2005 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SD. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND HAD NO RELATED RECALLS SO THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FICM. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. UPDATED 04/06/11*LJ

TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH SNOW PREP PACKAGE. REVERSE FAILED WHILE PLOWING. TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT FOR OVER $2,500, MECHANIC SAID THE CASE HAD A CRACK IN IT AND THE SNAP RING/REVERSE PLANETARY FAILED. RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE: "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 05B27". THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM CLOSED, I WILL BE CONTACTING FORD CORPORATE OFFICES FOR A RESOLUTION.

2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY, WITH 6.0L POWERSTROKE DIESEL ENGINE. OWNED SINCE NEW. TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 89,700 MILES ON ORIGINAL ENGINE. HAD TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE IN MAY 2010. HAD MAJOR ENGINE WORK DONE, TO INCLUDE NEW HEAD GASKET, EGR COOLER, OIL/FILTER CHANGE, AND FUEL FILTERS CHANGED. IN EARLY OCTOBER, BEGAN EXPERIENCING ISSUE WHERE TRUCK WOULD RUN VERY ROUGH FOR THE FIRST MILE OR FIRST 5 MINUTES, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. AFTER THIS, THE ENGINE WOULD RUN FINE, UNLESS IT HAD BEEN SITTING AND GOT COLD. IN NOVEMBER, HAD VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER ASKING THEM TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT PER THEIR DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT, I HAD AN UNDERPERFORMING FUEL PUMP, AND TWO(2) BAD INJECTORS. THEIR RECOMMENDATION: REPLACE FUEL PUMP AND FILTERS, AS WELL AS REPLACE ALL FOUR(4) INJECTORS ON THE ONE SIDE WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. COST FOR REPAIRS, IN EXCESS OF $2100. I DECLINED THE REPAIR, AND HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, DESPITE ROUGH RUNNING FIRST THING IN MORNING. TODAY, AFTER ONLY 13,000 MILES, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A VALVOLINE SHOP TO HAVE THE OIL/FILTER CHANGED, AS WELL AS THE FUEL FILTERS. THE TECHNICIAN CALLED ME OVER AND SHOWED ME THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RUSTY METAL FLAKES IN THE MAIN FUEL FILTER REMOVED FROM THE FUEL PUMP. MY BEST GUESS IS THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST A FULL TEASPOON FULL OF METAL FLAKES THAT WERE VISIBLE, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SEDIMENT THAT HAD ALREADY ESCAPED THE REMOVED FILTER. I HAVE READ IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THIS SITE, WHERE FORD TRUCK OWNERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM 2003-2005, ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GAS TANKS IN THESE VEHICLES DELAMINATING AND CAUSING ALUMINUM OR RUSTY FLAKES TO BE PROPELLED THROUGH THE FUEL SYSTEM, IMPEDING THE FUEL FLOW, AND DAMAGING THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL INJECTORS. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE CASE WITH MY VEHICLE. I DO HAVE A PHOTO AVAILABLE, AND CAN PROVIDE AN AFFADAVIT FROM THE FOLKS AT VALVOLINE. PLEASE ASSIST. *TR

MY 2005 FORD F250 DIESEL TRUCK STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS 2 WEEKS AFTER WARRANTY WENT OUT. THE STC(SNAP-TO-CONNECT) FITTING IN THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP(HPOP) HAS WENT OUT. IN THE STC FITTING AN O-RING BLOWS IN ALL THE 2005-2007 VEHICLES WHICH WHEN ENGINE IS WARM, IT WILL NOT START. AND MUST COOL DOWN IN ORDER TO START. FORD KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS PUT TOGETHER A REPLACEMENT FOR $60. THE LABOR IS AN ADDITIONAL $1740. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS, PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT WHEEL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. THE VIBRATION WAS CONSISTENT AND WOULD OCCUR EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN USE. ALSO, AS THE CONTACT WOULD INCREASE THE SPEED, IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THAT A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 82,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER AND AUTHORIZED DEALER WERE NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V270000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 114,356.

I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-250 6.0 DIESEL PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY 2005. OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO THE TRUCK HAS INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER. THIS MOSTLY OCCURS DURING TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. IT HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR CRASHES DUE TO FALTERING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE NHTSA HAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE (05V270000) WHICH FORD ACKNOWLEDGES. FORD HOWEVER REFUSES TO COVER THE REPAIRS FOR THIS BECAUSE MY VIN IS OUTSIDE OF THE VIN SPECIFIC RECALL. EVEN THOUGHT THIS RECALL EFFECTS MY VEHICLE'S MODEL YEAR AND TROUBLE CODE. *TR

I PULLED INTO MY SHOP AND WAS ON CELL PHONE WHEN A PERSON CAME UP YELLING (VERY UPSET) AT ME THAT I ALMOST MADE THEM CRASH,THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING ME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND MY TRUCK SPRAYED THEM WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HE TRIED TO CLEAR HIS WINDSHIELD, BUT THE WIPERS JUST SMEARED IT, I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW TRANS WAS LEAKING AND SAID MY APOLOGIES. I GOT OUT AND NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDER MY TRANSMISSION. IT LOOKED LIKE MY PAN GASKET WAS LEAKING, REMOVED AND REPLACED MY PAN GASKET FILLED WITH OIL , STARTED TRUCK NOTHING WAS LEAKING THEN WENT TO GO HOME PUT IT IN REVERSE AND LEFT A LARGE STREAK OF OIL IN FRONT OF ME, SHUT DOWN TRUCK TRANS FLUID WAS JUST PORING OUT OF IT, LOOKED LIKE COOLER LINE WAS SPRAYING AND LEAKING, REPLACED FERAL, FILLED AGAIN, RAN TRUCK FOUND TO BE LEAKING FROM TRANS HOUSING. DID RESEARCH ONLINE FOUND THAT FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION 04 THRU 06, PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LINKS HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2005/FORD/F250/AUTOMATIC+TRANSMISSION , HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2005/FORD/F-250+SUPERDUTY/AUTOMATIC+TRANSMISSION . AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR BUT IS TELLING EVERY ONE THAT IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. I CALLED MY DEALER I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE FORM THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE FACTORY AND THEY SAID I AN ON MY OWN. AS THE SERVICE BULLETIN STATED IN THE SECOND ATTACHMENT THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE DOING THIS AT 90,000 TO 120,000 MILES, LOL AND BEHOLD MINE WENT AT 116,000. I FEEL FORD IS MORE THAN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE, THIS IS AND ONGOING PROBLEM WHICH THEY ARE DENYING. GOD FORBID THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP, THEN THERE WILL BE FATALITIES INVOLVED OR MAYBE THIS HAS ALL READY HAS HAPPENED .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE EGR COOLER FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000.

THE TRUCK ENGINE DIED AND WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. WAS TOLD THAT THE STC FITTING ON THE OIL PUMP HAD FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, WHEN ROAD TESTED THE IGR VALVE FAILED. HAD TO BE RESCUED BY THE BORDER PATROL. *TR