2005 Ford F-350 SD: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jun 30, 2010 · Electrical · 216,289 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f350 sd. While driving at the speeds of 65mph , the vehicle lost power without any warning.the contact was able to pull to the side of the road. The failure continued to happen, also while driving the contact noticed that there was black smoke coming from the tail pipe. The dealer was contacted and they stated that it was the fuel injection control module that need to be replaced.the dealer stated that her vehicle was not included in recall :the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v270000 component: electrical system:wiring ,even though the vehicle had experienced the failure. There had been no repairs. The failure and current mileage was 216,289.

Filed Jul 21, 2009 · Transmission · 45,906 miles · CA

About a mile after I turned off of hwy 101 onto hwy 166 going east while hauling my 32' toyhauler with my 2005 ford f350 superduty 4x4 drw crew cab truck when smoke started billowing out the rear of my truck, a friend that was following me thought my truck was on fire as fluid sprinkled on his windshield. I was not able to safely pull over for a couple of miles. When I stopped I found that my transmission fluid had spewed out onto the tail pipe of the truck that caused the smoke and all over the highway. I had the truck and trailer towed to santa maria ford and had to wait a day for them to open. When they inspected the transmission, the mechanic told me that the problem was a faulty retainer (snap) ring that came off (unseated) the low/reverse clutch that caused the crack in the transmission case. The mechanic told me there was a ford recall on this problem a few years earlier. He did not want me to mention that he told me anything to anyone at the ford dealership, because he was afraid of losing his job. I left the truck at the dealer because they said it needed a rebuilt transmission. When I returned home I researched the problem and found ford recall 05b27 that was exactly the problem that had occurred. The recall stated that you had to have a snowplow package installed on the truck to receive the recall. This truck did not have the snowplow package. But, it did have the exact transmission with the faulty snap ring that the trucks with the snowplow package had. It should not matter if my truck had a snowplow package or not. Ford knew that my truck had the faulty part installed in the transmission and never sent me a recall. I could have had an accident or may have caused one, due to this (ford motor company known) faulty part cracking the transmission case and spewing transmission fluid all over the road. Hwy 166 is a very winding road in areas and who knows if an accident may have happened due to the excess slippery fluid all over the road. My cost $4441.00.

Filed Aug 26, 2007 · Engine · 95,824 miles · GA · fire

2nd time was white smoke coming out exhaust, then it overheated and oil was mixed with antifreeze, stranded for 5 hours, towed 18 miles to nearest ford dealership, cost us 4 days in a hotel.

Filed Oct 18, 2006 · Engine · 36,000 miles · CA · fire

I parked my 05 ford f-350 in my driveway. Came back 5 minutes later and it was engulfed in flames.

Filed Dec 20, 2005 · Electrical · CA · fire

I have an f-350 super duty diesel. The truck was parked in the driveway @ 7:30 pm. Around 12:15 am, my wife heard a loud popping noise and what sounded like a banging type crash. She thought a car had crashed out in front of the house, so she looked out the window and saw the truck with flames coming out from under the hood. We called the fire dept. And sprayed water on our eaves until they arrived. I will need to replace the eaves above the garage, garage doors, several items in the garage that melted or burned as well as work tools and all personal items from the truck. I will also have to re-paint my house due to the fire and smoke from the truck going across the front of my house above the garage. The fire investigator reports that the fire started under the hood. I contacted the ford dealer where I have purchased 5 trucks in the past year! When asked about recalls or if this was covered under warranty due to the year of the truck and where the fire started, they responded that there is no recall, and they would not cover anything under warranty???? This is actually the second ford truck in about six months that I have had catch fire????? The first was an f-350 that I used as one of my work trucks. That fire actually stared while the truck was being driven back to my shop from a job. The fire dept. Stated the fire had also started under the hood in the engine compartment. I had no idea that there were any issues with ford trucks and fires. Had I known, I would have never turned the first truck into my insurance carrier without raising questions regarding possible faulty parts as a cause of damage.