2018 F150 Lariat. Think I got a lemon, but it’s a POS. Bought it in 2021 with 37k miles. First 52 weeks I owned it, it spent 7 of em in the shop for 4 different issues. Also, everything on it is ungodly expensive. Cracked tail light - 2 weeks shop time and $3k. Alternator - 9 days shop time, $2k.
I would’ve looked more into doing these myself, but it was all under extended warranty. Haven’t had to pay for any of the fixes myself, but not having a car for 7 weeks out of the year is a real pain in the ass. I’m going Toyota or Nissan next time, done with some of the design on my Ford.
design beefs for those who care:
Cracked tail light - caused ALL electronic accessory power to go out. No stereo, AC, windows, seat, mirrors, steering wheel. Nothing. The blind spot module is linked with all of your accessories. When it fried because water got in through the crack, nothing worked.
Alternator - warning message didn’t say battery not charging, just said low battery. I was driving down the interstate when it happened, so I figured no big deal - I’ll pull into advanced auto when I get off the interstate and get a new battery. Couple minutes go by and the whole truck dies… no power, no gauges, no power steering and my favorite - the E brake comes on. Going 75 down the interstate. Talked to Ford about it and they said since the E brake is electronic, it’s held OPEN by a voltage. When you engage the E brake, it drops the voltage and puts on the brake. Well when your battery isn’t charging driving down the interstate, apparently it lets it get to a low enough voltage to trigger the e brake before killing the truck.
Just haven’t been thrilled with it