NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford F-350 Recalls
The 2005 Ford F-350 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford F-350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 114
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2005 Ford F-350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 Ford F-350
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 11V352000
- Reported
- July 13, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,715
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004, 2006–2007 F-350, 7 other models
Service brakes, air
- Campaign
- 06E087000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 F-350, 1 other model
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006–2007 F-350, 7 other models
2005 Ford F-350 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 114 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford F-350, the newest on April 1, 2025. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford F-350, the component group named most often is the steering (25%), followed by the suspension (22%) and the engine (16%).
None of the 2005 Ford F-350's 3 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2005 Ford F-350 owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 81,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering28
- Suspension25
- Engine18
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Fuel System, Diesel16
- Electrical System15
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford F-350 peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 18. 12% 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-350 drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Ford F-350 year in the same window: 10th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 114 complaints about the 2005 Ford F-350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-350 by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: April 1, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted