BroncoJoe96
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Hey Guys,
I'm writing this as I'm sitting and waiting to pick up my 2021 F-250 from the dealership that is getting a new 10 speed trans installed. Once it’s done, I can get going to a wheeling trip that I've had planned for months. The truck has 67k miles and change on the clock, and is powered by the 7.3 Godzilla engine. It's used as a daily driver and to tow my 7.3 Powerstroke Swapped Bronco that I have posted here:
irate4x4.com
Like I had mentioned, at 67,000 miles or so, the trans ended up full of metal and needing a complete replacement. It's been out of service for roughly 40 days so I've resulted to daily driving my 7.3 swapped Bronco on 44s. My commute varies between 40 minutes to an hour each way, every day. Ford is unable to get me a replacement loaner truck.
Other than the trans issue, the trucks been pretty good to me besides some minor quirks. The driver side window gear stripped so it has a hard time with the power folding closed feature, and I had the running boards replaced under warranty because the paint started peeling on them. I bought the truck new in October of '21, so I'm going on 3 years of owner ship.
While waiting today, my dad gave me a call to see if I could run out to the store for him to get a pinion seal for the rear of his 2017 F-250, with 90,000k miles on it. He bought the truck new in 2017, and just had to put an exhaust manifold on it this weekend that had cracked nearly in half. We dropped it after he pulled it, but you can see the original crack that went nearly completely around.
At 90,000 miles I think he's gone through 3 sets of brakes and tires, as well as just doing all new steering in the front. Also, he had various chrome pieces replaced under the 36,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty that all had started to rust. He uses his truck in a similar fashion to me. He daily drives it, and also uses it to tow his Bronco/trailer around misc. things.
Before my '21 I had an '18 F-250 the the 6.2L that I got at used at roughly 25k miles. I only put about 25k or 30k miles on it before Covid hit, and they ended up paying me $10,000 more than I paid for it to buy it back, so it had made sense to upgrade to the '21. In that short time I had some front end components replaced under warranty, and also had a door sensor replaced that was acting up and would constantly think the drivers door was being open. That's extremely annoying while driving, but even worse when parked because you couldn't lock the truck without the alarm constantly going off.
Not a Super Duty, but my buddy has a 2018 F-150 with 60ish k on it, and the things starting to consume oil and have rust holes in the bumpers.
My question is, are my expectations too high or do the new Ford trucks suck? Minus the blown trans, I know the other issues are symptoms of an aging truck, but consistent issues before 100k miles seems to be excessive to me. And they're also relatively new and rode easy. If they were older trucks that sat a ton or were rode hard work trucks, I'd completely understand that too.
I also understand everything new is junk. After discovering the truck needed a trans, I looked at some Rams and GMCs, but there really didn't seem to be much of an upside. I've always been a Ford guy and the peace of mind in the northeast of an aluminum body is cool. I think it just rubs me the wrong way because these trucks are so expensive. If it was a used truck, I wouldn't mind putting money into it or having down time. Buying it new and having it fail just outside of warranty is a different story. Especially when they can’t at the very least give you a loaner.
So you guys tell me, do new Ford trucks suck (if so, what would you get and why do they not suck), or are my expectations too high?
I'm writing this as I'm sitting and waiting to pick up my 2021 F-250 from the dealership that is getting a new 10 speed trans installed. Once it’s done, I can get going to a wheeling trip that I've had planned for months. The truck has 67k miles and change on the clock, and is powered by the 7.3 Godzilla engine. It's used as a daily driver and to tow my 7.3 Powerstroke Swapped Bronco that I have posted here:
7.3 Powerstroke Swapped 96 Bronco
Hey, what’s going on guys! I’ve been a member on FSB.com for a long time, but I thought it was about time I started a thread over here. FSB seems to be fading away a bit, and my Bronco is starting to get to be a bit more of a wheeling rig, so it seemed right to post it up here. I started...
irate4x4.com
Like I had mentioned, at 67,000 miles or so, the trans ended up full of metal and needing a complete replacement. It's been out of service for roughly 40 days so I've resulted to daily driving my 7.3 swapped Bronco on 44s. My commute varies between 40 minutes to an hour each way, every day. Ford is unable to get me a replacement loaner truck.
Other than the trans issue, the trucks been pretty good to me besides some minor quirks. The driver side window gear stripped so it has a hard time with the power folding closed feature, and I had the running boards replaced under warranty because the paint started peeling on them. I bought the truck new in October of '21, so I'm going on 3 years of owner ship.
While waiting today, my dad gave me a call to see if I could run out to the store for him to get a pinion seal for the rear of his 2017 F-250, with 90,000k miles on it. He bought the truck new in 2017, and just had to put an exhaust manifold on it this weekend that had cracked nearly in half. We dropped it after he pulled it, but you can see the original crack that went nearly completely around.
At 90,000 miles I think he's gone through 3 sets of brakes and tires, as well as just doing all new steering in the front. Also, he had various chrome pieces replaced under the 36,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty that all had started to rust. He uses his truck in a similar fashion to me. He daily drives it, and also uses it to tow his Bronco/trailer around misc. things.
Before my '21 I had an '18 F-250 the the 6.2L that I got at used at roughly 25k miles. I only put about 25k or 30k miles on it before Covid hit, and they ended up paying me $10,000 more than I paid for it to buy it back, so it had made sense to upgrade to the '21. In that short time I had some front end components replaced under warranty, and also had a door sensor replaced that was acting up and would constantly think the drivers door was being open. That's extremely annoying while driving, but even worse when parked because you couldn't lock the truck without the alarm constantly going off.
Not a Super Duty, but my buddy has a 2018 F-150 with 60ish k on it, and the things starting to consume oil and have rust holes in the bumpers.
My question is, are my expectations too high or do the new Ford trucks suck? Minus the blown trans, I know the other issues are symptoms of an aging truck, but consistent issues before 100k miles seems to be excessive to me. And they're also relatively new and rode easy. If they were older trucks that sat a ton or were rode hard work trucks, I'd completely understand that too.
I also understand everything new is junk. After discovering the truck needed a trans, I looked at some Rams and GMCs, but there really didn't seem to be much of an upside. I've always been a Ford guy and the peace of mind in the northeast of an aluminum body is cool. I think it just rubs me the wrong way because these trucks are so expensive. If it was a used truck, I wouldn't mind putting money into it or having down time. Buying it new and having it fail just outside of warranty is a different story. Especially when they can’t at the very least give you a loaner.
So you guys tell me, do new Ford trucks suck (if so, what would you get and why do they not suck), or are my expectations too high?
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They put the new valve body in a week later. No problems for the last 5,000 miles. Nephew had two of their 450’s do the same thing the week later. Pick your poison. You don’t get what you pay for in any of them. 
