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What 1,066 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 Ford F-150 Supercab Diesel

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (1,066)Crash / fire / injury (58)Transmission & drivetrain (281)Engine (264)Body & structure (103)Electrical system (93)Brakes (75)Engine & cooling (64)Visibility & wipers (51)Steering (49)Latches & locks (41)Wheels (39)

1 of 1,066 complaints match · Steering · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Jan 13, 2025SteeringWheelsCrash

This is a MAJOR issue with Ford F150s. I am not sure how this was never a recall. Ford issues a TSB for this but NOTHING is the TSB fixes the issue. There is a major fault in the IWE system that causes the 4x4 to engage randomly causing the truck to have major steering issues. It causes grinding, like metal on metal grinding, the steering wheel locks in place at times and I personally almost dies several times from this.The locking steering wheel caused me to crash into a ditch because I could not bring the steering wheel back to center. This has randomly happened to me several times while driving, The TSB claims the issue to be intermittent, which it is due to the fault in this IWE system. FOrd needs to literally cover and replace the entire IWE system before someone gets hurt. Please look this up, this is a very known issue that deserves to be a recall and not a TSB. Please help save lives.

NHTSA ODI 11635701

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How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2017 Ford F-150 Supercab Diesel verdict →