2005 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A DIFFICULT TIME STARTING. THE FAILURE USUALLY OCCURS IN THE MORNINGS. ONCE IT STARTS, IT IDLES ROUGHLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL FOR THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE HE COULD BE STRANDED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 108,000. UPDATED 11/17/09 *BF UPDATED 11/1/8/09

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, BUT THE BATTERIES AND OTHER LIGHTS IN THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AWAITING REPAIR FROM THE DEALER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V270000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 60 MPH I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, A NORMAL SEAM IN THE MACADMN. MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD VERY LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING, AND THE BRAKING WAS ALSO VERY POOR. THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BAD THAT IT IMPAIRED MY VISION ALL I COULD DO WAS LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TRUCK DRIFTED INTO THE LEFT LANE WHILE SLOWING. AROUND 35-40 MPH THE SHAKING WENT AWAY AND THE TRUCK ACTED NORMAL. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A MALL PARKING LOT AND CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK FOR ANYTHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG AND FOUND NOTHING. I DROVE MY TRUCK HOME ABOUT 10 MILES NO MORE PROBLEMS. WHAT A VERY SCARY EPISODE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH I LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK DUE TO VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT END. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND LET SPEED DECREASE TO 20 MPH TO REGAIN CONTROL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN A 2 MILE PERIOD. I THEN DROVE ON SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AT 20 MPH TO GET HOME. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN 2005 BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS BAD. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A 4 WHEEL DRIVE. I AM NOW NOT WILLING TO DIVE AT HIGH SPEEDS. THIS IS A SUPER DANGEROUS PROBLEM!!! *TR

I HAVE A 2005 F-250 THAT HAS A VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE AT AROUND 60MPH AFTER HITTING A RUT OR SMALL POTHOLE, PROBLEM DOES NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN. TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY: "INSTALLED UPDATED STEERING DAMPENER AND BRACKET PER 07-10-10 RETORQUED SUSPENSION FASTENERS.... R&R LONG AND SHORT DRAG LINK CHECK TOE RECENTER STEERING WHEEL. THE SAME PROBLEM DEVELOPED SHORTLY AFTER. I WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER AGAIN. *TR

SEVERE SUSPENSION AND STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY AFTER HITTING UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, DOING ABOUT 55MPH. THE SHAKING IS SO BACK IT THROWS THINGS OUT OF THE VISOR AND STUFF OFF OF THE SEAT ON TO THE FLOOR. TODAY WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. THIS IS A 2005 F250SD WITH 20789 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS JUST STARTING TO DO THIS. BOTH TIMES THIS HAPPEN HAD ENOUGH ROAD SHOULDER TO PULL OVER AND STOP. IF THIS HAPPEN ON A NARROW SHOULDER FREEWAY BRIDGE OR CONCRETE BARRIER I WOULD PROBABLY HIT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES, THEN THERE WILL BE LAW SUITS. *TR

OUR COMPANY HAS 3 2005 F-250 WORK TRUCKS AND THE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ,WHEN YOU REACH APPROX. 55MPH YOU GET A VIOLENT SHAKE FROM THE FRONTEND,AND OR IF YOU HIT A POTHOLE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, LIKE YOUR GOING TO LOSE CONTROL DUE TO THE SHAKING AND NOBODY CAN FIND A TOTAL FIX TO THE PROBLEM,I THINK FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL OR SOMETHING! *TR

VIOLENT SHUDDER AND STEERING OSCILLATION. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AFTER DRIVING OVER A SLIGHT DROPOFF AT ABOUT 60MPH AND THE WHOLE TRUCK SHUDDERED SO VIOLENTLY I HAD TO BRAKE AND ATTEMPT TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE MEDIAN (THIS WAS HARD TO DO). THIS HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY SINCE AND HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS ALSO (40MPH) THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN SHAKEN OFF CENTER DUE TO THIS. MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS ITS QUITE SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS AT RELATIVELY HIGH SPEEDS AND IS VERY SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED, I ALSO WILL NOT ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO RIDE IN THE VEHICLE AS I FEEL A BAD EPISODE OF THIS SHIMMY/SHUDDER COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE ALSO GONE THROUGH 5 SETS OF TIRES (IN UNDER 70,000 MILES) DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO KEEP THE FRONT END ALIGNED. I WAS QUITE UPSET AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT AND IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS MAKING THIS UP. (AND I ADMIT IT SOUNDS CRAZY FOR A $40,000 TRUCK TO BEHAVE THIS WAY). THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND SAID I NEEDED MY FIRST SET OF NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT (AT 12,000 MILES). A FEW MONTHS LATER I CAME BACK INTO THE SAME FORD DEALER WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOT MUCH THAT COULD BE DONE AS BASED ON MY PREVIOUS VISIT MY TRUCK APPEARED FINE. I WAS VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WALKED OUT. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A TRUCK THAT SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, I AM UNABLE TO SELL THE VEHICLE AS NOBODY WOULD EVER BUY IT IN THIS CONDITION AND FEEL AS IF I HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AS IT APPEARS THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS DEFECT AND HAVE CHOSEN TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. THIS IS MY 5TH AND LAST FORD TRUCK.. I UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING IS PERFECT AND THINGS CAN GO WRONG BUT MY COMPLAINTS ALONG WITH OTHERS HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND I FEEL MY TRUCK IS POSES A REAL DANGER TO ANYONE WHO RIDES IN IT. *TR

MY 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY HAS HAD ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE TURBO AND INJECTION SYSTEM ON THE 6.0L DIESEL. INITIALLY THE DEALER "CLEANED" THE INJECTORS, THEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILES AFTER, AT 16K MILES THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TURBO UNIT. I WAS TOLD I NEED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK DAILY, AND DRIVE IT HARD, ESSENTIALLY "BEAT ON" THE TRUCK IN ORDER FOR IT TO RUN WELL. I HAVE STARTED TO NOTICE A LOSS IN FUEL ECONOMY AGAIN AS WELL AS A DECLINE IN POWER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON I-64 DOING ABOUT 65-70MPH AND CROSSED OVER BRIDGE/ROUGH SPOT IN ROAD WHEN IT THREW THE TRUCK INTO A BAD SHIMMY. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW CAMBER KIT THAT WOULD CHANGE BY 1 DEGREE. I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TR