Safety Score
54
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (4)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-05-07 | 08V208000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 605,684 | — | Details |
| 2007-09-25 | 07E080000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | 700 | — | Details |
| 2007-09-14 | 07E075000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | 2,388 | — | Details |
| 2006-02-06 | 06V033000 |
INTERIOR LIGHTING | 211,432 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, while the brake pedal was depresse… |
| 2025-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | customer states that the frame of the vehicle has been compromised by corrosion. the vehicle only has 163,844 miles on … |
| 2025-09-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | While changing the spark plugs 7 of the eight broke off in the engine block, the threaded section came out but the cera… |
| 2025-08-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while parking the vehicle, the vehicle rolled backwards. Th… |
| 2025-07-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while attempting to register the vehic… |
| 2025-07-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | This is an extended cab - 4 door - the rear doors are half doors with a a handle allowing entry and exit to and from th… |
| 2025-04-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I don't even have 150,000 miles on this thing. I get it serviced regularly. I've used the 4x4 when needed, as I live in… |
| 2025-04-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My airbag light is on and the dealership says I have no active recalls but when I ask about recall number 11V-107 no on… |
| 2024-11-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, there was an abnormally loud knockin… |
| 2024-10-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Issues with transmission/ over drive snap ring vehicle only has 145,000 miles. This truck has many complaints and many… |
| 2024-05-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The DMV has a extended warranty coverage on the fuel injectors .. coming up a recall at DMV. What do I do. |
| 2024-03-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Nothing has happened yet but frame of truck is rusting apart and suspension is going to fall off. This is not just this… |
| 2023-12-29 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Frame on passenger and drive side by transmission, fuel tank, and rear leaf springs are rusted and have no integrity le… |
| 2023-12-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | No incident FAR SOME REASON MY AIR BAG LIGT STAY ON |
| 2023-10-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My electrical fixtures have failed or blinks off and on, on its own. |
| 2023-08-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that when he had the vehicle serviced that the independent mecha… |
| 2023-06-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, he smelled an abnormal fu… |
| 2023-04-13 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the bed of the truck was lower than usual. The contact look… |
| 2023-04-13 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who infor… |
| 2023-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Pulled out of driveway and made it 50 feet and whole truck shut down right on the road. Could not make the vehical rest… |
| 2023-03-19 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The undercarriage and frame is rusted .Ford said it was not under warranty and the truck was unsafe to drive. Most of t… |
| 2023-01-11 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The main frame is so corroded that it is unsafe to drive. The body has no rust and the engine only has 73,000 miles on … |
| 2022-11-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | the whole frame is rusting out and the bed dipped and looks like it will fold in half. |
| 2022-10-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | This is the 2nd Ford F 150 pick up with which I've had rusted frames! The 1st, a 1999, I ended up junking. This one … |
| 2022-08-31 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Truck frame is rotting from the inside out, Could not tell the extent of damage from looking underneath, I have to get … |
| 2022-05-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | My brake booster or vacuum line has went out during driving and I almost lost control with my family. I see theres reca… |
| 2022-02-20 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The frame of the vehicle is rusted through in multiple spots. When I picked the vehicle up on the lift the weight of th… |
| 2022-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed and approaching a stop sig… |
| 2021-12-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Frame started rusting through frame the inside out, first discovered in 2021. I had to have the frame repaired with no … |
| 2021-12-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | When starting the truck the airbag light is illuminated and flashes. |
| 2021-08-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | This and many other trucks of this generation have major frame rot issues due to the box frame. The rest of my truck lo… |
| 2021-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph and depressing the brake peda… |
| 2021-04-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE LEARNED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED ON THE … |
| 2021-04-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTING TERRIBLY AND FRAME CRACKING NEAR DRIVERS SIDE FORWARD LEAF SPRING MOUNT. TRUCK HAS ONLY 128,000 MILES. D… |
| 2021-04-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PURCHASED VEHICLE FEB 2021 FROM PRIVATE OWNER. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICING. SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED ME THAT THE O… |
| 2021-04-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT USED CASH TRUCK, DROVE FINE FOR FIRST DAY, SECOND DAY WHILE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION AND PUT IN REVERSE IT DIES, TO… |
| 2021-04-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | COMPLETE FRAME UNDER TRUNK IS RUSTED TO WHERE THE FRAME IS GETTING READY TO BREAK IN HALF I HAVE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OTH… |
| 2021-04-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SPARK PLUGS AND COIL PACK CONTINUE TO EJECT THEMSELVES FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD.(F150 BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG). THIS CONTIN… |
| 2021-02-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK INTO IT'S BUCKLE. THE BUC… |
| 2020-12-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WENT TO HAVE TRUCK LINED UP AND WAS TOLD IT HAD RUSTED THE FRAME ALMOST INTO IN THE REAR. IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE. |
| 2020-12-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON DECEMBER 3, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 PM OUR 2005 F150 BURST INTO BLAMES FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE VEHICLE HAD BEE… |
| 2020-12-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRAME OF TRUCK IS ROTTED AROUND LEAF SPRING AREAS AND UNDER CAB OF TRUCK AS WELL AS BED RAILS. |
| 2020-11-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE TIMING SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET. A… |
| 2020-10-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | JUST PURCHASED VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES AND TURNS ON WHEN DRIVING LOOKED INTO ISSUE. FOUND RECALL FOR AIRBAG THAT … |
| 2020-09-03 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WE PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES HANKOOK KONTROL P255/65 AND DROVE THE TRUCK LESS THAN A WEEK AND THE SIDE WALL BELT IN THE … |
| 2020-09-03 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE LOCAL DEALER MEL ERVIN FOR… |
| 2020-08-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR GARAGE TO HAVE STARTER REPLACED.ACCORDING TO REPAIR TECH.WHILE LIFTING TRUCK A LOT OF CRA… |
| 2020-05-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY TRUCK IS RATTLING BAD AND ITS THE TIMING CHAIN FORD SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS BECAUSE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE OIL… |
| 2020-02-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | EXPERIENCE I GUESS THE THEY CALL IT THE DEATH WOBBLE. MAKES MY VEHICLE FEEL LIKE IT NOT ME A TING TO RUN RIGHT THE STEE… |
| 2020-01-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ME ENTER HOY QUE MI TRUCK TENA VARIOS RECALL Y NO HE RECIBIDO AVISO, GRACIAS POR SU ATENCION. |