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2005 Ford F-150 drivetrain & axles problems

Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 81 complaints for the 2005 Ford F-150, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
81 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
76,000 miles 66 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2005 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 76,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 14 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 13 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 76,000 miles
Based on 66 complaints that include mileage. 30% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles14
80k to 100k miles13
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 66 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 76,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

On the morning of march 5th 2015 I started my truck to warm the inside and also melt the snow off my windshield. I got in the truck and backed out away from house. Due to having snow on the driveway I turned on the 4 wheel drive in high. My four wheel drive would not work so I tried to swicth to 2 wheel drive back to four wheel drive but the 4 wheel drive would not turn on.

Reported at 175,000 miles, March 2015 Fire

I own the above mention vehicle, there was no disclosure to me at the time of purchase of a very serious design flaw with the spark plugs that could and likely will break off in the engine during replacement and the extreme cost in changing these plugs around 900 to 1000 dollars if no plugs break off and even more in the plugs do break off or heads have to removed to extract the plugs even worse pieces of prshell could fall into the engine cylinder and cause engine damage to around 8000 dollars now that I aware of…

Reported at 85,000 miles, January 2015

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