This my Granddaughter truck who is struggling financially, just started a new job and really don't have the money to fix this problem. Ford know that this year model have transmission problems with all these complaint and there may be countless other who have not even reported this problem to any agency that is tracking this issue and others. Most people get so pissed that they don't worry about reporting there issues. Out of all the Ford companies out there they should automatic report these issues to the NTSB so the general public can really see how many people have had this problem and other problem.

Right now we only see the people that takes the time to voice there complaints but where are the real numbers being counted at. Have anyone tried filing suit against these companies. The US have the shorts warranty periods that I know of, foreign companies give 60k bumper to bumper /100k power train. We need new Warranty Laws in place for the amount we have to pay for Vehicles now days. They are really getting over on us when you look at it that is when most break down happens after 100K. The extended warranty hit your pockets pretty hard when you add that into the price of the Vehicle.

Bought this truck new and loved it at the start. Bought a Ford on name and reputation but as the miles added up so did the problems. I come from a family growing up on Fords but the tradition will stop here!!

At 40k all injectors went out,,,then we had the spark plug seized in intake issue, after that rear end went out at 90k. now it looks like a transmission rebuild.

The sad part is I'm a maintenance freak and change replace everything on or ahead of schedule. I paid 31k for this truck in 05 and the repairs seem premature and inexcusable. Thoroughly disappointed with this vehicle.

Parts are crap...durability sucks and now my expectations have dwindled with Ford. I drive ant treat this vehicle with great care...never been off road and rarely in snow. Just sick!!!

Take my money and wont stand behind their product is BS....It's been a constant hit with it. Problem is I have a wife on disability and unable to take on a new payment and will probably have to throw more bad money after more issues just to keep working...this is how you lose a customer...your integrity has costed you another penny but do you really even care.

puke PS...bet Ford doesn't even respond

I purchased this Ford Crew Cab truck new in June 2005 and have had numerous problems. First major issue was having to replace the front hub bearings twice at 16,000 miles (under warranty) and 27,000 miles after mfg warranty expired. Had to replace the window regulator in drivers door at month 38 at an expense of $500 and a week later the passenger side went out so another $500. Within three days apart in August 2012 both rear windows went bad for another $1000 down the drain.

Today I was driving with no warning complete forward driving failure, but reverse still worked.....?????? After doing research about this matter seems this is an occurring problem. What makes me PISSED OFF about the situation is I'm extremely anal about keeping up with the maintenance and have had this vehicle serviced way beyond the manufacturers recommendations. I HAVE NEVER HAULED ANYTHING IN THE BED OF THIS TRUCK SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2005, it doesn't have a tow hitch on it either.

I have always owned trucks because I like to sit up higher and just always preferred them. My first truck purchased was a used 85 Toyota truck 200,000 miles plus and sold it to my best friend, never an issue. I purchased a new 97 Dodge SST truck had it for 8 years with only 36,000 miles when I sold it never an issue. My 1993 Ford Ranger purchase new had several issues also - I GUESS I SHOULD OF LEARNED MY LESSON WITH THIS TRUCK ABOUT BUYING ANOTHER FORD.

Bought this truck online in Nov '13 and it always had problems with the warning lights off and on, mostly on. It had 95000 miles and I have tried to keep it under 100000.

On Monday the 12th I had to start driving it and the warning light problem turned into just the engine/trans light staying on but it was better this way as the truck drove great until 8 days later the transmission started slipping back into what seems like neutral, and then it would not drive forward at all, just reverse. The next day it seems to drive ok around the yard as I will not take it anywhere to get left.

Seems to me with as many problems that they(FORD) has had with this transmission they should have had a recall. I may file a claim against them. Has anyone heard of this doing any good? FORD TRUCK 2005 F-150

I bought this Truck brand new. Had the Transmission at 75 thousand KM. flushed and filter replaced according to manual. Towed a cargo trailer a couple times. Never went off-roading with it. Why would I? I paid $52.000 for it. It started to chug at 80 km. an hour then would be o.k. chugging would stop then at 100 km. an hour would do it again.

Took to Mechanic. I told him what was happening. He said it sounded like coil issue and would check it out. He was busy and told me to bring it in the next day. On my way home 3/4 of the way in Drive it started to rev like it was in neutral. So I put it in second gear and it started to drive again. When I got home I told the Mechanic what happened. Ask me to bring it back I barely made it there so he checked it out and said the transmission was done needed a rebuild $2500.

I retired from Fords on a pension can't afford to fix at this point. Bought Fords my whole life, not under warranty its 10 years old. There are other people I know that are having issues with there trucks and I'm telling them to have it checked. They say their trucks also chug a little bit and they have less KM.

Very, Very, Very Frustrated! My family have been loyal Ford customers for as long as we've had vehicles. Just to give you an idea of the vehicles and time frame, it started with my Grandfather's Model A. Others have been all makes of Ford full size trucks, 3 Rangers, two 1967 Shelby GT350s (my dad and uncles, both wrecked), a original 1964 1/2 Mustang (my mom), a BOSS, a Mach I, a 1994 anniversary Mustang, my Ranger, a Pinto, and a Ranchero. Currently, in my family: my 2005 F-150, my dad's 2007 F-150, an Edge, a 2004 King Ranch that was bought new, 3 Ford Fusions, a 500, and a Ranger. We are diehard Ford People.

I bought my F-150 last spring from Longmont (CO) Ford with about 76K miles on it. I needed to retire my 1997 Ranger due to having a child. I had no major issues with the Ranger, and it was not treated lightly. I wanted a truck that I could get 8-10 years out of, and I thought this was the one. I was the third owner of the vehicle, and the previous owner had only driven about 10,000 miles in 3 years. It was the right trim level, manual everything (which is what I wanted) 4.6L V8.

The truck had mostly highway miles on it, I took it back and forth to Wisconsin a few times, but was only on Mountain roads twice (paved). We usually take my Wife's Honda because it gets almost 40 MPG. I am in the middle of selling my house and moving cross country, and am halfway into two bathroom remodels so I can get the house on the market. I went to pull out of Lowes, and knew something wasn't right. Then holy hell broke loose.

I tried to pull onto a major road, and the truck instantly revved to 4-5K while barely picking up speed. Transmission Fault warning lit up the dashboard and the O/D off light started flashing. I managed to pull back into Lowes, turned off the truck and began looking for a shop to pull it into. Luckily there was a place about a block away and I limped it in.

I thought maybe the issue was the torque converter, but when they called back and said gears 1 & 2 were toast I just about puked. The quoted $3800 to rebuild and $4800 to replace. So I called around and found a different shop that is going to do the rebuild for about $2800.

This is ridiculous! I don't know anyone in my family that has ever had to replace a Ford Truck transmission at less than 200K. I am barely over 90K! I have never towed with this truck. I bought it from the dealer, who was supposed to inspect the vehicle. On the oil changes, there was no indication of metal or discoloration in the trans fluid.

Consumer Reports likes to say, that generally all trucks are overbuilt, and that they tend to have less chronic issues than cars do. After seeing this thread, I realize that doesn't apply to this truck and transmission. I am beyond frustrated, and it makes me seriously consider ever buying a Ford Truck again. Talking to the transmission guy, F-150s make up about half his business. Apparently they have started to cut some corners.

76k miles....really? this is my 2nd Ford vehicle and the THIRD transmission I've paid for....it'll be the last....unless my son's explorer craters. UGH. Everything was fine until yesterday AM on the way to work, and it just wouldn't shift into 2nd or 3rd gears....needs to be rebuilt. The shop owner said that he sends has a couple of F150's per month that need new/rebuilt transmissions. And from looking at this site, I guess I'm not the only one to have this problem....Hey, mine made it past the average (by 2k miles). Sarcasm, humor, it's the only thing that gets me through!

WE HAVE OWNED FORD PRODUCTS OUR WHOLE LIFETIME OVER 10 TOTAL VEHICLES. MOSTLY TRUCKS. 29000 MILES AND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF COURSE OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER CANT HELP. AFTER READING ALL THE BAD BLOGS FORD KNOWS THIS WAS A POORLY ENGINEERED DRIVE TRAIN. TRUCK WAS BARELY RUN... GARAGE KEPT USED AS A SPARE VEHICLE. WELL MAINTAINED AND NEVER SAW HEAVY WORK. $3200 BILL RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS...OUCH!!

I HAVE A KID HEADING TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR CANT AFFORD THIS KINDA OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ON A TRANSMISSION THAT SHOULD GO 100+K VERY DISAPPOINTED TO SAY THE LEAST..

FORD SPENDS A FORTUNE ADVERTISING TO CREATE A REPEAT FORD BUYER LIKE US...I AM HOPING THEY OFFER SOME REMEDY.. IF NOT THIS FORD FAMILY MIGHT JUST TRADE THEM ALL IN AND BUY A CHEVY.. OR A DODGE

Ok I HAVE HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER WITH THIS TRUCK, WELL TODAY REALLY PISSED ME OFF WENT TO THE STORE AND ON MY WAY HOME THE TRUCK JUST COMPLETELY STOP BUT YOU COULD GO IN REVERSE AND I HAD TO DRIVE MY TRUCK HOME IN REVERSE. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IT HAD 18,000 MILES ON IT AND THE BACK BARRING ON THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I AGREE THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL..

Update from May 4, 2012: So I took my truck to a transmission place here in Colorado Springs, Co and had my transmission fixed 2400.00 dollars later. Thanks Ford for building a truck with a F**k up transmission. Hopefully you all will start working on building better transmission for your trucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought my 2005 F150 new and have not driven it hard. I use 4X4 2 or 3 times each winter, don't tow or haul anything and now the transmission needs to be rebuilt. It hasn't gone completely yet, just jerks once in awhile, but the shop showed me the metal chunks and told me it would cost a minimum of $2000 to repair, if only needs soft parts. I would have thought these trucks would last more than 113000 miles before falling apart (transmission isn't the only problem). Have tried to find used tranny from low mileage wreck, but the wrecking yard said there aren't any available because so many people are buying them to fix this same problem.

In October 2011 I started out for work, when I noticed my Transmission was downshifting from OD to Drive immediately after letting off gas even at 70 MPH. Went to work and lunch it was still doing the same. I bought a quart of Lucas Trans. conditioner. Immediately started slipping. After 30 miles the Trans Fault light came on. I brought it to my mechanic and he first replaced fluid and filter. He suggested if that didnt work it would need rebuilt. So thats what we did. When we picked up truck they test drove it and it SEEMED to be fine except it felt like the parking brake was on in 1st gear. On the next morning I left out for work within 30 miles it started slipping and the Trans Fault light was on again and the shifting was very erratic. I believe that the Ford Company needs to look into this as a recall. From what I have read on this website there are many many complaints about these same issues.

Tough Ford truck...bull. Transmission failure of a well-cared for, dealership maintained, low miles, used to tow a small boat several times a year, in sunny California with no extreme weather conditions. My loyalty to the Ford dealer was not even acknowledged so I took my truck to a family-owned transmission shop and was treated with more kindness and understanding than the dealer provided me. Ford Motor Credit had nothing to say except they were sorry and that I should save my receipts in case my truck is recalled due to a transmission failure issue in the future. It is unbelievable that a truck that is supposed to be tough....has a transmission failure at 57K miles!

"TRANS FAULT"! I have read a lot about that simple phrase in the last 2 weeks. My transmission failed at 85,000 on my '05 F150 this month. Thankfully, I have a 100,000 mi extended warranty that took care of the repair for a $100 deductible. The dealer said my clutch failed. Total time out of my vehicle was ten days. The repair itself, took just a day and a half, but there is the usual red tape from a warranty company. I was told by the service manager that Ford is notified when there is a major mechanical issue of this sort. I will buy another F150, but not without a manufacturer extended warranty!