Blown Shock?
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so you are cool with Ford for churning out trucks with shocks that blow at 1400 miles? If that makes me a hater, so be it. I'm proud to be a hater for expecting OEM shocks to last longer than a few k miles. LOL.
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I am a proud hater for wanting Ford to do better, better than being a blind fanboy who thinks his favorite brand can do no wrong.
Wait, I was being generous with the 30 dollar figure, someone else figured out 6 years ago it was cheaper even after all this inflation it must be less than 30 a piece.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-absorber.html
What he said I read these shocks cost 8.00 a piece so they are crap. The FX4 are mostly the same just painted white with stickers on them. Come on Ford these are 80k trucks!
I have had luck with my dealer replacing them when under 12k miles but after that you are on your own. I would let ford replace them and I have had luck with my dealer letting me provide the shocks and they charge the labor back to Ford. Good luck!
I have had luck with my dealer replacing them when under 12k miles but after that you are on your own. I would let ford replace them and I have had luck with my dealer letting me provide the shocks and they charge the labor back to Ford. Good luck!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...25k-miles.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...hock-leak.html
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Some of us have accepted the fact that not all the OE parts are of good quality, so we go aftermarket and move on.
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Mine began leaking (both rears) at 4800 miles on my '17, At 5k miles I put on after market shocks...I now have 71k miles on my truck with the same aftermarket shocks. With Fords reputation hanging at times, I would think they would have addressed this flaw by now, they have been making trucks for a long long time and at the premium price we pay for these rigs is crazy. Shocks should not be an issue, especially for stock performance.
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Well, the trucks could come with Fox or Bilstein shocks but that would add another thousand bucks to the final cost. Better to just go into a new truck knowing that some things on the truck are junk and need replaced soon after purchase. My stock shocks made it about a thousand miles before they found their way to a trash can.
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fox 2.0 costs under 700 dollars for retail customers. I doubt OEM would pay half that in quantity.
