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.
Suspension
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford f-250. While attempting to accelerate to merge onto a highway at approximately 55 mph, the vehicle started to shake violently. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact had to slow down to approximately 30 mph in order for the shaking to stop. The vehicle was previously taken to rockwall ford (990 e interstate 30, rockwall, tx 75087) for the same failure and they…
ODI 11288821
Steering · Suspension
Death wobble was experienced in january of 2019. Truck was taken to ford, and per there invoice, tsb 18-2268 was performed to fix problem. On december 12 of 2019 truck experienced the exact same issue that was previously "fixed". Both times this happened, i was driving on the highway and the truck involuntarily went out of my driving lane and made truck unable to control until speeds reached around 35 mph.
ODI 11289041
Steering · Suspension
While traveling on the expressway at 65 mph i passed over a rough piece of asphalt and the truck started to shimmy then immediately severely shake and shudder. I immediately braked and tried to steer to the shoulder steering was almost impossible. The shaking continued till the truck stopped. This was extremely frightening and uncontrollable. This is the third time this has happened but by far the worst. All 3 times…
ODI 11288487
Suspension
My ford f250 , at about 20k miles started death wobble when driving above 65mph and hitting a series of bumps in the road or coming onto or off of a bridge. The truck will start a violent front end shake and will not stop until you slow down below 35 mph. I had the truck repaired under warranty at 28k miles. At that time ford was pretty nonchalant about it when i inquired. Once it was fixed, the front end never felt…
ODI 11289388
Suspension
Catastrophic front end suspension failure again. Death wobble every 13k miles. Ford have attempted to fix this 3 times. Just hit 48 k and death wobble is back for the 4th time. Why has there been no recall on such a serious defect? When death wobble happened this time at 65 mph, i could not keep the truck in my lane due to a curve in the road. I forced another car onto the hard shoulder. Luckily, they had a hard…
ODI 11288977
Steering · Suspension
At 22000 miles my 2017 f250 fx4 all stock has had death wobble 5 times at highway speeds. Bringing to dealer next week.
ODI 11287933
Steering · Suspension
The truck hit a small bump in the road while driving around 45 mph and then started shaking uncontrollably. Felt almost like the tire fell off. Was very hard to keep on the road. After slowing down the shaking stopped. Very scary situation to be in. Took truck to ford service and was told this was the "death wobble" that many f250's experience. Parts were replaced per fords technical bulletin, but from our…
ODI 11289755
Suspension
The truck will go into a violent shake when hitting a bump at speeds of 60-75 mph. The violent shake in the front suspension will not go away until i slow down to 35 mph. It has happened several times and is very dangerous. I am scared to drive the truck anymore.this is the death wobble many have talked about. My truck is all stock and this started happening at about 15000 miles.
ODI 11287762
Steering · Suspension
Experiencing death wobble in front suspension of truck when hitting any bumps, grooves etc in highway travel at speeds of 65 to 75 miles per hour. Have to slam on brakes to stop extreme wobble in front end. Took truck to dealer for repairs 2 times and they discount issue and will not cover repairs. This issue has happened three times while on freeway 11/16/19, 11/28/19 and 12/6/19
ODI 11287828
Steering · Suspension
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.
ODI 11287419
Steering · Suspension
2017 ford f-250 stx fx4. Every time i hit a sharp bump or bridge section the front end of the truck shakes violently at highway speeds and have to slow down to 30mph before it settles. On the highway! In traffic!. This happened to me 30+ times coming from a jobsite in the chicago area. I live in florida. I've been reading up on this and it appears to be the death wobble. 100's of people are having this problem with…
ODI 11288989
Suspension
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford f-250. While driving approximately 65 mph over a bridge, the front end of the vehicle vibrated violently. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact slowed down and pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. The contact stated that the failure occurred twice the previous week. The contact scheduled an appointment with salem ford (60 s broadway , salem, nh 03079)…
ODI 11287870
Steering · Suspension
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…
ODI 11287791
Suspension
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 ([redacted], lincoln, ne 68521, [redacted]), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The…
ODI 11286291
Steering · Suspension
While driving the truck over 40 mph on uneven pavement or bumps in the road it will send the vehicle into a death wobble and uncontrollable all over the road. I contacted the dealership and was advised of many complaints but no recalls at this time. It is unsafe and dangerous on highways or any roads over 40 mph. We just purchased this truck 12/2019.
ODI 11296847
Steering · Suspension
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.
ODI 11283082
Steering · Suspension
I have a 2017 f250 4x4 which has 30,000 miles on it now and is still covered under the factory 3yr/3600 miles and on 9 different occasions while driving over 55mph my truck has began to shake the front end causing loss of control seems to be mostly after hitting a bump in the road or even a when the pavement was uneven each time that this has happened i have been unable to stop the shaking until the truck was below…
ODI 11291294
Steering · Suspension
I have filed a previous complaint regarding the same issue. (complaint number 11279636) stock 2017 ford f250 now with 38,000 miles. The truck has the death wobble. My truck is on its second steering damper and this time the ford dealer replaced the drag link and the outer tie rod. As well, the dealer adjusted the alignment again... The truck is still experiencing sustained steering wheel oscillation and i am again…
ODI 11296703
Steering · Suspension
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…
ODI 11282998
Steering · Suspension
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.
ODI 11287629
Steering · Suspension
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.
ODI 11282798
Suspension
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford f-250. While driving 75 mph, the vehicle experienced the death wobble when driving over a bump in the road. The contact temporarily lost control of the vehicle and pulled over to the side of the road. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The failure continued. The contact called flint hills auto (located at 7920 e us-24, manhattan, ks 66502, [redacted]) and informed them of…
ODI 11296867
Steering · Suspension
It's apparently called the death wobble, you are driving at freeway speeds hit a pothole, bump on bridge overpass, ect. Wheels start shaking violently, steering wheel shakes back and forth violently. It's very hard to keep control of the truck. Very scary and dangerous. I had my dealership work on the problem after the first time i noticed it probably about 19 months ago. Didn't have trouble for awhile. Recently…
ODI 11289008
Suspension
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.
ODI 11282733
Suspension
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
ODI 11282646