Bought a truck three months ago...

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

I bought a 2002 F-150 three months ago and have had nothing but ****ing problems. I went to start it about an hour ago at my girlfriend's house and the **** thing won't turn over, so she took me home.

Advice?

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[Stephen_c 10+ year member]

sell the ford buy a chevy

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

check the battery, starter, lose wires anything that is eay to look over or fix .

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

probally original battery...time to replace........its 6 years old

 

[Pottro 563 10+ year member]

could be battery alternator or maybe loose wire. im not very good with trucks/cars but my tahoe did same thing and it was alternator and battery. good luck and i hope its something minor

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

yeah its probity some thing minor the f150 is a good truck .ford may not make that god of cars but there trucks are nice . but id still rather have a 1500 with a stick and 4x4

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

sell the ford buy a chevy

no just the general fact that it is american duh

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

thats why they are going under and no one wants to bail them out

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

no just the general fact that it is american duh

then why the hell did you buy it then if its "American".

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

People are retarded with the whole ford vs chevy thing.

My girls Lumina is going on 200k and I have dumped well over 1k into it just this past year to keep it running. My point is it is, you will have problems with general maitenance on any ride.

Had to replace

gas tank

fuel pump

new lines

brakes

tires

some hydrulic thing my dad fixed

new altenator

new battery

new belts

Can't wait till next year.

Now my 3 year old Focus.............just have to change the oil and runs perfect.

Granted only has 30,000 miles on it, lol! Can't wait till things start to go on that.

Thing is, you will have general upkeep with any ride, some just last longer than others. I had an s10 that nothing ever happened to it and had a ford that everything happened to it, but usually have had better luck with ford over chevy. Now foregin cars, don't get me started.......and to have them fixed, miles well go out and rob a bank...........well older foregin cars.....like my 300zx with twin turbos. What an expensive toy that was!

OP, check the battery, probably bad. Samething happened with my girls Lumina.

 

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

I've had the battery, alt, and starter checked numerous times by Ford...all is fine.

They said it could of been the PATS security module in the key, so I had to pay $50 to get a new key made and thats not it. Dammit I'm pissed.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

This is why I don't buy used anymore.

New and if it is a lemon, then they take it back.

Sucks!

 

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

Starting to think the damn thing is a lemon since I bought a six year old truck with only like 67k on it. No wonder the guy didn't want to drive it.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I have a 02 F150 and it runs good. *knocks on wood now*

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Ive driven Fords for about 60k miles and only thing that went wrong was the AC went out on one of them.

Now I got a Chevy and one time my lights wouldnt turn on. But besides that, both are good cars.