2015 Ford F-250 Sd Electrical Problems

The electical system seems to have a bad connection. This can sometimes be triggered when releasing the parking brake. Most often the issue occurs when driving where all gauges go offline and numerous errors are thrown on the display. Most times you can reconcile the issue by wiggling the wiring harness under the stearing wheel located near the parking brake. This vehicle has not been inspected. I have talked to local repair shops and they have verbally quoted prices too high to trace it down. It does not seem to be temperature related. Unplugging the wiring harnesses and plugging them back in does seem to help for a short period of time. This has occurred over 30 times in the past 2 years. The truck has less than 40,000 miles on it. The truck will not start when it is having this issue but thankfully will continue to run if already started.

NHTSA ID

11669536

Incident

May 1, 2025

The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-250. The contact stated that the battery warning light had appeared on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where an inspection was performed; however, no defects were found with the vehicle. The contact then stated that while driving at 55 MPH, the instrument panel began to flash as several warning lights appeared on the instrument panel. The contact immediately turned around and headed home. The contact attempted to reverse(R) into the driveway; however, the transmission failed to operate as needed. The contact coasted the vehicle into the driveway and let the vehicle sit for two days. The contact then drove the vehicle to an independent mechanic where a defect with the wiring in the electrical system was found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The contact was transferred unknowingly to the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 285,000.

NHTSA ID

11654724

Incident

Apr 7, 2025

Mileage

285,000 mi

SYNC SYSTEM COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. LOSS OF HANDS FREE OPERATION AND NO GPS CREATING HAZARD.

NHTSA ID

11397872

Incident

Feb 11, 2021

Mileage

124,956 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-250. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE PARKING BRAKE INTO GEAR THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GRINDING AND SQUEALING NOISE DETECTED. SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *DT*JB

NHTSA ID

11309247

Incident

Feb 1, 2019

Mileage

50,000 mi

THE ABS SYSTEM AND THE ADVANCED AUTO TRAC MALFUNCTION AND CAUSES LOSS OF BREAKS. FORD CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND SEEMS UNWORRIED ABOUT THE ISSUE. I HAVE QUESTIONED FORD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THE RESPONSE I GET IS IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF ISSUES. THEY WANT TO START CHANGING PARTS AT MY COST WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS OR NOT WANTING TO ADMIT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE TRUCK IS IN MOTION AND HAPPENS WITHOUT CAUSE. A BELL GOES OFF YOU LOSE POWER FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND LOSE BREAKS FOR PERIODS OF TIME WHILE BELLS ARE GOING OFF.

NHTSA ID

11280239

Incident

Sep 23, 2019

Mileage

156,000 mi

PURCHASED CAR WITH 8 MILES ON IT IN 2015.BOTH BATTERIES WERE DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED .ONE BATTERY BLEW UP, AND THE OTHER CAUGHT ON FIRE.NOT SURE IF THAT CAUSED ANYMORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE CAR IS DRAGGING WHEN I START IT NOW.DEALER AT KOONS FORD IN MD.SAYS HE CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.TOOK THE CAR TO LIBERTY FORD AND THEY REPLACED BATTERIES AND SUGGESTED I GO BACK TO KOONS FORD BECAUSE THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY.I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS WRONG THE STARTER OR IGNITION.DEFAULT TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WILL NOT GO OFF.EVEN AFTER MAINTENANCE.SOME SEVERE ELECTRICAL ISSUES ARE HAPPENING. HAVING SUSPENSION ISSUES AS WELL TRUCK SHAKES REAL BAD IF I HIT A BUMP. VERY POOR GAS MILEAGE.BUMPERS ARE OF POOR QUALITY.THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 47,000 MILES WITH NO MISSED MAINTENANCE DATES. PROBLEMS OCCURRING BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREET WHILE IN MOTION.

NHTSA ID

11093641

Incident

May 6, 2018

Mileage

45,000 mi

HAVE A 2015 FORD F-250 LARIAT. BOUGHT BRAND NEW. AROUND 40,000 MILES A CODE CAME ACROSS THE DASH DISPLAY HI'LL DESCENT/ TRACTION CONTROL FAULT-. SO IN TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. GOT IT BACK A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND THEY HAD TOLD ME THEY REPLACED SOME PART AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED. AS I WAS DRIVING OUT THE SAME THING CANE ACROSS MY DASH AGAIN AND WENT OFF. I WENT FOR A FEW DAYS AND IT CONTINUED TO COME ACROSS MY DASH. SOMETIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND SOMETIMES SITTING. I DID NOTICE THAT WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN MY REMOTE START WOULDN'T WORK. ALONG WITH THOSE ISSUES MY BACK UP CAMERA WOULDN'T WORK. IT WOULD SAY CAMERA NOT AVAILABLE PLEASE CONTACT DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUING ISSUE. MY TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP NOW 1-25-17 AND HAS BEEN SINCE LAST SATURDAY. I CALLED TO CHECK ON THE TRUCK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY CODES AND THEY NEEDED TO KEEP UNTIL THE CODES POP UP. THE LADY ALSO TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THEIR SERVICE TECH'S TRUCK IS DOING THE SAME THING. NO NEW NEWS FOR GETTING IT FIXED OTHER THEN THEY WILL CALL FORD TO SEE ABOUT ANOTHER ROUTE. ALSO BEFORE THIS TRUCK I HAD A 2012 F-250 LARIAT AND MY FUEL SYSTEM SHUTDOWN LEAVING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I GOT IT TOWED TO THE FORD PLACE THERE WERE LITERALLY 3 OTHER GENTLEMAN THERE FOR THE SAME REASONS. IT COST ME 8500 DOLLARS AND 1 MONTH IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS. A WEEK PRIOR TO THAT I HAD IT IN THE SHOP GETTING NEW FILTERS AND OIL CHANGE. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TOO MUCH WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. BUT THEY CHANGED MY FILTERS A WEEK PRIOR TO THIS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10947590

Incident

Jan 19, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE RADIO AND BLUETOOTH SYSTEM BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE RESET. ALSO, THE RADIO SWITCHES FAILED ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SWITCHES WERE ACTIVE AND MORE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THE HOUSING UNIT FOR THE STEERING COLUMN HOUSING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,200.

NHTSA ID

10916535

Incident

Jul 17, 2016

Mileage

13,200 mi

THE TRUCK SEEMED TO BE RUNNING OUT OF GAS, SURGED, SPUTTER, SURGE SPUTTERED THEN QUIT RUNNING. I HAD 1/2 A TANK. HAD TO COST THE TRUCK A CROSSED SPEEDING TRAFFIC LANES AND CAME TO A STOP ON AN OVER PASS. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER FINDINGS WERE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP AND CONTROLLER. THE DEALER STATED WHEN THEY ENTER THE CHECK ENGINE CODE (P0627) INTO THEIR WAN, THEY SHORTLY HAD A CALL FROM FORD ENGINEERING WANTING THE PARTS RETURNED TO THEM AND WITH INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO REPLACE THEM WITH THE SAME PART NUMBER. IT SEEMS THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HAD BEEN FLAGGED IN THEIR NETWORK BY FORD ENGINEERING. IT SEEMS THIS ISSUE WAS UNKNOWN BY THE DEALERSHIP. IT BOTHERS ME GREATLY THAT THIS ISSUE IS KNOWN BY FORD ENGINEERING BUT THE DEALERS ARE SELLING NEW TRUCKS WITH THIS KNOWN DEFECT. THE NEW TRUCK HAS SAT AT THE DEALER FOR THREE WEEKS BECAUSE THE CONTROLLER PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10694074

Incident

Feb 15, 2015

Mileage

1,047 mi