2005 Ford F-150: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Apr 12, 2017 · Transmission · 200,000 miles · MI

New trans needed, common on most f150. Overdrive light flashes and won't shift out of first gear

Filed Jun 2, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 175,000 miles · KY · fire

On the morning of march 5th 2015 I started my truck to warm the inside and also melt the snow off my windshield. I got in the truck and backed out away from house. Due to having snow on the driveway I turned on the 4 wheel drive in high. My four wheel drive would not work so I tried to swicth to 2 wheel drive back to four wheel drive but the 4 wheel drive would not turn on. I grabbed the gear shift to put the truck back in park when I noticed my gear shift could float to park to 1st gear freely and would not shift. At this time I noticed smoke starting to come inside cab from under dash and thru the vents. I jumped out and opened the hood. A 1 foot section of a wiring harnes mounted to the firewall had caught fire. I made attempts to put out the fire but within a few seconds the engine compartment was engulfed. In 2 to 3 minutes the entire inside of the cab was also completely on fire. My wife who was watching me immediatly called 911 to get the fire department. After 3 minutes the truck was already a total lose. Due to the truck being only 60' from my house and burning so hot I was concerned about my house catching fire. Two gentleman from the rescue squad arrived but it was too late for anything to be done. I was able to get a backhoe and put the fire out with snow. Unfortunately I had liability insurance only which meant a total lose. I never dreamed that the truck would burn up sitting in my driveway!!!! I know there have been some recalls for f150 due to fire hazards with the cruise control for other year model close to 2005. A vehicle catching fire while its sitting in a driveway running is totally unacceptable. The truck was in excellent shape and had no after market parts or work performed. I have no ideal why the wiring harness caught fire.

Filed May 24, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 97,000 miles · TN

Driving on interstate doing 70 MPH (in fast lane) when truck stopped/stalled and I guess from research went into "limp mode". I was unable to press the gas pedal, it just shook three times each of which slowed it down incredibly, the check engine light was on and a wrench showed up, but the radio still worked. While trying to pull over almost wrecked (memorial day weekend and I was in fast lane). Finally able to pull over to side of road hysterical, shut off and waited a minute and it started. Drove rest of way home *100 miles* with check engine light on and ABS light on. I am scared to death to drive again. Not fun having a vehicle stall/quit whatever on interstate in rush hour traffic.

Filed Feb 12, 2010 · Engine · 59,000 miles · OH

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.

Filed Jan 5, 2010 · Engine · 43,567 miles · OH

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.