What Truck Do You Recommend

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Originally Posted by Danzig

we had a freestyle. throttle body went bad. it was notorious for just making your car almost come to a stand-still. happened to tony one night going to work, car just lost all power/acceleration, dropped from 60 mph to about 20 just like that. just think if he'd have had someone right on his bumper. he went online, and found a bunch of others with the same issue. we wondered about a recall. he called ford, to ask how to order a new throttle body. they said 'well, you have to take it to service dept to make sure of what the problem was'. he said i know what the problem is, and mentioned the sites with the tons of comments from others with the exact same issue. said why do i need to pay over $100 diagnostic fee (ford has made it to where non-ford service techs computers can't 'talk' to the newer cars) if i already know the diagnosis? the reply? 'sir, if you aren't going to take it to a service dept, we can't take this call seriously' click'. unbelievable!
traded the car in on a chevy equinox.

Had to go to Little Rock one day. Truck starts making a little noise or at least I thought I could hear a little noise. Took it to a Ford dealer over there. They said brakes were going out and needed new 2 new tires on the front. Said it was "dangerous" to drive. Wanted $750 for the 2 new tires alone. I thought it was all BS, but was a little afraid to drive it. Took it to a mechanic I knew. He said absolutely nothing wrong with the brakes. Tires were worn, but not critically so. I think I put another 10k miles on them and then replaced all four for about $800.