thinkng of trading and no more f150s for me
04-24-2013, 01:25 PM
#11
Cycle For Fun and Health
next time i look for a vehicle ill definitely will seach the forums i been a ford fan for 30 years and figured rhe f150 has been #1 best selling truck for a long time. i blame after market parts also my mistake. vehicles now adays are throw away after warrantys expire.
04-24-2013, 01:46 PM
#12
Senior Member
In all honesty the 5.4 3v is a great motor, but it has 3 pitfalls...
1. The cam phaser design is garbage! Its the worst, most wear prone phaser in existence... A other phasers, including fords latest phasers have delrin tension keys to keep the phaser silent and durable... Ours depend completely on oil for actuation, and durabilty... The metal on metal design is the curse these phasers have, and I'd be lying if I said ford didn't leave us in the lurch... Because they did...
2. The spark plugs, but the problem is very manageable and a 1 time offense that is usually only dealt with once.
3. Tensioners, also manageable with extra gasket protection and fords redesigned temperature..
Other then these things, the motor is a great design...
1. The cam phaser design is garbage! Its the worst, most wear prone phaser in existence... A other phasers, including fords latest phasers have delrin tension keys to keep the phaser silent and durable... Ours depend completely on oil for actuation, and durabilty... The metal on metal design is the curse these phasers have, and I'd be lying if I said ford didn't leave us in the lurch... Because they did...
2. The spark plugs, but the problem is very manageable and a 1 time offense that is usually only dealt with once.
3. Tensioners, also manageable with extra gasket protection and fords redesigned temperature..
Other then these things, the motor is a great design...
04-24-2013, 06:56 PM
#13
2005 XLT F150
Thread Starter
last week i was driving home got 2 miles down the road massive misfiring valves pinging pulled over towed it home.. codes p0022 p0300 misfiring on cyl 5. 6. 8 affected bank 2 .. bank 2 cam retadred changed out vct solenoid tbpught it may be stuck open no dice probably the phaser failed waiting for oem ford parts currently.
04-24-2013, 07:23 PM
#14
Senior Member
I've got one ofthe worst offending years...2004. Granted I'm only at 85k miles but mine has never seen a dealer. I did plugs and VCT. My tensioners are good to go and so are my phasers...granted thsts so far.
There are so many of these trucks out there and yes forums are primary bitch zones. All of em have issues. Hell, my 97 explorer was suppose to be ****...went 210 with almost all original...my wife's 02 explorer blew trans at 150k as these were bad trans...sold it to my work friend and after a new trans his daughter has had it another 3 years and it's at 200k and still running great.
It's not so easy to generalize when the sales numbers are so high. Look at the manufacturers with highest recall rates....Toyota is one of tops. Does thst mean they make the worst vehicles? Of course not. But volume is way up there. Honda also has plenty of issues. Everyone wants to say their engines last forever...often they do! But not always and Honda guys don't ever wanna talk transmissions.
Buy it!! Love it and take care of it. That's a lot of it. Rest is simply luck. And that goes for all of em!
There are so many of these trucks out there and yes forums are primary bitch zones. All of em have issues. Hell, my 97 explorer was suppose to be ****...went 210 with almost all original...my wife's 02 explorer blew trans at 150k as these were bad trans...sold it to my work friend and after a new trans his daughter has had it another 3 years and it's at 200k and still running great.
It's not so easy to generalize when the sales numbers are so high. Look at the manufacturers with highest recall rates....Toyota is one of tops. Does thst mean they make the worst vehicles? Of course not. But volume is way up there. Honda also has plenty of issues. Everyone wants to say their engines last forever...often they do! But not always and Honda guys don't ever wanna talk transmissions.
Buy it!! Love it and take care of it. That's a lot of it. Rest is simply luck. And that goes for all of em!