Ford F-250 Complaints (2005)

439 consumer complaints on file.

#10360888October 18, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
2005 FORD F-250. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND BLEW OUT WHITE SMOKE WHILE DRIVING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED UPON DOING RESEARCH, SHE DISCOVERED THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS WHO EXPERIENCED FAILURES WITH THE EGR COOLER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10360446October 14, 2010
SUSPENSION
ON MY 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY TRUCK WITH ONLY 31000 MILES, THE FOUR CAB ENERGY SUSPENSION MOUNTS ARE DETERIORATING. ONE LOWER PART OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE MOUNT IS GONE CAUSING THE CAB TO BOUNCE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10360454October 14, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ON ABOUT FEB 22 2009 MY TRUCK DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE CALIPER FROZE UP CAUSING THE ROTOR TO GET EXTREMELY HOT. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. TRUCK ONLY HAD 22600 MILES ON IT. OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF YEAR, THEREFORE COSTING ME OVER $400.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10357223September 23, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT STARTED SHAKING BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING EXCESSIVELY THEREFORE; THE SPEED WOULD NOT INCREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THE FAILURE AND THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 50000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10356854September 21, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EGR COOLER WAS FAILING AND BLOWING COOLANT THROUGH THE ENGINE AND THROUGHOUT THE EXHAUST. THE EGR COOLER HAS PARTS COMING OFF OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND IT CONTINUED TO BLOW ARTICLES THROUGH THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED IT TO FAIL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THE PART WAS NOT RECALLED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING AND IS NOT OPERATIONAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10356609September 20, 2010
STEERING
EVERYTIME I EXIST THE BACKSIDE OF A BRIDGE MY 2005 F-250 4X4 BEGINS TO SHAKE SO BAD I AM UNABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING AND HAVE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10356378September 19, 2010
VISIBILITY
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON A FORD F 250 SUPERDUTY TRUCK FAIL TO SHUT OFF. SAFETY ISSUE, THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION IS TAKEN AWAY FROM DRIVING TO MANIPULATING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROLS IN AN EFFORT TO TURN OFF THE WIPERS OR THE DRIVER WILL REMOVE THE FUSE AND THEN THERE ARE NO WIPERS WHEN NEEDED. THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN TO OTHER FORD F250 DRIVERS SO IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10356162September 17, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH AND AS HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PISTON ON THE CALIBER LOCKED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR REPAIRS YET THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10355849September 15, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I OWN A FORD 2005 CREW CAB SUPER DUTY, THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY THROUGH THE FRONT END, HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO FORD DEALERSHIP FOR "REPAIR" BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10354811September 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT TRIED TO STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITH THE FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE. THE LOCAL MECHANIC REFERRED HER TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED HER THAT THE FAILURE WAS THE SAME AS THE LOCAL MECHANIC HAD ADVISED HER. THE DEALER ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL 05V270000, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO REACH THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE FAILURE WAS ON GOING FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 36,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10354176September 7, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH OVER A BUMP OR CRACK IN THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28000. UPDATED 01/11/2011*LJ UPDATED 04/07/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352043August 26, 2010
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH AND UP OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT WHERE THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS GRIP OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED INSTEAD BY INADEQUATE TIRE PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10350093August 17, 2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 42601 WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE STEERING. THE NHTSA ITEM NUMBER WAS 10018736. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE SIMILAR DEFECT AS MENTIONED IN THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348935August 12, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 65MPH THE MOTOR WOULD STALL CAUSING HIM TO LOSE ALL POWER TO THE BRAKE AND STEERING. HE WOULD COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT ABOUT HALF HOUR BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE TIMES THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATING ON THE DASHBOARD . THE DEALER WAS CALLED WHO STATED THAT THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AS IS AND THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO CONTACT NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348658August 11, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE TOWING A TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. DURING THE FAILURE WHITE FUMES WERE SEEN COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE EGR COOLER WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE EGR COOLER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347974August 7, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, MY 2005 FORD F-250 DIESEL TRUCK ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED. I HAD TO WRESTLE WITH THE TRUCK TO GET IT STOPPED AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD NO STEERING WHEN THE TRUCK ENGINE STALLED SUDDENLY AND HAD TROUBLE GETTING IT STOPPED. I WAS TOWED HOME AS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT RESTART. WE THEN TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS ON JULY 26TH, AND IT HAS BEEN THERE UNTIL TODAY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2010. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP AT OVER $1200.00. EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCK HAD 62,000 MILES, IT HAD JUST GONE OVER 5 YEARS OLD. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH FORD DIESELS AND THE FORD ENGINEERS ARE TELLING CONSUMERS THAT THEY AREN'T CHANGING THE OIL ENOUGH. I CONSISTENTLY CHANGED THE OIL IN THAT TRUCK EVERY 5000 MILES WITH DELO 400 AS I WAS TOLD TO DO. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION OF FORDS HIGH PRESSURE PUMPS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART. I ASKED TO HAVE THE HIGH PRESSURE PUMP THAT WAS REMOVED FROM MY TRUCK, AND I WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD TO SEND IT BACK TO FORD BECAUSE IT HAD A VERY EXPENSIVE CORE. I'M SURE THEY DID NOT WANT ME TO HAVE THE EVIDENCE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347435August 5, 2010
STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT
DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS , THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP . THE ISSUE IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A DEATH WOBBLE . YOU SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 45 MPH OR SLOWER & IT STOPS . YOU CAN THEN RESUME YOUR TRIP . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347264August 4, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
THIS EVENT HAD NO WARNINGS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE AND WAS DEBILITATING. MY 2005 FORD F250 (6.0 DIESEL) SUFFERED A LEAK IN TWO ORINGS AND A CRACK IN AN OIL LINE IN THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL SYSTEM. THE RESULT WAS A VEHICLE THAT DIED AND WOULD NOT START. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 40,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. ONLINE RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE 2004 & 2005 MODEL YEARS. FORD HAS ISSUED TSB'S ON THE PROBLEM HOWEVER NEVER NOTIFIED CONSUMERS OF THE DEFECT TO FOREWARN OR CORRECT THE AFFECTED MODEL YEARS. THE ENGINE HAS SENSORS THAT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND PREVENT IT FROM STARTING WHEN OIL PRESSURE IS LOST FROM SUCH DEFECTS. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FORD, HOWEVER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN DECEMBER 2009. I HAVE TRIED TO RESOLVE COST ISSUE WITH FORD TO NO AVAIL. I FEEL THIS DEFECT IN DESIGN WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10346716August 2, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
2005 FORD F 250 CREWCAB 4X4 FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BOUNCES AROUND TO WHERE OTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAY HAVE TO SWERVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH. I JUST RECENTLY HAD THE STEERING STABILIZER, DRAG LINK BAR AND SHOCKS ON THE TRUCK REPLACED ALONG WITH TIGHTENING THE STEERING GEAR BOX AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10346501July 31, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A FORD 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, I HIT AN UNEVEN SPOT ON THE ROAD THAT CAUSED THE FRONT END TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY. I FELT I COULD NOT CONTROL THE TRUCK AND HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS NEARBY. WHEN THE TRUCK REACHED APPROXIMATELY 30 - 35 MPH, THE WOBBLE CEASED. ON MY WAY BACK HOME, THE WOBBLE OCCURRED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING AT 60 - 65 MPH AND HIT ANOTHER ROUGH SPOT ON THE ROAD. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A WHILE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES FROM OTHER F250 AND F350 OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND BLAMES THE WOBBLE ON UNDERFLATED TIRES. THE WOBBLE OCCURS ON PROPERLY INFLATED TIRES ALSO AS DETAILED BY OTHER TRUCK OWNERS. BUT EVEN IF THE TRUCK'S TIRES ARE UNDER INFLATED, A VIOLENT WOBBLE SHOULD NOT OCCUR. MANY OTHER VEHICLES ARE IN USE WITH UNDER INFLATED TIRES, YOU DON'T HEAR OF A VIOLENT WOBBLE AFTER ENCOUNTERING A POT HOLE OR AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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