Is the 04-08s that bad
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From: St Thomas,On
I don't see such a great deal to worry about with 05-08s, good maintenance seems to catch most issues. Do the plugs early the first time, do them right, and with certain ones, update the injectors (bad batch I think) and I have no doubt they will serve faithfully. I'm expecting my '07 to do at least as much.
Most of what you read is from the small percentage that have a issue, seldom do I see people start threads just to say "no problems", those posts are usually following a rant.
Haha ... I'm only 59, have over 30 of those invested in a career as a state law enforcement officer, with 21 of those years also being assigned to an accident reconstruction team inaddition to my patrol / enforcement duties .... and in that experience .... for every "dumb old person" I saw causing mayhem I saw several "younger idiots" who caused minor, major, and too often .... fatal wrecks.
Merry Christmas all!
Most of what you read is from the small percentage that have a issue, seldom do I see people start threads just to say "no problems", those posts are usually following a rant.
Haha ... I'm only 59, have over 30 of those invested in a career as a state law enforcement officer, with 21 of those years also being assigned to an accident reconstruction team inaddition to my patrol / enforcement duties .... and in that experience .... for every "dumb old person" I saw causing mayhem I saw several "younger idiots" who caused minor, major, and too often .... fatal wrecks.
Merry Christmas all!
Here in Ontario there is not too many good 00-03 like mine a Flareside and only rust was the rad support which was getting replaced this summer. You can see the before pictures on here in my folder.
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From: San Angelo, TX
I went from a 03 KR supercrew (best truck ever) and traded it for a 07 Xlt 4.6. It was a nice truck but it didnt compare to my 03. To me the 4.6 was slower and more sluggish, seemed like my old 5.4 2 valve had more giddy up.
I traded that 07 for another 07 fx2 with the 5.4 and loved it. A big improvement from the 03. If the new truck bug didnt bite me id still have that 07.
I wouldnt worry about the 5.4 3 valve if it sounds good idling then i would pull the trigger and get it.
I traded that 07 for another 07 fx2 with the 5.4 and loved it. A big improvement from the 03. If the new truck bug didnt bite me id still have that 07.
I wouldnt worry about the 5.4 3 valve if it sounds good idling then i would pull the trigger and get it.
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From: Kansas side of the greater KC area
My 05 with the 5.4 has 147k on it and still going strong. Had one injector go at 90k the injector was the only big problem so far with the truck. Should get 200k out of it.
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From: The Shenandoah Valley
Good luck finding one .....
