Fluid+Filter Change
This sounds exactly like the situation I was in. Beautiful truck. 2007. 205k miles on it. But no record on car fax of many routine service completed. Usually not a big deal but while it was under warranty you should expect that stuff to be done at the dealer ( 30 miles service, 60 thousand miles service) as the warranty usually covers that. On a 2007 you would expect more than 11 service records. Due to me not being able to confirm the timing guides were replaced or the transmission service completed, I passed. I have heard from many people the Simple things like charging spark plugs is extremely hard on this engine. I have a jeep that I can do almost everything on myself. Is that true? Is changing spark plugs that difficult on this truck?
Just curious, why Jeep?
it was a 2007 and physically in great shape. The interior and exterior looked brand new. Just the mileage and not being able to verify the big maintenance was done is why I questioned it so much. But I think I am passing on it.
If it is the truck u wanted- like people on this sIte- and it was in great shape, go ahead and put some$ into it. If u bought a new truck today for 60k it will depreciate driving to your house as much as putting a new engine and tyranny into the Trac IMO.
I’ve always felt this way too. My only problem is the cost of the engine and transmission. While cheaper then a new truck, a new truck was never an option for me. The engine for this truck is not cheap. Reman it’s around 4k-5 k before install. And I’ve heard of people only getting a fraction of miles from their reman as they got from the original motor. Some only 30k miles. I would not be happy with that. And it really does seem like the repairs and maintenance on these takes a professional. Not a user friendly engine. However I do think the sport trac is a really neat looking truck and would get one maybe one day. I just would like to have more confidence that huge repairs where not coming up.
