Used Ford F-150?!?!
11-27-2018, 03:02 PM
#11
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Visit the Ford F150 forums. These engines routinely run 250,000 miles. The 5.4 in my 2007 Expedition was running strong at nearly 200,000 miles when I bought my 2017.
This truck has the undesirable 4-speed automatic + overdrive transmission. Not pleasing at all when towing. I think the 2007 models got the much more capable 6-speed automatic that's seemingly built for towing. Don't get the old 4-speed version. High revs in this ain't at all like high revs in our S2000s.
BTW, the Expedition has the same drive train and unless you need the open bed for hauling is much more pleasant to drive. With HD Tow the Expedition has a rating in excess of 9000 pounds (when properly equipped). I've owned two.
-- Chuck
This truck has the undesirable 4-speed automatic + overdrive transmission. Not pleasing at all when towing. I think the 2007 models got the much more capable 6-speed automatic that's seemingly built for towing. Don't get the old 4-speed version. High revs in this ain't at all like high revs in our S2000s.
BTW, the Expedition has the same drive train and unless you need the open bed for hauling is much more pleasant to drive. With HD Tow the Expedition has a rating in excess of 9000 pounds (when properly equipped). I've owned two.
-- Chuck
11-27-2018, 05:02 PM
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11-27-2018, 06:02 PM
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11-27-2018, 06:09 PM
#15
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11-27-2018, 06:10 PM
#16
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11-28-2018, 04:28 AM
#17
Watch for hidden rust. I just sold my '11 Ranger as the doors we starting to rust through at the bottom! 
11-28-2018, 04:53 AM
#18
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Good thing about trucks is it is easy to get under them. Massachusetts will no longer give inspection stickers to vehicles with rust problems, so this is a real issue here.
11-28-2018, 12:16 PM
#19
And you can be guaranteed that if it is a Ford it has rust somewhere. Never had one that didn't!
11-28-2018, 12:55 PM
#20
Driver's side isn't too bad.
Passenger's side is really bad.
There is no rust at all forward of the bed, i.e. the cab area. It all has to do the way the bed parts are assembled. Almost all F-150's have this issue. Ford may have fixed it somewhere down the line; is so, I've no idea what year.
Last edited by dlq04; 11-28-2018 at 01:44 PM.