2005 FORD E-450 Complaints

WHEELED COACH TYPE I 4X4 2005 FORD 350E 6 LITER TURBO DIESEL. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HEAT IN PATIENT COMPARTMENT. COMPARTMENT MEASURES 80 DEGREES WHILE TEMPERATURE FROM CAB MEASURES 190 DEGREES. HAVE DONE 4 TESTS OF RADIATOR FLUID THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR OIL PRODUCT IN FLUID. HAVE NOW TAKEN VEHICLE TO 3 DIFFERENT CERTIFIED FORD SERVICE CENTERS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM SINCE LATE OCTOBER. NEITHER WHEELED COACH OR FORD WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS ONGOING. A LARGER PUMP WAS INSTALLED, VALVES WERE CHANGED, AND THEY TOLD US THE HEAD GASKETS WERE OKAY. *AK

I BOUGHT A NEW 2005 WINNEBAGO MOTOR HOME ON A FORD E-SERIES CHASSIS AND THE BATTERY GOES TOTALLY DEAD AFTER SITTING FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS. THE DEALER AND FORD TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL, YET I HAVE HAD 5 OTHER MOTOR HOMES ON FORD CHASSIS AND LEFT THEM OUT ALL WINTER AND THE BATTERIES WERE STILL CHARGED IN THE SPRING. THIS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND NO WHERE IN THE FORD LITERATURE OR WINNEBAGO LITERATURE DOES IT MENTION THIS. A MOTORHOME IS NOT A VEHICLE THAT YOU DRIVE EVERY DAY AND THIS COULD END UP LEAVING YOU STRANDED IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. *NM

METROLIFT, THE AWARD WINNING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY OF HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS (HOUSTON METRO) HAS SUFFERED UNREASONABLE REDUCTIONS IN THE QUALITY OF DEPENDABLE SERVICE PROVIDED DUE TO THE VERY HIGH LEVEL OF ENGINE PROBLEMS IN 2004-2005 FORD E450 VANS. METRO HAS UTILIZED THE FORD E-SERIES PARA TRANSIT VAN AS THEIR VEHICLE OF CHOICE FOR TWO DECADES. UNTIL NOW, PAST USAGE HISTORY FOR THE E-SERIES VAN AT METRO HAS PROVEN TO BE GENERALLY RELIABLE. THE CURRENT VEHICLE CONFIGURATION WITH THE 6.0 LITER ENGINE HAS PROVEN TO BE MECHANICALLY UNDEPENDABLE AND PRECARIOUS. WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT TRANSIT AUTHORITIES. OCTA (ORANGE COUNTY), ISLAND TRANSIT, MARTA, ETC... AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED SIMILAR CONCERNS AS WE HAVE. ENCLOSED IS A LETTER FROM THOR INDUSTRIES ADDRESSED TO MR. WILLIAM FORD, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CEO OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY EXPRESSING SERIOUS SAFETY AND OPERATING ISSUES WITH THE 6.0L DIESEL CHASSIS. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT FORD ANNOUNCED, THEY WILL BE DISCONTINUING PRODUCING THE 6.0 LITER ENGINE AND REPLACE IT WITH A MORE ROBUST 6.4 LITER ENGINE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE CHANGING THE OIL IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE WEARING UNEVENLY. THE DEALER DETERMINED BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THE VEHICLE AS A SHUTTLE BUS, THE BRAKE PADS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED MORE OFTEN. UPDATED 6/30/2006 - *NM

2005 E450 SUPER DUTY VAN STALLED RESULTING IN A AUTO CRASH WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. *TS ATTORNEY IS INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT ON BEHALF OF AN INJURED PASSENGER WHO WAS RIDING IN THE VEHICLE THAT CRASHED HEAD ON INTO A LIGHT POLE AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER STEERING. THE ATTORNEY FOUND RECALL 05S34 WHICH INDICATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL MODULE (FICM) WIRE HARNESS MAY CHAFE ON ENGINE BOLT POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN ELECTRIC SHORT. THE ATTORNEY IS TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE PREVIOUS OWNER OR OPERATOR EVER RECEIVED THE RECALL, BY FORD, IT'S DEALER OR ANYONE ELSE. *NM

WE RENTED A 2005 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER FROM HERTZ RENTAL. WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR WINDOW IN THE HATCHBACK KEPT OPENING. WE STOPPED REPEATEDLY TO CLOSE THE WINDOW. WE WERE ON VACATION TRAVELING FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. EVENTUALLY, WE BOUGHT SOME DUCT TAPE AND TAPED THE WINDOW SHUT SO THAT IT WOULD NOT OPEN ANYMORE; HOWEVER, IT DID BECOME AJAR, BUT LUCKILY THE TAPE HELD THE WINDOW CLOSED. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT NOTHING FLEW OUT THE WINDOW (WHAT IF A PERSON WAS SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT AND GOT INJURED...????).*JB

FORD F150 2005 REAR AXLE OR DRIVE TRAIN SLIPS AND KNOCKS ON ACCELERATION AND AROUND CORNERS. DEALER SAID PROBLEM WAS FIXED WITH MORE GREASE IN REAR AXLE. PROBLEM STILL EXSISTS.*JB

VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STOPPED RUNNING WHILE MOVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH. VEHICLE DANGEROUSLY SKID TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY, UNABLE TO DRIVE ONTO SHOULDER. HAD TO BE TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE PURCHASED ON 06/14/2005 FOR $58,000, INCIDENT HAPPENED 07/08/2005, AND VEHICLE IS STILL IN SHOP AS OF 08/01/2005. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 3,700 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. DEALERSHIP SAID THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT. THIS VEHICLE WAS TO BE USED TO TRANSPORT TOURIST SAFELY TO AND FROM OUR TOUR LOCATION. I PURCHASED THIS NEW VEHICLE FOR RELIABILITY AND SAFETY. IT IS NEITHER RELIABLE NOR SAFE. AFTER VIEWING THIS WEBSITE I FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH A COMPLAINT ABOUT A DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER, TRANSMISSION, ETC. ON A 2005 FORD E450 WITH LESS THAN 4,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. *JB

DT: THIS IS MOTOR HOME, HAD A STEERING PROBLEM. TURNED LEFT AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER THE STEERING PULLED TO THE LEFT, HAD TO TURN HARD RIGHT IN ORDER TO GET IT TO GO STRAIGHT. IT DID THIS FOR ABOUT 3 MILES. SUDDENLY SOMETHING IN THE STEERING LET IT JERK VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT, ALMOST CONSUME R LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BUT IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL FOR THE NEXT 400 MILES. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 26, 2005. THE FORD DEALERWAS GOING TO LOOK AT THIS ON MONDAY.*AK

I OWN A 2005 F350 POWER STROKE DIESEL PICKUP AND HAVE BEEN THROUGHLY DISCOURAGED BY FORD LACK OF ADMISSION TO THE ENGINE PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT THE CONSUMER NEEDS TO KNOW THE PROBLEMS WITH THE 6.0 LITRE POWERSTROKE. I HAVE HEARD MANY STORIES OF CONSUMER PROBLEMS AND YET FORD DENIES THE PROBLEMS. I THINK THAT FORD IS TRYING TO MAKE A "SILENT RECALL" BECAUSE A FULL RECALL WILL HURT THEM FINANCIALLY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE.*AK