Motorweek 2004 Ford F-150 Road Test

My 04 f150 saved my life in a rollover crash (rolled 4 times) from 70 mph , I am incredibly thankful to Ford for making such a great truck

These were a total downgrade from the previous generation, they were easily the weakest F-150’s by far too. I wasn’t really too big on the looks of them either.

That charcoal grey lower exterior color looks like crap against the red.
It should be Tan with Tan interior.

The 3 valve 5.4 V8 is a POS engine.
Stay with the 5.0L (302) V8

The sad thing is these were probably the best looking trucks I’ve ever seen

It sucks these trucks are practically junk now

My favorite truck, ford f-150 😎

❤Ford going Forward

Sad because the engine in it should've bankrupted Ford Motor Company. 4.6, 5.4 24 Valve engines where all total garbage. They're just like the 6.4 Diesel Gas hogs for little power output and the worst factory tune EVER on a ford truck. Phaser lockouts, HVOP and Aftermartket timing equipment won't help much at all. Hence why ford stuck the 2 Valve variants in almost all the econoline vans. Like the new uhaul Econolines use the 6.8 V10 2V not the 3 valve. Plus a generator that had some of the worst transmission gearing possible I get it was meant to be mostly a work truck but all in all unless you get a 4.6 16 valve model from the earlier revistions it's gonna be a rough ride. Though not all experience the issues, I feel it's mostly certain trucks from certain build dates and plants that was more less the issue. Plus Poor designs that was rushed to stay ahead of Dodge and Chevrolet.

Love my truck, 20 years after it's debut, there's barely a thing wrong with her other than some rust

I always laugh when someone says the 04 f150 is the worst f150 built, still have 2 above 160k ones 163,(04) and the other is 190k(06) the trick is rumning anything above 5w-20, the 04 is considered the worst f150 built because of the 3v 5 4, i still drive mine daily and the biggest issue is the unlock button doesnt work😅

Thanks for posting! I picked up (no pun intended) my Screaming Yellow (same as stepside in the video) 2004 FX4, supercab, stepside 5.4L about 8 years ago down in Alabama (no rust) with 100K miles. Today I have 150K miles. No major repairs besides wear parts.

most people who complain do not maintain there vehicles or never own one of these trucks. Hear in the upper midwest there are a lot of these 11th generation F-150's truck running I wonder why that is. And when they are up for sale they sale fast even in 2024 funny how people use so much energy hating on a engine still being put to use as we speak.

I wish it had more than 4 gears,

Was pretty good for its time, but now that were 20 years along things have changed.

My 05 has been nothing but great to me, did a full timing job about 4 months ago (GM/Fiat both are just as likely to develope lifter tick that requires an entire engine replacement) and it's been so quiet and smooth I sometimes cant tell it's running.

Best part is it's paid off and I've made it reliable. Threw some fox suspension on it and had MPT build a custom tune for it and been problem free since.

I drive a 2018 2.7 ecoboost now, but I still miss my 2004 5.4 Supercab FX4, even though it started having the cam phaser rattle and 4th gear stopped working LOL. Still my favorite body style.

My first truck was 04 F150 STX 4x4, SuperCab.