Looking at used Ford F-350 high miles
I am looking at some used 05-07 Ford F 350 Duals, 6.0 diesel, with around 200,000 miles, just to pull my TT and assorted camping gear. We expect 6-7 trips per year, 100-300 miles trips. I am fully a...
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I would stay away from it. I own a 2005 6.0 and it has less than 130,000 on it. Three years ago it blew a head gasket and I had it bulletproofed. The whole thing cost me $8600. Last year one of the cam followers came apart and I had to have a lot of the work redone when the parts from the follower scattered throughout the engine. That was another $7000. It's had two fuel injection control modules at over 800 a piece. Two injectors at 770 per injector. The turbo had to be cleaned after less than 100,000 miles and that cost me 1200. The front brakes kept locking up when I was driving down the road and that ended up costing me 2600. I don't even tow with it that much. I mostly use it to go back and forth to work, about 30 miles a day.
I've been a die-hard Ford guy for 40 years and this truck has convinced me to look at other manufacturers for my next vehicle. Not only is the engine a piece of junk, the dealer didn't treat me very well when I tried to get it repaired. They made me pay for a FICM when the truck had 78000 miles on it. It should have been a warrantee item. I took it in several times for overheating and stalling and they replaced the coolant tank cap and charged me 110. As soon as the warrantee was up they told me the problem was a blown head gasket and wanted me to pay them $5000 for it. The head gasket was a known problem with this model and can be easily diagnosed by checking for exhaust gases in the coolant. They choose to save the company some money and alienate a lifetime customer.
I've been a die-hard Ford guy for 40 years and this truck has convinced me to look at other manufacturers for my next vehicle. Not only is the engine a piece of junk, the dealer didn't treat me very well when I tried to get it repaired. They made me pay for a FICM when the truck had 78000 miles on it. It should have been a warrantee item. I took it in several times for overheating and stalling and they replaced the coolant tank cap and charged me 110. As soon as the warrantee was up they told me the problem was a blown head gasket and wanted me to pay them $5000 for it. The head gasket was a known problem with this model and can be easily diagnosed by checking for exhaust gases in the coolant. They choose to save the company some money and alienate a lifetime customer.
