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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2005 Ford E-350 Recalls

The 2005 Ford E-350 has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 24, 2011.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford E-350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
14

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
55

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
2

2 fires

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2005 Ford E-350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

14 recalls on the 2005 Ford E-350

Equipment: appliance: air conditioner

Campaign
11V131000
Reported
February 24, 2011
Vehicles affected
up to 185
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
only the 2005 Ford E-350

11V131000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V325000
Reported
August 3, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 14
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 404, platform lift installations
Same campaign
only the 2005 Ford E-350

09V325000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V326000
Reported
August 3, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 8
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 404, platform lift installations
Same campaign
only the 2005 Ford E-350

09V326000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V306000
Reported
July 29, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 6
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 404, platform lift installations
Same campaign
also 1 other model

09V306000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V275000
Reported
July 15, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 4
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 403, platform lift systems
Same campaign
also 1 other model

09V275000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V271000
Reported
July 14, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 4
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 404, platform lift installations
Same campaign
also 1 other model

09V271000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V100000
Reported
March 27, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 52
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 403, platform lift systems
Same campaign
also 2 other models

09V100000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V102000
Reported
March 27, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 74
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 404, platform lift installations
Same campaign
also 2 other models

09V102000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V016000
Reported
January 16, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 14
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 403, platform lift systems
Same campaign
only the 2005 Ford E-350

09V016000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V015000
Reported
January 15, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 14
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 404, platform lift installations
Same campaign
only the 2005 Ford E-350

09V015000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment adaptive/mobility

Campaign
09V014000
Reported
January 14, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 19
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 403, platform lift systems
Same campaign
only the 2005 Ford E-350

09V014000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: wiring

Campaign
05V270000
Reported
June 10, 2005
Vehicles affected
up to 180,104
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 6 other models

05V270000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Fuel system, gasoline

Campaign
06E056000
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 24 other models

06E056000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly

Campaign
11E047000
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2 other models

11E047000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2005 Ford E-350 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 55 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford E-350, the newest on November 3, 2023. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire.

In complaints about the 2005 Ford E-350, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (29%) and the fuel system, diesel (18%).

1 of the 2005 Ford E-350's 14 recalls also concerns the electrical system.

Where 2005 Ford E-350 owners gave the mileage (43 complaints), the median was 67,294 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System17
  • Engine And Engine Cooling16
  • Fuel System, Diesel10
  • Engine5
  • Equipment5
  • Power Train5

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2005 Ford E-350 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20057
200613
20074
20083
20091
20109
20113
20123
20135
20142
20152
20161
20201
20231

Complaints about the 2005 Ford E-350 peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 13. 49% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Ford E-350 drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Ford E-350 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 12 ranked years.

Ford E-350 years to avoid →

The 55 complaints about the 2005 Ford E-350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Ford E-350 by model year

Other 2005 Ford models

Newest record on this page: November 3, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted