Just bought this truck today, I'm not picking it up till Monday after work so they can fix a scratch in the paint. It is replacing my old F150 I've had for 24 years, an 86 F150 Lariat with an EFI 302. Drove the old beast for the last time today, it will be a father and son project over the next few years. Still runs good, but I need a 4x4 and crew cab.

Really looking forward to driving the 2014. Has only 77000kms on it, runs perfect. Has the 5.0 and a 6.5 foot box. I honestly spent months searching for this truck and it's even the color I like, Ruby Red.

Only a couple of issues I noticed. The drivers door has a rattle when you close it, almost like the inner door panel isn't attached properly. Going to pull the panel off and see if it needs new retainers. The drivers side running board has the black paint starting to wear off from the previous owner stepping in the same spot all the time. Anyone know what color of black that is? Might mask everything and spray bomb that myself.

It needs a boxliner and a tonneau cover but I'll get those sometime in the next few months, this purchase cleaned out my bank account. ;-)

I've never owned a vehicle this nice, other than when I first bought my 86, it was as top of the line as you could get, and nobody knew what EFI was back then haha. Also this is my first purchase from a dealer, I've always bought privately my whole life. This new one has SO MANY bells and whistles I'm sure it will take me a while to get it all figured out.

Can't wait until Monday!

 

Nice upgrade. Lots of features on a platinum to try out, especially coming from an 86. As for paintig the running boards, test the paint on a similar piece of metal and hold it next to the running board to see if it meets your approval. Please post some photos inside and out when you have some time. Also of the 86 Lariat if you can.

Stan

 

 

Nice ride! Fellow Platinum owner here but I wish I had the 5.0 vs. the Ecoboost. You're gonna love the truck. The running boards are the fold out ones, correct? I'm surprised to hear the paint wearing off - haven't had that issue and I've got more miles on mine.

 

Thanks guys!

Picked up the truck today and I'm very happy. They filled the gas tank for me and did a super detail on the interior. One good thing is that the original factory grease was in the trailer plugs so it has NEVER TOWED anything. It was lady driven, according to the name of the bluetooth phone(s), the husband was the secondary phone. Also have their address in the GPS, they are from out of town, so it had a fair bit of highway miles to boot.

I will have pictures in the next couple of days of both trucks, it is going to be a cool comparison.

The more we drove it, the more power it seemed to get. I figure it either needed an Italian tuneup, or the computer needed to learn my driving strategy. I thought it had no more power than my worn out '86 302, but now after a few full throttle bursts, it has improved and there is no comparison.

One problem, the heated and cooled seats do not seem to work. If you start the truck and turn on the cooled seat, you hear (and feel) the fan running in the seat, but after about 5 seconds it shuts off. If you turn the heat on, you don't feel heat either, even after ten minutes. Any quick things to check? I'll check for fuses tomorrow, but if the fan runs initially, there must be another problem. I took out the filter on the drivers seat, and it looked fine to me, not dirty at all. They have given me 3 months of warranty on top of any factory warranty that is left, so I could take it in. I would prefer to fix it myself though as they are a half hour away.

Also, the passenger side running board has a squeak when deploying (minor). These are the only issues I can find so far. VERY quiet interior. LOTS of legroom in the back seat, even with my seat almost all the way back. Very nice truck. I didn't tell my family so my kids were real surprised, the look on my sons face was priceless. The girls had never seen the deploying boards ever before so that was cool to them.

Had an impromptu race with an ugly black GM suv. He had some loud dual exhaust on it. Light turned green and I pulled away pretty quick and left him a couple car lengths behind before we even got to 50km/h, my kids were laughing. It's a great truck, looking forward to using it.

 

Update on the heated/cooled seats.

I checked the fuse number 69 and it was good.

Drove the truck to work this morning and in both heat and cool modes, my seat fan was blowing continuously. No heat whatsoever. That has changed from yesterday, kind of strange.

 

 

I managed to get the seats working again. Disconnected the battery for about 5 minutes and that did the trick! Now both heating and cooling works on all of the seats. Even the rear seat heaters didn't work before. They have been working fine for a few days, hopefully that lasts.

Another benefit since I disconnected the battery is the touchscreen is more responsive. Used to have to hold my finger to select a button, now just a momentary press works fine. GPS is also not out by a full km anymore, that was weird.

Sorry I don't have pics yet, still working on doing something with both trucks.

Another thing that happened is one of the rear shocks blew out. I noticed it was a bit rough on the highway at times and then I saw oil drops all over the back passenger side of the truck. That shock was soaked with oil. I have an appointment for the service department to look at it on Wednesday, hopefully they just replace the shocks and I'm good to go.

I'm really appreciating this truck the more I drive it, what a difference from the old machine. So quiet and surprisingly not too bad on fuel.