Safety Score
72
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2005 Ford F-250.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Electrical system fails every day. It affects the engine, transmission, radio, windows, gauges. Wiring issue causes the… |
| 2025-01-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. The contact purchased the vehicle from a private seller on social m… |
| 2024-09-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | While driving at 65 Mph, towing a fifth wheel camper, encountered a mildly rough section of highway when entire front e… |
| 2024-08-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact heard a lou… |
| 2024-08-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Wrench light comes on, but truck goes into limp loses power very dangerous don't know if it's going to cause me to be r… |
| 2024-04-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The back bed rails rot/rust very quickly and trying to buy new beds run 4500$ along with o2 sensors ir intake sensors g… |
| 2023-09-09 | TIRES | No | 0 | The tire is a Cooper (Discoverer/Rigged Trek) 35x12.50R20LT. The tire is unreadable as it ripped off the bead. While d… |
| 2022-09-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | towing a trailer, traveling at 70 mph, I hit a pothole and vehicle violently shook. The episode lasted for approx 30… |
| 2022-09-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | In 2014, I got the “Ford death wobble” in the right front. VERY scary and dangerous. Trying to quickly slow down to sto… |
| 2022-08-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Front end suspension shimmy> My granddaughter and I were driving at 60mpa and hit a bump and could not control shaking … |
| 2022-05-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Transmission has a hole in it. Linkage inside broke and caused hole on case. Can’t use item for a core due to this. Hap… |
| 2021-12-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Death wobbles at random |
| 2021-11-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | Driving on the freeway at apps 65 miles per hour, the truck hit a numb in the road and started to shaking causing the t… |
| 2021-10-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving approximately 75 MPH, the front suspension started… |
| 2021-10-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The steering is extremely lose and has a shimmy or “death wobble” when going over any type of bumps or other issues and… |
| 2021-04-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | A SCARY AND SERIOUS WOBBLE AT 35 MPH. HAD TO CREEP HOME. ALMOST LOST CONTROL. |
| 2020-07-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. WHEN MY HUSBAND PRESSED THE BRAKES, THE CAR SPED UP. WE HAD TO PASS 5 VEHICLES, B… |
| 2020-02-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE FORD 250 INITIATES A 'DEATH WOBBLE' OR INTENSE SHIMMY IN THE FRONT WHEELS AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH ANYTIME ANY… |
| 2019-11-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING, THE TRUCK WILL DIE. SOMETIMES TRUCK CAN BE RESTARTED OTHER TIMES HAD TO HAVE IT TOLLED. WE HAVE REPLACE… |
| 2019-08-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2005 FORD F250 WITH APPROXIMATELY 19,100 MILES. ORIGINAL FACTORY TIRES, SUSPENSION- NO MODIFICATIONS. TIRE PRESSURE S… |
| 2019-07-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK EXHIBITS A CONDITION REFERRED TO IN FORUMS AS 'DEATH WOBBLE', IN WHICH THE TRUCK'S F… |
| 2019-05-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ON DECELERATION THE ENGINE STALLS AFTER DRIVEN FOR 10-15 MINUTES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I DON'T NOTICE THE S… |
| 2018-10-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE RANDOMLY DIES WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD DOES NOT MATTER SPEED OR WHAT ROAD YOU ARE ON HAPPENS TO THE POINT WE ALM… |
| 2018-10-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN TRYING TO PUMP FUEL AT A GAS STATION GAS WILL SPIT BACK OUT, ALOT. TAKES 15 MINS TO PUMP 2 GALLONS. TRUCK IS PARKE… |
| 2018-05-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBO… |
| 2018-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKE AT ANY TIME BETWEEN 30 AN 70 MPH I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE IT STOP WHICH COULD CAUSE A ACCID… |
| 2017-12-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMIN… |
| 2017-10-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 45MPH, AND 70 THE TRUCK WILL WOBBLE AND SHAKE OUT OF CONTROL TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN ALMOST LOOS… |
| 2017-09-23 | WHEELS | No | 0 | THE WHEELS ON MY TRUCK ARE CRACKING AND BREAKING. THEY ARE 20X8 INCH FORGED ALUMINUM FACTORY INSTALLED OEM EQUIPMENT. … |
| 2017-08-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TRUCK FRAME SEEMS TO BE ROTTING. TOLD 3-4 YEARS AT MOST BY MECHANIC. ALREADY REPLACES FUEL TANK BRACKETS, ANY RUST REC… |
| 2016-08-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE DID NO… |
| 2016-06-09 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING SOUND UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE CO… |
| 2016-05-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE WOULD PUT OUT WHITE SMOKE THEN WOULD START TO OVER HEAT. |
| 2016-05-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AND YEAR WITH THE 6.0 LITRE ENGINE (2005 ) IS NORTORIOUS FOR THE OIL COOLER TO BLOW UP LEAVING YO… |
| 2016-04-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO OPERATE AND ST… |
| 2016-04-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK IT HAS STOPPED RUNNING AND JUST SHUT ITSELF OFF LIKE ITS NOT GETTING FUEL. I HAVE READ THE COMPL… |
| 2016-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON MY 2005 FORD DIESEL F250,AFTER 126000 MILES, STEERING BECAME VERY LOOSE. HAD ENTIRE FRONT END REPLACED INCLUDING GEA… |
| 2015-11-10 | TIRES | No | 0 | SO FAR 3 OF 4 TIRES HAVE LOST THEIR SHAPE BY BELT SEPARATION. THEY ALL WENT AROUND 25 THOUSAND MILES. |
| 2015-10-25 | WHEELS | No | 0 | PURCHASED BF GOODRICH TIRES FROM DISCOUNT TIRE 2 YEARS AGO, WITH 21000 MILES ON THE TIRES ONE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION… |
| 2015-10-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE T… |
| 2015-06-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING … |
| 2015-06-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH AND PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICL… |
| 2015-06-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | NOTICED A CLOUD OF SMOKE BEHIND VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY. UPON INSPECTION FOUND IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISS… |
| 2015-05-27 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SAFETY STRAPS THAT SECURED THE FUEL TANK WERE RUSTE… |
| 2015-05-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | F250 6.0L DIESEL WITH 85844 MILES HAD THE EGR/OIL COOLER GO BAD THE REPAIR COST 4744.00 AT THE DEALER. I HAVE AN EXTEND… |
| 2015-03-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WHILE WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC TRYING TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEH… |
| 2015-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY VIBRATED AND PULLED TO THE L… |
| 2014-11-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VE… |
| 2014-09-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON M-37 I NOTICED WHITE STEAM COMING OUT OF EXHAUST. NOTICED ENGINE TEMP RISING. I STOPPED COOLED ENGIN… |
| 2014-08-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BRAKES OVERHEATED AND SEIZED. THE F… |