2007 Ford f350? Known issues?
I'm looking at a pretty good deal on this. Runs good, low miles. Any known issues with this model? It's a diesel but I'm not sure the engine size yet, they have to call me back
Forum Discussion
After reading some of the other posts I thought I should clarify a couple of things:
1. My truck was extremely well maintained as is all of my stuff. It usually had oil changes done at 3k miles (5k kms) intervals and fuel filters done at 6k mile intervals. The coolant was changed 3x in the 8 years I owned it.
2. Ford's strategy to address poor cold starts and poor running while cold was to introduce an "inductive" heat reflash for the fuel injection control module (FICM) that asked the injectors to do something they were not designed to do. This eventually ruins the injectors and has NOTHING to do with oil/fuel system maintenance. I'm sure this is what happened to my truck because it started and ran like s__t before the reflash and it was doing it again when I traded it in.
3. GM and Ram trucks of the same era certainly had issues but they were very MINOR in comparison to the Ford 6.0L diesel. No disrespect intended here, but anyone who thinks the issues were of the same magnitude is truly kidding themselves. There is a reason that there is as much as $20k difference in selling values of the 6.0L vs the GM and Ram trucks.
4. I don't think the 6.4L diesel is much if any better than the 6.0L. We have a few of these at my work as well and I have a couple of good friends with them that wish they never bought them.
I was truly in denial of a lot of these facts when I owned my 6.0L as well. That was until I started to have issues with it and I got stung big time on resale value. It really isn't until I got away from it and got a reliable truck with a great track record that I could look back and see how much I truly had my head in the sand. I was a tried and true Ford man, loved the Super Duty truck itself, but could not risk any more $ bleeding with the engine. I would still own the truck if it was a 7.3L diesel.
If you go and look on the Ford forums you will read countless stories of major problems, no starts, etc. that come on suddenly, are frustrating as he!! to diagnose and extremely expensive to repair, especially if you pay to have it repaired.
JMHO from someone who owned one.
1. My truck was extremely well maintained as is all of my stuff. It usually had oil changes done at 3k miles (5k kms) intervals and fuel filters done at 6k mile intervals. The coolant was changed 3x in the 8 years I owned it.
2. Ford's strategy to address poor cold starts and poor running while cold was to introduce an "inductive" heat reflash for the fuel injection control module (FICM) that asked the injectors to do something they were not designed to do. This eventually ruins the injectors and has NOTHING to do with oil/fuel system maintenance. I'm sure this is what happened to my truck because it started and ran like s__t before the reflash and it was doing it again when I traded it in.
3. GM and Ram trucks of the same era certainly had issues but they were very MINOR in comparison to the Ford 6.0L diesel. No disrespect intended here, but anyone who thinks the issues were of the same magnitude is truly kidding themselves. There is a reason that there is as much as $20k difference in selling values of the 6.0L vs the GM and Ram trucks.
4. I don't think the 6.4L diesel is much if any better than the 6.0L. We have a few of these at my work as well and I have a couple of good friends with them that wish they never bought them.
I was truly in denial of a lot of these facts when I owned my 6.0L as well. That was until I started to have issues with it and I got stung big time on resale value. It really isn't until I got away from it and got a reliable truck with a great track record that I could look back and see how much I truly had my head in the sand. I was a tried and true Ford man, loved the Super Duty truck itself, but could not risk any more $ bleeding with the engine. I would still own the truck if it was a 7.3L diesel.
If you go and look on the Ford forums you will read countless stories of major problems, no starts, etc. that come on suddenly, are frustrating as he!! to diagnose and extremely expensive to repair, especially if you pay to have it repaired.
JMHO from someone who owned one.
