I noticed last week that when accelerating in my 01 f-150 that the truck is hesitating a little bit, it's response time is getting slow in 1st gear, and then when i put it into 2nd, 3rd, or 4th gear my truck stutters a little bit. It doesn't feel like it's going to quit, but I feel like I need to fix this problem before it get's worse. Also, could it be that I am having a miss due to bad sparkplugs? any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

How many miles and when was the last tune up, oh and what engine?

 

4.2, 100,000 miles, and it's been awhile

 

Well new plugs, wires, fuel filter etc. will never hurt. If you have a aftermarket intake, or still yet, a good cleaning of the MAF wouldn't be a bad Idea.

 

yeah, i need to do all that stuff, unlike almost everyone on this site, I am **** poor when it comes to maintenance. In my defense, I have been planning on doing that stuff anyway, do you think that will help?what kind of plugs do you reccomend? wires? no aftermarket stuff here, im rollin stock, lol

 

Plugs-Motorcraft
Wires-No cheap s**t, whichever you like and the budget allows.
And yes, if it has been a while, then a good tune up will prob. cure all your problems. But you don't have the CEL on or any codes correct?

 

yeah actually i do, but im pretty sure it's for a bad pcv valve that I was planning on replacing when I got around to all this other stuff

 

also, whats a maf?

 

nevermind, maf is mass air flow, im an idiot

 

haha its all good we all have brain slips sometimes.

Motorcraft plugs and Wires *if you can afford* But get the plugs for sure . i tryed both bosch plugs and autolites and they mis-fired alot!! got motorcrafts my truck is happy as can be

Do all that stuff and see if your truck still hesitates..