2017 FORD F-350 SD — Complaint #1557922
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION filed April 15, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1557922 (ODI reference 11196222) concerns a 2017 FORD F-350 SD and was filed on April 15, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 14, 2019. The vehicle had 32,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD F-350 SD cohort independently describe similar suspension failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2017 FORD F-350 SD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A DIP IN THE ROADWAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY. THE VIBRATION WORSENED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. SMITH MOTOR COMPANY INC (LOCATED AT 359 NJ-31, WASHINGTON, NJ 07882, (908) 835-8100) WAS CONTACTED AND A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1557922 |
| ODI Number | 11196222 |
| Date Filed | April 15, 2019 |
| Failure Date | April 14, 2019 |
| VIN | 1FT8W3BT2HE |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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