Brand new 2024 with electrical issues <100 miles
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Update on the electrical issues- The dealer called today and said they had an engineer under contract to help the dealership. I wish I would have asked more questions about that because I just assumed they would be getting support from Ford itself. Anyway the engineer noticed all the trouble was coming from one area of the truck. So they checked and there was a loose pin in one of the connectors. They fixed that and said the truck was fine. They said they'd like to keep it overnight to make sure they fixed it and it didn't come back in the morning. I'm hoping it was that simple because it sounds like they didn't have to rip that much apart.
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We had a Jayco 264BH that I never had any issues with. I traded it in on a Rockwood 2509S because my wife wanted a slide out. So the new camper is 3 ft shorter but about 1000lbs heavier. No salesman lied to me, I just didn't realize how much higher the tongue weight was on the newer camper, the axles are quite a bit further back.
I don't think I was technically experiencing sway but every time an 18 wheeler passed I was experiencing truck suck. It was to the point I had to steer to keep the truck on the road. It seems like some people are used to that, but it made me uncomfortable. This is with a 10K Eqaulizer hitch.
I tried loading everything in the front, everything in the back. I went to the scales and I was overloaded by 500 lbs on the rear axle. We wanted to replace the truck soon anyway and my payload was at 1898 lbs. Looking at Crewcab F150s, the payloads were smaller than that, so a new F-150 would be moving in the wrong direction capacity wise. Plus the kids will only be getting bigger. To top it off a F-150 with 6.5' bed and tow package was actually more than a F-250 and very hard to find.
I don't think I was technically experiencing sway but every time an 18 wheeler passed I was experiencing truck suck. It was to the point I had to steer to keep the truck on the road. It seems like some people are used to that, but it made me uncomfortable. This is with a 10K Eqaulizer hitch.
I tried loading everything in the front, everything in the back. I went to the scales and I was overloaded by 500 lbs on the rear axle. We wanted to replace the truck soon anyway and my payload was at 1898 lbs. Looking at Crewcab F150s, the payloads were smaller than that, so a new F-150 would be moving in the wrong direction capacity wise. Plus the kids will only be getting bigger. To top it off a F-150 with 6.5' bed and tow package was actually more than a F-250 and very hard to find.
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Update on the electrical issues- The dealer called today and said they had an engineer under contract to help the dealership. I wish I would have asked more questions about that because I just assumed they would be getting support from Ford itself. Anyway the engineer noticed all the trouble was coming from one area of the truck. So they checked and there was a loose pin in one of the connectors. They fixed that and said the truck was fine. They said they'd like to keep it overnight to make sure they fixed it and it didn't come back in the morning. I'm hoping it was that simple because it sounds like they didn't have to rip that much apart.
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Thanks, that makes me feel better, I've been worried about having this truck long term all week.
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Yeah electrical issues are the worst because they're hard to track down unless they're blatantly obvious, and could be so many things (bad wire, bad connection, bad ground, bad component, something just not plugged in all the way). And with how many quick-connects and just plain electrical components are on vehicles today, it's a long process to figure it out properly.
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