2005 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

MY 2005 FORD F-250 PICKUP TRUCK HAS A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE WHEN IT HITS EVEN A NORMAL SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD TRAVELING AT SAFE HIGHWAY SPEED. THE TRUCK NOW HAS ONLY 20,000 MILES ON IT, BUT IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW. IT IS DEALER MAINTAINED AND THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND FILLED TO CORRECT PRESSURE APROX. EVERY 5,000 MILES. FORD SAYS IT IS DUE TO IMPROPER TIRE PRESSURE. HOWEVER, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO FILLED THE TIRES TO THE CORRECT PRESSURE. I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BEFORE AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN LAME EXCUSES BY BOTH THE NHTSA AND FORD. PLEASE LET ME SAY THIS AGAIN. THIS IS NOT A SHAKE IN THE FRONT END. THIS IS A VERY VIOLENT REACTION WHEN THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP. THE TRUCK MUST ALMOST BE BROUGHT TO A STOP IN ORDER TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM SHAKING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON A HIGHWAY IT BECOMES VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE CARS FOLLOWING MUST JAM ON THEIR BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP FROM REAR ENDING THE TRUCK. THE FRONT END SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT IS HARD TO HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. ANYONE DRIVING ALONGSIDE OR BEHIND THE TRUCK IS IN DANGER WHEN THIS OCCURS. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING WITH THE F-250. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED OR TAKEN LIGHTLY. SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY DIE OR BE SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THIS DEFECT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT IS TO LATE. THIS IS AS DANGEROUS AS THE STICKING ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD MAN WITH A VERY SAFE DRIVING RECORD. *TR

FRONT SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT TIMES ON MY 2005 FORD F-250. FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS SHAKING APART. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FOUND TO STOP IT IS TO DRASTICALLY SLOW DOWN MY TRUCK, WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD WHEN OTHER VEHICLES ARE FOLLOWING BEHIND ME. I SOMETIMES HAVE TO SLOW FROM 55 MPH TO 35 MPH. UPDATED 07/08/10 *BF UPDATED 07/09/10.*JB *TR

TRANSMISSION UPPER HOUSING CASE HAS DEVELOPED CRACK NOT NEAR BOLT FLANGES BUT ON TOP OF HOUSING..CAUSING FLUIDS TO LEAK ON EXHAUST SYSTEM...NOT DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF HOUSING...NO ABUSE.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS OPERATED, HE COULD SMELL EXHAUST FUMES IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WOULD PERSIST WHETHER DRIVING OR SITTING IDLE. WHEN SITTING IDLE, THE SMELL WAS OVERWHELMING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN DEFROSTING THE WINDOWS IN COLD WEATHER, THE FUMES WOULD CAUSE THE WINDOWS TO FOG EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALER ADVISED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER; THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,702. UPDATED 12/01/10. *LJ UPDATED 12/07/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OVER 50 MPH, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHICH CAUSED CONTAINERS TO FALL OUT OF THE CUP HOLDER. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, IT BEGAN FUNCTIONING NORMALLY UNTIL HE DROVE OVER ANOTHER BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,500. UPDATED 11/03/10. *LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH OVER A ROUGH PATCH ON THE ROAD, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED AND SEEMED AS IF IT WOULD LOSE CONTROL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND ALWAYS OCCURRED ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY IF IT WAS SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,500.

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 6.0 DIESEL IN THE 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. *TR

EXPERIENCED STEERING SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY DRIVING SPEEDS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER AND WHILE NOT PULLING A TRAILER. RESULTS IN VIOLENT VIBRATION OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO THE POINT OF BEING DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE FRONT END WOULD SWAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. IN ADDITION, WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH, THERE WAS A SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST CAUSING MINIMAL STEERING CONTROL. THE CONTACT WOULD SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND WHEN RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE WOULD REGAIN POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT YET BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 119,091.

2005 FORD F250 WITH A CRACKED TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *KB THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 44,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER STATED FORD KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL SNAP RING WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION CASE TO CRACK. *JB