2009 Ford F-150 SuperCrew 4X2 User Reviews

Pros

Great styling, cargo, bed resiliance, towing, leg/headroom

Cons

Saddle leather cracks, terrible engineering ideas

Purchased As New

I own a Lariat Crew SWB in white w/tan saddle leather. The leather cracks and looks terrible. You can "paint" the leather and make it look better, but still is a problem. The BIG problem - who at Ford engineering got the "bright" idea to put individual coils on top of the spark plugs? I've been driving 30+ years and have NEVER had a coil failure - until this year. I had TWO in one week. I did a "tune-up" - replaced spark plugs, springs, boots(No plug wires), and coils. My truck has a 5.4 L V-8 and parts cost $885.41. I did the work myself. Which gets me to my last point - engineering NOT. Please ask any Ford drivetrain engineer to replace the back plug on the passenger side. I took my truck to a Ford dealership with a certified technician - it took him ONE HOUR to change this plug - I paid him $100 to do it, after tax, materials, etc. were included. That's $1,000 for a tune-up!!
Ford has a better idea? PLEASE. I am a technical instructor at a college and I am disgusted that Ford has kept the coil-on-tpo-of -the -plug going so long. Must be a design aimed to sell coils. The coil fails because of its' location - on top of one of the hottest components in the engine compartment. As I said, I've never replaced even ONE coil in thirty years of driving. Go back to plug wires. At least they are relatively inexpensive, and if onefails while you're away from home, you can pull into any junkyard and get something that will get you home. Not so with todays' coil nightmare. I've always bought Ford trucks, but I won't next year when I trade again if the coil arrangement is still the same. Looks like Silverado next year. I can carry an extra coil pack around and a plug wire behind the seat!!!!