NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford F-250 Recalls
The 2005 Ford F-250 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford F-250. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 144
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2005 Ford F-250, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2005 Ford F-250
Service brakes, air
- Campaign
- 06E087000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 F-250, 1 other model
2005 Ford F-250 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 144 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford F-250, the newest on October 9, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford F-250, the component group named most often is the steering (27%), followed by the suspension (26%) and the engine (18%).
The 2005 Ford F-250's only recall does not concern the steering.
Where 2005 Ford F-250 owners gave the mileage (122 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering39
- Suspension37
- Engine26
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Power Train14
- Electrical System13
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford F-250 peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 18. 10% 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 F-250 drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Ford F-250 year in the same window: 12th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Ford F-250 years.
The 144 complaints about the 2005 Ford F-250 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-250 by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted