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE PITMAN ARM. FORD KNOWS THEY HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE HERE AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS REPORTED THE SO CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE." I HAVE DRIVEN HEAVY DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMETHING SO DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE AS THIS. THIS IS BY FAR A GREATER...

MY TRUCK HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO TRY AND FIX THE DEATH WOBBLE THAT CONTINUES. IF YOU HIT A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE WHEELS VIBRATE OUT OF CONTROL AND SHAKE THE ENTIRE TRUCK VIOLENTLY UNTIL SLOWING TO UNDER 40 MPH. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS, BUT STILL HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO FIX IT. I AM PAYING RENTAL CAR FEES AND EXTENDED WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLES EVERY TIME I HAVE TO GO BACK, WHICH IS TOO OFTEN. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND FORD SHOULD BE FORCED INTO A RECALL TO FIX THIS UNCONTROLLED VIBRATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND THERE WITH AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING NOISE DETECTED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO (SAMES KINGSVILLE FORD 2501 US-77, KINGSVILLE, TX 78363 (888) 903-4562) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE @ APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND GOING STRAIGHT, I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THERE WERE 4 PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK AND WE WERE PULLING A 21 FOOT BOAT APPROXIMATELY 4000 POUNDS. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE SO I LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE, THE SHAKING BECAME MORE VIOLENT AND BEGAN TO VEER UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE LEFT. THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT THAT I COULD NOT SEE CLEARLY AND MY PASSENGERS THOUGHT THE TRUCK WAS COMING APART. THE ONLY RECOURSE IN MY MIND WAS TO JAM ON THE BRAKES. THIS DID EVENTUALLY STOP THE SHAKING AFTER SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO A SPEED OF LESS THAN 30 MPH. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO SEMI'S OR OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND US AT THE TIME. THE STRESS OF THE SHAKING ON THE STEERING SYSTEM HAS NOW CAUSED VIBRATIONS WHILE TRAVELING AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE...

THE TRUCK DOES THE DEATH WOBBLE (FRONT END BOUNCES SIDE TO SIDE) AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT'S BEEN IN 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, AND IT CONTINUES. I'M SCARED TO HAVE ANYONE IN MY FAMILY DRIVE THE TRUCK.

IN OCT. 2019 I WAS HEADED TO TEXAS FROM MINNESOTA WITH MY 2017 F-350 DIESEL WITH ONLY ABOUT 28,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS PULLING MY 43 FT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, I HIT A BUMP IN THE HWY WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, I HAD TO APPLY THE BREAKS HARD TO GET IT TO STOP SHAKING AND ALL MOST LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND TRAILER. IT WAS A GOOD THING NO ONE WAS NEXT TO ME AS I ENDED UP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO BRING THE TRUCK DOWN TO AROUND 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED SHAKING. THIS HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME WHILE ON MY WAY TO TEXAS AND ONCE AGAIN IT SHOOK VIOLENTLY TILL I GOT IT SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH. I PUT THE TRUCK INTO A FORD DEALER IN MINERAL WELL'S, TX AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING...

THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES AND BOUNCES IN THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES ALMOST UNABLE TO CONTROL STEERING DIRECTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH BOTH WHILE DRIVING ON 2 DIFFERENT HIGHWAYS AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT FORWARD AND THE OTHER AFTER DRIVING OVER THE METAL END DAM AFTER THE APPROACH SLAB BEFORE A BRIDGE ON A GRADUAL LEFT TURN IN THE ROAD SENT ME IN THE SHOULDER. HAD TO SLOW TO 35MPH +\- TO REGAIN CONTROL AND NORMAL OPERATION.