Other wheel or tire problem on the 2005 Ford F-350 SD
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
Owners of the 2005 Ford F-350 SD report other wheel or tire problem at a median of 45,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 70,000 miles, from 14 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 1,300 miles at the tenth percentile to 120,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 117,945 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.
36% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,294 miles | 7,250 miles | 45,000 miles | 72,018 miles | 119,239 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
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 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 2018, at a median of 15,000 miles, and latest on the 2004 at 130,000 miles.
By volume the 2017 carries the most reports, with 39; the 2005 has 16. 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.
Consumer states the vehicle is for plowing. However, the coil springs are not strong enough to hold the plow. The plow actually drops down hitting the ground; causing the steering to become erratic or difficult. *ak the transmission had gone out, the tires weren't sufficient enough for this vehicle, the gas gauge read empty at half full due to the low front end and the consumer was told that there was no problem, there was no light in the glove box, there were not mud guards in the wheel well, the volume was inoperative on the radio and there was a problem with the throttle cable due to a two second delay when the gas pedal was applied. *sc
Dt*: the contact stated while driving on the highway at 40 MPH in snow, the vehicle slides side to side when 4-wheel drive is in use. The tires seem to be the wrong size for the vehicle. The vehicle is regularly serviced at the dealership.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving on the highway at various speeds in snow, the vehicle slides side to side. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection. Upon inspection, the dealership could no duplicate the problem. The manufacturer was notified however, no repairs have been made.
Also reported on the 2005 Ford F-350 SD
Other suspension problem
Other steering problem
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
Other powertrain problem
Other fuel system problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 16 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 wheel or tire problem happen on the 2005 Ford F-350 SD?
Across 14 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 45,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 70,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2005 Ford F-350 SD?
16 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.8 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