I bet if you asked these questions on any forum you will find just as many people having issues no matter what truck it is. If you take everything you read on ANY forum to heart you will think that every vehicle that each forum represents is a POS because people come to forums with issues usually so thats going to be what you read about the majority of the time. There are literally millions of these trucks and engines on the road, there are bound to be issues with that many of them out there. Not to mention Ford would have not continued to be the leader in truck sales if they were any where near as bad as what some people on here make them out to be. For the record my 05 5.4 with 91K on the clock has been trouble free besides regular maintenance. I know several people with 200,000+ miles on there 04 and up 5.4's that have had no issues and I know some that have, its luck of the draw. Hell if you think GM is so good, my co worker just had his 5.3 replaced in his 08 1500 because of bottom end issues and had two trannys put in his 04 within 50K. They all make lemons.

I bought my 08 with 97k miles on it, have put 6k since then, and I have already had a FLAT TIRE about 2k miles ago! WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK!:jester::eek: OK obviously that is sarcasm.....every vehicle has problems, me, I don't consider normal maintenance issues like replacing bulbs and batteries a "problem", but everybody has their own opinion of how one should be expected to perform. I've had Fords, Chevys, and a GMC truck. The GMC had to have a new engine at 89k miles.....but anything can have a dud. A lot is how they're driven, and taken care of. If you floor it every time you move it, if you try to drive through the Grand Canyon or the Mississipi river, you're likely to have problems!

A lot of guys on here use aftermarket items like programmers, air intakes, lift kits ect which, hey, to each his own, but anytime you modify an item from the way it was designed, you gotta expect their might be some problems! The key is the willingness to sort through them to get it the way you need it to perform.

If the F150 doesn't make somebody happy, Chevy, Dodge, Toyota, and Nissan ALL make trucks.....shop around!

While I will admit, there seems to be a lot of little, stupid **** that goes wrong with these trucks, if little stupid **** is all that goes..well then I'm happy. In today's world, all manufacturers are doing whatever it takes to make these "trucks" ride smooth, and have heated steering wheels, and stupid ass luxuries to make them appeal to a more broad range of people to sell trucks. The more technology you pack into something to make it more luxurious or efficient, the greater chance you have of more systems failing over time. Not to mention, the more F150's that are selling, the more they need to produce, thus the more chance there is for production issues. But guys are right, you'll have the same amount of complaints on any forum. My 2006 5.4 has pissed me off plenty of times, but if we were still driving around in 1960's technology our trucks would weigh the same as a tank, ride like one, and get 6 mpg going down hill in neutral..sure they were easy to fix but that was because they were more simple. You want luxury features, this is what you're gonna get...

I will say the 3 valve motor is junk! I have a 2001 2 valve 5.4 e-350 that has 300,000 on it never had any major work except a tranny and driven by a half dozen different people. We have 13-15 trucks at any given time in our small fleet and we buy Ford only but sorry guys the 3 valve is junk. The rest of the truck is pretty darn good but the motor is no 351 thats for sure. I will take a pushrod motor any day! I cant make a true verdict yet but the ecoboost engines seem to be pretty stout. I will get back to you in about 2 years on it. I am a true Ford man wit a 93 mustang street car that runs low 11's with a stock 302 shortblock,00 lightning that loves camaro's for snacks and a 66 in restore and a 99 beater f-150. Company has 2-3 valves and we went to diesels due to lack of power and fuel milage in the 5.4-3v along with the other standar issues. I will agree that all, GM,Dodge, Toyota and Nissan have problems but three things they should have down pat are engines. tranny, and the axles. Like someone said this aint 1970 and at the cost of a new truck 200,000 isnt to much to expect out of the major components at all.

It's mainly te 3v that's got the issues but il say this bout the Chevy dodge comment... I got my dad to swap over to ford from Chevy cause all he had was problems with his 2 Chevy trucks.. Chevys replaci motors as low mileage as 20,000 cause they are burning 1 qt of oil in 2,000 miles!! Besides te fact their fuel systems are super finicky bout what has you out the rear ends whine an go out early like my dads had the bearings and gears replaced at 50,000 and fuel pump twice before 65,000 trang would sometimes hang up in 2nd and thing had lifter tick like crazy... And 4 injectors when the last fuel pump was done...

Yeah, lets all get together and bitch about our engines because that's what everybody posts about!

Mine is running great so i dont post all over the place about it, i love my 08 5.4 so much i will probably end up buying an 09 with the 5.4 later down the road.

And since everybody bitches about all engines i'm going to go ahead and throw out there that i love my 99 4.6 so much that i will gladly buy more of them later on

If you dont take care of it, it wont take care of you and thats with every vehicle. If your engine went out with 82K, its time to learn how to change your oil more than every 25K. Ill pass 154K today, has yet to seen the shop. But with that said, my ball joints are starting to go.

I bought my truck with a full tank of gas a year ago, and it ran out of gas 3 days later!!!! What crap!... So I learned to fill it up regularly. After that ordeal, I had to put new wiper blades on it! Then I had to put bigger tires on it, then I had to wash the damn thing, what the heck!!! I thought I was buying a perpetual motion machine that didn't wear out, but I was wrong! Nobody said this thing was gonna need an oil change every 5000 miles either. I feel so cheated!
I'm gonna get me one of those government subsidized trucks that will pay my bills, feed my kids, and gets me a phone. I think Chevy makes them. No more ford for me, I drew my line in the sand when I had to change the brake pads. Enough is enough.. What junk!......
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Im not a big fan of the 3v but i do agree with the guy above you gotta change your oil. Im 17 and have an 04 but have been around 97-03 2v and have to say they are way better i thought about just trading my 04 in on a 02 or 03. But it dont run to bad 164k now and i do hot rod. But i change my oil every 3000 miles or less.

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