I read it exactly the same as Triton!

 

are you also going to say to me now that the owner of the dealer said 2 trucks there "are junk" to a soon to be f-150 owner? I really want to hear what u say...

 

Cards,

Just no that I'm not picking a fight with you, just things you are saying just doesn't make sence at all and 6 out of the 8 trucks u test drove have the vibe which no one believes. The 2005 F150's do not have a vibe issue (maybe one or 2 people had it, but was a driveshaft out of balance causing a slight vibe which is fixed) to get 6 F-150s out of 8 of 2005 F150's that you say had a bad vibe, justs just not ture, and it's also not true the owner of the Ford dealer would tell you 2 of them r junk.

It's not making sence to me, nor everyone else who has responded to your thread here, I'm not the only one that does not believe you...

 

I really don't care if you guys don't believe me or not. I am simply reporting what hapened; and for the last time 6 of 8 had the "vibe" the same as my 2004 F-150, in which 3 dealers and a Ford Enginer have confirmed. Maybe it was the road in which they were test driven, but the salesman agreed with me. The owner did say that last 2 out 5 were junk, and went on to say that he is making only 1% profit on Ford while making around 10% profit from his Toyota dealership. I know the dealer on an acquantance level and he has always been a straight shooter with me. Maybe he was exagerating with me, could have been, but he was clearly irritated with FORD.

 

 

Cards did you drive all 8 trucks down the same road? If so then that may be why you experience the vibe. My truck damned near rattles my teeth on some of the dirt roads around here. Its smooth as silk on asphalt <sp> and concrete for the most part. Having spent a good number of years turning wrenches I can tell you a couple of things which I will be doing soon to my truck. Loosing those god awful struts and shocks. IMO they are just way to stiff. I'm going with Bilsteins which are sitting over on the shelves waiting for my lazy backside to get the job done. Second, I found that there was entirely to much air in the tires. I picked the truck up with 42 lbs in each front and 38 in the rears. I dropped the airpressure to 32 in the rear and 35 in the front, which made a tremendous difference. I think the consensus is that most of the vibe problems have been taken care of in the 05 models.
Now if your dealer is saying he profits by Stoyota more then Ford then he's obviously getting more incentive from them and leans more that direction. I'd go to a entirely different dealership and test drive some more on different types of roads and see if 6 out of 8 still have the vibe problem.

 

I skipped page 3. I have a 2004 F-150 4 door and I have also experienced an annoying vibration. Mostly in acceleration between 40 and 55. I have heard everything from the rack and pinion to the driveshaft ( on this site ).

I finally took the truck to a friend a few days ago. He said the cambor is out, he fixed the toe in/out and stated that after rotating the tires from front to back, side to side, he finally got the vibration out ( he did ). I ordered a new set of Michelins for it. It seems that one or more of the Continental tires that came on this model have broken belts. I am finally convinced that maybe it was the tires from the start. Another friend of mine has the Lariat 4 door and has a larger wheel and it came with Goodyear Wrangler and has never experienced what I am talking about. Maybe the guy in the first post on this topic will see if there is any correlation between what he is driving and the tires that may cause it.

My truck now has 29k miles on it. (still loving it )

btw, if u need to adjust the cambor u have to buy a kit to and install it. the warraanty for it is only 1 year 12k miles. I was below the 1 year, but almost 30k in miles. Thought that might interest some of ya.

DRB

 

I got my 04 bought back after a long DSB process because of driveline vibration 45-65mph and steering wheel nibble over 65mph. My dealer's service manager told me before I went to the DSB "go drive any truck on the lot and 1 in 4 will have the same vibration as your truck did, some less but yours was the worst".

 

The road isn’t going to cause a vibe problem. No vehicle rides perfectly smooth over rough roads. I’m not sure what some people expect from a truck. It’s still a truck no matter how much it cost, not a luxury sedan. If you constantly pick apart every little aspect of your truck and dwell on the fact that you thought you might have felt a vibration at a certain speed, you will have a vibe problem. Eventually perception becomes reality.

 

I drove 2 lariats at a different dealer today and they were smooth as silk. I am ready to make the switch. However, I also learned some further bad news possibly from the previous dealer. They told me that FORD did away with the DSB process this month. This after I already had turned in my paper work to FORD. They went on to tell me that my best avenue at this point would be to complain to the BBB. WTF? Has anyone else heard this about the DSB?

 

Nope, haven't heard about the DSB goin' away. At least KY still has a lemon law, it may not be much but it's better than the BBB.

 

That's ignorant for a dealer principal to speak of his product like that.

And why would he throw thousands of dollars at new trucks? Ford has processes for things like this. The truck's still under warranty. In extreme cases, a misbuilt vehicle claim can be filed; if I were the dealer principal, and if as many trucks are making it out the plant with defects as this dealer is saying, I'd damn sure be on the phone with someone higher up, finding out just what the hell is going on.

And there's absolutely no excuse for a customer to roadtest a new vehicle with serious defects like these. Stuff like that is supposed to be caught during new vehicle check in by the PDI guys, but unfortunately, I know that the ball gets dropped a lot in PDI. I personally think the dealership in question is more at fault than the manufacturer.

 

If the title of this thread is representative, you wouldn't be able to get on my dealer's lot. Most of the vehicles he sells are Ford pickups. However, there are not lines at the service department. His main complaints relate to the differentials (whine and clutch packs) and tire related problems. Maybe we country folks are just not sensitive enough.

 

This is so true. Drive the truck for what its worth. I believe half of the people complaining about a vibration problem are over-exagerating and have a lot of it in their head. Now there might be a problem with SOME of the trucks its definatly not 1 out of 5, more around 1 in 5000.

 

Triton said it best. He's full of crap.

mikebaby