Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated that the spark plugs in the engine popped out of the cylinder head which indicated that there was not enough thread on the spark plugs. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where the spark plugs were replaced. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer had been notified. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.
2005 Ford F-150 engine complaints
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My 2005 ford f-150 lariat 5.4l sounds like a diesel, I was told this is a very common problem with f-150's within 2003-2006. This is a result of either cam phasers or bad lifters.
While driving, my 2005 f-150 would suddenly act as if the transmission was in neutral. The wrench symbol on the gauge panel would illuminate, but the engine was still running. The only way to clear the problem was to pull over, put car in park, shut engine off, restart engine and shift to drive. Luckily this never happened on the highway, but it could have LED to a serious accident. I had the truck repaired, and the dealership had to replace the throttle body. This is not covered under warranty according to the dealership. Truck has only 58,800 miles on it. I have seen this issue on this site and others and the federal safety agency really should investigate this issue.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f150 truck. While driving 35-40 MPH the vehicle the vehicle was skipping and jumping and it was later towed to a local mechanic who had to remove the engine head in order to reach the spark plugs. The mechanic could not get all of the spark plugs out of the vehicle and referred him back to the dealer. The local mechanic repaired the vehicle for $900 since the dealer wanted to charge $2800 to repair the vehicle. The contact stated that because of the design of the vehicle the spark plugs were difficult to reach. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.
7 of 8 spark plugs broke off while changing out on my vehical this is crazy heard alot of complaints.
The f-150 was parked in the carport attached to my son's house. It had been parked and not running for at least 3 hours. A passerby noticed the truck on fire and tried to wake all occupants in the house(duplex). At 5 a.m on 9/11/2008. My son never left the house. His body was found just inside the house by the carport door. The fire was coming from someplace in the engine compartment. Due to my sons employment with the military at that time and living on post there has been extensive investigation into this incident. I can supply further data when asked. I hadn't been allowed to see any of the investigative info until the military completed their investigation. That is the reason for the long delay in reporting this incident.
In the 2005 ford f-150 with the 5.4 liter 3 valve there is a defect pertaining to the spark plugs. In the event that you try to remove the spark plugs they tend to break off in the head possibly damaging the threads of the spark plug hole. When this occurs, ford is charging an outstanding amount of money to repair it. This problem is all over the internet and doesn't just affect the 2005 model. It is a very serious defect costing people a lot of money that I think should be placed on the manufactures plate. It is almost as if they designed this problem on purpose to make people have to bring it to their repair shop and have it fixed regardless of the price. I have personally experienced this problem along with many others and I think it is obvious that the customers are not happy with the way ford has handled the issue. Spark plugs are considered to be part of preventive maintenance but this is sickening how they can get away with charging that much for a small problem. The problem was not discovered until ford had sold so many of them that it would probably take them years to correct every one. It is pretty much guaranteed that you are going to break off at least one of your plugs while trying to do this small task. As far as I know the only thing done to correct the problem was they invented a tool that will removed the broken part of the spark plug in the head, but if the threads get messed up in the process that's when it begins to start costing big bucks and it is totally the manufactures fault to begin with. Please take this request for a recall seriously as I am not the only one who feels this way, just look online.
Notified today that there is an issue with removing and replacing spark plugs for the ford 5.3 triton v8 3 valve engine. Ford has issued a technical service bulletin tsb 08-7-6 and it is not available on your website. Why? If this is indeed a manufacturers defect should it not be covered by their original warranty or the magnusen-moss warranty act and or the ucc, article 2. This procedure can be both timely and costly for a consumer. I have received quotes ranging from 250 to 1600 dollars. Should the consumer be expected to shoulder the burden of this issue?
Approximately 2 years ago I purchased a 2005 ford f-150 extended cab truck. I have had no problems with the truck up until this point and my truck currently has approximately 67,000 miles on it. However, approximately three (3) weeks ago I noticed my truck "sputtering" and "missing" and having some difficulty starting. I took it to the dealership (kamaaina motor's) that I purchased it from. The mechanics are now telling me that the spark plugs broke off and fell into the engine "head". They have attempted to retrieve the pieces of the spark plugs (two as they are currently reporting) but they feel that the impact of the spark plugs falling into the head may have now caused my motor to freeze up. At this point they are recommending complete engine replacement for my truck which will cost thousands of dollars. I am devastated. This is my only vehicle and I still owe money to the bank to pay it off. I don't have thousands of dollars to replace the motor and I know can't just get another loan for another car. I have been reading online about this repeated failure on ford's fault of defective spark plugs and that this is common and of no fault of the owners of the vehicles. At this point my truck is still sitting at the mechanics and is not moving and I am without a car. Is there not anything that the ford company can do to be responsible for their defective productions?? I devastated by this and have no idea what I am going to do to get back into a running vehicle so I can get to work and take my kids to and from school. Please help?????
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. While driving at 55 MPH, the spark plugs disbursed from the engine and the vehicle lost power and stalled. The dealer was contacted and the contact was informed that the repairs would be at her expense. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 80,000.
Ford motor company-there was a service bulletin put out show there was a problem with the cam phasers and cam chain tensioner causing the engine to make noises and then engine failure there has been lots of complaintsto ford with nothing being done if you where driving onthe road and the engine blew couldcause a accident I contact ford and they have all most admitted to it that they new there was a problem I have found that there has been 1092 complaints over this problem and nothing done. I contacted ford and that's how I found out about you they keep saying there sending the complaint to another dept..but this is aproblem that could have been correct before the engine was ruined.
2005 ford f-150 5.4l triton had 2 blown spark plugs. First one happened at 80,000 miles, second at 130,000. The first time it destroyed the exhaust manifold and cost $3000 to repair. The second time this happened it blew the left side exhaust and the coil pack. This cost about $1500 to repair.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f150. While driving at speeds over 20 MPH, the vehicle would shake and vibrate violently. He also observed black smoke emitting from the exhaust pipe and a strong gasoline fuel odor from the vehicle interior. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they replaced the fuel injectors (performed under ford customer satisfaction program 07m08, the federal safety agency service bulletin number : 07m08, fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors) and made repairs to the brake booster (performed under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 08v208000: component: service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:vacuum:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings). Immediately after the repairs, when putting the vehicle into the drive position, there was a rattling noise under the vehicle. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who stated that the catalytic converter was damaged due to the fuel injector failure. The dealer was advised by the manufacturer that the catalytic converter would not be covered and they would take no liability for the failure. There were no repairs made to the catalytic converter, to date. The contact has all service records, if needed. The failure mileage was 35,742 and the current approximate mileage was 84,000.
2005 ford f150 v8 4.6l driving down the road, spark plug popped out of the head. 65,000 miles, original plugs.
At just over 59k miles on my 2005 f-150 5.4l triton v8 driving at 30 MPH I noticed a ticking sound that increased/decreased with rpms. Traveling about 2 miles further the noise increased in volume so I pulled over and raised the hood. The noise was coming form the passenger side of the motor and the motor was shaking as if miss firing or running iraticly. I had no engine warning light or any other notifications on the dash prior. I went directly to my mechanic. When my mechanic came out to see what was happening he knew right away what was going on. He has repaired this problem several times before. He said that I had blownout a least one spark plug. This is a known flaw with the triton v8 motors or rather the spark plug design that was put in the engine from the factory. The spark plug is a three piece design the is crimped together and ultimately cracks and separates over a period of time leading to literally blowing up. In some cases the threads in the motor where the spark plug screws in can be torn out. This requires re-tapping new threads or a heliocoil pack. This issue was not pointed out to me by ford prior so I could prevent possible damage and very expensive repair costs as I know they are aware of this problem and that is very wrong. The manual provided by ford with the truck says the spark plugs don't need to be changed until 100k. After further investigation online I found hundreds of others experiencing the same problem prior to 100k. I will be sending the bill to repair my truck to ford through my attorney as this is negligent behavior and a faulty design flaw that I could not have prevented. Ford is sending owners of this motor down a path of guaranteed financial and potential physical harm. Ford needs to stand up and own this mistake.
While at ~45mph, I eased off the accelerator to go into a left hand turn. My f150 then lost all power and shut off (no power steering, etc), and there were 2 tracker trailers coming in the opposite direction from me. I was barely able to complete the turn with the momentum that I had before the truck died. The truck re-started without any issue. This had happened before 2 other times with large gaps of time in between (once in november 09 and the other time a week before this latest incident). The other 2 occurrences were similar (highway speeds of 60mph), and restarting without any issue or error codes. An error code was generated (finally) with the incident described at the top of this complaint, and I brought the truck to the dealership. They diagnosed a faulty throttle sensor which was replaced. At less than 50,000 miles I did not expect to see an issue with this sensor, and certainly I would expect the truck to default into the "limp home mode" described in the manual, which it did not. There were several other similar complaints for this on some forums and I felt it might need some attention.
2005 ford f150, 5.4 v-8 engine, 59,000 miles incident 1) 02/7/10 - upon accelerating away from a stop light while turning left, the truck accelerator pedal became inactive. Truck was moving at 25-30 MPH. Additional pressure applied to the pedal caused no acceleration. Light traffic allowed me to coast to shoulder where I was able to put the truck in park. Truck faulted into 'limp mode' that limits the accelerator pedal operation (per manual), this was indicated by the 'wrench' light on the dash, no check engine light appeared. Turned the ignition off, waited a ~15 seconds and restarted. Upon restart 'wrench' light cleared and accelerator functioned as prior, again no check engine light appeared. Incident 2) 02/12/10 - while driving on a federal highway at 55 MPH in right lane the same sequence as incident one above occurred ? The truck accelerator pedal became inactive. Being in the right-most lane I was able to coast on to the shoulder and avoid a rear-end collision. Same ?wrench? Light was indicated on dash, same sequence was used to restart and drive off. This obviously could have been much worse had the situation been different, I.e. In high-speed lane or heavier traffic patterns. This is certainly a safety concern for driving public, both those in the f150 and on the road around them. Almost identical instances can be seen on the federal safety agency site for exact make/model/year truck. Administration should investigate and consider a safety recall to avoid future damage.
Coil on plug keeps miss firing . They were changed twice. Ford wants to do a valve job to fix the problem . The truck has only 57000 miles on it.
While traveling through a tunnel at approx.55 MPH the engine on my 2005 f-150 with a 5.4 liter engine quit running at full speed and went into what ford calls limp mode. Luckily there was no other vehicle behind me or I would not be here to write this. The truck has since this incident quit running all together several different times. I took the vehicle back to where it was purchased and was charged $75 to diagnose the problem. They said that the throttle body was not functioning properly and it would cost $450 to replace. Ford knows of this problem and will do nothing to repair the defective parts on their own. The dealer that is doing the repairs said that there are 397 of these parts on back order, that should tell them something! This could be a life threatening defect that the ford motor co. Will not take responsibility for.
Spark plug breaking off in engine.
Ventilation fin got stuck on a piece of foam. The motor controller then failed. This resulted in inability to switch air flow direction in the vehicle.
2005 ford f150 5.4l engine twice the fail safe came on while my wife driving and the engine shut down. Once in october,2009( on the interstate, speed 65) and 11/19/09. This could have resulted in a serious accident she was able to get off the road. After a couple of minutes, engine started ok. With no check engine on ford dealer replaced throttle body and motor; reprogrammed PCM at a cost of $510.00.
There were no warnings or events leading up to the incident. No warning lights, no noises. We had been driving earlier, but only about 5 miles and then we ate dinner, so the car rested. We came home and my son was about to take his young daughter home. My son was in drivers seat, I was putting granddaughter in back seat child safety seat . Then I leaned into the passenger side front cab to grab a coke from the cupholder. My son turned on the truck, ford f150 pickup, and we heard a boom. It was so loud the neighbors all came out.-it sounded like a bomb! I was lacerated on the hand. My son was in pain, my granddaughter was screaming, and I went to rear cab from outside, unstrapped her and carried her out onto the sidewalk far away, fearing fire or explosion. My son was lacerated on his chest, stomach and was deaf in left ear for more than 2 hrs. The inside lights went on, and the car was running until we were brave enough to take out the keys about 10 mins. We had to wash dust off of ourselves, the smoke filled the cab. We called police and made report and called ins. Carrier and made report. Today we had it towed to ford dealer. I know this is a ford f150 defect. If my son had been driving, he would have had a terrible accident with my 4 yr old granddaughter in the truck. I am going to force ford to fix this and we are all hearing humming in our ears. The adjuster came out, gave us an estimate, we had the truck towed to ford dealer. I called ford customer service,, they took the complaint, and said wait 15 days for response. They asked me "what do you expect to be the outcome of this call?" ah what? I said that I expect them to pay the 1000.00 deduct and the cost. The rep told me to have a happy thanksgiving! Its not her place to tell me that I should be grateful. I told her we were. I want ford to pay for this, the adjuster said they should. I bet they wont!
2005 f150 5.4l v8. Engine dies while driving. No warning, no indication. Only connection seems to be that it happens during the first time the truck is driven in the morning. All electrical is still working during stall. Go to hit the accelerator pedal and nothing. It is completely random. It has happened 3 times in the last 2 weeks with random days in between. Turn the key off, turn it on and all works fine. Others have had this issue in complaints, it can not be a coincidence with so many others having the same problem. This could pose a safety issue to f-150 drivers or other vehicles around an f150 if this stall happens. The incident date is just the most recent. Taking my truck to the shop this week to get it checked out. I want answers from ford! I am the original owner of this truck with only 32000 miles on it. Never driven hard, used for towing or heavy payloads.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. While driving the vehicle began to stall and shut off. He made several attempts to restart the vehicle and was able to resume normal operation. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and a technician concluded that it would cost $600.00 to repair the vehicle. No repairs were made. The failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage was 70,447.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f150. During a routine inspection a technician concluded that five of the eight spark plugs separated from the engine head; however, no repairs were made. The manufacturer was notified and no assistance was provided. The failure and current mileages were 50,000.
I have a 2005 ford f-150 pick up with a 5.4 liter triton engine. While driving on the highway the number 1 sparkplug was spit out damaging the head. The vehicle immediately slowed down in the middle of traffic. Ford said this is uncommon, yet there are thousands of complaints already filed about this particular engine through the federal safety agency. I have to completely replace the engine.
Spark plugs cannot be changed because of design of cylinder head. This is a spark plug breakage inside the head. This is a common occurrence on 5.4 liter ford motors as reported on forums and through word of mouth. 1998 to 2008 motors are notorious leading consumers to either pay huge repair bills or trade before they wish to trade. Also, someone wishing to change his plugs for proper emissions or proper maintenance is just screwed. Scared to death to have them changed even at a dealership. Ford mechanics even have trouble.this is no few vehicles. This is widespread.
Sudden engine surges occurring at any time weather moving or stopped at red light or while slowing down to stop.
Regarding: 2005 ford f 150 truck purchased new from dealer, has been having problems with stalling. It has stalled in reverse and while driving on freeway. It is very dangerous. I almost got into an accident today on the freeway, which is why I am taking the time to look into this matter. I also know a few people with the same problem and have also seen many postings online for this issue. Many people have been injured in accidents and many trucks have caught on fire. All have started with these same problems. Ford recognized this problem until the made year of 2004. I do believe it also a problem with 2005, and maybe with other years. This really needs to be checked into. I have had my truck looked at by a mechanic, and he is not sure of the problem. I see a lot of problems with ford and fuel injectors and cruise control with my year of truck, but no recalls. This is a serious matter and I would appreciate that it be handled responsibly.
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