2005 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

I HAVE A 2005 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY PICKUP TRUCK AND EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKING UP. PROBLEM ORIGINALLY BEGAN AS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IN EARLY 2006 OCCURRING ABOUT ONCE A MONTH BUT WOULD ONLY PRESENT SYMPTOMS ONCE PER OCCURRENCE. FINALLY IN DECEMBER 2006 PROBLEM OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO UNITED FORD. UNFORTUNATELY UNITED FORD WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NO ERROR CODES PERTAINING TO THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WERE BEING RECORDED BY THE VEHICLE. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHILE ON A 900 MILE TRIP THE BRAKES CONTINUALLY LOCKED UP. UPON RETURN TO TULSA ON JANUARY 30TH I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO UNITED FORD AS THE PROBLEM CONTINUED ON A FREQUENT BASIS. DEALERSHIP WAS FINALLY ABLE TO OBSERVE THE PROBLEM AND AGREED THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WERE IN FACT MALFUNCTIONING. AFTER INSPECTING THE BRAKE SYSTEM, CHECKING TECHNICAL BULLETINS AND TALKING WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY THE DEALERSHIP WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF ALL THE GROUND CONNECTIONS ON THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WERE CLEAN AND SECURE. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME BY THE DEALERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 2ND. UNITED FORD STATED THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY CLAIMS THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER REPORTS OF ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE REPORTED ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. YESTERDAY (FEBRUARY 8TH) AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO UNITED FORD IN TULSA, OK. FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS FOR THIS PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT FORD STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCKUP. THIS PROBLEM IS A CONCERN TO ME SINCE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND POTENTIAL FOR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, INJURY AND/OR DEATH. *NM

2005 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK WITH A DEFECT IN THE FORD 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE**CC THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE TOWING A 10,000 POUND FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER UP A STEEP GRADE, NEARING THE TOP OF AN 8800-FOOT SUMMIT, HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN, TOTAL AND COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER BY A FORD TECHNICIAN THAT THE DIESEL ENGINE USES BOTH ELECTRIC IMPULSES AND OIL PRESSURE TO OPEN THE INJECTORS. THE OIL SYSTEM FOR THE INJECTORS IS SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN LUBRICATION SYSTEM IN THE ENGINE AND RUNS AT ABOUT 3000 PSI. THERE IS SOME INTERNAL PLUMBING FOR THE OIL SYSTEM THAT HAS RUBBER CONNECTING HOSES AND SEALS THAT ARE PRONE TO LEAKS, BUT IN THE CONSUMERS CASE TOTAL FAILURE. AS SOON AS THE OIL PRESSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO OPEN THE INJECTORS, THE ENGINE JUST STOPS. THE CONSUMER STATED ON A SECOND TRIP, ONE OF THE TURBO HOSES BLEW OFF. *JB

TL* - WHEN CONTACTWAS DRIVING AND GOING OVER A SERIES OF SMALL BUMPS LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH WENT FROM RIGHT TO LEFT QUICKLY TO THE POINT OF BEING ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE. IN ORDER FOR CONTACT TO GET CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL SHE HAD TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN TO A SPEED OF 5 MPH OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ,AND THEY STATED THAT THEY NOTICED THE SAME INCIDENT AS WELL ON A TEST DRIVE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER HASN'T GIVING THE DEALERSHIP ANY ADVISE ON HOW TO FIX THE FAILURE.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, LEVEL GROUND, PUSHED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR. BRAKE PEDAL FELT SPONGY, PUSHED ON IT AGAIN, BANG, RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THERE THE PEDAL STUCK, UP AGAINST THE FLOORBOARD. UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT THE PORTION OF THE MASTER CYLINDER THAT THE PLUNGER BOLTS ONTO, BROKE AWAY. THE PLUNGER BOLTS TO THE MASTER CYLINDER IN TWO PLACES. BOTH BOLT HOLES BROKE AWAY FROM THE CASTING. THE CASTING LOOKS FAULTY, NO FRESH BREAK LOOK TO IT AT ALL. THE VEHICLE HAS 43000 MILES ON IT. BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN DONE YET, STILL ROUGHLY 50% PAD WEAR. MORE OF A DAILY DRIVER UNIT, THAN A HEAVY PULLER. I'M JUST GLAD THAT I WASN'T DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY OR PULLING MY HOLIDAY TRAILER, WHEN THIS OCCURED. WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED! I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IS IT A RARE CASE OR ARE THERE OTHER FAULTY MASTER CYLINDERS OUT THERE. SOMEONE BETTER LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE THERE ARE ACCIDENTS OR EVEN CASULTIES.

SEVERE SHAKE/ WOBBLE ON FRONT END AFTER HITTING A BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65 MPH+). IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING BOX, PITMAN ARM, DRAG LINK, DRAG LINK ENDS, RE-ALIGNED AND RE-TORQUED ALL OF THE FRONT END BOLTS WITH NO SOLUTION. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2005 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK IN JULY OF 2005. ON JULY 4 OF THIS YEAR I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES HANGING, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO OVERHEAT AND SMELL, ALSO CAUSING UNDO STRAIN ON THE DRIVE LINE ON THE TRUCK. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED EVERY TIME,(ONLY TO HAVE IT COME BACK LATER ON), ONE TIME AT A DEALER WHEN I WAS OUT OF STATE. THAT DEALER STATED THAT THE FORD F250 NEXT TO MINE IN THE SHOP HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MY DEALER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY ABOUT THIS, AS I HAVE BEEN TO, WITHOUT SATISFACTION ON WHAT FORD IS GOING TO DO. I FEEL THIS PROBLEM IS NOW A SAFETY ISSUE. *NM

I PARKED MY 05 FORD F-350 IN MY DRIVEWAY. CAME BACK 5 MINUTES LATER AND IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT START AFTER IT WAS SHUT OFF WHILE FILLING THE GAS TANK, AND ALSO WOULD NOT START AFTER STALLING ON THE ROAD. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO 2 DIFFERENT SERVICE DEALERS, WHERE THE DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.

I WAS BACKING LOADED TRAILER DOWN INCLINE TOWARD POND; "TOW COMMAND" TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER DID NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THE 2005 F-350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK, WITH WHEELS LOCKED, WAS DRAGGED BACKWARD TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE POND BY WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER AND ITS LOAD; TRAILER AND TRUCK STOPPED BEFORE REACHING EDGE OF POND. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT OTHER TIMES, INDICATING THAT BRAKE CONTROLLER DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE BRAKING IN REVERSE AT LOW SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE SELLING DEALER, WHO SAID THEIR CHECKS INDICATE THE CONTROLLER IS WORKING ACCORDING TO FORD SPECIFICATIONS AT THE DATE OF MANUFACTURER IN SEPTEMBER, 2004, THOUGH A NEW VERSION OF THE CONTROLLER APPARENTLY HAS BEEN INSTALLED ON LATER MODELS, BEGINNING AROUND MARCH OF 2006. THE DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THUS FAR REFUSED TO REPLACE THE CONTROLLER WITH THE UPDATED VERSION AND MAINTAIN THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE PROOF THAT THE CONTROLLER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *JB

2005 F-350 TRAILER BECAME UNATTACHED STRIKING THE GUARDRAIL. *TS THE TRAILER TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A MEDIAN WALL. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE PIN CAME OUT OF THE TRAILER HITCH. THE SAFETY CHAINS WERE ATTACHED BUT ALSO BROKEN OFF. *NM