I have a 2007 King Ranch 2WD with 115,000 miles on it. It has always been serviced every 5,000 miles at the dealer and has new brakes, rotors, 3rd set of tires, new battery and is going strong. Most of the miles are on the freeway at 60-85 mph. The differential is a 3.73 limited slip. I live in Southern California and drive through the desert a bunch seeing the higher temperatures.

My question is what can I expect to be the first major item to go and normally at how many miles? Will it be the tranny like my 1997 F150? It went around 125,000 miles but was driven by my son after the first 3 years so who knows how it was treated!

The truck is in great shape, shines like new, leather is great and oiled regularly and you'd never know it had this many miles so I'd like to keep it longer but don't want to start hitting the major rebuild $'s.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Driving down the freeway puts more miles on the odometer than wear and tear on the vehicle, and as a result your vehicle will go more miles than most trucks will without problems. You need to be concerned when it gets up to 175k.

 

Wow, mine just turned 24,000

 

Just bought my KR used from a little old lady who only drove it to church on Sunday and the local casino.

If your truck with 115K miles on it is any indication, I'll be driving mine for a long time.