Crappy keys
Anyone here still see a TRUCK as a TRUCK?!
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From: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Originally posted by OPIE
I have only had my truck for a few weeks, and the key looks like hell. I am wondering how the rest of the truck will hold up!
I have only had my truck for a few weeks, and the key looks like hell. I am wondering how the rest of the truck will hold up!
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From: Waterloo, IA
Originally posted by Tbird69
Your not seriously judging the durability of the truck by the shape your keys are in, are you?
Your not seriously judging the durability of the truck by the shape your keys are in, are you?
The motor in my '99 was so gutless it wouldn't maintain speed while driving into the wind. My '00 started rusting before it was a year old. My '01 slapped like a jackhammer at 35,000 miles. And my '02 blew a sparkplug at 68,000 miles. If the competition made a better truck I would buy it, but right now, I am stuck with Ford and their crappy keys.
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From: Detroit Rock City
Originally posted by OPIE
If FoMoCo uses cheap/low quality materials in the key, why wouldn't they use the same quality materials in the rest of the truck?
The motor in my '99 was so gutless it wouldn't maintain speed while driving into the wind. My '00 started rusting before it was a year old. My '01 slapped like a jackhammer at 35,000 miles. And my '02 blew a sparkplug at 68,000 miles. If the competition made a better truck I would buy it, but right now, I am stuck with Ford and their crappy keys.
If FoMoCo uses cheap/low quality materials in the key, why wouldn't they use the same quality materials in the rest of the truck?
The motor in my '99 was so gutless it wouldn't maintain speed while driving into the wind. My '00 started rusting before it was a year old. My '01 slapped like a jackhammer at 35,000 miles. And my '02 blew a sparkplug at 68,000 miles. If the competition made a better truck I would buy it, but right now, I am stuck with Ford and their crappy keys.
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From: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Originally posted by OPIE
If FoMoCo uses cheap/low quality materials in the key, why wouldn't they use the same quality materials in the rest of the truck?
If FoMoCo uses cheap/low quality materials in the key, why wouldn't they use the same quality materials in the rest of the truck?
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From: Ashland, MA
My key looks like the picture and it is only a few weeks old. My F150 '01 key looked great right up until I sold it. The new 150 '05 key isn't even a few weeks old and it looks like shi@! Ford went with some cheap soft plastic I guess.
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From: Central TX
Originally posted by OPIE
If FoMoCo uses cheap/low quality materials in the key, why wouldn't they use the same quality materials in the rest of the truck?
The motor in my '99 was so gutless it wouldn't maintain speed while driving into the wind. My '00 started rusting before it was a year old. My '01 slapped like a jackhammer at 35,000 miles. And my '02 blew a sparkplug at 68,000 miles. If the competition made a better truck I would buy it, but right now, I am stuck with Ford and their crappy keys.
If FoMoCo uses cheap/low quality materials in the key, why wouldn't they use the same quality materials in the rest of the truck?
The motor in my '99 was so gutless it wouldn't maintain speed while driving into the wind. My '00 started rusting before it was a year old. My '01 slapped like a jackhammer at 35,000 miles. And my '02 blew a sparkplug at 68,000 miles. If the competition made a better truck I would buy it, but right now, I am stuck with Ford and their crappy keys.
Four F150s with all those complaints and you are upset about the quality of the keys...
Sounds like it might be time for you to try buying a different brand of truck.
I am on my fourth F150 and figure I'll probably have one or two more before I am done.
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From: Near Cincinnati, OH
Curious...did they start putting the blue logo in the keys after I got mine in March 2004?...or is it just on certain models? I have the Lariat. Just wondering. I thought they were all black like mine.
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From: Central TX
lariatf150,
I think a factory or dealership worker/salesman said that JOB1 (1st 1/2 of production run) got the Ford blue insert and JOB2 (2nd half) got the plain ones. My 2004 FX4 was built in JUN 04 and I got the all black ones.
The blue one is nicer - but they are just keys. I ordered two extras off Ebay and they don't even say Ford on them.
I think a factory or dealership worker/salesman said that JOB1 (1st 1/2 of production run) got the Ford blue insert and JOB2 (2nd half) got the plain ones. My 2004 FX4 was built in JUN 04 and I got the all black ones.
The blue one is nicer - but they are just keys. I ordered two extras off Ebay and they don't even say Ford on them.
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From: the moral high ground
I can't believe the complaining going on about 'key wear' when I have a serious issue with my truck.
Something has splattered all over my vanity plate.
I don't know whether it was a pregnant moth or I caught a small toad in mid-hop but, the plate is a mess!
I paid extra money for this vanity plate and as it is now no one can see the vanity. I know they can still see the rear plate but, by then they can't see me nor do I even know if I've been seen.
What good is a vanity plate if you cannot be associated with the vanity?
This is a damn serious problem.
(now don't you feel ridiculous complaining about a key)
p.s
Go check your front plate, no telling how long I've been driving around like this.
Something has splattered all over my vanity plate.
I don't know whether it was a pregnant moth or I caught a small toad in mid-hop but, the plate is a mess!
I paid extra money for this vanity plate and as it is now no one can see the vanity. I know they can still see the rear plate but, by then they can't see me nor do I even know if I've been seen.
What good is a vanity plate if you cannot be associated with the vanity?
This is a damn serious problem.
(now don't you feel ridiculous complaining about a key)
p.s
Go check your front plate, no telling how long I've been driving around like this.