2003 Ford F150 XLT Supercab FX-4 5.4L V8

Summary:

Become good friends w/a gas station owner

Faults:

Stereo was replaced twice (volume kept fluctuating). Had to be aligned when I purchased it (with 18 miles).

General Comments:

It had a few items that felt "cheap", such as the supercab doors shifting when the full-size doors would get shut. I could also feel and hear the doors shift on certain bumps (at very low rates of speed). The cabin was extremely comfortable. Never had better than 15mpg on the highway. 3.55 gears.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No

Review Date: 22nd October, 2005

23rd Nov 2005, 03:47

I noticed the same problem on my F-150, with the doors shifting on certain bumps. In strong crosswinds (on the highway), I could also feel the drivers side doors "push out", if the wind was on the opposite side. My truck has no interior rattles, but I'm afraid it will when it gets around 5 years old, (the quality of the plastic interior is cheap). When I bought mine, it had 3 factory defects; a loose drivers seat, flaking paint on the fenders (right behind the headlights), and a bent tie rod. (And it only had 38 miles on it, when I bought it!) My F-150 was the American version.. Ford built the 95-03 F-150's in America and Canada, and I've heard from many friends to buy the Canadian version.

2003 Ford F150 XL 4.2 V6

Summary:

It doesn't have the power when I need it

Faults:

At 18.000 miles the starter, and ring gear was replaced, at 21,000 miles snow got into the heater unit, and locked up the heater-blower fan, causing the resistor to fail, next the lower ball joints went bad, and now at 32,000 miles the upper ball joints failed.

General Comments:

It's a good looking truck. easy to handle, easy to drive, its suspension is bouncy, seats are comfortable. Whats disappointing is the lack of engine power, and the poor gas mileage the V6 gets.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No

Review Date: 24th September, 2005

24th Sep 2005, 20:13

Well, if possible, its good practice to wash the under carriage of the vehicle in the winter to get salt and snow off. But sometimes its inevitable that some cars get water in the wrong places.

Dunno, about the ball joints, will have to watch that on mine. And the truck rides nicer with a light load in the back to settle the rear end.

My question is about the 4.2 manual. I have the same setup and notice no lack of power. I also get low to mid twenties MPG (mid twenties on "good" days lol, not common). If your engine has nothing wrong with it and you're not coming off another car with a V8, then I think you aren't a very good with a stick. You have to give it some gas and get the RPMs up to get going since the 4.2 has little torque compared to the "great" inline six. Loved my old 94...

2003 Ford F150

Summary:

Heritage, Great truck for the name

General Comments:

I have had a good experience with Ford trucks. I purchased a 2003 Heritage Edition four wheel drive truck because the F-150 that I owned had around 120,000 miles and I drive approximately 40000 miles a year and thought I should trade it while I could still get something for the trade in value.

The current Heritage has had very few problems. While still under warranty a hose clamp broke on the bottom radiator hose and was replaced.

I service the truck regularly, but drive it like the wind and would recommend anyone to buy one.

I cannot complain about the gas mileage, although 2 mpg less than the previous truck this one gets around 18 mpg on the highway and is a 4 x 4.

I like this truck so much that I plan on keeping it, hopefully to see the 300,000 mile mark.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 20th September, 2005

2003 Ford F150 XL 4.2 liter V6

Summary:

Sweet, cheap money for awesome truck!

Faults:

Nothing yet. The truck has been great except for the bed being a bit dinged up. But that's my fault for not putting a full bed cover in.

General Comments:

I love this truck! I bought it new for cheap money off the lot. Only 12 k for a F150 4x2 extended cab (4 door) standard tranny.

I do wish I had the auto tranny, but it cost another 1k so I'll live with it. In fact I like being able to rev it and slip the clutch when I need to more power off the line. I also wish I had the 4x4 but this one is doing fine with sandbags in the bed during winter. Actually the manual is fun to drive in my opinion and I get decent gas mileage, something like 18 city and 22 highway. I'm not exactly sure, but its better than many others.

The interior in this rocks. I know it doesn't have power anything, but I don't need that. I kinda wish it had real carpets, but I ride motorcycles and I do get the floor pretty nasty. Overall the truck has tons of room and the extended cab is just great. There is a lot of room back there and the possibilty to have six ppl in the truck at one time! I have seat covers for the front bench and it feels much nicer now. Also the controls are just right. Everything is within easy reach and the truck looks good inside.

The exterior looks pretty sharp too. The only thing is that this style looks better with the raised front end found on 4x4s. However mine is black and shiny and looks pretty cool from the front and not bad from the side. I'd like to raise the front a little, but not everything is perfect. I'd have to say ford made this 4x2 supercab look pretty damn good.

Overall, I've done oil changes and regular maintenance and this truck has been hauling me, my friends, and my bike all over with no problems and has kept me happy. Built ford tough, but I'll stay on road to keep it that way. ;)

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 25th August, 2005