I just bought a used 2005 F-150 SCAB 4x4 STX. It has 33k on it and the warranty is up in August. I have never dealt with warranty work on truck that i hadn't purchased brand new.

Is there anything special i have to do, can i just go to any dealership? What i really want is the dealership to look it over and see if there is anything that needs to be done before my warranty is actually up, how would i go about asking for this.

Two other things i have noticed different between this truck and my 06. The reception on the radio is crappy for weaker stations. Some come in good, other suck. My 06 picked them up just fine. Is this something the dealership could look at? Also i have noticed sometimes at idle i can feel a vibration, it doesn't do it while driving and it doesn't always do it while stopped. I can make it go away by just slightly changing the rpms. Is this just a natural frequency / vibration thing? Does anyone else have this happen?

I know this was a lot of questions, any help would be apreciated.

 

yeap all you gotta do is take it in, as far as the vibration i would take it in as soon as possible

 

My 05 has the slight vibration at idle as well, and I think many owners notice it too.

I think it'd be more of a hassle to fix it than to just deal with it.