What are the top and most common f150 problems? So far, it seems to be piston slap and door cracks.
What are the other big problems that i should know about and check before my warranty runs out?

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Black 98 F150 XL Sportgroup
2WD 5spd 4.6L Triton V8
Reg. Cab Short Box 3.08
Air, Sliding Rear Window,
Boxliner,

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[This message has been edited by defacto (edited 01-29-2000).]

 

Your Questions have been answered
Just follow the link:
https://www.f150online.com/f150board...ML/000027.html

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It seems there are really 4 common problems:

1) 97-early 99: Piston slap in the 5.4's and just a few 4.6L engines. This problem seems to have been fixed for mid year 99's and 2000's.
2) 97-99 rear sliding window - leaking. New design for the 2000's.
3) 97-99 Roof cracks in the water channel. There is a fix for 2000.
4) 97-99 and probably the 2000's for the door cracks.

Some have had a few other problems...rough idle, pitman arm failure, a few oil leaks and some have mentioned their disk brake pads wearing rather fast....but no where near as common as the first four.

I have only experienced the roof cracking in my 98 F-150..before I traded it in.

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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99


[This message has been edited by Dustoff (edited 01-09-2000).]

 

Add:

97-00 4.6L and 5.4L Rough idle

97 4.2L Coolant leak (*recall*) around the timing cover. (98-00 no info on this yet)

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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99

 

Yeah, I have that rear window leak! One thing about the Y2ks I dont like. The rear seat flips up instead of down.

 

How about the shakey drivers mirror, My dealer says it's because of my bug shield. Gonna take it off this spring and prove it does it anyway.
Jeff

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1999 F150 Lariat
Reg cab Short box Styleside
5.4L 3.55ls
Deep Wedgwood Blue/Silver
Lund Interceptor hood shield, VentVisors, Class III hitch, Ford molded mud guards, soft tonneau, factory CD with changer (thanks Dusty), tinted windows

Menasha, WI

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fast46--

I did not like the fold up seats at first in the 2000..but they are very nice since I have gotten use to them.

I think the dealers are replacing the leaking sliders with the *new* Y2K sliding rear window. So far..no leaks.

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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99

 

Thirsty gas tank?

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