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2004 F-150 XL Reviews

2004 Ford F-150 XL 4x4 Regular Cab Styleside 6.5 ft. box 126 in. WB XL

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2004 Ford F-150 XL Reviews

  • Body Style: Standard Cab
  • Vehicle Size: Full Size
  • MSRP: $24820.00
  • Mileage: 14
  • Fuel Type: Regular unleaded
  • Fuel Capacity: 26.00
  • Horsepower:
  • Seating Capacity:3
  • Build Location: Claycomo, MO

Overview:

When you are the absolute market leader, as Ford is with the F-150 pickup truck, you don't take change lightly. The F-150 is the most important, most profitable vehicle Ford makes. With nearly 900,000 annual sales, the F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle (car or truck) in America for 21 consecutive years. 

Now, they've thrown away the old formula and created a brand new F-150 from the ground up. 

Ford admits the new F-150 is bigger, heavier, and more expensive to build than the wildly successful previous version. It is also the best-handling, quietest, most car-like full-size pickup truck in the history of the world. All of the new F-150 models feature all-new interiors that show attention to detail. The seats vary, but all are comfortable and supportive. Ford says the F-150 will be sold at competitive prices, model for model, against the traditional American as well as the new Japanese competition. 

All Ford F-150s now have the front window style popularized on the F-250 and F-350 Super Duty pickups: a sharp cut in the forward part of the door sheet metal that drops away to allow much clearer viewing of the large rearview mirrors on both sides. 

The whole nose is shaped more squarely, the grilles are larger and bolder, the bodyside and cargo box sheet metal is more sculpted, and every bed, no matter which length or style, is two inches taller than previous beds to give more margin when hauling larger cargoes. All models, including the regular cab, have four full-opening doors on the body with storage room and/or seats behind the front seat. The SuperCab doors are larger than the vestigial doors on the standard cab, and of course, the giant SuperCrew has four full-size doors. 

The most notable design feature of the new F-150, however, is one you can't see: the fully boxed, partially hydroformed frame, stronger, stiffer and heavier than any previous Ford pickup frame. It's the seven-crossmember skeleton onto which everything else bolts, and accounts for quite a bit of the nearly 675 pounds more weight of the new F-150 compared to the old truck. The frame is nine times more resistant to twisting and 50 percent more resistant to bending than the old C-shaped frame. 

The front suspension is a completely new double-wishbone style for both 2WD and 4WD versions. The rear suspension now has outboard, rather than inboard, shock absorbers to control the rear end of the truck better in quick maneuvers, along with wider, heavier three-inch leaf springs. 

The steering has been changed to a heavy-duty power-assisted rack-and-pinion system. Underneath, are four-wheel ventilated disc brakes with ABS and electronic brake force distribution (EBD), which come standard. 

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