Car repairs

[imabass]

I have been plagued by auto repairs recently.

Oct - Nov 24: Transmission on 22 Maverick failed. ($6K out of pocket)

Nov24-Feb25: Wife hit deer. F150 was in body shop for 12 weeks. Just got it back on 2/6.

The day after we got the F150 out of the body shop, the rear wheel bearing on the maverick failed. It is on my lift waiting in parts to be delivered. What I am finding out with owning a brand new vehicle, parts are unavailable without long wait times. No aftermarket parts and dealers are SLOW at getting parts.

Since late Oct-24, I have been using my 08 F350 pretty much daily. It has a gas V10 and is very thirsty. This Saturday, the front wheel locked up due to front bearing failure. I towed to to my Parents house. It was snowing and my dad didn’t have the tools to fix it.

I decided to rent a car for the week to give my time to get my trucks repaired. I made a reservation and went to pick it up. Found out my drivers license is expired by 2 weeks and no rental car for me. Ugg.

Borrowed my dad’s car for the night, went to my house to get tools and got it repaired yesterday in the cold and wet driveway at my parents house.

I have been looking for a used Toyota (04-14 years). I have sent several messages to sellers because they don’t list relevant information to buyers about the vehicles they have listed. As soon as possible, I plan to buy a used Toyota and sell my maverick. I need more reliability and less breakdowns in my life.

I will not buy a newer vehicle of any make. It needs to be seasoned in the market for a while to surface issues. It will also give aftermarket time to offer replacement parts. Also the brand new vehicles are going to be less reliable and very costly to repair and I would rather have something that gets a few MPG worse mileage as in the long run it will be cheaper to own/operate.

[branchkin]

I was a Ford guy for several decades, not anymore. No good reason for a trans to fail at 2-3 years even with a bunch of highway miles. My daily driver is a 30 year old Nissan pickup. Simple enough I can fix most issues. Wife has a nearly new Subaru, got my fingers crossed.

[jimtoo]

I read a couple of days ago that, after many years, the Ford F150 is no longer the best selling vehicle. In 2024, it was the Toyota Rav4. The F150 remains the best selling truck.

[Bears54]

@branchkin

I was a Ford guy for several decades, not anymore.

I’ve been a Ford guy for over 30 years, mostly because my wife gets A plan on new vehicles. I’ve been lucky and haven’t had any major repairs over the years. The most expensive repair was a coil pack and cam sensor for my 2017 Fusion, I think it was around $500 including parts, labor and an oil change.

[tszefr]

Rough! Fix Or Repair Daily, right?

Last “other” one was a Silverado that I traded for a new Tundra in 2014. Have been all Toyota ever since.

Only one bad thing with 2020 Avalon hybrid… The little battery went south and dealer failed to fix it the first time. I reminded them this is my brand because I require reliable. When Toyota starts making crap, I will buy something else.