2005 FORD F-250 SD Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN LEAKING. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE ON TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE LEAK HAD CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO MALFUNCTION AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH SNOW PREP PACKAGE. REVERSE FAILED WHILE PLOWING. TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT FOR OVER $2,500, MECHANIC SAID THE CASE HAD A CRACK IN IT AND THE SNAP RING/REVERSE PLANETARY FAILED. RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE: "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 05B27". THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM CLOSED, I WILL BE CONTACTING FORD CORPORATE OFFICES FOR A RESOLUTION.

I PULLED INTO MY SHOP AND WAS ON CELL PHONE WHEN A PERSON CAME UP YELLING (VERY UPSET) AT ME THAT I ALMOST MADE THEM CRASH,THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING ME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND MY TRUCK SPRAYED THEM WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HE TRIED TO CLEAR HIS WINDSHIELD, BUT THE WIPERS JUST SMEARED IT, I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW TRANS WAS LEAKING AND SAID MY APOLOGIES. I GOT OUT AND NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDER MY TRANSMISSION. IT LOOKED LIKE MY PAN GASKET WAS LEAKING, REMOVED AND REPLACED MY PAN GASKET FILLED WITH OIL , STARTED TRUCK NOTHING WAS LEAKING THEN WENT TO GO HOME PUT IT IN REVERSE AND LEFT A LARGE STREAK OF OIL IN FRONT OF ME, SHUT DOWN TRUCK TRANS FLUID WAS JUST PORING OUT OF IT, LOOKED LIKE COOLER LINE WAS SPRAYING AND LEAKING, REPLACED FERAL, FILLED AGAIN, RAN TRUCK FOUND TO BE LEAKING...

2005 FORD F250 WITH A CRACKED TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *KB THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 44,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER STATED FORD KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL SNAP RING WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION CASE TO CRACK. *JB

SEVERE FRONT END WOBBLE CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL, ALL POWER IS LOST ON THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO FORD FICM HARNESS WAS BAD THEY REPLACED IT NOW THE ABS LIGHT INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES......NO REPAIRS YET VEHICLE STILL IN SHOP. *TR

2005 F250 SD DIESEL 6.0 PICK UP _ CHRONIC ISSUES WITH FRONT END SHIMMY, NEAR UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES. DLR SAYS BUY NEW STEERING STABILIZER, AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES, ETC. TSB IS IN PLACE, BUT DLR STATES NOTHING WRONG? 2 TURBOCHARGERS, UNGODLY AMOUNT OF EGR REPLACEMENT, OIL PUMP ISSUES, OIL LEAKS. BAD ENGINE SITUATION, 5 MAJOR WARRANTY CLAIMS ON ISSUES. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES IN NON-COMMERCIAL USE. STRANDED OWNER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT FORD SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG. SOLUTION FROM FORD - WE WILL GIVE YOU A 200,000 MILE 7 YEAR WARRANTY AT N/C. PROBLEM IS, MOST ISSUES RELATE TO CALIFORNIA EMISSION FAILURE BY FORD UNDER CERTIFICATION ON EMISSIONS, AND FOLLOWING RECALL ON COMPUTER RESET. TRUCK NO LONGER GETS 570 FOOT LBS OF TORQUE AS ADVERTISED, AND 2 SEPARATE DEALERS WERE ONLY ABLE TO OBTAIN 510 FT POUND OF TORQUE, BECAUSE OF RECALL ON EMISSIONS VIOLATIONS. REQUEST FULL INVESTIGATION OF EMISSIONS...