1994 Ford F150 XLT from North America - Comments

Replaced starter at 120,000.

Replaced alternator at 180,000.

Replaced Air Conditioner (Condenser, Compressor, Accumulator) at 180,000.

Have had to replace rotors about every 75,000, front pads about 25,000.

Replaced factory EGR valve at 250,000.

Replaced factory shocks at 250,000.

Replaced water pump at 260,000.

Replaced factory O2 sensor at 270,000.

Rear gas tank added gas to front gas tank when running on the rear tank, problem began about 240,000 miles, corrected itself about 270,000 after adding fuel system cleaners at oil changes.

Replaced universal joints twice, about 180,000 and at 280,000.

Part of the dash lights quit working at 250,000.

Lower drivers door hinge had to be replaced due to wear at 270,000 miles and about 1 zillion times opening and closing.

Windshield wiper switch short since about 50,000, have to jiggle switch to find the "sweet spot". This is really the only annoyance I have had with this truck.

I purchased this truck new and have never had to return to the dealership for service on anything.

Aside from replacing rotating external pieces, have never had to do anything other than normal maintenance to this truck. It has never been 3500 miles without an oil change, and the filters, fluids and belts are changed regularly. I have never had a valve cover off, nor been inside the 4-speed Automatic OD transmission. You might think that the truck has not been worked, but I have towed a 2-horse trailer and a racecar regularly for the life of the truck, although I never pull anything while in overdrive.

You stated, "Windshield wiper switch short since about 50,000, have to jiggle switch to find the "sweet spot". This is really the only annoyance I have had with this truck."

I have a 1994 Ford F150 with 192,500 miles and have the same problem with the windshield wiper switch. It just makes you want to get out of the truck and manually move the wipers back and forth. Also on this truck, the timing of the windshield wipers is not well spaced. I don't use 90% of the delay timings because they don't match well with the way that rain comes down. I end up manually activating the switch whenever the windshield mists up.

Update from the owner of this truck: Nearly one year later (December 2003, and I now have 313,000 miles on this truck. It is driven daily, and on work trips that average over 400 round trip miles, at least once every two weeks. I never hesitate to head out wherever I need to go.

I have still never been inside the engine or transmission, but I did recently have to replace the water pump again (more the fault of Autozone's water pump than the truck).

Also, replaced the throttle position switch at 300,000, and this has killed my cruise control. Haven't figured out why just yet.

Can you believe, I drove this truck for 305,000 miles without putting a dent in it, and it was hit while parked on my company's parking lot by the janitor service before sunrise a few weeks ago. Caved in the cab under the passenger-side supercab window (behind passenger door). They deny it, of course. What a bummer.

I'll let you know when and if I hit 350,000 miles.

One last posting from the (former) owner of this truck. I finally decided to part with the truck. Having never been back to the dealer for any service, I sold this truck with 322,000 miles to the Service Manager at the local Ford dealer. A team of half dozen or so Ford mechanics looked it over for him and could not believe that it had all those miles on it, especially the transmission specialist who said he had never seen the 4OD auto go that far without a major repair.

After 10 years of reliable service, I am hopeful for a similar experience with the replacement, a 2002 F150 Supercrew with a 4.6 L and a SUNROOF!

Man I had a 94 and I wish the transmission was as good as the one you had. I had it replaced at only 130k! I sold it when I knew it was gonna give out eventually it only got to 198k.

I just purchased a 94 F-150 XLT 4x4. It's a fantastic truck and it already has 260,000 miles on it. I hope after reading some of the comments here that I can get to over 300,000 miles. I'll be happy as it'll probably take me 4 years to put the 50,000 miles on it.

The front end is a little sloppy, but stops true and brakes fantastic. The 4x4 works great too along with the 4OD. I hope the front end is only a wheel alignment. Gots new tires on it.