My F-150.... Should have bought somthing else

I have a 2001 F-150 5.4L XLT Super Cab. Love the look, the color, the rides not to bad, it is a truck so it won't ride like a car, but one thing I absolutely hate is the performance. Now, I don't have a lot to compare it to. My last vehicle was a 1994 Camaro Z28. Had a few mods, nothing special, I guess about 300-325 H.P. But I hate the way my truck runs. When I slow to make a turn onto a side street, and step on the gas it won't get out of its own way! It stays in second gear, bogs down and hardly accelerates. I have to floor it to make it down shift and accelerate. Also, as soon as I put a trailer on it, it dies. I towed an 18' open trailer with a 67' Volkswagen and a 250 dirt bike, and when I hit the grades I slowed down to about 35 M.P.H. My 1977 Dodge motor home with the same load does 45-50 up the same hill. Tell me that that is not a disappointment in the power arena. My dad has a 1999 F-150 5.4L Super Cab. His truck hauls ass compared to mine. Does any one have any suggestions on how I can make my truck run right? At this point I wish I bough something else! :banghead:

Should have bought a chevy!

1998 Z71 ext. cab
5.7L

Just browsing and caught your post. I have a 2003 F-150 4x4 and priviously a 97. I had the same issue with the 97 and it was faulty catalytic converters that caused all the trouble the truck was crap for power .My local dealer tested exhaust flow and found the problem. The truck ripped after the repair. Hope this helps!

Ford trucks SUCK! they are all crapy, even the new ones. They dont even back thier vehicles whith a good warranty. What kind of a warranty is 3 years/ 36,000 miles. Now Dodge is a different story. Thier trucks rule and they back them with a 7 year/ 70,000 mile warranty. What do you say to that you ford :loser: owners???

DODGE RULES!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Dodge, why not speak through ur ass when talking about trucks, maybe u should listen to someone who knows anything about trucks, like Tile19, that guy knows his shit, so maybe next time think about what u are saying b4 u say it

ok just to say something....all ford's are shit.....my dad has been making drive shafts for there biggest part of the company for 22 years and alot of his friends friends and wife's work at ford and theyve constantly made shit drive shafts and he knows all the problems w/ them, i will never buy 1 because reliability and because of performance, give me a dodge opr chevy in the big trucks but if u dont need a big truck go with the tundra

Don't give up on it. Check the f150.com forum for answers to this problem too.

I had to deal with "the" blown spark plug problem with mine, but after the Big-Sert repair on one spark plug, I love this truck again. I own a 98' 4x2 and have an 02' that is a 4X4 company vehicle with the same motor.

Sounds to me like Tile19 is onto something. This really is a fine truck, ya just have to get it repaired.

I grew up on chevy trucks, had a 70' T-bird, with a 429, and a few 68' 289 Mustangs. I liked the look of the 98' F150, the consumer reports article and got one. All in all, they don't make anything like they use to, sure miss that T-bird and 72' Malibu Chevelle 350.

[QUOTE=dodgerox]Ford trucks SUCK! they are all crapy, What do you say to that you ford :loser: owners???

They had to use ford engines!! (diesel) :grinno:

ok just to say something....all ford's are shit.....my dad has been making drive shafts for there biggest part of the company for 22 years and alot of his friends friends and wife's work at ford and theyve constantly made shit drive shafts and he knows all the problems w/ them, i will never buy 1 because reliability and because of performance, give me a dodge opr chevy in the big trucks but if u dont need a big truck go with the tundra


Your dad makes the drive shafts and they are shit?? what would that tell you? Forget the Toyota, you could put one of those on the back of any American truck, Ford, Chevy, or Dodge and haul it plus the rated load caps!

Should have bought a chevy!

1998 Z71 ext. cab
5.7L

No no no.... IF your prob is towing, NEVER buy a chevy. They cant handle their own weight much less a work load. Their suspension setup is very poor and sloppy handling. Your Ford can handle the work much more. Another alternative for towing is a Dodge. The new HEMI ram has the highest towing capacity in it's class. The Ford 5.4 Triton isn't too bad either. THey both feel so much loghter on their feet than they Chevys do to better steering and suspension setups.

hello mikey9821. First I'd try tile19's suggetion, If that's not it here are a few other's. Check all vacum line's for cracke's if one's craked you could be losing power due to that. Check your distributar cap's plug wire's and all the plug wire's on the block. Also check spark-plugs. I had a 1994 F-150 4.9 300 straight six which did the same thing your talking about. It was 1 year old when I bought it from the dealer, After six months it started running like a dog, they couldn't seem to find the prob. A friend told me to replace the spark-plugs and only with motorcraft ford plugs. The truck had ac delco in it. I replaced the plugs, wires and the cap and the truck hauled loads like a champ up hilles! Never had another power prob out of it again.

Ford trucks SUCK! they are all crapy, even the new ones. They dont even back thier vehicles whith a good warranty. What kind of a warranty is 3 years/ 36,000 miles. Now Dodge is a different story. Thier trucks rule and they back them with a 7 year/ 70,000 mile warranty. What do you say to that you ford :loser: owners???

DODGE RULES!!!!!!!!!!



7 year 70,000 miles warranty

now dodge is fucking themselves on that,

after you put a new tranny in your dodge after every 30,000 miles and fix all the other shit wrong with it, your not gonna give a shit about that fucking warranty

my dad had a 1966 f-250 with a 1973 v8 angine,4-speed manual tranny,it was the big camper edition,so it had a really good suspension.I loved it!we would fill the whole bed with sand,and it had no probles in hills or anything,i think it was the best truck we ever had.but we sold it.now we have a 93' f-150.They aite,but i think japan cars and trux are way better.but anyway,can someone tell me the hp,tq,1/4,and 0-60 time of the 93' XLT f-150 with a 4.9 6l?thanx.

[QUOTE=dodgerox]Ford trucks SUCK! they are all crapy, What do you say to that you ford :loser: owners???

They had to use ford engines!! (diesel) :grinno:


If I'm not mistaken Navistar makes the Diesel engines for Ford, and Chevys duramax dosent even come close in Hp TQ or build quality. Also I have a friend that works driving a car hauler for GM's Fort Wayne truck plant. (where they make silverado's) And he was told not to strap the trucks down too tight because they have been having problems with the frames bending. Chevys suck get it right, damn snap together, Generic Motors, yuk.

If I'm not mistaken Navistar makes the Diesel engines for Ford, and Chevys duramax dosent even come close in Hp TQ or build quality. Also I have a friend that works driving a car hauler for GM's Fort Wayne truck plant. (where they make silverado's) And he was told not to strap the trucks down too tight because they have been having problems with the frames bending. Chevys suck get it right, damn snap together, Generic Motors, yuk.


do you live in fort wayne? My dad works for Navistar in Fort Wayne.

Your kidding... my dad is the head engineer for Navistar in Springfeild, Ohio. Just had turkey out that way this weekend.... what does he do ? where you live at with that car in the Fort? I've got a buddy with another Subaru that would love to race ya.. lol I'm just west of coventry

My dad is an engineer. Not sure exactly what he does but last year he was working on designing seat belts for school busses or something...

Does your friend live here or in Springfeild? I'll race him...

ok just to say something....all ford's are shit.....my dad has been making drive shafts for there biggest part of the company for 22 years and alot of his friends friends and wife's work at ford and theyve constantly made shit drive shafts and he knows all the problems w/ them, i will never buy 1 because reliability and because of performance, give me a dodge opr chevy in the big trucks but if u dont need a big truck go with the tundra


Seen this earlier, and should have said something. so I'll say it now. All ford drive shafts are shit? Then why is it that almost EVERY 69 CHEVY CAMARO that has been turned into a race car, uses a Ford Rear end? Almost all serious racing folk out there know what I'm talking about. If they are making shit driveshafts or what ever, then tell em to quit.

Hey mikey, i couldnt' say for sure what's wrong with your truck, but there is definently something not right. I have a 99 f150 lariat with the 5.4 and it has probably more power than a 1/2 ton truck needs. you should be able to turn a corner and bald a tire if you put the hammer down. I pulled a 35ft 5th wheel camper and i never went under 50 pullin some pretty big hills, the only problem i had was that the camper was too heavy for my stock suspension. I'd agree with the guy to check your converter, or mabey even O2 sensors. I hope you can figure out what's wrong with it cuz i had a problem with my coil packs going bad, and i know it can really piss you off. AS for the people that are going off about all the different shit like drive shafts. what the hell is your problem, he asked about gettin his truck to run right, what the hell does that have to do with drive shafts and all that other shit you people are going off about?
If your still havin trouble mikey, you'll have to get in touch, i have some friends that are really awesome with the triton motors and i'm sure they could help u out.

Hey dodgerox-rmcgraw351, it looks to me that you two (and others) are in the wrong forum. Maybe you need to find dodge or chevy forums or did you get tired of reading bad comments about you own vehicles so you switched over to ours.

ervinj

My dad had a 91' f-150 w/ 4.9l I6 engine don't know the performance numbers sorry, but it was a XLT Lariat. He would always be halling somthing. Constantly had three tool boxes in the back it was one of the strongest engines Ford ever made with over 200,000 miles on it the only things we ever replaced were the clutch, tires of corse, and the belts at 200,000 miles because they were so old and my dad didn't want them to break on him. We got rid of it at 220,000 miles and gave it to my granfather and it runs like brand new now. Now we have a 03' f-250 4dr. w/ new 6.0l power stroke and might i add it has a 100,000 mile warranty. While our Expedition has a 65,000 mile warranty.

Hey the way i see it is that everyone has their own likes and dislikes, regardless if u want the power and performace and reliability then go with old school and screw all this computer crap.

1998 f-150, coolant leak into #4 cyl, called dealer and fomoco today no help, 83,000 miles,if you are thinking about a v-6 ford,stop thinking.
merry christmas henry

Damn people, give me a Ford V6 anyday over any other motor. Have had no problems at all with any Ford V6's and all I ever drive are those motors. Got 2 now...1 has 178,000 the other has 195,000, just waiting for the day that bad boy turns over, I'm going to pull over and do a little dance on the side of the road! :rofl: :rofl:

7 year 70,000 miles warranty

now dodge is fucking themselves on that,

after you put a new tranny in your dodge after every 30,000 miles and fix all the other shit wrong with it, your not gonna give a shit about that fucking warranty


Coming from a ford dealer, dodge does it cause they know they are junk, they are smart becuase with a warranty, people feel safe when they buy a piece of shit that just looks good with a warranty


And don't even get me started on GM trucks, just look at all the telephone workers and any other bucket truck or truck that has held alot of weight in its day, THE DAMN FRAME SAGS, nice quality piece of JUNK that GM made there :rolleyes:

The new 5.4liter motor and new f150 is quite the truck, trust me, I drive em and sell em :)

Dude, have your codes scanned and check your exhaust, I would also check your plugwells for oil and maybe even any leaky gaskets

ford chevy dodge hell if every body liked one kind the rest would be off the market, they all make lemons but Still Like my FORD F350 4x4 429 4 spd

I've owned Fords, Cherolets and dodges but, I always come back to Ford.
Did you Dodge owners ever wonder why they give a 7 70 warranty?
maybe because they know stuffs going to mess up.


ervinj

the cummings is built ford what do you think of that dodge boy and chevy almost had a really good cat motor but would not stiffin up there frame and the drive train said it would make the ride rough

the cummings is built ford

What?

I think the Fords are the best, but won't knock any other domestics. I now have a 2002 with 97,000 miles on my XLT Super cab, 4X4 with a 6.5 Ft. box and love it, but will be getting a new 2005 XLT 4X4 with a 8ft. box soon.

There is always something wrong to find in these trucks, in mine it is the front suspension clunking sound? But it has never failed me. Since the price of gas is up 300% from a little over a year ago I wish I could get 40 MPG but we know that will not be allowed.

Gas hog yes, but what a truck.

my sisters boyfriend goes to wyotech for diesel mech and his dad is one of the instructors in the diesel class and they both said that cummings is built by ford and dodge is losing the contract with the cummings diesel and yes chevy trucks are the weakest link in the heavy duty due to the frames and there type of ifs and with the entire drive train

i wouldn't own a new powerstroke if you gave me one... IMHO the new 6.0L diesel is nothing but problems from what i've seen and heard... sticky injector leaks diesel fuel past the rings and thins the oil and wipes out the whole bottom end... mains and rods. junk. only "ford" diesel i'd own is an old 7.3 or a 6.9... because they seem to be worth while. there's nothing wrong with a duramax or a cummins for that matter. and once again, IMHO.... the cummins would out-last ANY diesel motor in ANY other truck as to the brand war... i guess its just a matter of preference. in my experiences ford 150 series pickups ARE some of the longest-lasting trucks on the road with very little problems. you'll get tired of driving them before they wear out. lol. but then again it can go both ways. as to the point of this post... my buddy (who's name i'm using) does the EXACT same thing. great oil pressure when its cold, warms up, needle bottoms out and check engine light comes on and stays on and needle stays buried. hope we're not too late to save the motor. guess while we're doing a clutch we might as well rip the rest of it apart, do the rods and mains, and the oil pump.

my sisters boyfriend goes to wyotech for diesel mech and his dad is one of the instructors in the diesel class and they both said that cummings is built by ford and dodge is losing the contract with the cummings diesel and yes chevy trucks are the weakest link in the heavy duty due to the frames and there type of ifs and with the entire drive train


and FYI .. its cummins, not CUMMINGS. check it out sometime. www.cummins.com they make anything from tractor engines ... to semi engines ... to mining equipment engines.. .marine... you name it. the cummins block used in the dodge pickups weighs approx 1100lbs in full trim. durable ? i think so. there is talk of dodge, being owned by daimler chrysler... a german based company... using a mercedes-benz built diesel in their pickups. i've worked on a TON of chevys and their frame is not the weak link a 1 ton chevy pickup is built just as well as any other pickup out there... and will ride a hell of a lot better than a ford or dodge... due to the independant front end. as far as engines go, the dmax seems to be a good motor, other than suffering from faulty injectors and such. i hauled many a load with a dmax with no problems. and more FYI new dodge pickups use the same rear ends as chevy. they're made by american axle corp. :)

what about the tranny in both dodge and chevy and chevy t-case there take a crap under 20000 miles so what the hell

All I have ever owned are Fords and I love them! And with ANYTHING YOU BUY you are going to have to fix it sooner or later, that comes with something that has over a thousand moving parts...and anyone who slams FORDS are just jeolous that they don't have one too! I love my Ford!!!

yea if you want a car ride in a truck its not a tough truck if it rides like a car chevy suck ass peices of shit and the only bad thing about dodge is the auto tranny weak as fuck

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Buy a superchips microtuner. Get better performance and you can play around with setting the shift points.

it is pretty sad that you chevy owner are dogging fords. for your information your chevys have a little ford in them . ford and chevy share the new trans in the diesels and if i am not mistaken they also worked togather onthe engines too. it is all a preferance to be honest all makes are shit because they are made by humans. if you like chevys or dodge stay in your forum cause we ford oners do want to hear your shit we are asking other ford onwer questions so grow up and get a life!!!!!!!