I have had 2 F150 platinum's v6eco's.... seems like I towed my 3 place's inlines all over .... the 2010 towed well, eventually I had a cracked exhaust manifold and a rust spot bubble up on the tail gate ( in an exact spot seen on another platinum which means manu defect ) and the power running boards kept sticking down especially in cold weather. This is not uncommon because I have seen the darn p-running boards fail down on other sled heads up in various locations.
Fast forward to 2013 ... the 2010 went over the 75K and Ford pretends they don't know me ..... go figure !
I traded that whip for a Black 2013 and continued to haul arse with the 3 place inlines stuffed to the walls with my " operational necessities " .... pretty much half my house . For another 97k and only a few problems come to mind.
This time I was a little more clever.... I created such a stink about the last vehicle at corporate that the regional director for this part of the state extended both my new 2013 F150 & 2014 Focus titanium ( for 1 of my daughters ) to 75K .... on the house . This was back in 2015 when I caught one of my power running boards sticking down..... ( I lost it on them ..... ) Just for the record , I have bought 5-6 fords from the same dealer ( family friend ) and also work in the auto supplier industry and mildly put can be as bad as an Alabama tick ... once I get dug in !
On the 2013 the sticking running boards reared their capability problems , I lost 4 wheel drive due to a solenoid valve /switch, which ghosted me for 1 multi location trip, I had to get towed out from the launch area by a wrecker.... I got on the highway and as the wrecker drove into the sunset.... the vehicle stuck in some defunct " computer logic " mode and .... left me dead in the passenger lane. Since I was sledding with a MI Trooper who patrolled that area we was able to get the wrecker company driver to do an about face and come back to help. He had some sequence that took him about 20 minutes of dinking around to get my 2 wheel drive operational. Then during another adventure the windshield cowl cracked as I was trying to beat the ice off and scrape the ice off the windshield. Additionally I did get that infamous 60-70 mph shutter when punching it while entering the highway. That was solved by a new set of plugs at 87,000 miles.
I don't drive 55, 60, 65, and only 70 if a Trooper is sweating me.... so in other words I do 75-85 with a full load. The fuel milage is a joke but I'm partly to blame since I Sammy haggar it !
I did bring the 2013 back to my buds dealership right at 73,000 and he replaced & repaired everything.
I still plan on keeping or for a while... I keep up on the maintenance extremely well.
I have owned everything from hummers, surburbans, Tahoe's and a Older Nissan armada ... The F150 is near the top, the suburban was the best for towing. I'm not sure what is next the new GMC & Chevy's look pretty sharp along with the new raptors 6,3's.....
Never been a desiel guy .... but at this point.... I'm tired of $800 + truck payments. The new aluminum fords kind of make me wonder especially after seeing the " dropped bucket of rocks " commercial.... from Chevy ... I believe but my brother has a fleet of fords, 1 platinum, 1 small raptor, 1 Super crew raptor , 1 Shelby, 1 Roush stang , and he seems to not have many issues.....
JIMO
Help this was helpful.
mjk1 OUT
I like Ford all but that junk arse Focus.... and they didn't take " The Money " !
Guess I'm down with that !
