2019 Need to knows before signing the papers

Part of it depends on your tires also. I have Ridge Grapplers that I put on the day after I picked the truck up. They are super stiff 10 ply. I have the rears down to 30 and it feels great. With the BFG's I would think around 34 would be right but I didn't have them on long enough to know for sure.

Gotta be honest, I'm used to having the back end skip a little bit; but, it's nothing compared to other pickup trucks ... hell, my 95 Mustang GT used to JUMP when it hit a bump in the corner. You will notice - if you are new to pickup trucks - that the back end may slide in the rain if (i) you get on it in the corners and/or (ii) you leave it 2WD in slick conditions. My solution is to put it into 4A and not act like nimrod. I'm 19,000+ miles into my nearly 2 years of ownership, and it rides great. It's comfortable on highway slogs, fun and smooth to drive on bumpy streets, etc. But it's still a truck with an unloaded back end. On my old trucks, I'd put about 500 pounds of ballast in the truck bed and it really tamped things down.

Big mistake!!! Transmission problems will be your biggest issue. Wish I never bought mine. Gotta pay it off and go buy a Toyota!

10851vc said:

Big mistake!!! Transmission problems will be your biggest issue. Wish I never bought mine. Gotta pay it off and go buy a Toyota!

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I've heard, but I think it's more of a flip of a coin....not all suffer from transmission issues. I'd be more concerned with cam phasers.

Carbonalpine said:

I've heard, but I think it's more of a flip of a coin....not all suffer from transmission issues. I'd be more concerned with cam phasers.

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Or driving a Toyota

dilmorecg said:

I think its a tire pressure issue. First thing when I got mine was drive it home 400 miles and it felt like that. Mine was set at the dealer to 48psi all around. Once I got home I lowered the pressure to 38 like recommended on the door and the "bounce" went way down. I usually run 37F; 34R now and it feels fine. It is a truck so its not going to drive like a car on the highway ever no matter what you do.

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I think you are spot on with the tire pressure issue. I checked my tire pressures this morning and they are all reading 46 lbs.!! I didnnt have time to adjust them this morning but I will this afternoon. I'm thinking of bringing them all down to 38 and see what happens from there. Its odd but this is how it came from the dealer and I thought that was what it was supposed to be! LOL. Thank you for your help on this. I'll keep you posted.

Pasting this post from another forum member.

Instructors at Raptor assault asked the group "how many of you have the rear end kick out on bumps in normal everyday driving?". The majority ofthe class answered back w/
resounding yes and then they simply said, your PSI is too high in the rear.

We had a good discussion on tire psi. Here's my notes from the class: -Raptors ship from factory at 48psi and should be aired down by the dealership upon delivery (which never happens) -Ford procedure document state 36psi all around -The instructors prefer 38f and 34r psi for normal driving -Ford engineers prefer 34f/28r psi for off road driving WITH highway driving - Ford engineers prefer 28f/22r psi for pure off road driving (no highway at all)

10851vc said:

Transmission problems will be your biggest issue.

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The problem with forums and reported issues is that it seems as almost ALL the vehicles will suffer the same problems...NOT true!...Some of the trans issues reported have been "shift firm" complaints, but those are because different people have a different definition of "firm"...For instance I think most shifts are too soft...

I have a ‘19 - had a ‘19 Jeep JL lifted on 35’s before (with custom tuned fox remote resi shocks, etc). The Raptor is a luxury vehicle compared to the Jeep.

No issues with cam phasers, transmission, or anything else.

You need to remember that any auto enthusiast forum will magnify the negatives/problems with a vehicle. It’s just human nature. It’s like complaining about a bad service call from your local cable technician. You will let every relative, friend coworker, Yelp, etc. know about it.

Do Raptors have some issues? Yes, but you don’t hear about the owners that have put 40k trouble free miles on their Generation 2 Raptors. Even Toyota quality has slipped recently as they cranked up Tacoma production this year. Visit a Tacoma forum and you will read about all types of issues including some Toyota buy backs. Cars/Trucks are more complex than ever before with numerous computer modules, complex electronic safety systems, etc. Hell, most cars have computer modules that even control the turn signals, etc. Old school flasher relay boxes are almost history now. And don’t even get me started on dealership mechanics. Today they are “part replacers” and never get down to finding the root cause of the problem. Dealerships push production to get the cars out the service bays as fast as possible. It’s today’s world of planned obsolescence that also applies to new kitchen appliances, consumer electronics, etc.