I just bought this vechile with in the past 2 weeks and the window on the driver side, made a loud grinding sound .....then a loud bang as the window fell down in the door! I'm very lucky that I did not total my vechile as I was pulling into main traffic on a busy road that I live on! This was my dads old vechile and he had the same problem with the passenger side.....not to long ago! Also have been doing some digging on this issue and I see that quite a few other people have been going throught the same problem as well! Just making first few payments and boom!!!! There go's a bunch of money on a safety part that really needs fixed! Ford .........wake up and fix this issue already!!!
2005 Ford F-150 electrical complaints
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While driving our truck the driver side window slowly lowered itself and would not raise up. This was approximately 2 years ago. Yesterday, september 25, 2011 about 2pm, the passenger side window went down on its own and would not raise up. I turned off the hwy I was on and luckily avoided a wreck. Today sept. 29, 2011, I called ford motor company, told them about the window and the previous window being fixed, gave them my VIN#, name, telephone# and was told there are no recall's and they are not aware of any problems and cannot help us financially with this problem. I told them, I was filling a complaint with them and notifying you.
The truck was not running. When the door was opened the flames , from the burning seat shot up and burnt the carpet and door panel , before it could be put out. The controls on the seat were completely melted. It still has a smell of an electrical fire.
Vehicle stalls out completely when coming to a stop and at highway speed. Vehicle goes into fail safe mode. Very hard to control vehicle. Vehicle can be restarted once put in park and shut off.
While driving vehicle at any speed from 10 MPH to 70 MPH the truck will go into safe mode (limp-home mode) going down to 5 MPH and losing all power steering. When diagnosed it is the throttle body control to me this is a safety issue what happens if I am driving 70 MPH on the highway and it goes into safety mode and I lose all power steering. Does someone have to die before there is a recall on this??? It will cost me around $1000.00 to fix per brondes ford in toledo ohio and I am told ford has 2 or 3 vehicles a week come in for the same problem. To me this is not standard maintenance.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving 5 MPH, the engine fail safe light illuminated and the vehicle suddenly stopped on a railroad track. The contact stated that the failure alsmost caused a crash. The vehicle would not move although the engine was still running. The failure could not be diagnosed by the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 46,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. While the contact was driving approximately 10 MPH and attempting to slow down, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that updates needed to be made to the computer. The updates were made but the failure continued. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000.
"electronic throttle control" failure causes the engine to lose all power, power steering is inoperable and vehicle must be stopped, ignition turned off and on again before vehicle is able to proceed. This has happened on 4 occasions in the past year with no warning. This defect poses a seriously dangerous situation, especially at highway speeds, as the operator has no control over the vehicle until able to pull to the side, turn ignition off and then restart the engine. Ford service says they are unaware of this problem but, it is reported numerous times in forums on ford vehicle safety as a $500-$600 repair. This doesn't seem like a normal wear & tear issue but rather a factory defect that ford should address before someone is injured?
Driver side power window is having issues rolling up. Will roll down fine, but when I go to roll it up, gets stuck halfway through. I have to grab top of the window to force it back all the way up. I had this problem 2 years ago when truck was under warranty and dealer replaced free of charge. Now I'm already having the same issue only 2 years later- I read a ton of posts on the web and it looks like this is an ongoing problem with fords and should be something that should be recalled. There are reports of windows shattering on the highway for being only rolled up halfway when the window would not roll up- also what if I get stuck in a bad part of town, like compton, ca and my window won't roll up?
My 2005 ford f150 pick-up drivers side window made a loud bang when I went to roll it up. I was driving when this happened and was very startled, almost hitting the car next to me. I looked for a website to fix it and found they have several issues with their electric windows. Add one more.
7 of 8 spark plugs broke off while changing out on my vehical this is crazy heard alot of complaints.
I have a 2005 ford f150 truck. The end of december 2009 the driver's side window fell down. It started with the electric window button sticking and ended up all of a sudden falling down. The ford mechanics said this is not unusual and could happen to all 4 windows. This is not a covered service for repair.
I was driving @ 45mph when engine suddenly stalled out and lost all power, rpms, and power steering. Check engine lights came on, along with "check gauges" message. Pulled over, turned off truck, then started up and everything was fine again. This is the second time this has happened. Since everything is working again, it wont give a diagnostic code, so problem cannot be fixed. I have read alot online of this happening to others, but ford seems oblivious to the fact. Some say it could be a throttle positioning sensor.
All four windows do not roll up or down. The digital instruments and lights on dashboard filker on and off. An independent mechanic checked vehicle and stated all four of the electric motors needed to be replace. Still working on the dashboard problem.
Speedometer and gauges all drop to zero, power to clock/radio goes off, flash of ABS light and then flash of SRS light, when gauges return to normal the low fuel signal goes on in the odometer until the fuel gauge returns to normal. Srs light blinks 5 times then 3 times, repeats, and then stays on until the vehicle is shut off. This happens while the vehicle is being driven down the road and may happen multiple times in a row.
I bought this truck with 48,000 miles on it. It had a bad shake in the rear area. Also a bad brake shimmy. Took to ford dealership I bought it. Couldn't find anything wrong. Told normal! I worked in the service dept of a ford dealership I know normal. 53,000 or so miles bad clunking from transfer area wouldn't go into 4 wheel drive 1/2 the time took to ford, told nothing wrong again. 72,000 miles transmission goes out. Told nothing could be done, out by 2000 miles. I was a service manager for a ford dealership they could do a supplement on the warranty. I asked for 1/2 of cost told no. Even after documentation of all the services and complaints told to bad so sad. This truck has had transmission troubles, 4 wheel drive trouble, the power window switch fell apart in the door and a bad brake shimmy even after I had a 4 wheel brake job done, its still there. No help from ford at all!
While driving 35 MPH my ford f150 truck engine shut down. The truck lost all power brakes and steering. Seconds before it stalled a engine malfunction light came on. I was only able to re-start after coming to a complete stop, placing the truck in park and turning the key off then back on. Took it to dealer and they road tested and diagnosed codes; p2104, p0121 and p2112. Pinpointed and found electronic throttle body physically sticking closed. Replaced etb and retested ok after repairs. This was not covered under warranty. Time of failure the truck mileage was 33900. See service repair order.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. While driving 35 MPH, the engine shut off and the warning indicator illuminated. The contact restarted the vehicle and pulled over to the side of the road. The dealer stated that they never heard of this type of failure and advised the contact to bring in the vehicle for repair. The dealer inspected the vehicle and stated that the electronic part that controls the foot pedal failed. The vehicle was repaired under warranty. The failure and current mileages were 33,900.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled when the brake pedal was depressed. When the failure occurred, the check engine indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The dealer repaired the failure and they stated that the sensors failed; however, the failure still persists. The vehicle was taken to the dealer approximately two times. The ford manufacturer issued a recall for the power booster line. The vehicle has not been taken in to have the recall repaired. The failure mileage was 18,000 and current mileage was 35,820.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f150. When the contact activated the headlights, the instrument panel lights would dim. As a result, the gauges became difficult to see. She took the vehicle to the dealer on three different occasions and was informed that the issue was a safety feature in order to prevent glare on the driver's eyes at night. The dealer did nothing to repair the vehicle during the first visit. During the second and third visits, the dealer offered no remedy. The manufacturer stated that she did not have a legitimate complaint and referred her to the service manager at the dealer. The current mileage was 11,382 and failure mileage was approximately 6,000.
My truck has 56k on it bought it used with 35k on it when it starts runs with high idle and the top end ticks really bad the ticking does not go away at all speeds at a stop light it sounds like a diesel tic tic tic sounds like a lifter is stuck. I put "lucas" in it to try to make it go away then I changed the oil ran about two weeks with no difference and changed it again and no change called ford dealer they couldn't help they said I would have take it in and get charged $165. Then I changed the spark plugs maybe a fouled plug that wasn't it there goes 120 bucks a couple of weeks ago my wife was driving on the freeway and the drivers side window falls the window regulator broke $140 replaced that already. The passenger seat belt locks up sometimes now to the front the steering wheel shakes really bad when you apply the brakes turned the rotors at napa $20 new brake pads $90 at kragens balanced tires free I work at a tire shop shaking went away for about three days 350 miles later the shaking is back with a vengeance checked the balancing on the tires they were good rotors are out of shape again still on there now and the shaking is getting worse I cant afford them right now so they will stay there hooked up the snap on ehtos computer to it and registers that two sensors have an open circuit but no explanation for top end noise injectors might be bad.
Multiple window regulator assembly failures during normal use of the vehicle and even parked in some instances. It happens randomly and causes much stress. If you are driving in the extreme heat, snow or a heavy rain storm you can do nothing about it. If you have passengers especially small children they will have to suffer until you can get to a service station or have the tools on hand to fix it. Once the window falls you are exposed to the elements with no protection from having the window up. The window falls into the door and you cannot get the window back up unless you take the door panel off and manually shove the window up and place something there to hold it. I have had the parts replaced every time and it continues to happen and to multiple people. It has happened to me five times in three years.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150 super crew 4x4. The vehicle caught fire while parked. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. The vehicle was destroyed. The fire department stated that the fire originated from the wiring harness. The contact has pictures. The current and failure mileages were 11,200. Updated 07/07/08. *lj updatted
Driving on the freeway at approximately 70 miles per hour I activated the vehicles' cruise control system. Without warning the vehicles' interior lighting came on and I subsequently noticed that the vehicle had died ( engine, was no longer running). In a panic, I attempted to turn the ignition key with negative results. I cautiously pulled to the shoulder of the freeway, placed the transmission in park and turned the ignition key to the off position. I then turned the key to the starting position and the vehicle started again. This occurred on two separate occasions. An additional issue with the vehicles air conditioning system has happened several times wherein (usually within the first couple minutes of start up) when the air conditioning is turned on, on the "auto" setting, for example at the 60 degree setting on high, the system will intermittently turn off and then turn on displaying 72 degrees, then turn off, maybe back on again etc., blowing at a much lower speed. Addressed complaints with ford dealership, however, (as always) they were unable to duplicate problem. Inquired about any service bulletins and informed that there were none. Thank you for your time.
Purchased a used 2005 ford f-150 from the dealer ship, truck has 80,000 miles on it. When I changed the plugs 5 out of the 8 broke off in the head.
I was on a trip out of town and I smelt something burning. Few minutes later, I saw smoke coming out of the corner center console. I pulled over to investigate and saw a light shining through the side of my console that didn't belong there. When I turned off my headlights and the light would turn off and stop melting the plastic of the console. This could have been worse for me had it not been daylight! It turns out it was the light that connects to the gear shift to illuminate the letters (p, r, d, etc.) had not been screwed in tightly at the manufacture. Ford replaced the console, the connection bracket and the light socket as they had melted together. My husbands light in his f150 unscrewed too, but didn't cause any damage.
Our 2005 ford f-150 pick up truck was parked in our driveway. During the night the truck caught fire and burned through the garage and through the attic. Our home and contents were destroyed as well as loss of a family pet.
On december 22, 2006, the contact had used the cruise control and it smelled like something electrical was burning. He turned off the vehicle and when he returned 2 hours later the smell had dissipated. The contacted stated that on december 28, 2006 his 2005 ford f150 crew cab caught on fire. He had been driving approximately 8 minutes. The contact was driving approximately 35-40 MPH. The weather conditions were dry. The contact stated smoke started coming up out of the dash board. There were no warning signs or alarms. He pulled over to the side of the road and was only able to roll the window down a quarter of an inch. The doors on the vehicle would not open. The contact had to keep banging his shoulder against the door and jiggling the handle before the door would open. The contact was using the cruise control. The police and fire department came to the scene. The contact was transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The vehicle became completed engulfed in flames. The contact has a police report and fired department report. Kb
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 30 MPH, smoke was noticed coming from the engine. The vehicle was maneuvered off the road where the contact put out the fire before the fire department arrived. The contact determined the ignition wiring harness started the fire. A police report was taken. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to await inspection.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle's factory key was defective and does not start the vehicle. The vehicle included 3 keys; 2 good and 1 defective. Any time a good key was used to lock the door, the defective key does not work at all when attempting to start the vehicle. The defective key worked if it used to lock the door before starting up. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who programmed another key, but the problem persisted. The vehicle was brought back to the dealer who expressed that another key could not be reprogrammed because of the way the vehicle was manufactured. The manufacturer was contacted three times and suggested that the vehicle be taken to another dealer. The other dealer could not duplicate the problem, and offered no resolution.
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