2011 F150 5.0

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Yep, I've done two of them on our pos expedition. It wasn't fun, but didn't have to pull the whole dash. Can't imagine why you'd need to discharge refrigerant, but maybe there's another one in there somewhere. And wouldn't put it past ford to make you do something stupid like that..
Just curious, what year is your "pos expedition"? Mine is a 2016 and it's the worst vehicle I've ever owned and I've had 2 Jeeps and a Cadillac that parts just fell off of when driving. I've been a blue oval man for over 30 years and I'm cured.
 

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Just curious, what year is your "pos expedition"? Mine is a 2016 and it's the worst vehicle I've ever owned and I've had 2 Jeeps and a Cadillac that parts just fell off of when driving. I've been a blue oval man for over 30 years and I'm cured.
2011. Bought new and its such a hunk that I doubt it's worth selling, so we just drive it.

Cam phasers twice and they are bad again. Broken rocker, galled cam lobe, bent valve. Heater resister and blower twice. Radio display dead. Last few weeks the climate led died. Two different repairs where they sold a connector to repair where wiring overheated and melted things.

That's just the things I'm remembering right now. And the big stuff started about 3 years in, not recently. And I maintain things, so it isn't a matter of changing oil every 20k miles.

I hate this thing. Overall cheap feel. Think it's at about 180k now. At about 40k when had the first cam phasers and bent valve.
 

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2011. Bought new and its such a hunk that I doubt it's worth selling, so we just drive it.

Cam phasers twice and they are bad again. Broken rocker, galled cam lobe, bent valve. Heater resister and blower twice. Radio display dead. Last few weeks the climate led died. Two different repairs where they sold a connector to repair where wiring overheated and melted things.

That's just the things I'm remembering right now. And the big stuff started about 3 years in, not recently. And I maintain things, so it isn't a matter of changing oil every 20k miles.

I hate this thing. Overall cheap feel. Think it's at about 180k now. At about 40k when had the first cam phasers and bent valve.
5.4l?
 

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My Christmas present to myself.

The vent blend motor stopped working. And of course it's the one that the whole dash has to come apart.
I did one years ago in an old ford work truck. I pulled the glovebox and cut into the heater core enclosure. Replaced the actuator then put the panel up with HVAC tape and a few screws. About a year later the heater core started leaking. Went back in the same way. No idea why manufacturers don’t put access panels in there to begin with.
 

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