2005 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

DT: CONSUMER REPORTS: HE BOUGHT A 2005 F-350 AND HE GOT A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL. HE CALLED THE DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPT. TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY REFUSED TO SCHEDULE HIM AN APPT. THEY REFUSED TO SCHEDULE AN APPT. WITH HIM. THE RECALL LETTER WAS CONCERNING THE FUEL JUMPER LINE. *JB

FIRST INCIDENT: ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP OR LET OFF THE GAS FAST. ALTHOUGH INTERMITTENT THIS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER FOR REPAIR AND PER THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY HOTLINE THEY "REMOVE BATT. & AIR CLEANER TO ACESS WIRE HARNESS TO CHECK FOR CHAFING NONE FOUND AT THIS TIME PER HOT LINE REPORT # 5EYE7001"

2005 FORD F350 EXPERIENCED SOLENOID TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *MR THE SOLENOID TRANSMISSION PROBLEM OCCURRED 50 DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED AND THE HIGH PRESSURE ENGINE OIL PUMP HAD BROKEN DOWN. *SC *JB

WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT MOVING AND THE A/C,HEATER OR DEFROST IS ON THERE IS A VERY STRONG SMELL OF EXHAUST COMING THRU THE VENTS OFTEN TIMES ENOUGH TO MAKE A PERSON LIGHT HEADED AND DIZZY. I SPOKE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

THE BRAKE FAILED TO ENGAGE WHILE COMING DOWN AN INCLINE AT 5 MPH ON A SNOW SURFACE ROAD WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED TO THE TRUCK. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO RUN INTO THE TRAILER WHILE COMING DOWN THE INCLINE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN ACCELERATING IN FULL THROTTLE FROM A DEAD STOP VEHICLE DELAYS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE TAKING OFF. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT VEHICLE'S ACTION IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK

2005 FORD F350 6.0 DIESEL - STRONG EXHAUST TYPE ODOR COMING THROUGH THE VENTS WHEN EITHER THE AIR, HEAT, OR DEFROST IS ON AND THE TRUCK ISN'T MOVING. I READ HUNDREDS OF INTERNET POSTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND SO FAR HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED, INCLUDING MYSELF. I'M FEARFUL THAT THIS ODOR IS A SEVER SAFETY HAZARD.*AK

FORD LARIAT F350 DIESEL DUALLY TRUCK 2005 HFCM DRAIN VALVE PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER ALSO DISCOVERED THEE WAS NO HEATER CORD TO KEEP THE ENGINE WARM. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ENGINE BLOCK HEATER WAS AN OPTION. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER THERE WAS INDEED AN ENGINE HEATER ELEMENT PLUG INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE WAS NO WIRING HARNESS CONNECTED TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IN THE POSITION INDICATED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS AN OPTION, BUT ACTUALLY STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER PURCHASED THE WIRING HARNESS AND INSTALLED IT HIMSELF. *JB

FRONT TIRES ARE GETTING CHOPPY. HAD DEALER/SERVICE LOOK TO SEE WHAT IS THE CAUSE. STATES THAT TIRES WERE A LITTLE UNDERINFLATED.*AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE GETTING SCRATCHED WHEN WINDOW IS GOING UP AND DOWN. DEALER/SERVICE STATES THAT ROAD DIRT IS COLLECTING IN THE FELT MATERIAL USED TO KEEP WIND NOISE AND WIPE WINDOW CLEAN WHEN WET. WINDOWS ARE GETTING DEEP SCRATCHES. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 3000 MILES AND HARDLY USED. WIFE'S TRUCK IS OVER 2 YEARS OLD AND WINDOWS DO NOT LOOK LIKE THIS. DEALER/SERVICE TOOK PHOTOS OF WINDOWS AND SUBMITTED TO FORD AND FORD DENIED CLAIM TO REPLACE OR REPAIR WINDOWS.*AK