2005 Ford F Super Duty

THIS TRUCK REPEATEDLY HAS TO BE REPAIRED FOR FUEL SYSTEMS PROBLEMS. EGR REPAIR, 4 INJECTORS REPLACED, SO FAR. FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 6.0 POWERSTROKE DIESEL, BUT REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. SO FAR WE HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT WELL OVER $8000 IN REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET. NOW WHEN WE TRY TO TRADE IT IN ON ANOTHER FORD THE FORD DEALER REFUSES IT AS A TRADE IN. AUTO MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE MADE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF THING. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A $20 TOASTER HERE. THIS IS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO JUST GO OUT AND BUY A NEW ONE. *TR

I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED MY FIRST 2005 FORD F-250 IN AUGUST OF 2012. THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE THAT I PURCHASED THAT WAS A FORD PRODUCT. ON AUGUST 13, 2012 I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK DOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN I NOTICED THAT I STARTED TO LOSE POWER ON THE ACCELERATOR AND MY VEHICLE JUST SHUTT OFF ALL OF A SUDDEN. THE VEHICLE LEFT ME STRANDED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD TO WAIT ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START AGAIN. I ALSO SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF EXHAUST IN THE CABIN OF MY TRUCK. I THEN WENT TO A LOCAL MUFFLER SHOP AND HAD THEM CHECK MY EXHAUST SYSTEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK HAD NO EXHAUST LEAKS. I THEN STARTED TO RESEARCH THE SYMPTOMS OF MY TRUCK ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES THAT I WAS HAVING ON MY TRUCK. SINCE THEN IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON SEVERAL MORE OCCASIONS MAKING IT VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. MY LOCAL MECHANIC HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. MY RESEARCH HAS INDICATED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM CREATED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER DUE TO THE UN-SAFENESS OF THIS PROBLEM FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND CORRECT THE DEFECT AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. I WILL BE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO CONTACT MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. I MADE THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS MADE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *TR

THIS APPLIES TO FORD F-250 AND F-350 SERIES PICKUPS WHICH HAVE SINGLE REAR WHEELS AND THE FORD 10.5 INCH REAR-END. THIS ISSUE AFFECTS AT LEAST MODEL YEARS 2003 THROUGH THE CURRENT YEAR. THESE TRUCKS HAVE 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES AND THE DESIGN OF THESE BRAKE SYSTEMS IS CAUSING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO FAIL. THE REAR DISC BRAKE ROTORS ON THESE TRUCKS ARE DESIGNED WITH THE INSIDE OF THE ROTOR DOUBLING AS A BRAKE DRUM THAT IS USED FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CONSISTS OF A SET OF 2 BRAKE SHOES WHICH ARE HELD TO A BACKING PLATE BY ANCHOR PINS. THE SHOES ARE FORCED AGAINST THE DRUM BY A CAM WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS APPLIED BY THE DRIVER. THE SHOES THEN APPLY PRESSURE TO THE INSIDE OF THE ROTOR AND THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM HAS 2 BACKING PLATES AND THEY ARE BOLTED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE REAR AXLE TUBE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES ARE HELD TO THESE BACKING PLATES BY ANCHOR PINS WHICH PASS THROUGH THE BACKING PLATES AND WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE SHOES WITH CLIPS. THESE BACKING PLATES AND BRAKE SHOE ANCHOR PINS ENSURE THAT THE BRAKE SHOES ARE HELD IN THE PROPER POSITION WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS APPLIED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEMS ON THESE TRUCKS ARE FAILING BECAUSE THE BACKING PLATES ARE RUSTING AWAY IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE RUST IS SO BAD THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE ANCHOR PINS PULL THROUGH THE BACKING PLATES AND THE BRAKE SHOES THEN FLOAT FREELY WITHIN THE BRAKE DRUM. THESE BACKING PLATES ARE RUSTING AWAY IN AS LITTLE AS 4 YEARS AND IN LESS THAN 80,000 MILES. IN MARYLAND, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS REQUIRED TO BE FUNCTIONAL OR THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. FORD SHOULD REIMBURSE OWNERS WHO HAVE REPLACED THESE PARTS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. *TR

VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN DRIVER IS ON FREEWAY AND HITS A BUMP. THE TIRES AND AIR PRESSURE ARE MAINTAINED PER FORD GUIDELINES. INCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING MORE AND MORE AND THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CORRECT. THE VEHICLE IS GOING INTO THE FORD DEALER ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011. THE DRIVER IS INCREASINGLY ALARMED THAT AN ACCIDENT WILL OCCUR WHEN DRIVER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAD A HAZARDOUS MECHANICAL FAILURE WITH MY 2005 F250 SUPER DUTY DIESEL 5/20/11. I AND MY WIFE WERE TRAVELING AND PULLING OUR 32 FOOT 5TH WHEEL. WE WERE 6 MILES EAST OF PANACA, NEVADA WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. IT LOST ALL POWER. LUCKILY THE ROAD WAS STRAIGHT, WITH A SLIGHT UP GRADE, WITH A LARGE TURNOUT JUST AHEAD ON THE LEFT, WITH NO TRAFFIC. I WAS GRIPPED BY HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE THE GIVE THE 500 PLUS MILES WE HAD TRAVELED THAT DAY AND THE MANY MOUNTAIN PASSES WE HAD GONE OVER AND DOWN AND THE COUNTLESS CURVES AND ROADS WITH NO SHOULDERS WHERE IF THE MECHANICAL FAILURE HAD HAPPENED ON ONE OF THESE SEGMENTS OUR SITUATION COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN PERILOUS WITH A FATALITY A REAL POSSIBILITY. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO PARKWAY AUTOPLEX IN CEDAR CITY, UTAH. I ARRIVED ABOUT MIDNIGHT. MY WIFE WAS 80 MILES AWAY WITH NO MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE 5TH WHEEL. I SLEPT IN THE TRUCK. AROUND 8 AM I APPROACHED THE SERVICE AREA. I NOTICED SOMEONE INSIDE. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS [XXX] A SENIOR MASTER TECHNICIAN. AS I EXPLAINED MY SITUATION IN MORE DETAIL AND THAT MY WIFE WAS STRANDED 80 MILES AWAY ON A RURAL NEVADA HIGHWAY AND WE HAD NO WAY TO COMMUNICATE, [XXX] GRADUALLY BECAME WILLING TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE MECHANICAL FAILURE. WHEN HE PERFORMED HIS COMPUTER ANALYSIS, IT SUPPORTED HIS SUSPICION THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A FAILED HIGH PRESSURE OIL COUPLER. WHILE [XXX] WAS PERFORMING THE REPAIR HE OBSERVED THE HE HAD DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES. HE HAS BEEN EXPECTING TO SEE A RECALL FOR THIS THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE TWO PART OIL COUPLER HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS AND THE REPLACEMENT PART IS NOW A ONE PIECE PART. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DESIGN DEFECT AND REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR