I'm resurrecting my thread to follow up.

After almost 5 years and 110,000 miles, Bear ended up being a great truck and I really enjoyed the privilege of having him.

The only warranty issues I had were a cracked DPF that I left alone for a full year before having it replaced under warranty (right before I deleted), a bad exhaust sensor (didn't shut me down though), troubleshooting a flaky camera, and a bad spot in the paint behind the right front wheel well where a 1" spot just vanished during a wash.

Non-warranty repairs - I ate the cost of an ECM after Ford decided that my H&S Mini-Max (not running delete tunes at the time) had fried the board. I firmly believe based on recurring symptoms later on that it was not a faulty ECM, but the plug above the parking brake that caused the issue and unnecessary expense.

Maintenance items: Oil changes when the monitor said to change, fuel filter and air filter changes when the monitor said to change the fuel filters, and I replaced the OE Michelins at 59,000 miles. I bought an extra fuel filter bowl very early one, alojng with a spare EGT sensor, but will end up giving those to my brother in the original Ford packaging, untouched. I deleted at 22,000 miles, and replaced the factory Rancho shocks with Rancho 9,000's at that same time.

I did not have the dreaded radiator leak, stuck calipers, or the 45 mph hop. When I traded him in, the tires that replaced the factory ones had 50,000 miles on them and looked like they could safely go another 20,000, and the original brakes were still on all 4 corners. My interior and exterior all held up quite nicely and were in great shape when I traded. To sell my truck after I traded, all the dealer had to do was replace a cracked windshield, detail the truck, and reinstall the emissions stuff - which I had left in the bed of the truck when I took it in for trade.

I have to admit, I got a little emotional while leaving the dealership parking lot driving my new truck, as it almost felt as if I was leaving an old friend behind.

His replacement:

 

Fine replacement. You will soon forget the old girl.

 

Great write-up Doug, I love white trucks so good luck with the 'Polar Bear"

 

Lol - Thanks Gerry. His name is Bear Too - since it is the color of a Polar Bear, and "Bear" was the name of the previous truck. I couldn't think of a better name than Bear Too for this one.

Thank you Scott. He was a great truck.

 

sorry for the wrong gender

 

Not a problem Scott. It's kinda hard to tell by looking under the truck anyway, right?

 

Scott, Doug is confused, his wife told me his name was Polar Bear, LoL
Dougs wife is making the 'love it' sign with her hands

 

Good catch on the hands Gerry.
She gets to name her vehicles. I get to name mine. She hasn't taken over my truck.....yet.

 

 

He picked his own gender. Luckily, he never self identified as a machine gun.

 

Congrats Doug and thanks for the update !
Great new horse for the ranch.