Ford F-150 Complaints (2005)

1,112 consumer complaints on file.

#10794878November 19, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE, THERE WAS A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURES RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED EXCESSIVE OIL AT AN ACCELERATED RATE AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790568November 16, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN AND A CURB. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SHOULDER, NECK, AND BACK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10790489November 15, 2015
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SPARK PLUGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO BE REMOVED/REPLACED. WENT TO MECHANIC TO BE REMOVED/REPLACED AND WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. MUST BE SOME DEFECT ON FORD'S PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790011November 12, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
THE WARNING LIGHT FOR BRAKES, ON THE DASH, STAYS ON ALL OF THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786241October 27, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT WHILE IDLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND RATTLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SOLENOID FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785345October 22, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND STALLED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL PUMP WAS NOT SUPPLYING OIL TO THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,200. UPDATED 1/12/16 *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10784985October 21, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FRAYED. WINDOW INOPERABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783704October 20, 2015
POWER TRAIN
REAR END SHAKING WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD ABOUT 60MPH. GETTING OFF GAS NOR PUTTING VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL WOULD NOT STOP SHAKING. HAD TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP BEFORE STARTING AGAIN TO MAKE VEHICLE DRIVE PROPERLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776533September 25, 2015
AIR BAGS
UNIT WAS RECALLED,DEALER HAD VEHICLE 3 DAYS,ADVISED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE TOOLS REQUIRED TO FIX THE AIRBAG AND CONSEQUENTLY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.DEALER SAID THEY WOULD CALL ME LATER AND UPDATE PROGRESS ON COMPLETING THE RECALL.IT HAS BEEN A YEAR AND NO CALLS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776513September 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
METAL SCRAPING SOUND FROM REAR END. MECHANIC HAS CHECKED AND SAYS PINION, BEARINGS, RING GEAR HAVE FAILED. LOOKS LIKE ITS A COMMON FAILURE. 9.75 RING GEAR, 3.55 RATIO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776514September 24, 2015
STEERING
DRIVING VEHICLE HAVE NOTICED WHEN ENGINE IS IDLING, POWER STEERING IS SOMETIMES WEAK. FLUID IS REPLACED EVERY FALL, AS THE STEERING PUMP HAS BEEN A NOISY ONE SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW. DEALER SUGGESTED REPLACING FLUID WITH SYNTHETIC. IT WORKED THEN, SO I REPLACE IT EVERY YEAR. TODAY, WITH STEERING AT FULL LEFT LOCK, THE STEERING WAS STUCK AT THAT POINT. MOVED WHEEL BACK AND FORTH AND IT CAME LOOSE. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE SINCE. AS A NOTE AT 5 YEARS OLD AND 53,000 MILES POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE SPRUNG A LEAK UNDER THE CLAMP AT THE FRAME. REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET PART, AS DEALER COULDN'T GET THE PART. BACK ORDERED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10776515September 24, 2015
ENGINE
ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH ENGINE STARTED TO MISS. WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO MY MECHANIC WHERE HE SAID A SPARK PLUG HAD FAILED. THE PLUG BROKE WHEN REMOVING. HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE PLUG. THEN DUE TO A SQUEAL UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COLD, HE REMOVED THE INTAKE AND FOUND THE SEAL HAD FAILED, WHILE IT WAS APART HE NOTED 2 LEAKING FUEL INJECTORS. ALL DEFECTIVE PARTS WERE REPLACED. IN AUGUST THAT SAME YEAR I REPLACED THE OTHER 7 SPARKPLUGS, HAVING 4 MORE BRAKE OFF. THE EXTRACTOR TOOL WORKED GREAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10765341September 20, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS STARTING THE TRUCK TO LEAVE A WAL-MART PARKING LOT AND MY LEFT FOOT WHICH WAS ON THE BRAKE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK. I HAD NO BRAKES. IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS STOPPED AND NOT ON THE ROAD WITH OTHER CARS OR GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL. I HAD THE AUTO SHOP TOW THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP. THEY FIXED TWO BRAKE LINES. COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760646September 1, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE LIFT, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND THERE WERE FRACTURED AREAS IN FRONT OF THE WHEEL WELL ON BOTH SIDES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749287August 17, 2015
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150 EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL AMERI-TRAC TIRES, SIZE: P255/70R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE TIRES EXHIBITED CRACKS IN BETWEEN THE TREAD PATTERN. THE TIRES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748964August 16, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WAS DRIVING MY F-150 PICKUP TRUCK DOWN STREET MAYBE 45 M.P.H WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MADE A LOUD NOISE AND FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR . ENDED UP THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR HAD BROKEN . THEN YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50 M.P.H AND MY BACK WINDOW WAS OPEN ABOUT 2 INCHES I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO MAKE IT GO UP , IT MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND FELL INTO THE DOOR ALSO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744645July 29, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE
I PURCHASED MY 2005 FORD F-150 RIGHT OUT OF THE SHOW IN 2005 AND FIRST BEGAN HAVE JERKING ISSUES 6 MONTH LATER A MECHANIC THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL INJECTORS. SINCE THAT TIME I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION TWICE IN 2008, A TIMING CHAIN AND BENT RODS IN 2014 AND CURRENTLY ANOTHER TIMING BENT RODS AND DEBRI FROM THE OIL PAN. ALL CAUSED FROM THE INITIAL FAULTY FUEL INJECTOR ISSUES CONTINUING FROM LESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE IN 2005. I'VE SENT OVER $9500 IN MECHANIC COST TO DATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734080July 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A SOUND COME FROM MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I DIDN'T LOSE POWER, BUT PULLED OVER TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD. NOT NOTICING ANYTHING OBVIOUS I CHECKED THE FLUID LEVELS AND NOTICED THAT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LOW. IT HAD BEEN CHECKED TWO MONTHS PRIOR DURING OIL CHANGE. I HAD NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKS. I FOUND A FORUM ON THE INTERNET THAT TALKED ABOUT TRANSMISSION FLUID GOING FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE TRANSFER CASE, BUT UNABLE TO RETURN. THEY HAD A $20 SEAL REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FORUM HAD STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN CONDITION BUT NOTHING WAS BEING DONE BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. A MECHANIC HAD SAID THAT IT ONLY EFFECTED 17-18% OF VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2004-2008. I CALLED TWO LOCAL DEALERSHIPS AND THEY KNEW THE PROBLEM BUT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON IT. IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS TO CHANGE, BY DROPPING THE TRANSFER CASE AND REPLACING THE SEAL. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T A RECALL AND THAT THEY COULDN'T HELP. I FEEL THAT THIS COULD RESULT IN A PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AND POSSIBLY A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. I WAS TOLD BY FMC REP THAT SHOULD A RECALL OCCUR I COULD TAKE MY RECEIPT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THAT THEY WOULD POSSIBLY REIMBURSE ME. I DON'T FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD HAVE A KNOWN CONDITION BUT DO NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME AND OTHERS UNDER THE SAME SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733068July 9, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731953July 4, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
A NUMBER OF WIRES LEADING FROM THE BODY INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAVE BEEN CUT/WORN POSSIBLY DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR. THE RUBBER AND PLASTIC PARTS MEANT TO PROTECT THE WIRES WERE ALSO CUT/WORN. THIS HAS LED TO COMPLETE FAILURE OF ALL ELECTRONICS IN THE DOOR INCLUDING POWER LOCK, POWER WINDOWS, AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF OF RADIO, DOOR CHIME, KEYPAD, AND MIRRORS. DISCUSSION WITH FORD DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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