general problems of the 2005 Ford F-150

We purchased four new tires hankook kontrol p255/65 and drove the truck less than a week and the side wall belt in the tire had a blowout no rough driving, no excessive driving just to and from work on a clean highway with no debris. This almost caused a wreck on the highway and he was able to steer the truck into the ditch as it could have been a lot worse on a two lane high way that had a lot of traffic. The vehicle was in motion on hwy 53 in joliet, IL driving straight south and there was a large bang noise and the tire was completely flat with a belt blown on the inside of the tire. Would like to see a recall before this kills someone. Was told by be dealer that it would not be warranted as the tire was used a few days and they are hard to deal with when it comes to a warranty issue.

A wheel stud, Ford p/n yl3z 1107 ab, on the right front wheel/hub assembly would not tighten to the prescribed 150 ft-lbs torque because it stretched. The wheel stud stretched 0. 044" before I stopped trying to torque it up to specification. The wheel stud and nut were replaced. The vehicle was stationary. There was no accident or incident involved. I believe that either Ford has overstated the tightening torque or there is a materials and/or heat treating defect. The wheel stud appears to be zinc plated. The wheel bolt torque of 150 ft-lbs is listed in reference materials as the tightening torque for plain, unlubricated m14 class 10. 9 steel fasteners. The tightening torque for zinc plated m14 fasteners is about 20 ft-lb less.

Had what appeared to be a slow leak in rear tire. Took it to les schwab tire and they found it was a weld that was failing in the original stock rim. The split was approximately 8 inches long. I then spoke to a local Ford dealer who denied ever hearing any knowledge of such a thing and simply said you cannot believe everything you see on the internet after I had googled the issue. He said Ford takes these things very seriously but that this was something brand new. He kept insisting a 13 year old truck will have issues and that I should look at their new ones. . . Even though the internet had all ages of rim issues related to the f series pickups.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. While driving 40 mph, the two front wheels on the vehicle seized without warning. The contact stated that the failure occurred on at least eight occasions. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and provided case number: cas12702472. In addition, the contact cited NHTSA campaign number: 08v208000 (service brakes, hydraulic) as a possible cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 230,000.

I needed a new transmission last year. Just blew out of no where. This year alone I needed new hubs, all8 cylinders have a miss fire my truck dropped from 60 to ten in seconds so scary.

Turning left into south bound lane of a highway when the right front upper control arm assembly caused the tire to detach from the that area. The tire landed on the highway however remained attached from the lower assembly. Due to the momentum of the vehicle was able to get across the highway to prevent a collision. Vehicle was towed to an automotive repair center. The right front upper control arm assembly was completely rusted through.

Hubs grinding, vibrating and slowing truck down. Had to replace both too soon for a vehicle like this. And the brake master cylinder went out at a stop sign with no warning then shut the truck off completely.

Yes my 4x4 is not working and I have read over 300 post easy about the same problem people are having. Thousands of people are having the same problem I have had with my truck. Obviously if there are that many people with the same year of truck and same problem why isnt Ford doing a recall? they say the problem is the iwe, solenoid, the problem why it happens in the first place is there isnt a rain cover over the solenoid underneath the hood. I do believe that this is a hudge saftey hazzard and almost caused me to be in an accident about three weeks ago because my four wheel drive went out! Ford please do a recall before someone gets hurt or even die! I do believe that Ford should be responsible for this issue and have a recall to get these vehicles fixed.

Window regulator failure.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. While driving approximately 45 mph, the front driver side wheel exhibited signs of failing. The contact discovered that the tire was going flat and added more air. The vehicle was then taken to a local tire shop where the contact was advised that the front driver side wheel was fractured. The local repair shop replaced the tire with a spare and the vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 65,148 and the current mileage was 65,200.

After noticing a low tire my driver was attempting to air it up but to no avail and we noticed it was leaking at a weld on the rim. We took it to a dealer and was told it was cracked about a third of the way around the rim where the center was welded to the outer rim. I had to buy a replacement wheel but our concern is that this might happen again. If it had cracked much farther the outer rim would have separated from the vehicle. Has this problem been reported before. Thank you curtis peterman alexander mechanical kansas city, mo.

While investigating a front tire with an air leak, it was discovered that the outer rim (where the tire bead seats) of the steel oem wheel had split away from the rest of the rim for a circumferential length of over 10 inches near the tire bead sealing surface. It appears that the outer portion of the rim was almost to the point of separating from the rest of the wheel and allowing the tire to dismount from the wheel. If that had occurred in traffic, the results easily could have resulted in serious injury. This is a 17 inch six lug oem wheel with the chrome clad front surface from a four wheel drive F-150. This wheel was removed from service, but we are concerned about other similar wheels on this and other trucks and would be interested to know which other wheel types have the potential for similar defects due to similar manufacturing techniques.