No they are not supposed to do this....

This is not my first truck either. The last one I had was a 99 F150 and it was perfect and ran as smooth as glass. I wish I would've kept that truck.


BREW

 

I bet if you got another f150, you'd be ok. My 97 did this and alot of other things... Your 99 didn't. Its a tossup.

What year is your truck?

 

Its an 04.

Yeh, it is a toss up. Every now and again a bad one comes out of the factory.

I've not ruled out an 06 just yet. Who knows


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Youd be good with an 06.

Ford has always had problems with 1st model year vehicles. My 97 was (and had stupid little problems) as is my 04 - problems I can live with - clunk and shutter. Theyway I drive, its amazing I don't have more problems. I have a 4 inch rancho kit too which actually helped the ride.

I am 95% happy with the truck.

Get an 06. If you like your truck, minus the problems, stick with it.

 

Thats what i'm thinking. I love my truck, and theres not another one out there I would want to drive right now. I just need to find the right truck for the right deal. Basically I need a good trade in number since I get D-Plan on it.


Where are you from??

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I am in Powell Ohio - Right outside Columbus. I got theX plan when I worked at Nationwide insurance (bought a ranger with it). I forget what the D-Plan is.

Good luck man.

 

Ah, ok...I've only met one other guy with your last name. I figured it would be pretty funny if you were his brother or something.

But yeh, I'll be getting something new hopefully soon. I'll let you know what it is.

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http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/truth/index.asp?bannerid='R_F150VHPTTAT_FV.com_20060127'

Go to truth 3 then click Front End.

Thats enough to make me not want anything else.

 

Brew

I know you would already, but make sure you drive the new 06's for a good distance. My wife and I have a 2000 f-150 that I bought brand new in 2000. It has 85,000 miles on it and has been a great truck. We stopped at my ford dealer (Midtown Motors in Warren, PA) on Saturday and drove a new 2006, STX supercab, XLT supercab and supercrew all in 4x4. The STX and supercrew drove like dreams. The XLT vibrated so bad that it felt like the truck had a flat tire. I could not believe it. Just an FYI for guys who may think the 06's are good to go. I guess it just depends on which one you want. Midtown had about 20 F-150's on their lot. I wish I could drive everyone one of them to see how many has the dreaded vibration.

I am sad to say that we are going to look at Titan's friday night.

TC

 

No matter what I buy, I will test drive as much as possible.

You can bet money on that.

BREW

 

Took me two months of test driving before I found mine.
Not sure why I bought I could have just continued to test drive for ever and always had a different vehicle every couple of days.

Out of all the ones I test drove 2 trucks had the clunk during turning. Both were pre 00 models. I'd hoped that they had that problem fixed....