2005 FORD F-450 SD Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN NEVADA WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO THE REPAI...

Mileage: 125,000

ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND NOT RESTART OR JUST NOT START.

Mileage: 108,000

ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND NOT RESTART OR JUST NOT START.

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION AND MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FA...

Mileage: 34,772

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION AND MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FA...

Mileage: 34,772

VEHICLE BILLOWING WHITE SMOKE WHEN STARTED. NOT DRIVABLE. TOWED TO RECOMMENDED LOCAL TRUCK REPAIR COMPANY. MUCH TESTING INCLUDING CYLINDER HEADS THEMSELVES. #7 CYLINDER PUSHING COOLANT. HEAD GASKET SHOWING SIGNS OF LEAKING. REPLACED. A MONTH IN SHOP. $4,000 REPAIR BILL. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RE...

Mileage: 47,895

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK WAS DELAMINATING AND AS A RESULT, THE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE RE...

Mileage: 48,000

I OWN TWO 2005 F450 MASON DUMPS AND THE FUEL TANKS IN BOTH ARE FLAKING APART INSIDE AND DESTROYING BOTH OF MY ENGINES !! THE REPAIRS AND DAMAGE ARE ENDLESS AND IM SICK TO HEAR FORD IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAS NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY ME. HAD I KNOWN THIS WAS AN ISSUE I WOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO RE...

I OWN TWO 2005 F450 MASON DUMPS AND THE FUEL TANKS IN BOTH ARE FLAKING APART INSIDE AND DESTROYING BOTH OF MY ENGINES !! THE REPAIRS AND DAMAGE ARE ENDLESS AND IM SICK TO HEAR FORD IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAS NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY ME. HAD I KNOWN THIS WAS AN ISSUE I WOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO RE...

I OWN TWO 2005 F450 MASON DUMPS AND THE FUEL TANKS IN BOTH ARE FLAKING APART INSIDE AND DESTROYING BOTH OF MY ENGINES !! THE REPAIRS AND DAMAGE ARE ENDLESS AND IM SICK TO HEAR FORD IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAS NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY ME. HAD I KNOWN THIS WAS AN ISSUE I WOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO RE...

Mileage: 35,300

I OWN TWO 2005 F450 MASON DUMPS AND THE FUEL TANKS IN BOTH ARE FLAKING APART INSIDE AND DESTROYING BOTH OF MY ENGINES !! THE REPAIRS AND DAMAGE ARE ENDLESS AND IM SICK TO HEAR FORD IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAS NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY ME. HAD I KNOWN THIS WAS AN ISSUE I WOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO RE...

Mileage: 35,300

IN 2006 34,918 MILES FORD HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP ON MY 2005 F450 TRUCK. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE INJECTORS SEVERAL TIMES ALSO REPLACED THE TURBO. THEY HAVE FOUND RUST IN THE SYSTEM, THIS IS CAUSED FROM THE LINER IN THE TANK HAS FALLEN APART. THE TRUCK RUNS REAL BAD, BUCKING AND LOSING POWER. THE...

Mileage: 34,918

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO OVER HEAT AND THE CHECK GAUGES WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT OIL HAD SIP INTO THE COOLANT RESERVOIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE FUEL TANK AND NOTICED THAT THE LINING OF THE FUEL TANK HAD STARTED TO PEEL AND BECOME MIXED WITH THE FUEL. THE FUEL FILTER WAS ALSO FULL OF T...

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERIOR PAINT OF THE FUEL TANK WAS DELAMINATING. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK, FUEL LINES, FUEL PUMP, FUEL INJEC...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAM...

Mileage: 121,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME AND THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO INFORMED HIM TO CHECK THE FUEL FILTER DRAIN PLUG AND THEN DRAIN THE FUEL OUT. THE DEALER STATED THAT IF HE SHOULD NOTICE PAIN...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN A NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TRANSMISSION FLY WHEEL BOLTS, CAUSED DAMAGE TO FLY WHEEL, TORQUE CONVERT AND THE BOLTS WERE REMOVED IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE FAI...

Mileage: 97,105

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS DELAMINATING AND CAUSING FUEL TO BECOME CLOGGED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. T...

Mileage: 45,000

MY 2005 F-450 BEGAN LOSING POWER. I TOOK IT IN TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED,(STILL UNDER WARRANTY). THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE FUEL TANK IS COMING APART INSIDE. THE TANK IS LINED INSIDE WITH A SHEET OF ALUMINUM. THE ALUMINUM IS COMING APART INSIDE THE TANK AND CLOGGING THE FUEL SYSTEM. SO THE DEALE...

WE HAVE A FORD 2005 F-450 RACK BODY TRUCK. IN 2007-08 WE PAID A FORD DEALERSHIP APPROX.$4000 TO REPLACE FUEL TANK, FUEL PUMP AND INJECTORS ON SAID VEHICLE. JUST THIS WEEK, A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THAT THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AND WE WOULD INCUR SIMILAR EXPENSES BECAUSE FOR...

Mileage: 50,000

WE HAVE A FORD 2005 F-450 RACK BODY TRUCK. IN 2007-08 WE PAID A FORD DEALERSHIP APPROX.$4000 TO REPLACE FUEL TANK, FUEL PUMP AND INJECTORS ON SAID VEHICLE. JUST THIS WEEK, A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THAT THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AND WE WOULD INCUR SIMILAR EXPENSES BECAUSE FOR...

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND TOWING UPHILL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 30 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH DISCOVERED ...

Mileage: 130,000

10/5/2010 BRIGHTON,MI MY TRUCK STARTED TO BLOW WHITE SMOKE AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT HAS A DELAMINATION PROBLEM IN THE FUEL TANK AND THE CAUSE WAS FROM BIO-DIESEL CONTAMINATION AND I WOULD NOW NEED TO REPLACE OR RESEAL TH...

Mileage: 129,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED FROM THE INSIDE OUT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 40 MPH. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE CAUSE WAS BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIVES OR BIO DIESEL IN THE DIESEL F...

Mileage: 55,000

SEPT. 9, 2008 - TRUCK STARTED MISSING CHANGED FUEL FILTER WHEN IN SHOP FOR NORMAL SERVICE MARCH 18, 2009 - TRUCK STALLED AND WOULD NOT START, TOWED TO SHOP, DID DIAGNOSTICS , REGULAR SERVICE, AND PUT ON FUEL REGULATOR OCT. 12, 2009 - TRUCK MISSING AND OVERHEATING, REPLACE FUEL FILTER AND RADIATOR...

Mileage: 43,000

FORD F 450 DIESEL FUEL TANK IS DELAMINATING CAUSING THE TRUCK TO STALL CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE ROAD. FROM RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. APPARENTLY FORD IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM AND SHIFTING THE BLAME TO FUEL. MY CHEVY NOR MY FATHERS DODGE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I...

Mileage: 50,000

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE EXPELLED EXCESSIVE WHITE SMOKE FROM THE TAIL PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO...

Mileage: 86,845

I BROUGHT MY COMPANIES 2005 FORD F450 SUPER DUTY TO THE DEALER FOR OIL LEAKS & RUNNING POORLY . THE FUEL TANK HAS DELAMINATED & THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR . *TR

Mileage: 29,386

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH UP AN INCLINE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE HE NOTICED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50300. UPDATED 01/1410 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED T...

Mileage: 50,300

I HAVE A 2005 FORD F-450 THAT WAS LOOSING POWER GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAD JUST REPLACED THE FUEL FILTERS ABOUT TWO THOUSAND MILES BEFORE. WHEN I REMOVED THE FRAME MOUNTED FUEL FILTER IT WAS FULL OF SILVER METAL FLAKES. I CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT FORD AND WAS TOLD IT WAS DELAMINATION OF THE FUE...

Mileage: 58,005

THE LINING OF THE FUEL TANK IS FLAKING OFF INTO MY FUEL LINES. THIS CONDITION HAS CAUSED MAJOR HESITATION AND LACK OF POWER. NEED FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO KNOW THE EXTENT OF DAMAGES. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SLUGGISHNESS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL FILTER WAS DIRTY. SERVICE PERSON REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER AND NOW THE TRUCK WON'T RUN AT ALL. I AM INFORMED THAT THERE IS FUEL CONTAMINATION. TOWED THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER REPAIR STATION AND I AM INFORMED THAT THE LIN...

Mileage: 37,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F450. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO FILL THE GAS TANK, ALL OF THE FUEL BEGAN TO COME OUT OF THE TOP OF THE TANK. HE EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD COLLAPSED AND SLIT AT THE SEAM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE FAI...

Mileage: 9,119

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F450. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. HE EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK HAD COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND SERVICED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE...

Mileage: 28,000

I OWN SEVEN 2004 AND 2005 FORD F-550 AND F-450 TRUCKS WITH DIESEL ENGINES THAT I USE FOR MY BUSINESS. EVERYONE OF THESE VEHICLES HAS BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE SAME PROBLEM-LEAKING HEAD GASKETS. HERE IS A LIST OF THE MILEAGES THAT THE FAILURES OCCURRED: VEHICLE #1 - 96,914 & 100,...

Mileage: 89,146

WHILE DRIVING OUR F-450 TRUCK PULLING OUR 6 HORSE TRAILER, HAS SEVERAL TIMES, HAD THE ENGINE JUST QUIT WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH. BARELY GETTING IT OFF THE ROAD SAFELY WITH A LOAD OF HORSES. FORD HAS REPEATEDLY REPLACED INJECTORS, WHICH THEY CLAIM BEING THE PROBLEM, BUT IT HAS RECUR...

Mileage: 99,300

MY 2005 FORD F450 HAS BEEN HAVING STARTING ISSUES. NOW THE PROBLEM IS THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING. FORD SERVICE HAS RUN DIAGNOSTICS AND SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. *TR

Mileage: 55,300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A TOW HITCH IN THE MIDDLE OF ITS BED. THE BED HAS A BEND APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET BY 9 INCHES AROUND THE HITCH. HE STATED THAT THE BEND IS INCREASING DAILY. HE SPOKE WITH FORD AND THEY STATED THAT T...

Mileage: 53,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-450 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OR GREATER, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE VEERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN CLEAR ROAD CONDITIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND PERFORMED THE REPAIR; HOWEVER THE FAILURE STILL OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE HAS ...

Mileage: 1,639

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD F-450 TRUCK ON A SECONDARY ROAD IN BAJA CALIFORNIA WHEN THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FELL OFF, PRESUMABLY WHILE PASSING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. I WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AWARE THAT THE SPRING WAS MISSING, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE SPRING WHEN I LATER SEARCHED THE ROADWAY. *JB

Mileage: 18,500

AMBULANCE WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL AND EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE STEERING LINK BECOMING DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING KNUCKLE ARM. THE DISCONNECTED STEERING LINK WAS CAUSE BY A BROKEN STEERING LINK TIE ROD END. THE TIE ROD END SEPARATED AT THE THREADED...

Mileage: 63,322

FUEL INJECTORS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL AND SHUTDOWN - MULTIPLE VEHICLES. *NM

Mileage: 18,200

THE FUEL INJECTOR CONTROLS WENT OUT AT LESS THAN 15,000 MILES. AFTER THAT ENGINE ALWAYS RAN HOT. ENGINE BUNED UP AT LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. THEY PUT A NEW ONE IN AND NOW THE TURBO IS NOT OPERATING RIGHT, TRUCK WILL ONLY PULL A LOAD AT 50 MPH. ALL OF THE EVENTS LISTED HERE HAPPENED BEFORE THE TRUCK ...

Mileage: 53,000

THE FUEL INJECTOR CONTROLS WENT OUT AT LESS THAN 15,000 MILES. AFTER THAT ENGINE ALWAYS RAN HOT. ENGINE BUNED UP AT LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. THEY PUT A NEW ONE IN AND NOW THE TURBO IS NOT OPERATING RIGHT, TRUCK WILL ONLY PULL A LOAD AT 50 MPH. ALL OF THE EVENTS LISTED HERE HAPPENED BEFORE THE TRUCK ...

Mileage: 53,000

DT: 2005 FORD F450 SD - THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT HAD ONLY 300 MILES FOR SCRATCHES ON THE TWO SIDE WINDOWS AND FRONT WINDSHIELD. NOW THE VEHICLE HAS 5000 MILES ON IT, AND CONSUMER CANNOT SEE OUT THE WINDOWS, AND IT WILL NOT PASS THE STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. ALSO, THE FRONT W...

Mileage: 300

DT: 2005 FORD F450 SD - THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT HAD ONLY 300 MILES FOR SCRATCHES ON THE TWO SIDE WINDOWS AND FRONT WINDSHIELD. NOW THE VEHICLE HAS 5000 MILES ON IT, AND CONSUMER CANNOT SEE OUT THE WINDOWS, AND IT WILL NOT PASS THE STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. ALSO, THE FRONT W...

Mileage: 300