Other steering problem on the 2007 Ford F-350 SD
When other steering problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Ford F-350 SD report other steering problem at a median of 30,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 50,000 miles, from 9 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 15,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 60,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 44,400 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A window that narrow is the signature of a part that fails on its own schedule rather than on how the car is driven — which is usually a design or supplier problem rather than wear and tear.
56% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,400 miles | 20,000 miles | 30,000 miles | 50,000 miles | 60,800 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
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 20 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2003, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 155,000 miles.
By volume the 2017 carries the most reports, with 269; the 2007 has 9. 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.
When traveling around 60 MPH and hit a small bump in the road there is a violent shake in the steering and almost have to come to a complete stop for it to stop. I have read numerous articles on line and this seems to be a recurring problem. *tr
Around 50,000 thousand miles a bad vibration started when traveling around 60 MPH and hit a bump in the road occurs around this speed constantly have to slow down and turn the wheel slowly have done research online and this has been called "the death wobble". Have done everything to try to correct the problem except carry to dealership to have it looked at trying to save up money. *tr
Ford f350 crewcab 4x4 high speed wheel wobble ( death wobble) happens at speeds of 65 or higher and hitting a bump in the road. Ford has looked at it , said the alignment was out and fix it. The wobble has happened three times sense then. Ford has sent a letter stating that the tire pressure needs to be correct, it is. This is a stock truck and when this happens I have to come to a complete stop before I can proceed and with anti lock brakes this is real scary. *tr
Also reported on the 2007 Ford F-350 SD
Other suspension problem
Other wheel or tire problem
Other body or interior problem
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
Parking brake failure
Tire blowout or tread separation
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 9 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 2007 Ford F-350 SD?
Across 9 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 30,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 50,000 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 2007 Ford F-350 SD?
9 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 16 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