Kyle_in_Tex
Super Star Member
Eddie,
I had an almost identical experience with brake pads. Also, be aware that on the F150 one brake pad is slightly different from the other. One has a little hump, one does not. If not correctly installed it will rub.
To all who asked: The electric steering went out at 65K miles, Ford said "sorry, out of warranty". This is a truck that is bone stock, never been in high water etc. OK, chalk it up to bad luck. The repair was a little under $1800 but I paid $150 to have it towed to the dealer as it was unsafe to drive. Then the A/C went out. I charged it a few times until it would no longer hold a charge. Our winter has been extremely warm so I finally caved and got the A/C fixed. The evap coil under the dash (the expensive one) went out.
Spark plugs had to be changed out as well. I later found out that the ecoboost needs much more frequent spark plug changes. The fuel mileage has always been lower than advertised although the truck does have great power.
The truck is also making some kind of weird grinding noise when you turn sharply at low speed and today the brakes somehow locked up.
Same thing happened to my buddy's company truck steering. I want to say about $1800. Then the wheel cylinders, brakes and intermittent short.
The dealer knew about the short. Apparently a relay or something in the electrical fuse box gets hot and not held in place, they switch it to a spare location.