Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Ford F-250 Sd submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 46 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 46, in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,000.
LOSING WATER AND OIL FROM EXHAUST, WHITE SMOKE. VEHICLE LOSING COOLANT FROM EXHAUST PIPE. HARD START. ACTS LIKE HIGH PRESSURE OIL, BLOWS LOTS OF WHITE SMOKE OUT OF EXHAUST. INSTALLED IDS/ COMPUTER AND INSTALLED COOLANT PRESSURE GAUGE IN LINE ON COOLING SYSTEM. MONITORED ECT/EOT AND COOLANT PRESSURE.. GOT VEHICLE TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. ECT/EOT WERE AT 15 DEGREES DIFFERENCE WHICH IS MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE FOR OIL COOLER TEMP.FORD RECOMMENDS IT BE REPLACED WHEN IT REACHES 15 DEGREE DIFFERENCE. ALSO RECOMMEND REPLACE EGR COOLER WITH OIL COOLER AS A SET. PERFORM TSB 09-08-3, TEST DEGASS BOTTLE-OK. EGR TEST ON VEHICLE PASSED, INSTALLED PRESSURE GAUGE. ROAD TEST FOR HEAD GASKETS - 21 PSI IN COOLING SYSTEM FAILED. PERFORMED TURBO OVER BOOST - TEST PASSED. FAILED ITEMS: HEAD GASKETS, OIL COOLER. WHEN TEARING APART NEED CHECK CONCERN WITH HIGH PRESSURE OIL SYSTEM. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR AROUND $7000 WHICH NEITHER FORD NOR DEALER, LEGACY FORD, WILL COVER UNDER WARRANTY. WHAT IS THE WARRANTY FOR IF NOT TO REPAIR FORD'S JUNK? SO NOW AN EXPENSIVE TRUCK SITS UNUSABLE BECAUSE OF FORD AND THEY HAVE LOST A LONG TIME BELIEVER IN FORD VEHICLES, THIS IS MY LAST FORD. *TR
CRANK, NOT START. HIGH PRESSURE OIL SYSTEM LEAK. PUMP FITTING LEAKING AND IPR DAMAGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED HP OIL PUMP, QUICK CONNECT AND IPR. COST $1380.29 AFTER ONLY 705 MILES, MORE REPAIRS NEEDED, OF COURSE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AGAIN. WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE TO FORCE FORD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS TO THIS JUNK THEY PUT TOGETHER? WORK DONE BY LEGACY FORD. *TR
CRANK, NO START. NUMEROUS CODES. FICM FAILED VOLTAGE TEST, POWER BALANCE TEST. REPLACED FICM W REMANUFACTURED MODULE, ENGINE CONTROL (EEC). INSTALL CAC TUBE. REPLACE SERPENTINE BELT, ATO FUSE, CAE FUSE, AIR INLET CONNECTION AND AA CLAMP. COST $1294.68 WHY WASN'T THIS UNDER WARRANTY, SINCE SO MANY OF THESE TRUCKS NEED SAME REPAIRS? WORK DONE BY LEGACY FORD NEW OWNER OF FORD OF WALLA WALLA.. *TR
CHECK GAUGE LIGHT CAME ON. TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALMOST TO TOP. TOWED FROM ONTARIO, OR., TO BAKER, OR. FOR REPAIRS. REPLACED COOLANT CAP, STILL NOT RIGHT. SAND DEGAS BOTTLE AND RETEST, STILL FAILED. REMOVE TURBO ASSEMBLY AND INTAKE. PRESSURE TEST. EGR COOLER FAILS. REPLACE EGR COOLER AND INSTALL INTAKE. DISASSEMBLE TURBO AND INSPECT. CARBONED UP. REPLACED CENTER ROTATING ASSEMBLY AND UNISON RING. REASSEMBLED AND TRIED TO START. STATIC LOCKED. REMOVED ALL GLOW PLUGS, CRANK ENGINE TO CLEAR ALL CYLINDERS AND REINSTALL GLOW PLUGS. HAD TO CLEAR CARBON FROM INTAKE AND REPLACE EGR VALVE, RUN EGR TEST AFTER FULLY WARMED UP, EGR SYSTEM PASSED. CODES PO404, P0405, P115A AND U0100. DONE UNDER WARRANTY BY GENTRY FORD. THIS DEALER GIVES VERY DETAILED REPORT, BE NICE IF THEY ALL DID. *TR
HARD TO START. REPLACE BRACELET KIT. UNDER WARRANTY BY FORD OF WALLA WALLA. GOOD COMPANY. REPLACED BY LEGACY. NO MORE WARRANTY WHEN DEALERS CHANGE?. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATED AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO LET IT COOL DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE IGR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,500.
BOUGHT VEHICLE USED IN NOV,2011. ABOUT 4 MONTHS LATER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE POWER. WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM WOULD NEED TO REBUILD ENGINE, SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY (INVOLVED EGR, GASKETS AND BENT HEAD BOLTS). CALL FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY PEOPLE. REFUSED TO PAY ANYTHING. NOW TRUCK HAS ABOUT 96000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRUCK IS STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN, WAS TOLD THAT THE INJECTORS ARE THE PROBLEM NOW. DECIDED TO CHECK OUT RECALLS ON THIS VEH. AND FOUND OUT SEVERAL THINGS (1) THAT FORD HAD A RECALL FOR THE INJECTORS AND (2) THAT THE PROBLEMS BEFORE WERE PROBABLY CAUSED BY THIS. CALLED THE RECALL CENTER AT FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT VIN # DID NOT MATCH UP TO ANY RECALLS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON 180000 05 FORD F250 SD. WAS ALSO TOLD TO CHECK WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT IS ALSO THROUGH FORD. ONCE THIS IS FIXED WILL HAVE MORE MONEY INVESTED IN THIS AND REBUILDING ENGINE 6 MONTHS AGO THAN THE TRUCK IS WORTH. NO MORE FORDS FOR US. *TR
IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD CRANK MY TRUCK AND ONCE IT WAS STARTED IT SMOKED BADLY BUT DID EVENTUALLY CLEAR UP. IT SPIT AND SPUTTERED ON THE WAY TO WORK SO I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE MECHANICS SHOP. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED IT AND THE FUEL INJECTOR MODULE WAS BAD. I RESEARCHED THE RECALL LIST AND CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN MOBILE, AL BASED ON THE RECALL LIST TO HAVE THE PROBLEM REPAIRED; GAVE THEM MY VIN AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO REPAIR THE MODULE FOR $900.00 HOWEVER THE NHTSA ID # 05V270000 SAYS THERE IS A RECALL CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. *TR
WHILE ON VACATION TRUCK STARTED LOSING POWER THEN STARTED BLOWING COOLANT FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. CALLED AAA HAD TRUCK TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME TRUCK HAD BAD EGR COOLER. NOT ONLY THAT BUT MY TRUCK WAS 8 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED TRUCK, COST WAS OVER $2,500. NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO TRAVEL 2 HOURS TO PICK MY TRUCK UP 3 DAYS LATER AFTER REPAIR, BUT FOUND ONLINE THEY ARE A LOT OF 6.0 POWER STROKE CUSTOMERS HAVING SAME ISSUE. I CONTACTED FORD WITH NO RESOLUTION, EVEN ASKED THE REPRESENTATIVE IF SHE COULD LOOK UP SOME OF THE SAME WEBSITES THAT I HAD, SHE REPLIED NO DUE TO RESTRICTION AT WORK. I THEN OFFERED TO EMAIL THE COMPLAINTS OF OTHERS TO THEM WHICH I WAS TOLD NO. I WAS TOLD MY NAME AND INFORMATION WOULD BE SAVED INCASE THERE WAS EVER A RECALL. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT WITH THIS ENGINE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND CUSTOMERS REIMBURSED. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY START WHEN FUEL WAS ADDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTORS BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,000.
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
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EGR COOLER WAS FAILING AND BLOWING COOLANT THROUGH THE ENGINE AND THROUGHOUT THE EXHAUST. THE EGR COOLER HAS PARTS COMING OFF OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND IT CONTINUED TO BLOW ARTICLES THROUGH THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED IT TO FAIL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THE PART WAS NOT RECALLED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING AND IS NOT OPERATIONAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE TOWING A TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. DURING THE FAILURE WHITE FUMES WERE SEEN COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE EGR COOLER WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE EGR COOLER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
FORD F-250 WITH THE 6.0L DIESEL MOTOR HAS A RECURRING ISSUE OF A FAILING EGR COOLER. THE FAILURE OF THEIR COOLER CAN RESULT IN COOLANT ENTERING THE ENGINE AND CREATING A MOTOR FAILURE. AT 99,000 MILES I HAD A EGR AND OIL COOLER REPLACED. AT 113,000 MILES I HAVE HAD ANOTHER FAILURE. THE COST TO THE CONSUMER TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM IS AT A MINIMUM OF $2,500. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM (ASK ANY FORD SERVICE TECHNICIAN) AND REFUSES TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT RESOLUTION. *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
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 6.0 DIESEL IN THE 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. *TR
2005 FORD F250 DIESEL. TRUCK ENGINE ALL OF A SUDDEN DIES LEAVING LITTLE CONTROL OF STEERING AND LESSER BRAKES. SOMETIMES WILL CRANK BACK AND SOMETIMES WONT. HAPPENED 3 TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW 2 TIMES OUT OF WARRANTY. 3 OF THE 5 TIMES ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH OTHER TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER AND LIMITED USE OF BRAKES AND STEERING. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THE EGR VALVE COOLER RUPTURED AND WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE FORD MANUFACTURER ADVISED THEM TO STOP REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE ESTIMATED COST WAS $2600. THERE WERE NO VALID WARRANTIES OR RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.
I HAVE A 2005 FORD F250, 6.0L DIESEL. THIS POWER PLANT IS USED ON SEVERAL FORD MODEL VEHICLES AND HAS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH IT'S EGR SYSTEM. WHEN THE EGR SYSTEM FAILS, THE VEHICLES LOOSES ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE. RESEND 03/05/10. *LJ ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2009, I WAS STOP AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING TO MERGE ONTO A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. WHEN THE TIME CAME TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE FAIL TO ACCELERATE, IT CREPT INTO THE PATH OF ON COMING TRAFFIC AND I HAD TO PERFORM AN ADVASIVE MANEUVER (IMMEDIATELY PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY) TO PROTECT ME AND OTHERS FROM A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. THIS SITUATION HAS HAPPEN TO ME ON MORE THEN ONE OCCASION AND IS INTERMITTENT. WHEN I REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALERSHIP, THEY PERFORMED A PROCEDURE TO CLEAN OUT THE CARBON BUILDUP WITHIN THE INTAKE SYSTEM AND TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS CONSIDERED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THIS IS NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THE OPERATORS MANUAL. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD SHOULD RECOGNIZE AND PROVIDE A FIX. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE WEEKS; HOWEVER, IT STILL HESITATES SLIGHTLY WHILE IN OPERATION. THE DEALER HAD OVER THREE PAGES OF DIFFERENT ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE, WHICH WERE RELATED TO THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 04/24/09. *LJ THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 04/28/09.*JB
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.
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