general problems of the 2005 Ford F-150 - part 2

1. Brake dot 3 is running out after several months. When I apply the brakes, the vehicle keeps going. In order to keep the vehicle running, I must push down the brake very hard to stop the vehicle. I have to constantly refill the oil tank. 2. When driving on the highway and the speed reaches at around 45-65 mph, the vehicle automatically loses power and hit at 3-5 mph before stopping. After I completely turn off and reset the battery, the vehicle starts normal again. The vehicle happened from 2009 to current time, but the odb scan does not detect any code or errors.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the four wheel drive feature malfunctioned, causing the vehicle to engage the four wheel drive system while driving 60 mph. The front end of the vehicle shook violently when the failure occurred. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where the dealer replaced the four wheel drive sensor because water had entered the old sensor and caused the malfunction. The replacing of the four wheel drive sensor did not remedy the issue. The contact called the manufacturer and they advised the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer. The failure mileage was 70,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle would intermittently shift into four wheel drive unexpectedly. The failure occurred when driving 30 mph and above. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that water was penetrating the actuator. Various repairs were performed, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 20,000.

When vehicle's engine is cold, and approximately 8 minutes into driving, vehicle will cut off while in motion & wrench light comes on. Vehicle then has to be guided to a stop with no power or can be shifted into neutral & restarted while still moving. Following vehicle restart engine light is on. Code indicates truck has been placed in "limp home mode". After about 2 weeks, engine light goes off. I was advised to replace the throttle body in Feb. 2010, however the throttle body had just been replaced in April 2007 when the vehicle was only 2 years old.

First off I want to say that I work for Ford and I am very disappointed that the first of the two issue I have hasn't been recalled and I'm not 100% sure about the dates that these problems occurred on. My truck has sounded like it has a diesel engine in it since I bought it brad new in 2005 and after talking to some guys at work I find out that it is caused by cam phasers that are in the 2004-07 5. 4litre engines and if these fail you have to get a new motor which I was told just a couple of months ago would be $8900. 00 which is absolutely crazy. If you look them up online you will see that this is a huge and costly problem. My second issue is I have had my rearend rebuilt twice since I have owned this vehicle. The first time was before it was out of it 36,000 mile factory warranty, the second time was before it was out of the 100,000 extended warranty that I purchased so luckily those two times did not cost me anything but now it needs it again and the mechanic tell me it could cost $5000 so with the motor issue and the rearend issue I could possibly spend $14,000 in repairs which again is crazy when you spent close to $50,000. 00 on the vehicle to begin with.