Interesting comment from an online board
"Any Ford Truck with a 5.4L Engine The 5.4L 3-valve engines used in Ford Trucks from 2004 to 2010 develop camshaft phaser issues, especially when engines exceed the 100,000 mile mark. The first sig...
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http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/truck/112_0402_toywinner_2004_ford_f150/viewall.html
One of the reasons I purchased my 2004 SCREW 5.4, It was a good truck,had the tick,rearend clunk and spark plug issue, I was very disappointed that Ford knew of these issues and did not provide any support to the buyers, they left us hanging and had to be sued because of their blunder! But hey I moved on and now that truck is someone else's issue I went to the bow tie!!
No not the truck of the year that year,, but still a proven motor!
One of the reasons I purchased my 2004 SCREW 5.4, It was a good truck,had the tick,rearend clunk and spark plug issue, I was very disappointed that Ford knew of these issues and did not provide any support to the buyers, they left us hanging and had to be sued because of their blunder! But hey I moved on and now that truck is someone else's issue I went to the bow tie!!
No not the truck of the year that year,, but still a proven motor!
