Maintaining higher mileage trucks
2011 F150 5.0, 90,000 miles. I'm happy with the truck and at 70, not too many more years of towing. I'd like to ride it out with this vehicle. I've been OK with dealer service and they are convenient...
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Ask around the town and find out how others feel about the local shops not on a site that no one knows these places. My two cents are, I have our vehicles repaired at our dealer as I 100% trust them. They will let the girls hang a bill and make payments when they needed two. They give us free loaners no mater what and charge us under there posted labor rate. No other dealer will do that and none of them are worth the cost it would take to blow them up!
As for non dealers, there is not a thing wrong with them! But like dealers there are good ones and bad ones. If the place is dirty with junkers sitting around stay far away! Labor rates vary from area to area but most are $80-125 from what I have seen. So if you like the work the dealer does $100 is right in line.
As for parts, the only parts the car companies make now a days are engines, transmissions and steering columns for the most part. FCA uses Wix filters branded as MoPar and Bendix brake pads/shoes. As for Ford and GM they are the same, Motorcraft and AC Delco use the same companies that supply their factories with their parts. The up side to using so called OEM parts is the warranty. MoPar parts installed out of the factory warranty are covered for three years unlimited mileage and I think it is the same for Ford and GM. So you are paying for a warranty along with the OE specs!
Don
As for non dealers, there is not a thing wrong with them! But like dealers there are good ones and bad ones. If the place is dirty with junkers sitting around stay far away! Labor rates vary from area to area but most are $80-125 from what I have seen. So if you like the work the dealer does $100 is right in line.
As for parts, the only parts the car companies make now a days are engines, transmissions and steering columns for the most part. FCA uses Wix filters branded as MoPar and Bendix brake pads/shoes. As for Ford and GM they are the same, Motorcraft and AC Delco use the same companies that supply their factories with their parts. The up side to using so called OEM parts is the warranty. MoPar parts installed out of the factory warranty are covered for three years unlimited mileage and I think it is the same for Ford and GM. So you are paying for a warranty along with the OE specs!
Don
