Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 9 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
2005 F250 DIESEL. TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT ONTO REVERSE BUT WOULD BACK UP. TOOK IT TO FORD THEY TOLD ME REVERSE SNAP RING BROKE AND CRACKED TRANSMISSION CASE. 3900 TO FIX. FORD HAS A RECALL ON SNOW PLOW PACKAGES BUT MINE IS NOT JUST HAS THE EXACT SAME TRANSMISSION. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FIRE BEGAN DUE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE MANIFOLD. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED YET THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS N OT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
TRANSMISSION UPPER HOUSING CASE HAS DEVELOPED CRACK NOT NEAR BOLT FLANGES BUT ON TOP OF HOUSING..CAUSING FLUIDS TO LEAK ON EXHAUST SYSTEM...NOT DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF HOUSING...NO ABUSE.. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK AS WELL AS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT EXCESSIVELY. THE DRIVER IS FORCED TO DECELERATE TO 30 MPH TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ROTATED THE TIRES AND ADJUSTED THE INFLATION PRESSURE TO CORRECT THE MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT HAS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION HIMSELF SINCE THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT PAY THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.
2005 FORD F-250 TRANSMISSION CIRCLIP IS COMING OFF CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO LEAK AND ULTIMATELY FAIL. WE KNOW OF 6 PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO, NOW US. FORD HAD A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BULLETIN 05B27" THAT EXPIRED AT THE END OF 2006. WE FOUND THIS ON OUR OWN. FORD IS ABSOLUTELY NO HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. PLEASE READ THE DIESEL FORMS ON THE INTERNET. *TR
CRACKED TRANSMISSION CASE, TOOK INTO FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR, TRUCK IS UNDER EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT FROM DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM, WITH A $100 DEDUCTIBLE. EXTENDED SERVICE CO WOULD SEND OUT INSPECTOR, HE INSPECTED IT AND SAID OK TO FIX, THE NEXT DAY HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $600. WE FINELY PAID $371.36. HE SAID THE DEALER WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM WOULD NOT HONOR THE $100 DEDUCTIBLE. *TR
WHILE TOWING OUR HORSE TRAILER THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND THE ENGINE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED UNDER FORD WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE AND I SHOULD WRITE IN. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE IS A SNAP RING LOCATED IN THE TRANSMISSION, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THIS SNAP RING POPS OFF , IS THEN SUCKED BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION CASE AND A GEAR, WHICH CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION CASE TO CRACK. THE MECHANIC SAID THE CASE IS CRACKED ON THE TOP. HE HAS SEEN MANY OF THESE FAILURES. BECAUSE I DIDN'T BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, THIS REPAIR WILL COST APPROX $4,500.00. THIS TRUCK HAS LOW MILEAGE (41900 MI). I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM OF FORD TRUCKS FROM 2002 - 2005. *TR
I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IN SEPT. 2005 I LEASED A F250 AND SINCE IT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. EXHAUST PROBLEMS (3 TIMES FOR THAT) INJECTOR FAILED, MANY LITTLE BUGS THAT THE DEALER CANT FIX. ON 6-24-06 ON I-94 DOING A 65-68 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATES FOR A SECOND THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND I LOST CONTROL, SKIDDING ALMOST HITTING 3 OTHER CARS AND THE WALL ON THE SHOULDER. FINALLY AFTER STEERING TO THE SHOULDER - STOPPED AND BASICALLY HAD A PANIC ATTACK, SAW MY LIFE FLASH BEFORE MY EYES. SAT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES THEN GOT OUT TO LOOK AT THE WHEELS AND UNDER THE TRUCK FOR ANY CLUES AS TO WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED. I START UP AND STROLL ALONG THE SHOULDER TO THE NEAREST EXIT THE TOW / HAUL LIGHT IS FLASHING ON AND OFF. DRIVE ABOUT 30 MPH ON A CITY ROAD WITH MY FLASHERS ON.. NOT BUT A 1/8 OF A MILE IT LOCKS UP AGAIN AND THEN FREES UP, AND ROLLS. I AM NOW FREAKING OUT. AND NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON . CALLED FORD ROADSIDE I AM A WRECK! I'LL NEVER PUT MY 4 MONTH DAUGHTER IN IT. FIRST DIAGNOSIS 3 DAYS LATER AFTER THE LOCK UP HAPPENED TO THE MECHANIC TEST DRIVING THE TRUCK THEY GUESS THE RANGE SENSOR IN THE TRANSMISSION AND TWO DAYS LATER CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS READY. 1 HOUR LATER THE SERVICE TECH CALLED ,SAID WE NEED TO KEEP IT LONGER 2 WKS LATER THEY DIAGNOSE THAT A MAIN WIRING HARNESS WAS LEANING AGAINST THE EXHAUST AND BURNED UP SHORTING THE COMPUTER & TOLD THE TRANS TO SHIFT. I TOLD THEM I DO NOT WANT THE TRUCK. I DON'T FEEL SAFE AND WON'T RISK MY LIFE OR MY FAMILY. FORD LEGAL FINALLY CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AFTER MANY CONTACTS TO THEM AND UPON THEIR DECISION 3 WKS AFTER THEY TOWED IT I MUST ACCEPT THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE IT IS "SUPPOSEDLY" FIXED. I FEEL THAT FORD IS NOT TAKING THIS CASE SERIOUSLY, AND I WONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK AGAIN. MY SERVICE DIRECTOR AMONG MANY OF THE SERVICE AGENTS AT THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS THE FORD FACTORY REP. SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IN THIS TRUCK IF IT WERE THEIR TRUCK, AND WOULD NOT DRIVE IT. *JB
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO MY 2005 F250 SUPERDUTY, UNDER LOAD IT WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE FOOT FEED. THEY HAVE TRIED THREE TIMES TO CORRECT THIS AND KNOW NOTHING. I AM NOT GOING TO KEEP IT UNLESS IT IS FIXED. WE WERE TOLD FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS, BUT DOES NOT KNOW THE FIX. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ON A $45,000. VEHICLE? *AK
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