Death Wobble
Asked by Rocco2557 Jul 14, 2019 at 07:24 PM about the 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT SuperCab
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
My 2017 has done it 3 times now had the
dealership replaced some parts at about 19k
happened again at 27k I guess next they are
going to do alignment and shims
4 Answers
Look into a heavy duty aftermarket track bar. Is your truck lifted or does it have over sized tires?
2017 F350 SD Lariat. Trying to schedule my 5th trip to the shop. Just turned 20,000 miles. Dampners replaced, shims replaced, realignment done every time, 1.5" front leveling kit added. I thought we finally had it, but after 1,500 miles we are back at square one (only not as frequent as before). Last time in the shop the dealer advised me that my truck was equipped to add a snow plow and that has caused it to be a bit more difficult to fix. I'm at the point that I don't want to tow anything for fear of it happening when I do and not being able to keep it under control.
I filed a complaint today with the NHTSA in hopes of getting some resolution. I suggest you try doing it also. The more complaints they get, the better chance we have of Ford being forced to issue a recall. you can do it here: https://www- odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/VehicleComplaint/ I have also scheduled it to be looked at by another Ford dealer after chatting with Ford Corporate online and not getting any satisfaction. Unfortunately they can't get me in for over 2 weeks. My truck has 20,400 miles on it.
NorCalEvan answered 4 years ago
Ford bought my 2017 F-250 back in October for the Death wobble issue. I ordered a 2020 to replace it not sure of this problem has been addressed but mine started at 13k miles and I traded it in at 30k. Was not a big issue for Ford and they didn't argue. The truck tried to kill me on several occasions and I always had to white knuckle it down the highway because you never knew when it would happen. Sometimes the wobble was uncontrollable and very scary. You would lose braking power because the Anti-lock brakes would get confused. Other times it was a much more controllable wobble. Ford did their TSB and warranty work on my truck several times. Track bars, Drop links, Steering dampners, Toe in etc... It kept coming back after a few thousand miles. When the truck was solid, it was great but you knew when it was unstable and ready to wobble. It was bad with no or little weight in the bed.
