Other steering problem on the 2017 Ford F-250 SD
5 crashes 5 injuries 10 of the 674 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other steering problem gets reported
Owners of the 2017 Ford F-250 SD report other steering problem at a median of 28,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 39,000 miles, from 560 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 14,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 50,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 36,007 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
70% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,000 miles | 20,000 miles | 28,000 miles | 39,125 miles | 50,007 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 5 a crash and 5 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $350–$2,400 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 23 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 20,000 miles, and latest on the 2001 at 130,000 miles.
By volume the 2019 carries the most reports, with 734; the 2017 has 674. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I have a 2017 f250 4x4. When driving at speeds of 45mph or faster the frontend will start to shake uncontrollable when I hit any kind of bump in the road. The vehicle has less than 14,000 miles on it. This a major safety concern.
Death wobble.. When driving at speeds of 65 to 70 on highway if you hit any kind of bridge or bump in road the vehicle shakes violently like a wheel has fallen off.. You have to come down to 20mph or stop to regain control.. I have only 19000 miles on my truck and this has happened 4 times now.. This is going to kill some one needs fixed.. Have had it to dealership 3 times on my way for 4 th today . I bought a new truck to feel safe and I am afraid to drive it now.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford f-250 sd. The contact stated that there was a death wobble on the front end of the vehicle. The failure impacted the steering and caused a strong vibration in the steering wheel. The dealer (schmidt ford of salem, 1815 w main st, salem, il 62881, (800) 562-2014) stated that the steering stabilizer was on a national backorder and that they would adjust the casters and rotate the tires. The manufacturer issued two tsbs for the steering. The manufacturer was notified and confirmed that the part was on a national backorder. The manufacturer was to respond to the contact to address the repair solution. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000.
Also reported on the 2017 Ford F-250 SD
Other suspension problem
Other wheel or tire problem
Other body or interior problem
Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure
Other fuel system problem
Other driver assistance problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 674 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other steering problem happen on the 2017 Ford F-250 SD?
Across 560 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 28,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 39,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other steering problem on the 2017 Ford F-250 SD?
674 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 4.3 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed