Other engine problem on the 2005 Ford F-250
1 fire 1 of the 27 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 engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2005 Ford F-250 report other engine problem at a median of 65,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 35,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles, from 23 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 3rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 20,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 115,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 94,720 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
26% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21,800 miles | 34,535 miles | 66,000 miles | 105,500 miles | 116,520 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, 1 a fire is 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–$4,000 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 18 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2003, at a median of 15,000 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 150,000 miles.
By volume the 1999 carries the most reports, with 39; the 2005 has 27. 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.
Own a 2005 ford f250 with a 6.0 diesel engine. The 6.0 diesel has a factory defect with the EGR value cooler inside the engine rupturing sending coolant into the engine and thru the exhaust into the atmosphere. This should be a recall due to a factory defect. Ford is repairing this problem if it occurs when the vehicle is still under warranty but allowing the consumer to burden the expense if their warranties have expired. The estimated cost is $2600.00 to $3300.00. Ford has redesigned the EGR value & cooler to handle the pressure better with thicker walls. The ford dealership has advised that this is a problem that will happen due to the cooler walls being to thin and rupturing under pressure. The end result is a sudden lost of power with possible steering & brake issues in controlling the vehicle. In our family we have purchased 4 of the f250's. I have pictures of the event as it happens and a copy of the repairs needed to fix this problem. I have spoke with kristin berry with your agency and receive an e mail of my complaint but I could not make the necessary changes to the form and resent it. The reference # 10305746. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-250. While driving at approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the contact was unable to restart the engine. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed the vehicle would need a replacement engine. The vehicle was then towed to an independent mechanic where thehead gasket was replaced. The failure did not recur. The failure mileage was 105,000 and the current mileage was 113,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f250. The contact stated while driving at speeds of 20 to 65mph the motor would stall causing him to lose all power to the brake and steering. He would coast the vehicle to the side of the road and wait about half hour before it would restart, although there were times that the vehicle would restart immediately. When the failure occurred there were no warning lights illuminating on the dashboard . The dealer was called who stated that the contact purchased the vehicle as is and they would not repair it. The manufacturer was called and they advised him to contact NHTSA to file a complaint. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000.
Also reported on the 2005 Ford F-250
Other suspension problem
Other steering problem
Other powertrain problem
Alternator or charging system failure
Other wheel or tire problem
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 27 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 engine problem happen on the 2005 Ford F-250?
Across 23 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 65,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 35,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2005 Ford F-250?
27 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 360 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