2015 Ford F-350 SD problems
Owners have filed 315 complaints about the 2015 Ford F-350 SD with NHTSA. Steering accounts for 21.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of suspension at 21%.
Complaints315
Crashes5
Fires10
Injuries1
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Steering 21.6% · 68
Suspension 21.0% · 66
Engine 11.7% · 37
Unknown or other 8.3% · 26
Fuel/propulsion system 7.0% · 22
Power train 5.1% · 16
Electrical system 4.8% · 15
Wheels 4.4% · 14
Severity
Of those complaints, 5 describe a crash, 10 describe a fire and 1 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 17 model years of the Ford F-350 SD in this data, 2015 sits 4th by complaint volume. 2017 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 56 in the last three years against 122 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 55,000 miles.
In owners' own words
While accelerating to merge onto the highway this morning I hit a bump this caused the truck to start to wobble violently. I put on the brakes to slow the vehicle but it continued to wobble until I pulled to the shoulder of the highway. It nearly caused a accident. Scared me to death. I know others have had the same issue. Please do something about this before someone dies! Steering · reported at 50,000 miles
Death wobble many times. Vehicle is completely out of control. Not cool in heavy traffic on way to boston (65 mph). Tires are properly inflated. Vehicle has been having problem since 45,000 miles and now has 55,000 miles on it. Dealer has only made "suggestions" on what to do to correct problem. Worried I will be killed or kill someone when driving this vehicle. Steering · reported at 55,000 miles
We were on our way home from a rodeo with our living quarters attached to our pickup and it did the "death wobble" twice on our way home when we hit the bumps on a bridge...luckily no one was behind us because at the area it started to shake we couldnt get pulled over because there was no shoulder so we had to slow to an extremely slow speed in our lane Steering
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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