ill never switch from Ford, but im seriously thinking about going back to the 97 and older trucks personally. But i am pissed off that at 100K i found all 20 of my trans/tcase bolts all finger tight! Thats some major bs on Ford's part

 

Seriously, man... I think you have a rare exception. MANY of us have got trucks with 3-4X the miles and no problems at all.

 

I'm just venting thats all, i love Fords i love my F350 but i would much have rather ordered it with a crew cab and the V10 but you live and learn. My trucks doesn't clunk or bang so i only knew it was loose just because i check my trucks and it was just me being me to check. Other then the normal ball joint failure, slip joint needing greasing, my truck has been good to me for the last 100k. Just hoping the 5.4 can go another 50k or more before i save up enough money to buy a 2004 V10 motor rebuild it and install it

 

I hear ya... It'll drive you nuts!

 

I'll bet they might have forgot to use lock tight when they put your truck together. I don't know man. All I know is my truck has 250k on the body. Hard milea too. It was a tree service truck for 10 years before I got it. No loose bolt problems. Just be glad you caught it.