2017 Ford F-250 Suspension Problems
- 303
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 303 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- death wobble · 73 records
- steering wheel · 28 records
- highway speeds · 22 records
- bump road · 21 records
- slow down · 18 records
- small bump · 11 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 189 |
| 30–60k mi | 98 |
| 60–100k mi | 13 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Steering · Suspension
Three seperate occasions i have experienced a "death wobble" after first occurance returned to ford dealer for repair. Parts were exchanged and vehicle returned to me. First repair completed oct 11 2017. Next two occurances were week of thanksgiving dealer could not see vehicle for service till 11-30-2017 vehicle stillat dealer as of 12-19-2017 told parts on order till 1-28-2019
ODI 11162420
Suspension
Death wobble. Truck shakes violently when you hit a slight bump at highway speeds and will continue to shake until slowed to around 40mph. Ford replaced the steering stabilizer and claimed it was fixed, three months later it is starting again.
ODI 11153548
Suspension
Vehicle will shake violently without any warning ,steering wheel is uncontrollable until you come to an almost stop then it will quit shaking vehicle is in motion on highway usually between 45-65 mph when the shaking starts,steering dampner was replaced by dealer at 20 k and at 29 k shaking started again
ODI 11307827
Steering · Suspension
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford f-250. While driving 70 mph over a bump in the road, the steering wheel and front end of the vehicle started to experience mild shaking. In order to stop the vehicle from shaking, the contact had to decrease the speed from 70 to 30 mph. The contact stated that the same failure occurred multiple times whenever the speed exceeded 60-75 mph. The vehicle was taken to phil long ford (301…
ODI 11163498
Steering · Suspension
While traveling at highway speeds i hit a bump and my truck went into a very violent shake, took my truck to autonation ford in littleton co, they replaced the steering damper, it had 15,000 miles on it. At 21,000 miles the same thing happened, i again returned to autonation ford and they told me on the service report that i needed to install after market products and they would not do anything else to my truck. I…
ODI 11243028
Suspension
Traveling at around 75 mph in a straight line on the interstate, i hit a bump then the front end and steering wheel will begin to vibrate and shake. I had to slow down to around 50 mph before it stopped.
ODI 11151420
Steering · Suspension
While driving about 55 mph on a rural road , i hit a washboard spot in the road . The steering wheel starting oscillating wildly . I almost lost control of the truck as the front end seemed like it was bouncing down the road . I had to slow down to about 20 mph before the truck recovered . Fortunately i was on a rural road and had no side by side traffic as that could have been catastrophic.
ODI 11153165
Steering · Suspension · Unknown Or Other
While traveling down i45 at 70mph, the front end of the truck started to wobble really bad and the steering wheel started to wobble bad also. It was hard to hold on too. I slowed down and got off to the side of the rode , at about 30 mph it quit wobbling and i proceeded on. Soon after i was going about 65 mph and it started wobbling again. I slowed down as i did before and it stopped wobbling again around 30mph. I…
ODI 11151138
Suspension
Driving at leagal highway speed of 75 on us i30 in sulphur springs texas on 11/11/2018. Hit a bump on road and vehicles front end began to shake violently. Almost caused a major accident as i struggled to keep under control. Once i slowed to 45 shake went away. Happened again 15 later under similar circumstances. Classic death wobble
ODI 11151086
Electronic Stability Control · Steering · Suspension
While driving around 70+ mph and moving over small bumps in the road whether be a bridge transition or small pot hole steering wheel shakes violently only goes away after slowing down to below 60
ODI 11196801
Suspension
Death wobble started at 13k miles. Dealership changed various parts in front end and fixed the problem. At 21k death wobble was back. Dealership changed steering damper. Problem was fixed. 33k its back. The damper is not sufficient for the truck. Once the damper is worn, death wobble happens at speeds over 45mph when truck its a bump in the road. Uncontrolable front end shaking forces driver to slam on brakes until…
ODI 11151372
Suspension
Ford f-250 superduty deathwobble at 1500 miles..... Google the problem it's happening all over the country at an exponential rate. Ford doesn't seem very motivated in fixing this dangerous situation needs to be a national recall
ODI 11150956
Steering · Suspension · Unknown Or Other
Very scary death wobble.at speeds from 45 to 65 mph i have taken the truck to ford with no help. The first time they said the tires were bad. Which was very strange because they only had about 20,000 miles on them. So i replaced them at the dealer with factory originals. No fix no help from ford
ODI 11306496
Suspension
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.
ODI 11282133
Steering · Suspension
Truck front end and steering wheel shakes violently after hitting a bump going 70 mph
ODI 11165398
Suspension
At highway speeds the steering wheel will shake violently after hitting a bump in the road. The bump can be as minor as a crack in the pavement or expansion joint. Larger bumps on rough roads are worse. The shaking is so severe that steering is impacted and slowing to well below highway speed is required to stop the wobble. This is a major safety issue. I have a video, but upload not allowed by your system.
ODI 11150158
Steering · Suspension
10/19/2018, at 54 mph, on a smooth, 4 lane freeway at 4:30 am, my truck began shaking and vibrating violently as though i was driving on a rolling flat tire. I immediately let off the gas to slow down as quickly as i could without braking; although difficult to steer, i was able to get the truck over to the shoulder of the road to inspect it. I could not determine there was anything wrong with the truck or any…
ODI 11141982
Steering · Suspension
While passing a slower vehicle , i hit a small bump in the road which caused the steering wheel to shake violently (death shake) almost losing control of truck. I had to move back over into my lane before i should of and pull off onto the narrow shoulder which caused about 6 vehicles behind me to swerve to miss me. After slowing to about 20 mph the shake went away. I continued on driving till i was able to pull off…
ODI 11140339
Steering · Suspension
Hit a bump in the road and the front tires began to wobble. Has happened several times
ODI 11218475
Suspension
Experienced a "death wobble" while traveling at 70 mph on i-96. Uncontrollable shaking & bouncing of the front wheels, carried through to steering wheel. Entire vehicle shook violently. Very hard to control the vehicle. Did not stop until pulled to the shoulder and came to a complete stop. Several video's of this phenomenon on youtube, including one from nhtsa showing this happening. Appropriately named.
ODI 11139002
Steering · Suspension
While traveling at approximately 40-45 mph, when i hit a bump or series of bumps the front end tends to 'jump' if i'm cornering or will bounce the front end that effects the steering of the truck. At highway speeds (70mph) going straight hit a couple bumps in the road and the trucks front end started violently bouncing to the point i had to slow way down to less than 10mph before it smoothed back out. This is a very…
ODI 11139458
Suspension
My truck has the 'death wobble' at high speed on interstate highways
ODI 11268206
Steering · Suspension
While driving the vehicle on highways/interstates between 60 mph and 75 mph i will hit a ridge or pot hole on roadway; vehicle will rapidly develop an excessive steering wheel oscillation (aka death wobble). Will have to slow down and almost stop before death wobble goes away. Vehicle has less than 27000 miles on it. This has occurred at least 10 times. The vehicle is all stock with no aftermarket modificatios and…
ODI 11203473
Steering · Suspension
Severe/violent shaking at highway speeds with any deviation in road surface (bridges/ transitions/potholes). First documented in 2018 around 20,000 miles. Ford dealer replaced steering components in april 2019 with 32470 miles. Wobble returned in july of 2019 at 39000 miles and continued to worsen. Brought back to dealer 9/25/19 and the reported no issues or repairs needed. Brought back to dealer again on 10/15/19…
ODI 11268857
Steering · Suspension
On two separate occasions, our ford f-250 started to violently shake in the front end after going onto an overpass on the highway. This is a violent wobble of the front end. It feels like the entire front suspension is going to self destruct. This happened one time at a speed of 65 mph and another time at a speed of 75 mph. In order to get the front end shaking to stop, the vehicle had to be slowed down to…
ODI 11252414