2017 Ford F-250 Sd Other / unspecified Problems

The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving approximately 50-60 MPH and hauling a trailer, the vehicle drove across uneven pavement, and the vehicle went into the death wobble and the vehicle became difficult to steer. The contact pulled over to the side of the road but found no cause for the failure. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the steering dampener had failed and needed to be replaced. The steering dampener was replaced. The dealer confirmed that the vehicle had been repaired under Customer Satisfaction Program: 20N04 (Steering, Equipment) but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the VIN was not included the Customer Satisfaction Program. The manufacturer referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was 78,699.

NHTSA ID

11615256

Incident

Jul 18, 2024

Mileage

78,699 mi

Starting to exhibit signs of the death wobble at 46000 miles

NHTSA ID

11553615

Incident

Oct 1, 2023

In the last few weeks two of the trucks tire pressure indicators have failed on the right side of the vehicle

NHTSA ID

11541814

Incident

Aug 25, 2023

Front end wobbles, shakes and shimmies at speeds over 50mph.

NHTSA ID

11524609

Incident

May 31, 2023

Purchased the truck new from factory. Now I find after 5!years the lug nuts are defective and I can not even rotate my tires. Should be a ford defective issue. Swelling was not brought to my attention when purchased Victor bohannon 509 654 8278 I expect a call back.

NHTSA ID

11495921

Incident

Dec 3, 2022

What component or system failed or malfunctioned: Steering Dampner failed causing other issued in steering and front-end suspension failures. You can inspect anytime you want. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Repetitive failure on these components put me and family at risk and other drivers to the loss of control Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? Yes problem has been reoccurring from 16k mile to present just under 100K miles. Truck has been in the shop multiple times for the same repetitive failure. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? Yes, ford has inspected it, independent shops have inspected it, the BBB has inspected it. Ford has told me on more than one occasion to go after market. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? Yes, on symptoms; loose steering and uneven wear patterns on the tires, then complete failure of multiple components.

NHTSA ID

11495786

Incident

Dec 2, 2022

DEATH WOBBLE

NHTSA ID

11462994

Incident

May 2, 2022

I experienced the “Death Wobble” for my first time today! Very scary! I had just reached 65 MPH and suddenly my 2017 F250 starting shaking violently. I had little to no control of steering. Fortunately, I had heard of it before from family and friends who also experienced it. I let off the accelerator and it ended as if nothing was wrong! My vehicle has slightly over 38K miles. There was no warning or messages. I am not aware of any road issues. I have talked with my Ford service department and they are ordered a damper kit. My vehicle is available for inspection.

NHTSA ID

11448372

Incident

Jan 21, 2022

Front wheels shake violently causing driver to have to brake hard and slow vehicle to regain control. Problem happens when vehicle is traveling at a speed of 50-60 mph and hits a rough spot on highway. Problem happens frequently and on several occasions has caused vehicle behind me to brake hard to avoid a rear end collision. The truck is not safe to drive.

NHTSA ID

11447677

Incident

Jan 15, 2022

The contact owned a 2017 Ford F-250 hauling an unknown fifth-wheel trailer. The contact stated that while driving at 55 - 60 mph, the smoke odor was detected. The contact slowed the vehicle down to 10 mph, to stop and pull over. The fire started from the vehicle's engine compartment. The vehicle and travel trailer caught fire. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire. The contact was unaware if there was a fire department report. The contact had sustained smoke inhalation injury but did not receive medical assistance. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard and was currently being reviewed by the insurance company. The contact works for the dealer and made them aware of the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

NHTSA ID

11438058

Incident

Oct 15, 2021

Mileage

40,000 mi

Death Wobble on numerous occasions. I first took it to Ford and put some "dampener" on it to fix it. I noticed that the truck still vibrated, but did not go into the death wobble immediately.4-5 months later, a worse death wobble started. It always happens when you hit a bridge abutment paving transition. The violent shaking does not stop until you slow way down. I have had to leave the road twice due to 18 wheelers behind me. It is so bad now, vehicles around me can see the violent shaking and move over and get away from me. This is an extremely dangerous event. If a younger driver freaks out and lets go of the steering wheel, deaths will be inevitable.

NHTSA ID

11426680

Incident

Jul 27, 2021

WHENEVER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50-70 MPH, EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP OR HOLE IN THE ROAD, MY TRUCK BEGINS TO WOBBLE, NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLY. AT SLOWER SPEEDS, I CAN STILL FEEL THE WOBBLE. IT ONLY DOES NOT WOBBLE WHEN I HIT BUMPS GOING 15 MPH OR LESS.

NHTSA ID

11407981

Incident

Mar 1, 2021

Mileage

95,000 mi

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT AROUND 70 MPH WHEN I HIT A SMALL BUMP. THAT BUMP CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END SUSPENSION GO INTO WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A "DEATH WOBBLE." IT SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 25 MPH. DURING THAT TIME THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND I DID NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF TURNING TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING THAT COULD CAUSE SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THEN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MUST BE CORRECTED AND FORD MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

NHTSA ID

11395600

Incident

Feb 8, 2021

Mileage

52,000 mi

2017 FORD F-250 DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRENCES ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TWO OCCURRENCES AFTER GOING OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT. ONCE WHILE TRAVELING ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT. VEHICLE INITIALLY SHOOK AND INCREASED IN INTENSITY UNTIL VEHICLE WAS SLOWED. VEHICLE HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS

NHTSA ID

11387784

Incident

Nov 16, 2020

Mileage

41,000 mi

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A DEATH WABBLE IN IT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE MULTIPLE TIMES

NHTSA ID

11386769

Incident

Nov 1, 2018

Mileage

20,000 mi

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS GONE INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE FRONT END WOBBLE UPON HITTING ROUGH PAVEMENT ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEEDS OF 70-75 MPH. THE WOBBLE CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-6 SECONDS AND CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY GRADUALLY REDUCING SPEED. STEERING IS NOT FUNCTIONAL DURING THE WOBBLE. THE FIRST TWO TIMES (OCTOBER 2019) THE VEHICLE WAS TOWING A TRAILER. THE LAST TWO TIMES (DECEMBER 2020) THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY TWO PASSENGERS IN THE CAB AND A FEW PIECES OF LUGGAGE IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. IN MAY 2020 FORD INSTALLED A STEERING LINKAGE DAMPER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THAT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND FOLLOWING THE DECEMBER 2020 INCIDENTS, SUBSTANTIAL FRONT-END REPAIRS WERE REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 36K MILES ON IT.

NHTSA ID

11385089

Incident

Dec 18, 2020

Mileage

36,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ABOUT 75 MILES AND I HIT A BUMP AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING AND I HAD TO HOLD ON TO KEEP IT FROM GOING TO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS VERY SCARY AS I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT WITH MY FAMILY, I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF MY TRUCK AND IT ONLY HAS 24,000 MILES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ISSUE IN SUCH AN EXPENSIVE TRUCK.

NHTSA ID

11384321

Incident

Dec 12, 2020

Mileage

24,000 mi

VIOLENT SHAKING OF FRONT END OF TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL. 58,000 MILES ON F250. HAPPENS WHEN TRUCK HITS POTHOLE OR ROUGH BRIDGE JOINT AT SPEEDS OVER 50. THE DEATH WOBBLE.

NHTSA ID

11383572

Incident

Dec 9, 2020

Mileage

58,000 mi

DRIVING TRUCK STARTED SHAKING LOST STEERING RAN IN DITCH TIRE ROD BROKE FRONT END MESSED UP

NHTSA ID

11377713

Incident

Dec 1, 2020

WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY . WHEN IT HITS SLIGHTLY ROUGH PAVEMENT THE STRUCK STARTS WOBBLING SUPER AGGRESSIVELY AS IF A TIRE POPPED. VERY SCARY AND VERY DANGEROUS. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE THEY KILL SOMEONE IF THEY ALREADY DIDN'T.

NHTSA ID

11365406

Incident

Jul 1, 2020

Mileage

20,000 mi

TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR FAULT SHOWS ON DASH DISPLAY SINCE AUGUST 10 2020 TOOK TO FORD TRUCK DEALER SOMERSET PA TRISTAR ON AUGUST 11, TOLD BUSY BRING IN AUGUST 12 AUGUST 12 TOLD 3 OF 4 SENSORS ARE BAD, THEY NEEDED PARTS SINCE COMPLAINED TO FORD CASE CAS 27520533 STILL NOT FIXED NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER 6 2020 TRUCK IS TWO YEARS OLD AND THIRTEEN THOUSAND MILES, BOUGHT BRAND NEW THIRTY SIX MONTH BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY

NHTSA ID

11353378

Incident

Aug 10, 2020

Mileage

13,000 mi

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 2/03/17. ON 12/01/17 WIFE AND 7 YR. OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE 2017 F250 VEHICLE ON I205 NORTHBOUND ON GLEN JACKSON BRIDGE IN OREGON. SHE RAN OVER THE EXPANSION JOINT GOING ABOUT 60MPH AND THE THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTED BOUNCING VIOLENTLY. OTHER TRAFFIC MOVED AWAY FROM HER AS SHE WAS LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP SAFELY ON THE SHOULDER. WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY COULD NOT GET THE ISSUE TO REOCCUR. THEY SENT IT OUT THE DOOR IN SAME CONDITION. ISSUE REOCCURRED MANY TIMES. FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO RECORD IT ON VIDEO AND ONLY THEN WOULD WESLIE FORD TAKE IT IN AND DO WORK ON IT. SERVICE WRITER [XXX] SAID FORD DID NOT HAVE A REPAIR FOR THIS ISSUE. SHE SAID THEY WOULD PUT SOME SHIMS IN TO HELP. IT DID A BIT. BUT STILL ACTUALLY BOUNCES SO BAD SOMETIMES THAT THE WHEELS LEAVE THE ROAD AND YOU LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING.. CALLED SERVICE MANAGER [XXX] AT DEALER AND TOLD HIM WE ARE LUCKY THAT MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER DIDNT GET IN A ACCIDENT, HURT, OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THE TRUCK MALFUNCTION. HE SAID "UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES THATS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET SOMETHING DONE". REALLY? I WAS SHOCKED! PLEASE FOLLOW UP WITH THIS AND ENSURE THAT WESLIE FORD, SERVICE WRITERS AND OTHERS ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. PEOPLES LIVES ARE IN DANGER AND AT RISK. ALL I ASK IS THAT FORD STAND BEHIND VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONS AND REPAIR THEM SO THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE. THANK YOU INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

11339506

Incident

Dec 1, 2017

Mileage

15,092 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOBBLED UNCONTROLLABLY UPON HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO EIDE FORD LINCOLN (800 E BISMARCK EXPY, BISMARCK, ND 58504) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO BE REPAIRED. THE STEERING DAMPER WAS REPLACED, THE TIRES WERE ROTATED, BALANCED, AND ALIGNED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. RECENTLY, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS THEN REFERRED TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED DEATH WOBBLE HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES.*JB

NHTSA ID

11339149

Incident

Jul 1, 2018

Mileage

40,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED SHAKING WITHOUT WARNING WHICH FORCED THE TIRE TO BE RELEASED. THE CONTACT STATED HE REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE AND DROVE HOME. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE QUARTER PANEL WAS DAMAGED. THE DEALER (PINES FORD 8655 PINES BLVD, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024) WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND OFFERED THE CONTACT AN ALIGNMENT HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

NHTSA ID

11328868

Incident

Jun 15, 2020

Mileage

27,000 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

11316160

Incident

Feb 29, 2020

Mileage

14,000 mi