What service place are you going to? Given I’m probably pretty close to you, I’m just curious
F150 longevity
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elkduds
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Chuckling as I remember all the snark here about Ridgelines from Ford/GM/Ram guys.
I'm still snarky about ridgelines. mtmuley
VikingsGuy
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Two local ford dealerships and watching the cluster-f**** on the f150 users form. There are folks that are getting $70,000 trucks bricked for weeks when ford service tries to upgrade software.
I got ya man. mtmuley
VikingsGuy
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Over the last 25 years my wife and I (incl cars for the teens) have had a Honda Pilot, Nissan Pathfinder, Acura MDX, 2 BMWs, a Volvo cx90, 2 Mazdas and a Toyota Sequoia. Across these 25 years, 9 vehicles and over a 1 million miles we have not had a single unscheduled maintenance (only oil changes, etc).
I have had the F150 for 10 months and 12,000 miles. Already 3 unscheduled service visits needed and still have a significant unresolved issue. Why anybody (including myself) buys GM, Ford or Chrysler is a mystery to me.
I have had the F150 for 10 months and 12,000 miles. Already 3 unscheduled service visits needed and still have a significant unresolved issue. Why anybody (including myself) buys GM, Ford or Chrysler is a mystery to me.
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My buddy had his Duramax at a dealer since Feb 2nd for some def issue. I gave him a ride to get it picked up yesterday. He got a lawyer involved to help apply some pressure given the truck was only a few months old. Damn shame.
Shangobango
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We run into it constantly with our fleet of Chevy’s at work. They can’t get parts apparently.
Right now we have a Silverado with less than 20K miles that has been in the shop since Jan 31st because they can’t get the linkage to fix the “it won’t go in reverse” problem.
Might be a surprise, but my American vehicles have treated me well. mtmuley
VikingsGuy
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If I was an ambulance chaser I would definitely be suing Ford on behalf of thousands of screwed F150 buyers. They actually roll out software updates that permanent lock key control hardware that then needs to be physically replaced. How incompetent is that.
VikingsGuy
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Are you saying you have a million miles on a batch of American cars with only scheduled maintenance? If so that is great. However, I have never heard a fan of American vehicles not include the “except for that water pump at 14,000 miles, that compressor recall at 30,000 and that cv joint at 45,000 miles it was a great vehicle” qualifier.
I haven't owned 9 vehicles in my life. Haven't kept track of mileage on all of them. My last three trucks, I still currently own one of them, have gone 200,000 miles plus. They have all been used like Montana trucks. So, I'm over halfway to a million. mtmuley
brocksw
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Arent tundras one of the more "American made" trucks available?
I'm not a member of the Toyota HT Posse man. mtmuley
VikingsGuy
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Ok - poorly phrased by me. So, for the first 120,000 miles each on those 3 trucks how many “unscheduled maintenance” items have they had? Zero? If so, that is great.
Yep. Great. mtmuley
VikingsGuy
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In my experience, it is not the line employee’s country that matters, but rather than the management, leadership and engineering. I would rather have a Japanese designed and managed vehicle built by American workers than an American designed/managed vehicle built in Japan. I don’t blame American workers, I blame 3 failed corporations.
Shangobango
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I have no idea. I know that I have had 3 Toyotas. Sold one to my uncle that had 200,000 miles on it when I sold it. It is now at 350,000 and still going strong. It is his everyday driver. I have one now with 300,000 miles on it currently. Still going strong. They get treated like trucks.
VikingsGuy
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You and I are definitely HT’s Yin & Yang. I will be in MT this summer, I want to buy you a beer.
