Broken F150

[RollingsFarms]

I've seriously wanted to buy a couple Ford trucks over the past several years, but my dealers around me are just terrible. Thought of branching out and buying from a dealer far away but then wondered how I'd be treated if I needed a warranty claim or recall, I'd be left at the mercy of my bad local dealers. Funny thing is you see a good many Fords around here so maybe I'm just hard to deal with.lol GM always seems to do right by me though and that's really the only reason they've kept my business.

 

[Scott65]

I've always called it the "blower motor resistor" they are usually around $20 at the parts store and are sometimes in an inconvenient spot. The blower motor in my 04 F150 started making odd noises at around 30K miles and at that time Ford wanted $150 for the motor. A friend had to have the blower motor changed in his Toyota FJ Cruiser and was told the job would have cost $3K if it had not been under warranty due to the sheer amount of interior disassembly required.

Your very right. It is a blower resistor. I have no clue why I typed voltage regulator. I guess I was already on track for describing it's functionality. My brain is already fried for the week from working on cars. Can't wait for drag racing this weekend so I can work on more cars, ha. At least a dragster doesn't have a blower resistor OR voltage regulator to have to mess with

 

[phiferpharm]

Your very right. It is a blower resistor. I have no clue why I typed voltage regulator. I guess I was already on track for describing it's functionality. My brain is already fried for the week from working on cars. Can't wait for drag racing this weekend so I can work on more cars, ha. At least a dragster doesn't have a blower resistor OR voltage regulator to have to mess with

I don't follow drag racing but the fellow hauling this asked to park it on my property while he went Hog hunting last week. I know they held the Gator Nationals(?) up the road a ways from the house

 

[murphy1244]

What ever happened to a 8' bed supercab?? Seems only a GMC has this now. What gives?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Golly, that's a lot of vehicles. I've only had one truck since 1997 and two cars since 1987!

I had more before 1997. Only one Ford in that bunch.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

Chris, Would that control module going be the cause of a fan only working on high? On the way out? A friend has a 2010 F150, fan only works on high.

Yes. 95% of the time they short out to HIGH only. Mine was the other 5% and did not work at all but could see the little bars for the fan speed raise and lower on the dash as I pressed the fan + and - button.

They have two different modules. Mine has dual zone climate control so it used the module I got, which is the most expensive. The other type is for the old school style that has maybe 4 fan speeds on a rotary dial. It's about half the price.

With Ford if you take the last 8 of the VIN they can pull the vehicles build sheet and take the guess work out of it.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

What ever happened to a 8' bed supercab?? Seems only a GMC has this now. What gives?

Ford makes them, my neighbor has one.

Chris

 

[Scott65]

I don't follow drag racing but the fellow hauling this asked to park it on my property while he went Hog hunting last week. I know they held the Gator Nationals(?) up the road a ways from the house

Whaaaat? And you don't even follow drag racing, lol. Any drag racer would have creamed his jeans at the sight of that. I have no clue what is in that trailer, surely not the car that Tony Schumacher races. He's a top fuel dragster driver. They roll around in some pretty serious rigs. If so, you had (I would guess) well over half a mil sitting in your yard, and the fastest machine on the planet (one of). You should have asked for they keys!

And for whoever the ford lover is in here, you should check out the hemi in this thing, haha. Most guys are running gm blocks, actually much bigger displacement than a top fuel engine. Not allot of fords, at least not in my area. But like I said, surely he didn't just park an 8000 hp car in some random person's yard...

Since you don't follow the sport, here's some interesting facts. Puts mine to shame big time:

Dirty Hero16 Mind-Bending Facts About Top Fuel Dragsters | Dirty Hero

 

[3930dave]

Chris - I know you tend to do maintenance early, just a friendly PSA for everybody.....

Check your Cabin Air Filters at least once a year, more often if you work the truck off-road.

If the CA Filter plugs up, you can BBQ the motor control board/resistor, and in some cases the blower too. Some vehicles (brands) will tolerate this situation better than others.

Rgds, D.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Chris - I know you tend to do maintenance early, just a friendly PSA for everybody..... Check your Cabin Air Filters at least once a year, more often if you work the truck off-road. If the CA Filter plugs up, you can BBQ the motor control board/resistor, and in some cases the blower too. Some vehicles (brands) will tolerate this situation better than others. Rgds, D.

Good tip.

Chris

 

[Alan L.]

All my vehicles get washed weekly as a minimum. That one got washed Saturday.

Chris

My Honda Accord was washed in 2011 I think. My truck probably 2009. No need to wash vehicles or even have an nice one where I live. If it ain't mud it is dust. Right now it is mud, almost get stuck on my driveway, and it supposed to rain 5 out of the next 7 days.

I would be mad as a hornet if I had to buy a part at 56K miles . Lucky it wasn't $840 instead of $84.

 

[Alan L.]

As you all know I'm partial to Ford's and here is why. I have had them all including 4 GM's, 1 Nissan, 1 Toyota, 1 Dodge, 1 BMW, 1 Lexus, and we'll over 15 Ford's now. My average trade in is 5 years old and 120,000 miles.

Yesterday I was coming home from work and the blower motor on my 2012 F150 Ecoboost would not work. It has 56,000 miles. I got home and did some research on the net and found out 99.9% of the time it's the control module. I checked the relay and fuse and both were fine.

After calling 3 dealers I found one in stock. All the other dealers could have it by noon the next day. I stopped on my way to work at a dealer about 5 miles out of my way and picked it up, cost $82.

It took all of 5 minutes to replace. Open the glove box, drop the door by pressing two tabs, and there it is. 2 8 mm screws held it in and a wiring harness. The old one was black pictured on the hood and the new one is white pictured inside the dash.

So yes, Ford's do break! But consider this. Since 1997 I have owned a 1997 F150, a 1999 F150, a 1999 F350, a 2001 F150, a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer, a 2004 F250, a 2005 Mercury Milan, a 2006 F350 (still have with 128,000 miles) a 2007 F150, this 2012 F150 (with 56,000 miles) , and a 2013 Edge (with 63,000 miles) and this is only the SECOND unscheduled repair made. The other being my 2006 F350 needing a dash cluster due to a faulty fuel gauge.

Chris

120K miles? I wouldn't expect any problems at that mileage - barely broke in.

 

[wawajake]

Wow .............once again a few people challenge a persons statements about Fords and their posts are trashed........ meanwhile trashing other brands is welcomed by the moderators. Maybe the moderators should spend some time in the friendly politics TBN forum where outright anti semitism is allowed without trashing the posts.

Very inconsistent thread moderation here at TBN

 

[wawajake]

Be careful Alan...........some Ford owners are quite protective of their rides, they have time to wash them twice a week and once on Sunday, they pull the trailer hitch balls out of the receivers five minutes after they use their trailers and they do the maintenance 20,000 miles before it is scheduled. If you are suggesting to them that is not normal you risk having your posts reported and trashed.

 

[Egon]

I had more before 1997. Only one Ford in that bunch.

Chris

Maybe it's luck but so far my vehicles have stood the test of time. No need to get a different one.

 

[3930dave]

Good tip.

Chris

I don't drive anything that has a CA filter at the moment, but before this thread gets shut-down, I'll pass along this story....

A friend of mine works at a parts store. Some time back, a regular customer of their's was "providing feedback" (aka, whining) about the quality of the after-market heater blower motors they provided, after having several replacements fail. Growing a little tired of the "feedback" being provided, they finally convinced him to check his CA filters.

He came back 2 days later with a sheepish apology, and an order for a stack of CA filters. The old ones held enough dirt to start a terrarium store with.

If I'm considering a vehicle, I check Wix, Fram, or Purolator sites, to see if a CA filter is listed. There are some 10 y/o vehicles driving around, with the original filter still installed.

Rgds, D.

 

[JJZ 109]

Wow .............once again a few people challenge a persons statements about Fords and their posts are trashed........ meanwhile trashing other brands is welcomed by the moderators. Maybe the moderators should spend some time in the friendly politics TBN forum where outright anti semitism is allowed without trashing the posts.

Very inconsistent thread moderation here at TBN

I didn't really see any brand bashing in this thread. In fact it all looked fairly civil to me. Just some guys comparing experiences.
Then wawa comes along, attempting poke, prod and change the tone. It's a fairly regular thing with you. You're not a Ford fan. People get that. You saw the title of the thread, why come and try to denigrate it?
Don't agree with the moderation? Easy enough to fix.

 

[wawajake]

I don't hate Fords, matter of fact I would love a newer or older Mustang , but I do dislike exaggerations in posts or off the cuff statistics (like 60% of GM's have headlight burn't out) or missinformation about taxpayers in a persons avatar.

But us Dodge or GM owners are not allowed to defend our brands regarding this missinformation ........hmmm

 

[grainger12002]

Chris,
My 2005 f150 had the similar issue, worked on two of the settings,replaced the resistor from NAPA, works like a champ !!!

 

[dodge man]

DP, I've seen people that have what most people would say is good luck with a truck, like you have but after having a couple of minor problems, they will call them "junk".

I replaced the similar part on my daughters Impala, and it took a little longer, it wasn't so easy to get at.