I’m not knocking the Ford, heck, I liked it and may even go back to Ford after I’m through with this Chevy?? Yes, they all have bugs. No biggie, our opinions just differ as do the opinions from dealer to dealer and mechanic. to mech. it seems. I’m not attacking Ford, so you can set your (best selling truck 27 years) Ford pride aside. I’m not going to name names, no reason as I haven’t owned that truck in almost a year and the conversation about the vented rotors was at least 2 years ago, so… I can tell you they recommended a aftermarket, I believe it was power slot or power vent??, not sure it was a racing rotor? But the slotted style. I’ve always thought of them as “racing”. Also, it wasn’t a mech. that recommended the rotors, it was the guy behind the parts counter. I heard everything (from Ford dealers) from calipers sticking to the design of that alum cast wheel not allowing proper air flow to cool the rotor. I’m sure if I would have dealt with more dealers they have said it was something different. When I was dealing with this I researched it thoroughly, made lots of calls to different dealers and sent lots of emails, yes, one or two of the dealers had heard of rotors on 02-03 F150’s prematurely warping but couldn’t give me a definite answer as to what was causing it. My truck was into the dealer MANY times for this, they said the calipers weren’t sticking, lugs were properly torqued, every thing check out good. Except for the fact my new rotors were warping prematurely. Again, I’m not knocking ford. I just know what I dealt with, what I researched and what continued to happen with my rotors till I sold it. They warped on my truck every 12,000 or so until I switched to ceramic pads, then I would get 18-20,000 out of the rotors. It is what it is and I think Ford makes a fine truck. The original poster asked if anyone has dealt with this subject, I let him know I had and what I found out in the 3 years I dealt with it.
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