Starter Motor Average Life Span???

[Eightiesrock80]

wondering when most of you 5.4 owners replaced your original oem starter motor from ford.

 

[krakoosh]

The original on my '03 with 260K is still cranking away.

 

[Eightiesrock80]

Good lord you gotta be kidding me. My 03 has 195,000

Now that it’s hitting almost 200,000 miles I was thinking maybe I should just replace it. Because I don’t want to get stranded say yours has 260,000 still original? Maybe I shouldn’t worry about it then. At 260,000 have you ever had any major problems with anything? Wondering what kind of problems I will have reaching 300,000 and what to be ready for.

 

[krakoosh]

Just the fuel pump relay that gets fried on most all of them. Blend door in the rear. It spit out a spark plug years ago. I guess I got one of the good ones.

 

[Eightiesrock80]

I installed a external heavy duty relay to the wires going to the fuse box that go to the factory relay never had a problem again if I did, I can just replace the relay with no problem now

 

[RICHNARDONE]

Replaced mine at 260k. Had the truck since new. 2008 XLTEL. That was last year. After first start up the engine went! So now I've got a 14-year-old truck with a brand new Ford motor.

 

[Don Hall]

Don't think age has anything to do with starter longevity. Guessing it is the number of starts. My 2004 starts just fine, but not many starts at 19,800 miles (bought new).

 

[Eightiesrock80]

You have a 2004 expedition with 19,000 miles on it wow

 

[Don Hall]

You have a 2004 expedition with 19,000 miles on it wow

I'm 90. Where am I going to go that I haven't been? Owned
Corvettes since 1969. My choice, if I have to drive.

 

[rjrodney]

Still on the original starter here from 2000. My fuel pump went out around 370K. That is one job I didn’t mind handing off at the time. Maybe I would do it myself now.