Brandon W
Member
The post about hitting 100k got me thinking. How many miles do other ST owners have, and any problems?
I'll roll to 162k tomorrow on my 01 4wd ST, and have been fortunate thus far. I've bought it 3 years ago exactly (Feb. 2004) with 50k.
Only problems/repairs/maintenance:
- Oil changes every 5k miles - (every 3k since hitting 150k).
- Air filter about every 50k
- 60k - New tires and front brake pads and rotors - Mich. XCX/APT tires
- 100k - New ball joints, serpentine, and flushed all fluid systems
- 145k - New front brake pads
- 150k - Thermostat finally went bad. Replaced myself.
- 160k - New tires - BFG AT KO R15-31-10.5
- Oil pressure guage is flatlined for the first few minutes every time it starts, but then springs up. Been doing that since 130k though.
- 4wd switch has been faulty since I bought it. had the 4wd motor replaced upder the extended warranty, but i found later the problem to be in the switch itself. If I rebuild it once a year, it will work after i turn it back and forth a few times. Never worked right in neutral, rolling, anything.
Mostly highway driving at first. A bit more stop and go this past year.
Still running strong though all things considered.
It's definately lost some of the pick-up. Don't believe RPM's will exceed 3500 even if I floored it, but it still gets me there every single day.
Due for some maintenance though if I want to get to 200k. I am still on the original spark plugs. Yeah the Michelins lasted a full 100k miles.
At this point, I want a new truck with more power, but I am torn, because my favorite feature far and beyond is the rear window that drops down. It's the most versile feature on the truck, and in my mind makes it more versatile than ANY other truck period. Too bad not one truck out there, including the 07, has it. Ikeep this may just keep this one and buy the V6 Fusion in few months.
Anyway, this post got away from me and is way too long. But back to the point, How many miles do you all have?
I'll roll to 162k tomorrow on my 01 4wd ST, and have been fortunate thus far. I've bought it 3 years ago exactly (Feb. 2004) with 50k.
Only problems/repairs/maintenance:
- Oil changes every 5k miles - (every 3k since hitting 150k).
- Air filter about every 50k
- 60k - New tires and front brake pads and rotors - Mich. XCX/APT tires
- 100k - New ball joints, serpentine, and flushed all fluid systems
- 145k - New front brake pads
- 150k - Thermostat finally went bad. Replaced myself.
- 160k - New tires - BFG AT KO R15-31-10.5
- Oil pressure guage is flatlined for the first few minutes every time it starts, but then springs up. Been doing that since 130k though.
- 4wd switch has been faulty since I bought it. had the 4wd motor replaced upder the extended warranty, but i found later the problem to be in the switch itself. If I rebuild it once a year, it will work after i turn it back and forth a few times. Never worked right in neutral, rolling, anything.
Mostly highway driving at first. A bit more stop and go this past year.
Still running strong though all things considered.
It's definately lost some of the pick-up. Don't believe RPM's will exceed 3500 even if I floored it, but it still gets me there every single day.
Due for some maintenance though if I want to get to 200k. I am still on the original spark plugs. Yeah the Michelins lasted a full 100k miles.
At this point, I want a new truck with more power, but I am torn, because my favorite feature far and beyond is the rear window that drops down. It's the most versile feature on the truck, and in my mind makes it more versatile than ANY other truck period. Too bad not one truck out there, including the 07, has it. Ikeep this may just keep this one and buy the V6 Fusion in few months.
Anyway, this post got away from me and is way too long. But back to the point, How many miles do you all have?