2005 Ford F-250 Powertrain & Transmission Problems

Electrical system fails every day. It affects the engine, transmission, radio, windows, gauges. Wiring issue causes the radio to just go out, windows stop working, all gauges stops working, the transmission doesn't shift right, engine doesn't run right. Yes vehicle is available for inspecting. Engine cuts off and won't start back, leaves you stranded side the road. Truck stalls in front of other vehicles. Windows won't roll down when it's 100 degrees inside truck. Fuel gauge doesn't let you know when there's no fuel again leaving you stranded beside the road. Other gauge don't work could cause more damage. Yes it has been inspected my mechanic and he said there are wiring issues. No warning lamps or anything now but the wrench light has came on allot. There is a wiring recall on this year truck but said mine doesn't fall under that recall and I don't know why because I'm having this issue

Transmission has a hole in it. Linkage inside broke and caused hole on case. Can’t use item for a core due to this. Happened while driving home from just across town.

ON DECELERATION THE ENGINE STALLS AFTER DRIVEN FOR 10-15 MINUTES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I DON'T NOTICE THE STALL UNTIL I APPLY THE GAS PEDAL. A COUPLE OF TIMES I WAS TURNING, I HAD TO SLOW DOWN SEVERELY TO GIVE ME MORE TIME TO TURN( NO POWER STEERING). I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES. THE CODE WAS A THROTTLE BODY CODE P2104.I REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. AFTER A FEW MONTHS THE STALLING OCCURRED AGAIN. THIS IS DANGEROUS. AT THIS TIME THE STALLING HASN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN BUT THE CODE IS STILL THERE, NOW I HAVE TO SMOG THIS VEHICLE. I SEE ON THE INTERNET THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS CONDITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PLACED THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND WAS ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC (BOLAN TRANSMISSION SHOP) WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BURNED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

NOTICED A CLOUD OF SMOKE BEHIND VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY. UPON INSPECTION FOUND IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM HOLE IN TOP OF TRANSMISSION ONTO EXHAUST (EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN FORD BULLETIN 05B27) HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT 57,265 MILES AT A COST OF $4,000.00. FORD WOULD NOT WARRANTY IT.

WHILE AT A DEAD STOP, PLACED TRUCK IN DRIVE AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO FULL POWER LUNGING THE VEHICLE FORWARD 10' WHILE I SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLIED BOTH FEET TO THE BRAKE FOR MAXIMUM STOPPING POWER. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS THIS HAS HAPPENED. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ARE ON. TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. RESEARCHED THE INTERNET ONLY TO FIND LOTS OF OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS HUMAN ERROR, FLOOR MAT, OR SIMILAR PROBLEM... BUT THIS LAST TIME, I WAS PREPARED BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS INCIDENTS. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AND MAY EVEN RESULT IN DEATH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN LEAKING. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE ON TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE LEAK HAD CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO MALFUNCTION AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

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.

2005 FORD F250 SD HAD CRACKED TRANSMISSION BECUASE OF LOW/REVERSE SNAP RING FAILURE IN THE 5R110 TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION. FORD ISSUED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 05B27 BUT PUT AN EXPIRATION DATE ON IT. THE PROGRAM WAS NOT EVER FOR A WHOLE YEAR. FORD IS NOT WILLING TO REIMBURSE OR ISSUE A RECALL WHEN THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM. THE SNAP RING FAILED INSIDE AND BUSTED MY TRANSMISSION. ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH SNOW PREP PACKAGE. REVERSE FAILED WHILE PLOWING. TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT FOR OVER $2,500, MECHANIC SAID THE CASE HAD A CRACK IN IT AND THE SNAP RING/REVERSE PLANETARY FAILED. RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE: "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 05B27". THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM CLOSED, I WILL BE CONTACTING FORD CORPORATE OFFICES FOR A RESOLUTION.

I PULLED INTO MY SHOP AND WAS ON CELL PHONE WHEN A PERSON CAME UP YELLING (VERY UPSET) AT ME THAT I ALMOST MADE THEM CRASH,THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING ME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND MY TRUCK SPRAYED THEM WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HE TRIED TO CLEAR HIS WINDSHIELD, BUT THE WIPERS JUST SMEARED IT, I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW TRANS WAS LEAKING AND SAID MY APOLOGIES. I GOT OUT AND NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDER MY TRANSMISSION. IT LOOKED LIKE MY PAN GASKET WAS LEAKING, REMOVED AND REPLACED MY PAN GASKET FILLED WITH OIL , STARTED TRUCK NOTHING WAS LEAKING THEN WENT TO GO HOME PUT IT IN REVERSE AND LEFT A LARGE STREAK OF OIL IN FRONT OF ME, SHUT DOWN TRUCK TRANS FLUID WAS JUST PORING OUT OF IT, LOOKED LIKE COOLER LINE WAS SPRAYING AND LEAKING, REPLACED FERAL, FILLED AGAIN, RAN TRUCK FOUND TO BE LEAKING FROM TRANS HOUSING. DID RESEARCH ONLINE FOUND THAT FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION 04 THRU 06, PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LINKS HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2005/FORD/F250/AUTOMATIC+TRANSMISSION , HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2005/FORD/F-250+SUPERDUTY/AUTOMATIC+TRANSMISSION . AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR BUT IS TELLING EVERY ONE THAT IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. I CALLED MY DEALER I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE FORM THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE FACTORY AND THEY SAID I AN ON MY OWN. AS THE SERVICE BULLETIN STATED IN THE SECOND ATTACHMENT THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE DOING THIS AT 90,000 TO 120,000 MILES, LOL AND BEHOLD MINE WENT AT 116,000. I FEEL FORD IS MORE THAN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE, THIS IS AND ONGOING PROBLEM WHICH THEY ARE DENYING. GOD FORBID THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP, THEN THERE WILL BE FATALITIES INVOLVED OR MAYBE THIS HAS ALL READY HAS HAPPENED .

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

2005 FORD F250 WITH A CRACKED TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *KB THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 44,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER STATED FORD KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL SNAP RING WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION CASE TO CRACK. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. THE CONTACT IS A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN AND CONFIRMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE TRANSMISSION SNAP RING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000.

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

SEVERE FRONT END WOBBLE CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL, ALL POWER IS LOST ON THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO FORD FICM HARNESS WAS BAD THEY REPLACED IT NOW THE ABS LIGHT INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES......NO REPAIRS YET VEHICLE STILL IN SHOP. *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

2005 F250 SD DIESEL 6.0 PICK UP _ CHRONIC ISSUES WITH FRONT END SHIMMY, NEAR UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES. DLR SAYS BUY NEW STEERING STABILIZER, AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES, ETC. TSB IS IN PLACE, BUT DLR STATES NOTHING WRONG? 2 TURBOCHARGERS, UNGODLY AMOUNT OF EGR REPLACEMENT, OIL PUMP ISSUES, OIL LEAKS. BAD ENGINE SITUATION, 5 MAJOR WARRANTY CLAIMS ON ISSUES. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES IN NON-COMMERCIAL USE. STRANDED OWNER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT FORD SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG. SOLUTION FROM FORD - WE WILL GIVE YOU A 200,000 MILE 7 YEAR WARRANTY AT N/C. PROBLEM IS, MOST ISSUES RELATE TO CALIFORNIA EMISSION FAILURE BY FORD UNDER CERTIFICATION ON EMISSIONS, AND FOLLOWING RECALL ON COMPUTER RESET. TRUCK NO LONGER GETS 570 FOOT LBS OF TORQUE AS ADVERTISED, AND 2 SEPARATE DEALERS WERE ONLY ABLE TO OBTAIN 510 FT POUND OF TORQUE, BECAUSE OF RECALL ON EMISSIONS VIOLATIONS. REQUEST FULL INVESTIGATION OF EMISSIONS VIOLATIONS, MANDATED BY STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE CONSUME PURCHASED VEHICLE BASE ON ADVERTISED CLAIMS OF POWER, BUT SUBMITTED TEST DATA TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT FAILED UNDER CAL AIR RES BOARD FOLLOW UP TEST. CONSUMERS DID NOT GET WHAT THEY PAID FOR. *TR