Ford F 350 Super Crew
Problems & Worst Years
Every reported problem for the Ford F 350 Super Crew, model year by model year — ranked from 495 federal NHTSA complaints across 2015–2017.
Skip straight to the year comparison when sizing up a Ford F-350 Super Crew: 2015 and 2016 posted 168 and 141 reported occurrences respectively, while 2017 ballooned to 542 across 38 distinct problems, six of them safety-severity. That's nearly four times the volume of either neighboring year, and the composition is unambiguous — death wobble at highway speeds (118 reports), suspension issues causing uncontrollable shaking (81), further death wobble reports (53), steering wheel oscillation (36), and uncontrollable steering at high speeds (33). Steering and suspension shake is effectively the entire 2017 story.
The earlier years share the theme in miniature. 2016's top complaint is death wobble at 65 reports — nearly half its file — with steering wheel malfunction and suspension shaking at 22 each. 2015 splits between steering wheel shake at high speeds (48) and suspension shaking (40), and adds a drivetrain note: 16 reports of powertrain issues causing loss of control, along with engine misfires and rough idling at 11. Air bag recall complaints and general engine performance gripes appear in 2016 at single-digit counts.
The practical read: all three years call for the same front-end diligence — a highway-speed test drive over rough pavement, and an inspection of steering and suspension components before purchase — but the 2017 data suggests applying it with extra rigor, and treating documented front-end repair history as a point in a truck's favor rather than against it.
Numbers like these deserve one caveat: they count complaints owners filed with NHTSA, not measured failure rates, and newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports — so they tell you where to look, not the probability any given truck is affected. Between two otherwise comparable trucks, the one with the fuller service history and a clean pre-purchase inspection is the better buy, whatever its model year.
Ford F 350 Super Crew problems by year
Complaint volume by model year (bar = relative to the worst year). Theworst yearsare the most-complained-about, weighted by safety-risk problems.
| Year | Complaint volume | Problems | Safety / High | Most common problem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015worst | 106 | 11 | 2/6 | Steering Wheel Shakes at High Speeds Steering · 48 complaints |
| 2016worst | 89 | 10 | 2/1 | Death Wobble Steering · 65 complaints |
| 2017worst | 300 | 38 | 6/6 | Death Wobble at Highway Speeds Steering · 118 complaints |
Data source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) owner complaints and recalls, 2015–2017. Problem clustering and year rankings are derived from the complaint record; complaint volume reflects reports filed, not total incidence or fault rate. Vehicle image is illustrative.