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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | We have a 2005 and 2006 F250...both we purchased new. The 2005 has 102,000 miles on it now, we did put the EGR delete kit and that was costly but well worth it. The other day we had a bad cold spell and it didn't want to start, took it to have the batteries checked and there was some corrosion that needed cleaned up around the cables and now it starts like a champ! The 2005 truck runs amazing!
Then there is the 2006 F250...it has 200,000 miles on it and the repairs on it have been close to $10,000 over the last 3 years but we really don't want to do payments anymore.
The 2006 was purchased 6 months after the 2005....the 2005 truck is a much more powerful truck than the other one, not sure why though.... | |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | Hubby and I bought a 2005 F250 6.0 and we regret it. All I can say is THANK GOD for extended warranties. Within a week of owning it we replaced the EGR Cooler, 7 injectors, and the Turbo. It was about $16,000 in repairs. Ford didn't believe us, even though the FORD DEALERSHIP automotive dept was the one that found the problems, so they flew their "personnel" in to validate the issues. Thankfully we had zero issues with getting them to pay and we paid less than $1,000 to fix it.
Now it runs great. Tows like a beast, however I can't trust it so we'll sell it once its paid off. Hopefully buy then I can afford a 2012 or newer:) | |
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 Wounded in Action
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Location: LOUISIANA | I ran it and finally had to buy a ram 350 after the 2004 ford 6.0 gave up the ghost at 148,000 miles...
Talk about sad..I cannot afford a truck note right now so I work, work, work.
Injectors went out..I fixed them one expensive part at a time...6000 one year fo u name it...then it developed an oil leak and caught on fire briefly..I got all that fixed...It started breaking down regularly on me..Thank goodness for towing on my insurance.
One time at a grocery store near my house..so Im just sitting in my truck thinking about what to do...so a friend saw me and gave me a ride home..The wrecker showed up at 9 that night...
Have had no issues..sadly miss my ford king ranch, but the 2012 ram 350 has heated.ac/seats and other stuff..If my daughter had not lost my service book I would know a lot more about the gadgets on this truck..
I think Ford should have been forced to replace all those **** 6.0s..  | |
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Location: Arkansas | sorrel horse ranch - 2013-12-18 5:45 PM I have a 2005 Ford dually with the 6.0 engine. It has 98,000 miles on it and was told yesterday that the injectors are going out on it.
I know this is the dreaded horrible engine what would you do? Sell it and get something else. Or fix it. I think I remember some previous posts about this engine but I can't remember what problems others have had with them. Money is tight for me now and I just need some input. I am afraid if I spend $3000 to fix it then pretty soon something else will go wrong with it. Sell it, sell it, sell it!! Ours was nothing but a piece of crap from the minute we bought it.. Ours was a 2005 also and we had put 2 engines in it until it quit running AGAIN.. Couldn't sell the stupid thing so what do you do?? We still owed money on it and couldn't drive it.. We could have bought a new truck for what it cost to keep that sorry sucker running.. It left me on the side of the road, I can't tell you how many times, so I would get that thing so gone, so fast your head would spin!! LOL Now, should I tell you how I really feel?.. Better not, this thread would get deleted as fast as I would have turned around and walked out of the dealership if I had known about all the problems they were having with them..It was nothing but a money pit.. Ha!!
Edited by Ethel 2013-12-21 12:00 PM
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | I have a 2007 F350 6.0. Bought it 3 years ago with 58K miles on it. It now has just over 105K miles. That truck has MUSCLEs and could pull a brick sh!t house down. I swear this truck knows I love it and it takes care of me. Once I'm on the freeway doing 60, I have to check my mirror to make sure there is still a trailer back there. It pulls smooth as silk. I pull a 3horse with a weekend LQ with 2 horses in it.
In the three years, I've replaced the glow plug module, FICM, put two new batteries in it. and we've also replaced front upper and lower tie bolts and replaced the rear E brake plates and a front brake caliper but I'd expect to need to start replacing some things when a truck turns 100K miles. Otherwise it's been normal matintenace. I change the Fuel filter, air filter, oil filter and oil every 7500 miles. I also do any Ford recommended maintenace. At 90K miles they recommend a transmission service and to change the transmission fluid so I did it. I also always take it to the Ford dealer and I put Ford parts on it. I also drive mine every day to commute 20 miles one way to work. The mechanic said the fact i start it and drive it almost daily and I drive it with a lead foot like it's my race truck is probably good for it. Diesel's need to be ran, not sit around.
My ex-neighbor bought a 04 or 05 F250 and they have had some trouble with theirs.
I've been told the 06 and 07 are better than 04 and 05's cuz they had more of the kinks worked out of them.
On that note, my old boss has an 08 F250 King Ranch with the next engine in line, maybe the 6.4 and he blew the injectors at about 18K miles. He drives it maybe once a week and he babies it. He was upset about something else, pulled it out on the road and hammered down on it and it blew. Lost power and puffed white smoke. Lucky for him it was still under warranty.
My other ex neighbor had an 08 F250 also and he complained about it, but he also put over 225K miles on it so not sure why he was complaining.
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Location: Panama City, FL | i just got a 06 F250 XL with the 6.0L Powerstroke... it had 78K on it when i bought it and ive put a few miles on it. i was not a ford fan, and i swore i would NEVER own a 6.0 but i had it looked over by a friend whos a diesel mechanic at the ford dealership, and my only excuse not to buy it was that it was a ford... so i got it and i LOVE it. no complaints. its got power to spare, great fuel milage, rides/drives great, hasnt failed me yet. | |
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