Routinely washed the engine, shorted out 5 ignitions coils!! (what, you can't wash an engine???) I used an engine wash system, very low water pressure. drivers door window & door lock plastic trim broke. cd player skips after playing cd's for awhile. I guess it gets hot?
Overall a good truck. ride seems a little too stiff/sharp over rough roads. if engine gets wet, it shorts out the ignition coils! that sucked!! 4.6ltr. engine seems under powered. should have minimum 5.0ltr. 5.4ltr. option gets 10mpg., in town!! mine gets 12-13. one would think that with todays technology, ford could squeeze out 17mpg. in town. front seat comfort is OK. chevrolet's truck seats are overall, pretty good more comfy. plenty of room in the rear! kids love that! rear doors are very wide and easy in & out. bright red paint still looks brand new at 62,000 miles.
Gas mileage for the 4.6l is still higher then the chevy's silverado. Chevy is only at 14 in the city and 17 on the highway so I am very happy with my 16 in the city and 19 on the highway. I would think that with all of the technology today chevy could keep up to ford! I used to be a chevy man myself until I drove and later purchased what I can call my very own 2001 F150 supercab! The 4.6L has plenty of power. The original chevy 350's (5.7 litre) only put out 225 horsepower and about 355 foot pounds of torque, but the 4.6L puts out 231 horsepower and about 360 foot pounds of torque! It took me a long time to get over not having a chevy, but I am very happy I made the move! Highly recomend this vehicle.
We just washed out engine and have shorted out a couple coils. We've been arguing with our dealer since they had to replace a coil and two sparkplugs only 6 months ago, not due to washing the vehicle. Let them know how we feel about something like this happening when you wash your engine with a garden hose. Totally frustrating. Did you get the extended warranty?
I have a 2001 GMC Sierra 4X4 with a 4.8 And I get 20 city and 27 highway. I think that's great. Better then ford. And it's a bigger engine. Ford's 4.6 GMC'S 4.8.
"ditto on the 4.6 Ltr washing" Son just washed his after changing plugs, now engine misses like its not on all 8!?
Also found some pieces of what appears to be a rubber "O" ring type washer at bottom of spark plug hole?
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