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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shelbyfv wrote:
Thanks all for the comments! For those curious, the repair was a water pump. It didn't fail but was making an intermittent weird moaning sound and I asked them to sort it out. Anyway, it was about $600 equally split, parts and labor. There were a couple of connection type parts as well as the pump and new coolant. They said labor is normally $120/hr, they discounted that to $100/hr. I don't have any idea what labor is at independent shops. The two shops in town always have 20+ cars sitting around, don't know what to think about that....
Just got mine back from the shop for a similar thing. Thought I was loosing a water pump at 110K miles, but it turned out to be a leaking radiator hose and a belt tensioner that was making all the racket. The bill was $340, but they gave me a rental car for free for the 4 days that they had it waiting on the parts.
I try to do all the wrenching I can, but I was in a position where I didn't have the time to diagnose and repair the problem. I figure that the rental car they gave me was probably close to $200 if I had to pay for it out of pocket, so that made the overall cost more palatable.
When I had the BCM go out a couple of years ago, they provided me a rental car for free as well. Sometimes going to the dealer is more expensive, but there can be benefits if you can find the right one.
