Don't get me wrong, I am more than happy with the overall performance and quality of my 2011 6.7 F250. That being said, did anyone else have extremely noticeable defects from the factory? I have never been accused of being patient so having to wait around 9 weeks from ordering to delivery of my truck was rough. I've gone through the wait before but I'm like a kid on christmas morning haha. Anyways my truck was delivered with the oil dip stick stuck up in the firewall from when the factory lowered the cab onto the chassis/engine. My main problem with that was how many inspections the truck was supposed to go through before the keys were handed over to me. I know for a fact that the dealer delivering my truck to me was supposed to check the oil. What gives? I'm imagining a scenario where someone was supposed to check the oil on my truck but was too embarassed to tell anyone that he could not find the dipstick. I had to have a dealer order a new dipstick and housing and install it which was a process in itself. It took a full day of labor! Granted it was covered under warranty (or else I would have installed the damn thing myself) but the process was painful. 60K plus for a truck and the oil is not even checked before it's handed off to me?? Enough ranting, I'm more than happy with my purchase just wondering if anyone else had a problem, besides all involved in the "painful" thread of course.

 

Thats a first.

The only defect I ever found, well after getting the truck home, is theres a spot on the inside/under side of the bed where it looks like a hook or tie down hit the lower lip of the body. It isn't too noticeable (it took a while for me to find it). Other than that, I have not come across any imperfections or things I had to adjust/fix.

 

Haven't noticed anything on mine. I did need a new NOX sensor at 141 miles but i assume there was no way to tell, until it tried to do its first regen. Mine also had 40 miles on it... which i guess i am glad it was at least driven since it had a build date of 2-15-11 but not purchased until 8-19-11. Just hope it was good fuel ran through there......... If i were you i would be raising hell with my dealer and at least getting a couple free oil changes from them. At least then they will know where to find the dipstick.

 

I didn't notice anything on mine and so far no issues and just under 10K miles.

 

I always thought they filled with oil, ran new engine after the build, dumped the oil, added fresh and drove it to the lot.
Since it's obvious your truck wasn't checked, I sure would like to know this process.

 

Only problem is that I bought the truck in upstate NY where I'm from and my business is located. However I live in South FL so I had to bring it in here. I definitely understand you on hoping your truck was driven which was a good thing, if yours had other squwaks I'm assuming they would have been noticed. At this point I wouldn't want a lifetime of free oil changes from a dealer that didn't notice a missing dipstick!

 

That was exactly my thought!!

 

Thats definitely something that I would have noticed too. Not the worst thing wrong but I expect perfection for 60K+.

 

I used to work fleet for Ma Bell back in the 80's. Drove many a ford off the lot without any coolant in them.

 

My grocery getter has been flawless at two years and 30k miles. I can understand your frustration. Such a little thing as you have discovered says a lot about the delivery process of your truck. $60k + for a pickup truck? There is no amount of anything that can be bolted to a production pickup truck to make it worth $60k. Especially considering the cheap non union labor to build the engine. Where's the saving on the cost of labor?

 

Not mechanical but the dealer deliverd my truck to me with an expired inspection sticker on it.

 

I look at the rear stake pockets on my truck, and there is not hardly any paint. I can see the primer around the edges.

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Gordon

 

My 8' box is out of square so my bed mat doesn't fit properly. There's always something. I've never had one that was perfect.

 

Defective transmission on my custom ordered 2011 Job 2 F350. Major ATF leak from the very start. The trucked ended up with a whole new transmission, pulled out of another truck on the lot, and after being in the shop for 18 days. For the full story, see this link.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-replaced.html

Steve

 

Got mine right off of the lot. Haven't noticed anything yet except the brakes "groaning" at really slow speeds as noted on another thread.

I did need a new windshield wiper motor on a 2010 f250 last year. It was three months old and 2000 miles on. One begins to wonder.