Kurgenraider
Active Member
Thought I would relay my experiences since purchase of my 2011 2wd XLT.
First issue was the paint on the tailgate. It has been painted 4 times and is again beginning to peel around the light cover and at the fold. The dealer I went to in Ohio was cool about it the first three times, but they are equally frustrated. Fair warning to those aluminum body truck owners. Dealer told me the trucks were made of a new "non-corroding alloy". I am not a student of metallurgy, but his response to why my tailgate apparently was not made of this new miracle alloy received only a blank stare.
Then the back wiper went out. Apparently the drive wheel lost a tooth or two. Repair pending.
Then the driver's window ground to a halt. This was followed shortly thereafter by the passenger window falling loose. Repair in progress.
About a week after arriving in Houston from Cleveland, the front brakes fell off. Total caliper failure with the pistons driven into the caliper. That was interesting with only 80,000 miles and replaced pads. In my opinion, noting the condition of the old pads, the OEM calipers were creating a severe uneven wear pattern and the inside pads wore much faster than the outside ones. When the failure occurred, the outside pads had about 1/3 of the material left on them. No, it did not squeak or grind.
It has also had routine hesitation and surging, which I have not yet even gotten to for diagnosis. I read in another post that a tranny flush and cleaning may help this issue. What the heck...someday.
Recently, the passenger windshield wiper post came loose from the motor actuator arm while driving in the rain. Seems Henry's progeny decided to hang the actuator arm below the post arm, rather than set it on top like everyone else and used only a thin rubber grommet to hold it rather than a clip. New motor and arm unit is in route. Rain now is truly hazardous.
More recently, the ABS and Advancetrac systems are on the fritz (the subject of my most recent post). I won't be surprised if the entire back axle has to be replaced.
Thanks to the forum for providing a place to lay my Ford sole bare. It will probably make me feel better too...right up until I try pulling out the window regulator.
First issue was the paint on the tailgate. It has been painted 4 times and is again beginning to peel around the light cover and at the fold. The dealer I went to in Ohio was cool about it the first three times, but they are equally frustrated. Fair warning to those aluminum body truck owners. Dealer told me the trucks were made of a new "non-corroding alloy". I am not a student of metallurgy, but his response to why my tailgate apparently was not made of this new miracle alloy received only a blank stare.
Then the back wiper went out. Apparently the drive wheel lost a tooth or two. Repair pending.
Then the driver's window ground to a halt. This was followed shortly thereafter by the passenger window falling loose. Repair in progress.
About a week after arriving in Houston from Cleveland, the front brakes fell off. Total caliper failure with the pistons driven into the caliper. That was interesting with only 80,000 miles and replaced pads. In my opinion, noting the condition of the old pads, the OEM calipers were creating a severe uneven wear pattern and the inside pads wore much faster than the outside ones. When the failure occurred, the outside pads had about 1/3 of the material left on them. No, it did not squeak or grind.
It has also had routine hesitation and surging, which I have not yet even gotten to for diagnosis. I read in another post that a tranny flush and cleaning may help this issue. What the heck...someday.
Recently, the passenger windshield wiper post came loose from the motor actuator arm while driving in the rain. Seems Henry's progeny decided to hang the actuator arm below the post arm, rather than set it on top like everyone else and used only a thin rubber grommet to hold it rather than a clip. New motor and arm unit is in route. Rain now is truly hazardous.
More recently, the ABS and Advancetrac systems are on the fritz (the subject of my most recent post). I won't be surprised if the entire back axle has to be replaced.
Thanks to the forum for providing a place to lay my Ford sole bare. It will probably make me feel better too...right up until I try pulling out the window regulator.
