What 1,155 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 Ford F-250 Supercab

TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 10 IN AZ. ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN ROAD. TRAVELING AT 65 MPH PULLING A 30' AIRSTREAM CLASSIC TRAILER. THE TRUCK WENT INTO A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING. I COULD HARDLY HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. I APPILED THE BRAKE AS TRUCKS WERE SWERVING TO GET AROUND ME AT 75 MPH. I HAD MY WIFE PUT ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AS I COULD NOT LET GO OF THE WHEEL. I COULD NOT STEER OR MOVE TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD. TRUCK WAS LITERALLY "HOPPING" AS I TRIED TO SLOW WITHOUT GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND. SHAKING FINALLY SUBSIDED WHEN MY TRUCK REACHED 20 MPH. I LITERALLY WAS CLOSE TO STOPPED ON A 75 MPH ROADWAY! I INCREASED MT SPEED AGAIN TO ABOUT 50 MPH AND THE SHAKING STARTED AGAIN. I HAD TO ALMOST STOP AGAIN. MY WIFE AND I WERE VISIBLY SHAKING. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. WE PULLED OFF ON THE NEXT EXIT AND CALLED A FORD DEALER. FORD DEALER REPLACED FRONT STABILIZER SHOCK. FORD IS BACK-ORDERED ON THEIR SHOCK FOR MONTHS. WONDER WHY? WE REPLACED IT WITH A THIRD PARTY SHOCK. THE SUSPENSION WAS CHECKED AND THE DEALER SAID IT SHOULD BE FINE. TWO DAYS LATTER WE EXPERIENCED THE SHAKING AGAIN! WE ARE NOW STUCK IN PALM SPRINGS WAITING FOR A DEALER TO OPEN ON MONDAY. I CALLED FORD CORPORATE AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THIS. THEY SAID THEY WILL CALL THE DEALER AND ME ON MONDAY TO GET THEIR TRUCK DIVISION INVOLVED. I CANNOT DRIVE THIS TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I FEAR DRIVING THIS IN THE MOUNTAIN WITH ROADS THAT CURVE. WHEN THIS SHAKING OCCURS, YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING BUT GO STRAIGHT.

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I WAS DRIVING MY F250 ON THE FREEWAY AND AFTER HITTING A COUPLE BUMPS IT STARTED DOING THE DEATH WOBBLE AS ITS CALLED. ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM FORD HAS TSB BUT THEY DON'T TAKE THIS CONDITION SERIOUSLY AS I SCHEDULED AN APPT WITH THE DEALER SHIP WITHIN DAYS AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS ARE ALL BACKORDERED TO REPAIR IT AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE DATE THEY CAN GET THEM.

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WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH TENDS TO SMOOTH IT OUT. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER AND ROTATED THE TIRES, BUT THE ISSUE STILL EXISTS AND FEELS A BIT WORSE AND IS OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE.

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2 EVENTS-2 WEEKS APART I BELIEVE IT IS REFERRED TO AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IN BOTH EVENTS, I HIT A BUMP ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE. ALL I COULD DO WAS HIT THE BRAKES. AT ABOUT 30 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED AND I COULD PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO LOOK AT THE TIRE. I THOUGHT A TIRE HAD COME OFF THE TRUCK. TRUCK HAS 38000 MILES AND IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. NOW FACED WITH AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND TO BE HONEST I AM NOW A LITTLE SCARED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. DEFINITELY NEVER GOING TO PULL MY FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER AGAIN WITH THIS TRUCK. THANKS FOR LISTENING.

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MY FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THIS GENERALLY HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND I HIT A BUMP. WHEN THIS SHAKING TAKES PLACE I MUST SLOW DOWN TO 45-55 MPH FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. THIS SHAKING BEGAN WITH 32,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK AND I HAVE NOW BROUGHT IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES. IT APPEARS FORD CANNOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

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LOSS OF CONTROL AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH AFTER RUNNING OVER A POTHOLE OR ROUGH ROAD SURFACE. THE FRONT TIRES START TO BOUNCE OR OSCILLATE AND STEERING BECOMES DANGEROUSLY ERRATIC. YOU HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO LOWER THE SPEED. EVERYTHING LOOSE IN THE CABIN CAN BEGINS MOVING AROUND AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO HOLD. IF YOU ARE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT SPEEDS OF 60-70 MPH THERE IS VERY REAL DANGER OF BEING HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DESCRIPTIONS ONLINE OF FORD F250 TRUCKS CALL IT THE DEATH-WOBBLE.

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WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON THE HWY THE TRUCK DID A DEATH WOBBLE I HAD TO SLOW TO 25 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 13500 MILES ON IT I BOUGHT IT NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE TO DRIVE IT. I'M 45 YRS OLD AND TRUCK HAS NEVER LEFT THE ROAD IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED TO THE MAX FOR FORD TO SAY PEOPLE ARE NOT MAINTAINING THESE TRUCKS IS WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS IS A COMPLETE LIE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET KILLED. THE DEALERS WILL TELL YOU FLAT OUT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. WHY WON'T FORD FIX THEM?

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WHEN HITTING SMALL BUMPS AT SPEEDS OF 35MPH OR MORE THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SHOOK SO SEVERELY I HAD TO SLOW TO 30 MPH BEFORE IT STOPPED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. TRUCK HAS 9000 MILES ON IT AND THAT'S IT. BEEN DOING IT SINCE NEW, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT WAS THIS SEVERE. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. EVERYTHING IS STOCK ON THIS 6.2 LITER F-250 SUPER CAB 4WHEEL DRIVE. AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER COULD EASILY HAVE HAD A FATAL ACCIDENT IF THEY DIDN'T HANDLE THE SITUATION CORRECTLY OR IF I WAS ON A TURN.

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ON 11/30/19 WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSED MY VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. ON 12/1/19 THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON TWO MORE OCCASIONS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY EACH TIME THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANDERSON FORD LINCOLN (2500 WILDCAT DR, LINCOLN, NE 68521, (402) 458-9800), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

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TRAVELING AT 60-65 MPH ON HIGHWAY FRONT END OF TRUCK BEGAN TO SHIMMY VIOLENTLY ( DEATH WOBBLE). THIS HAPPENED AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE JOINT IN THE ROAD. HAD TO SLOW TRUCK DOWN TO 20 MPH TO STOP THE SHIMMY. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY IF THERE WAS TRAFFIC BEHIND ME OR IN THE ON COMING LANE. TRUCK WAS BARELY CONTROLLABLE AND TOOK EXTREME EFFORT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

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HAVE EXPERIENCED "DEATH WOBBLE" ON MY 2017 SUPERDUTY SEVERAL TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AS WITH ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE OSCILLATION BEGINS AFTER HITTING UNEVEN PAVEMENT, AND GROWS UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN. THE FORD TRUCK OWNERS THAT HAVE POSTED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ARE BEGGING FORD (OR NHTSA) TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED, OR KILLED. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL ALL BE WONDERING WHY THE COMPLAINTS AND INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED, WHEN NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE (AND TO SAVE LIVES).

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AT 20,000 MILES I EXPERIENCED THE " DEATH WOBBLE" AT 75 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO GET SLOWED DOWN AND I REGAINED CONTROL AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

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AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BUMPS IN THE ROAD CAUSE THE STEERING TO BEGIN TO WOBBLE AND MAKE THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLE, SLOWING DOWN ALLOWS THE DRIVER TO REGAIN CONTROL. IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE BE MANY PEOPLE AND APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE. PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 25000 MILES. CONTINUES TO THIS DAY AT 45000 MILES, SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, IF BOTH FRONT WHEELS HIT A BUMP AT THE SAME TIME, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE UNTIL THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO AROUND 40 MPH. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AT ABOUT 2 YEARS AND 40,000 MILES. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPER AND SAID THAT WOULD FIX THE ISSUE. A YEAR LATER AND AT 53,000 MILES, THIS BEGAN HAPPENING AGAIN WHILE TOWING MY TRAVEL TRAILER CAMPER. IT IS ABOUT 8,000 LBS AND 650 POUNDS ON THE HITCH. THE PROBLEM WAS FAR WORSE WITH THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTING HITCH THAN WITHOUT, HOWEVER I DID EXPERIENCE IT TWICE IN ABOUT 100 MILES ON A STANDARD HITCH.

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VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 70 MPH ON I-57 IN ILLINOIS WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY (DEATH WOBBLE) HAD TO REDUCE SPEED TO 38 MPH TO GAIN CONTROL. IT OCCURRED 6 TIMES ON TRIP. ON 9/20/19, AT 12,692 MILES, WATSEKA, IL. FORD DEALER REPLACED STEERING DAMPENER - TSB-19-2274 UNDER WARRANTEE. ON 11/25/19, SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED AT 60 MPH. @ 14,680 MILES. TRUCK HAS HAD NO MODIFICATIONS TO STEERING, TIRES, WHEELS OR SUSPENSION. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT FORD MOTOR CO. HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS AND AFFECTS VEHICLES AS EARLY AS 2011 MODEL YEAR. THE "DEATH WOBBLE" IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT BRIDGE DECKS OR ROAD REPAIRS.

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DURING MY VACATION, MY 2017 FORD F250 WITH 24,000 MILES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE THE "DEATH WOBBLE" WHENEVER I WOULD CROSS A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT OR OTHER ROUGH PATCHES ON THE ROAD AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THE FRONT END OSCILLATED SO SEVERELY THE TRUCK WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE. IT HAD TO BE SLOWED DOWN TO 35-40 MPH TO GET IT BACK UNDER CONTROL. IT BECAME SO SEVERE, I QUIT DRIVING IT 1,700 MILES FROM HOME AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER IN THE AREA I WAS AT. THE PROBLEM IS THE STEERING STABILIZER AKA STEERING DAMPER. FORD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THEN THAT PART FAILED AGAIN.WHEN THIS SITUATION OCCURS, IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE CONTROLLED UNTIL IT IS SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY.

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WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70MPH I STRUCK A BUMP AND THE FRONT END BEGAN TO OSCILLATE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VIBRATION CONTINUED UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED BELOW 40MPH. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE NOW. FORD REPLACED A STABILIZER AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE BUT THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED.

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EXPERIENCING SEVERE STEERING OSCILLATION (DEATH WOBBLE) UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY OPERATION WITH MY FACTORY STOCK 2017 FORD F-250 4X4. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS STEERING OSCILLATION ISSUE, UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE DEALER NOW STATES THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND STATED A FORD FACTORY TECH INSTRUCTED THEM TO INCREASE THE FRONT TIRE PRESSURE TO 5 PSI OVER WHAT THE DOOR STICKER INDICATES AS THE RECOMMENDED PSI. THE DEALER ROAD FORCE BALANCED THE FRONT TIRES AND TOLD ME THE VEHICLE COULD BE PICKED UP. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED THE STEERING OSCILLATION AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEATH WOBBLE NORMALLY OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS BUMPS (EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE ROADWAY) AND/OR ROADWAY TO BRIDGE TRANSITIONS. THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATES RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE RETURNS TO NORMAL FUNCTION WHEN THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO SPEEDS UNDER 30 MPH.

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INTERSTATE DRIVING AT 70MPH HIT SMALL BUMP ON BRIDGE AND TRUCK STEERING FRONT END STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING, HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP IN ORDER TO STOP THE SHAKING 2017 F250 SUPER DUTY 20K MILES

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WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF I HIT A BUMP MY STEARIN WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHAKES BACK AND FORTH. I HAVE TO REDUCE SPEEDS TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP.

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2017 FORD SUPER-DUTY F-250 PICK-UP TRUCK; VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON, WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL OPERATING SPEEDS. RAPID DECELERATION REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. BOTH OCCURRED WHILE OPERATING ON PAVED ROADS ( FREEWAY/EXPRESSWAY AND 2 LANE HIGHWAY ) - NO POT HOLES OR BUMPS HIT, THAT I AM ABLE TO RECALL.

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SEVERAL TIMES MY TRUCK HAS GONE INTO A SEVERE SHIMMY WHILE TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS TO STAND ON THE BRAKES AND HOPE ANYONE BEHIND ME IS ALERT. I HAVE OWNED A 2009,AND A 2013 F-250 AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THEM.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK SEVERELY AND VIBRATED AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KALISPELL FORD (2000 ROSE CROSSING, KALISPELL, MT) WHERE THE DAMPENING SHOCKS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

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I WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON INTERSTATE 10 HEADING TO JUNCTION TEXAS. THERE WAS AN AREA OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND AS I WAS COMING OFF OF THIS CONSTRUCTION THERE WAS SOME UNEVEN ROAD AND BUMPS. MY FRONT LEFT TIRE STARTED TO SHAKE, THE STEERING WJHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE AND IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT SO BAD THAT THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS SHAKING. I HAD TO GENTLY APPLY THE BRAKES BUT UNABLE TO STEER APPROPRIATELY WE VEERED INTO THE MEDIAN OF I10. I HAD BOTH MY 3 AND 6 YEAR OLD IN THE TRUCK. HAD THERE BEEN A MEDIAN WALL OR TRAFFIC THIS LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ON OUR TRIP BOTH AT BRIDGE INTERFACES.

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