Good/Bad buy? 2010 f150 stx (used truck)? 44k mile?
No accidents on car fax, used to be a commercial work truck. Never towed anything. But has had shocks replaced (front) and rotors and brakes replaced(front). Those are not shown on car fax.
Took it for inspection at a pro. They said no structural damage and that the rim may be bent, it appears it ran over a median or something hard. Because of the rim hit. Should I not buy? It rides great, motor and transmission is awsome. Please advise. (they did an alignment but still pulls left) tires are 6 months old
Well it doesn't have a hitch installed and the company that owned it did a little over 6k miles a year in the DC area. So those miles are city, but it has ran over a median and had all those things repaired on it.
A certified tech had an in depth look and said all is good.
But the dealer was a big ford dealer and they said I have a 2k mile warranty bumper to bumper for 60 days (I know that's not much) but they were up front with telling me what happened to it, (as far as running over the median)
Is there anything else I can do or ask to make sure anything and anything?
It can be a bit dodgy when buying used fleet vehicles.
I was talking to a driver at my last job about how they sell the fleet vehicles. She said that at her company, they did not do oil changes on time ever, and oil often ran low enough where she had to demand more. That says a lot about how some companies maintain their vehicles. I have also seen many fleet vehicles driven extremely hard, such as flooring from a stop with a load while on a hill.
It may be a good buy, but that is up to you. I personally would want to know why a company is got rid of a 6 year old, 44k mile truck. -That seems suspicious to me if it was not leased.
Sounds like that have took care of the bulk of the problems. Ball joints and tie rods are the only other things that may mess up and it sounds as if there may be a bent tie rod since it still pulls after alignment.
I got the answer of why they are. They sold. All 8 vehicles same year/model as mine. They are selling to upgrade to newer models as the company grew. They told me that the company was up front and told the dealer that the driver ran over a median pretty hard
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