Whose truck worked great today?

[RickKeen]

Pulled the boat out of storage and towed to my house on Sunday. Best truck for towing I have ever had.

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[RickKeen]

I pulled my ICE "summer" car out of storage this past weekend. I totally forgot to plan ahead if I might need to stop for gas on my way to an event. Turns out I did need gas and arrived 10 minutes late.
Made me realize how jaded I have become never having to worry about stopping for fuel when driving an EV that I charge at home.

 

[Ffxdude]

A few minor software issues and the light bar recall, but nothing of consequence in the 962 days since delivery.

 

[3121]

You are kidding right? Have a look at the Rivian forum and see the mess of problems their vehicles have... and persistent problems that have not been resolved now for years. Repeat failures, design flaws, basic service items that require repeat visits, service damaging vehicles and playing dumb.

Some of these things happen in the Ford world too but at least we have the ability to go to another dealership. The basic things like wheel alignment, panel and door fitment, paint quality are all consistent.

When there is a problem Ford puts out a TSB or recall and addresses it. By and large these trucks have not had major flaws outside the typical envelope of a new model year.

My Rivian was an absolute nightmare... both in terms of initial quality and their service team and rigid processes for doing everything. I sold it after a few months as it was just too much of a science experiment to be our daily driver.

Our F150 has been fantastic and while the dealership experience leaves a bit to be desired it's the lesser of two evils when compared to Rivian's call center...wait a few months...leave your truck for a month...find damage...wait a few months for another appointment...original problem returns...repeat ...repeat experience.

Moreover, Jim F. and Ford have done right by the early adopters with the free SuperCharger adapters and free BlueCruise subscription extension.

I would like to see software updates pushed out faster and broadly - or offer a path to mobile service doing a once/twice a year manual update. But I really can't complain and my wife LOVES our Lightning (it's her car mostly)

 

[MotoGary]

Most of what we see posted is people having problems.

I’m not sure the premise of your comment is accurate. Look again at the entire forum. There’s a wide array of topics. Could it be that the posts about issues simply make a stronger mental impression?

 

[Scorpio3d]

I get the gist of it!
People are far more likely to post a complaint than something positive or a compliment! Unless you’re getting paid or something!

 

[Whammy Bar]

Everything different is bad, until you get used to it. I have not had the retractable shifter get stuck, yet. But I see the possibility.

I would have been happy with a column shifter as well. But perhaps a three on the tree is just too old fashioned.

Having the drop down shifter is an overly engineered solution to the fold-flat workspace. Even something a simple as a notch in the armrest would have been a good and reliable alternative solution. Although anyone with an iPhone will know the uproar that their notch brought on.

Peak shifter technology was in a Gen 2 Prius imo (mid 2000s).

• On the dash out of the way
• Large enough to be used with gloves and whatnot
• Can just mash the P button or turn the car off to put in Park
• Didn't ding at you for stuff
• Easy to figure out for any age group
• Had a jake brake (bonus point)

 

[Vulnox]

Peak shifter technology was in a Gen 2 Prius imo (mid 2000s).

• On the dash out of the way
• Large enough to be used with gloves and whatnot
• Can just mash the P button or turn the car off to put in Park
• Easy to figure out for any age group
• Had a electric jake break (bonus point)

I prefer Lincoln’s on-dash buttons.

It looks clean, has what you need, and is taking up room that on basically every vehicle is just trim pieces.

I love my Lightning so far. Only on week three, but this truck has answered my main complaint of my previous F-150s which is feeling like a barge, even with all the power the engine made. The Lightning does things effortlessly and costs me less to drive.

Plus, man, that Frunk! We have used it mainly for groceries/Costco runs so far, but that isn’t a bad thing. We almost always have the kids with us and hated having to try and stuff groceries we didn’t want in the bed in the second row. Now I have nets and bags in the frunk and everything fits great and it’s easy to load, and the kids get to keep their back seat room.

Can’t wait for a road trip!

 

[FloridaMan655321]

I don't get it. People have been bitching about rotary shifters neutering their cars/trucks for years. Now people are retrofitting them. To each their own.

No kidding. How many people have said this about the Ram trucks? Like it's not a real truck because it has a little rotary dial. I personally like the shifter on the F150. I also like my GM work truck column shifter.

 

[FloridaMan655321]

Peak shifter technology was in a Gen 2 Prius imo (mid 2000s).

• On the dash out of the way
• Large enough to be used with gloves and whatnot
• Can just mash the P button or turn the car off to put in Park
• Didn't ding at you for stuff
• Easy to figure out for any age group
• Had a jake brake (bonus point)

Almost as "cool" as the Honda Element shifter

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Lets see...coming up on nine weeks with the Lightning.
Every morning it is charged up and ready to go,
Every moning it is exactly the cabin temp I set it to be,
Every morning I jump out of bed, wash and get going because I just can't wait to get in the truck and drive it around, costing pennies per mile.

Pulled a big heavy trailer 35 miles on steep roads effortlessly.
trailer controls and back up system are amazing.
Dropped the trailer and drove to a supplier for some smallish but expensive tools - put them in the frunk in the lower storage where they can't roll around while I drive. Then picked up a pallet of heavy stuff and used the truck scale to check the weight - since this is going out via air next week but now I know what it weighs and can tell the air-carrier "close" to what we will be - they will weigh it again at the hanger but now we will be sure we reserve the right sized aircraft for the trip.

Then ran back to pick up the crew and head out to have lunch together - lots of leg room in the back so no one was running to grab the front passenger seat. Driving along and discussing the work coming up.
Truck is so quiet everyone can talk in a normal voice and hear a conversation even in the back seats - one guy plugs in his I-phone to charge while were driving, tomorrow do it all again...
whats not to like ?

 

[Hammick]

You are kidding right? Have a look at the Rivian forum and see the mess of problems their vehicles have... and persistent problems that have not been resolved now for years. Repeat failures, design flaws, basic service items that require repeat visits, service damaging vehicles and playing dumb.

Some of these things happen in the Ford world too but at least we have the ability to go to another dealership. The basic things like wheel alignment, panel and door fitment, paint quality are all consistent.

When there is a problem Ford puts out a TSB or recall and addresses it. By and large these trucks have not had major flaws outside the typical envelope of a new model year.

My Rivian was an absolute nightmare... both in terms of initial quality and their service team and rigid processes for doing everything. I sold it after a few months as it was just too much of a science experiment to be our daily driver.

Our F150 has been fantastic and while the dealership experience leaves a bit to be desired it's the lesser of two evils when compared to Rivian's call center...wait a few months...leave your truck for a month...find damage...wait a few months for another appointment...original problem returns...repeat ...repeat experience.

Moreover, Jim F. and Ford have done right by the early adopters with the free SuperCharger adapters and free BlueCruise subscription extension.

I would like to see software updates pushed out faster and broadly - or offer a path to mobile service doing a once/twice a year manual update. But I really can't complain and my wife LOVES our Lightning (it's her car mostly)

Sorry your experience with Rivian was so terrible. Took delivery of our R1S Tri-Max in January and it's been trouble free for 3k miles. Our Lightning was having a battery module issue within 500 miles of buying it and on its first road trip had to come home on a flatbed 1,200 miles and we had 3k in trip interruption expenses. I still love our Lightning even though we are currently under the battery recall and have been advised not to charge it above 80%. So we can't drive it to our home in Montana as we need to charge above 80% on at least two interstate stretches between chargers.

If we hadn't bought the Rivian we would be SOL.

 

[Tony Burgh]

I prefer Lincoln’s on-dash buttons.

It looks clean, has what you need, and is taking up room that on basically every vehicle is just trim pieces.

I love my Lightning so far. Only on week three, but this truck has answered my main complaint of my previous F-150s which is feeling like a barge, even with all the power the engine made. The Lightning does things effortlessly and costs me less to drive.

Plus, man, that Frunk! We have used it mainly for groceries/Costco runs so far, but that isn’t a bad thing. We almost always have the kids with us and hated having to try and stuff groceries we didn’t want in the bed in the second row. Now I have nets and bags in the frunk and everything fits great and it’s easy to load, and the kids get to keep their back seat room.

Can’t wait for a road trip!

My very old aunt had a new 65 Dodge Dart with push button gear selections. Her grandson and I were the same age. We would ”borrow” her car at night after she fell asleep.
We were fourteen at the time. One of us would ”drive” and the other would punch the drive button. The driver would floor the gas pedal, the button was punched and the slant 6 would lurch violently forward. The best was when I hit reverse by mistake. Hahaha. Fun times.
The tranny was a wreck when she traded it in.
Sorry for posting the memories of an old fart.

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

yeah we had a 66 Dodge Wagon with push button transmission - was a wonder in it's time.

 

[farmtruck]

400 plus days of ownership and I have not had a bad day with it yet.
Today, I had a friend who's looking at swapping vehicles ask me what I thought about Fords. He had never been near an EV and I immediately stuck him behind the wheel of mine. Before the end of the day, the dealer called and told me that person had contacted them interested in a Lightning. I can't say that about any other vehicle or machine I have owned.

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