Other fuel system problem on the 2005 Ford F-150
2 crashes 1 fire 3 of the 36 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other fuel system problem gets reported
Owners of the 2005 Ford F-150 report other fuel system problem at a median of 52,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 32,500 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles, from 31 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 90,000 miles. It is the 10th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 12,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 125,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 112,219 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
26% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,781 miles | 33,518 miles | 52,300 miles | 95,405 miles | 125,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 2 a crash and 1 a fire are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$2,200 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 29 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2020, at a median of 15,000 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 160,000 miles.
By volume the 2013 carries the most reports, with 89; the 2005 has 36. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I purchased a 2005 ford f150 (lobo edition) in san antonio texas in june 2005. We picked it up a week later so they could install a bedliner.on the way home I came to a stoplight,pressed the brake, and the truck started reving(like I was pressing the gas too!) so I was at the red light and had my foot on the brake and the truck was acting like it wanted to take off! My husband drove it and it happened to him 3 times(the first time I was with him). While my husband was coming to a stop, the truck accelerated (while he had his foot on the brake!) he almost drove completely into a ditch. The last time it happened he was in reverse with his foot on the brake. We called ford and they picked it up and took it to the nearest service center. The truck only has 80 miles on it. The ford service manager in uvalde texas called me yesterday and said they cannot reproduce the problem so they don't know how to fix it.
Dt*: the contact stated while sitting inside the vehicle there was an odor of gasoline. The vehicle was inspected by the local dealership, and they replaced 7 fuel injectors, 8 spark plugs, and ordered a fuel rail. These attempts to solve the problem have been unsuccessful. *ak updated 01/25/06. *jb
My wife was at a complete stop at a red light in the left turn lane. She is driving a ford f150 truck, with less than 6,000 miles. While waiting at the light, the engine began accelerating unexpectedly. She had her foot on the brake and this initially held the vehicle in place. The acceleration continued to increase and she pressed harder on the brake petal, in an effort to keep the vehicle from moving forward. The vehicle's acceleration increased and the vehicle lurched forward, striking the stopped vehicle in front of her. No one was hurt and I had the vehicle towed to the ford dealership. The service tech at the dealership, told me that it could be a number of problems with the fuel injection system. It should be noted that the day before, I was driving the truck and while stopped at a red light, I thought I heard the engine running in a loud or rough manner. I turned the radio off and listened intently. I check the gauges and they were find. The light changed and I drove forward and the funny noise went away. Could this have been an indication of bad things to come? Finally, I found a similar incident on the NHTSA complaint…
Also reported on the 2005 Ford F-150
Other visibility problem
Window regulator or power window failure
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Misfire or rough idle
Other electrical problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 36 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other fuel system problem happen on the 2005 Ford F-150?
Across 31 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 52,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 32,500 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other fuel system problem on the 2005 Ford F-150?
36 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed