Buyer beware? 2021-2024 Ford F-150 Known Problems

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Thanks Tim, a good, fair discussion, I appreciate you. I scratch my head as well. I have one personal '22 F150 Powerboost Lariat and two leased '23 F150 Powerboost XLT trucks for my business. On top of that I have 10 leased F150s ranging in years from '21 to '23 for both the quarry and our engineering consulting firm. The only issues with any of these trucks was one dead starter battery from one of the Powerboosts from what I am told is lack of use and some of the truck door locks froze during certain weather; this was solved by the dealership for all the trucks and no problem since. We keep a battery tender on one of the Powerboosts cause it's use is intermittent. Yes, I've had my share of recalls but all of them were looked after during routine maintenance and a courtesy car was offered. None of the recalls resulted in me having to rush anything to the dealership for immediate work and some of the recalls include..... inspecting and re-wrapping a line insulating cover to the brake on the rear axle, replacing a wiper motor, replacing a module for the parking lamp flicker, re-flashing/programming a couple of the transmissions and a few others I honestly can't remember. Owning as many trucks as I do and for as long as I have and not having horror stories or inconvenience I'm led to believe that some of what I see on YouTube is exaggeration and fodder for talking heads (no criticism). I've involved myself more this time in the cross shopping for our leased truck replacement and it's been very interesting. Typically, we cycle through Chev and Ford trucks. I've been looking at some Tundras. I'm sure they're good trucks but honestly, I can't get by the design and fit and finish. The rear bumper is a mess of plastic parts, the step that Toyota offers to access the box of the truck might work for casual usage but try that out as a work truck (Not!), there's no front tow hooks, their hybrid has nothing comparable to the Ford Pro Power on Board, I don't think you can get the hybrid in a trim lower than the Limited and the fit and finish I've observed is bad, in fact it's the worst of any of the new trucks I've looked at. I took a couple pics of one of the Tundras on the lot to show what I found to a few friends. I expected a lot better from Toyota Each to their own, we should all buy what we like and can afford. I'm not a Ford or Chev sales person, I could care less what anyone else buys but go and do your own homework folks. Drive them, inspect them, take a good close look at how the body panels and seams look, compare brands, talk to the guy in the Costco or Home Depot lot and ask him what their experience has been like. Too many people are getting drunk on KoolAid at dealerships and fanboy websites. Disconnect your utility trailer with your atv in it and use/abuse your truck daily while making a living, then come back and share your experience. Welcome to the new world of trucks, "My team vs Your team"....... wow.

I think its avoid everything at this point, auto makers have raised prices without the comenserate increase in quality.

Own a 22 F150 XLT 4x4 crew cab. Best truck I have ever owned in my 77 years!

A friend battled local Ford dealer on the repeatedly failing electrical system on his new F-150 hybrid. Clear lemon car issue so Ford finally said they’d replace it. Replacement details still being ‘negotiated’. He and his lawyer were way too nice with Ford!

Truck makers need to slow down with refreshing every 2 or 3 yrs.... Take the time and get the QDR back where it should be ...it's a Quality not quantity situation. .. at some point people will be sick of these garbage vehicles and would like something to last like vehicles used to 40/50 yrs ago

At this point putting Mr. Magoo in charge of quality would be an improvement!

I don’t know how Farley is still the CEO! Fire him already

Luckily, mfgs provide a whopping three year or 36k mile warranty. ....

Such disappointing news. I ordered my powerboost in October and I still don't have a vin. Might be time to pull my order and buy a gmc Sierra

We have a fleet of about 90 of these trucks. Haven't had a single transmission failure yet.

The sheared bolt. Been there. I had a rattle coming from the rear and just thought it was my exhaust. I drove for over 5000 miles and even pulled my camper with that bolt sheared. Dealership replaced both rear axles without question. However, the recall is still active as even the replacement they are finding are sharing off. They don’t have the final replacement parts yet

Have a 21 F150, no problems so far, great fuel economy, crazy performance. Just purchased a new hybrid Maverick. Went over it completely and built really nice and no issues so far.

Good job at delivering the facts and stating which years and models and not setting off alarms. My 22 reg cab is 2 yrs/24k mi and my last oil change dealer said "battery health getting low". Since warranty is 36k I said "how bad does it have to be to get replaced under warranty" and they immediately gave me the "not yet" speech! The battery issues are real. Another annoyance on f150s is that they start rusting in the first month you own it. Most $60k+ f150 owners will all agree its annoying when you spend so much.

2022 f150 powerboost transmission replace at 24k miles and loads of other issues. Nice truck this is my first ford, but I am questioning the reliability. Hope it works out

2024 received the CDF drum update to the transmission. This was the most notorious issue.

My 2023 has been flawless. Regardless of known problems, I would take it over anything anything else out there

My 2021 PowerBoost with 30K miles is in the shop getting a new transmission at the moment. Second time this truck has lived at the shop for many weeks since ownership.

I’ve owned my 2011 f150 3.5 ecoboost for 7 years now, it has 162k miles, 129k when I bought it. No turbo issues. I maintain it well doing my own oil changes every 3k and recently flushed coolant from the older orange to the newer Ford yellow coolant. It hasn’t been without problems but no turbo issues.

A guy in my church has a 2023 F-150 that he has had one year and just a few weeks ago was showing me all of the rust underneath the truck. The entire rear end is covered in bright orange rust. We live in Texas too!