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Originally Posted by EVOL ARDNUT
HOUSEI,
I had an F 150 99 and traded and I bought CREWMAX.
I liked paint on my 99 better and the plastics in interior MORE durable and more scratch resistant then TUNDRA. Engine was 4.6 and a bit underpowered. Took me to 200, 000 miles without engine or trany problems. Changed a couple of sensors. I did brakes every 70-80,000 miles because didn't use soft pads.
My tundra, YES I love it but durability. IN some things yes and in other things, they designed it to be NO. Examples: paint, brake pads,interior plastics, tailgate, thin steel to get great gas mileage for the size of truck. I scratch my head and ask TOYOTA, why not a home run with this truck instead of being stuck at second base??
IT is frustrating to say the least, because you don't find out QUALITY OR DURABILITY ISSUES until after buying truck.
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I had a '99 F-150 w th the 5.4L and had more problems in it's lightly used 45K miles than my old air-cooled VW's. Launching the spark plug was the last straw-a poorly engineered head. The brakes seemed more an afterthought than anything else. I can go on. The plastic didn't seem any better to me. In fact it scratched easily and seemed to permanately absorb stains too easily. Paint scratched too.I don't miss it at all and never would consider another Ford. Especially after seeing 4 late model Super Duty's being towed from the highways around here this summer.
I am puzzled that they still haven't seemd to address the dash rattle at the factory yet/