Zorin
Member
Hi, everyone!
I'm Tim, and I am currently shopping for a new truck. My current truck is a 2009 Ford F150 with the 5.4L ( I rebuilt it, so no, that's not why I am truck shopping, LOL).
Fact is, I might have accidentally sold my truck, and the proceeds will put a very nice down payment on a newer, nicer truck.
I'm looking for a 2017 or newer 1500 Crew Cab, preferably a Big Horn or a Lone Star, with a 5.7L Hemi. I have picked this specifically, because as I understand it, the cam-flattening problem was largely taken care of by 2016. I also know that in 2018, the vendor for the 8.4 Uconnect system was switched, and the later Panasonic units can have reliability concerns.
Is there anything else on the trucks I should know or watch out for? Are you guys seeing these trucks go for quite a lot of miles before major trouble? Any other electronic tidbits known to fail, or otherwise flake out?
The truck I had before the '09 F150 was an '02 Ram 1500 Quad Cab with the 4.7L, and that thing NEVER let me down. In fact, I sold it to a neighbor's dad, and he's still driving it, it's up to around 265,000 miles now! Based on that truck, I decided I would look at the Rams, and I drove a 2017 Sport today. Slightly Hemi-ticky on start up, but otherwise, a damn fine driving truck.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts, and let's see some of those common concerns!
Tim
I'm Tim, and I am currently shopping for a new truck. My current truck is a 2009 Ford F150 with the 5.4L ( I rebuilt it, so no, that's not why I am truck shopping, LOL).
Fact is, I might have accidentally sold my truck, and the proceeds will put a very nice down payment on a newer, nicer truck.
I'm looking for a 2017 or newer 1500 Crew Cab, preferably a Big Horn or a Lone Star, with a 5.7L Hemi. I have picked this specifically, because as I understand it, the cam-flattening problem was largely taken care of by 2016. I also know that in 2018, the vendor for the 8.4 Uconnect system was switched, and the later Panasonic units can have reliability concerns.
Is there anything else on the trucks I should know or watch out for? Are you guys seeing these trucks go for quite a lot of miles before major trouble? Any other electronic tidbits known to fail, or otherwise flake out?
The truck I had before the '09 F150 was an '02 Ram 1500 Quad Cab with the 4.7L, and that thing NEVER let me down. In fact, I sold it to a neighbor's dad, and he's still driving it, it's up to around 265,000 miles now! Based on that truck, I decided I would look at the Rams, and I drove a 2017 Sport today. Slightly Hemi-ticky on start up, but otherwise, a damn fine driving truck.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts, and let's see some of those common concerns!
Tim