2009 Ford Truck 6 cyl All Wheel Drive Automatic
Hi,
I'm thinking about purchasing a 2009 Ford Flex with 31,200 miles on it.
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=275939735&dealer_id=72219&car_year=2009&rdm=1268325536646&lastStartYear=1981&model=FLEX&num_records=25&systime=&make2=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&start_year=2009&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&engine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&awsp=false&search_type=used&distance=25&marketZipError=false&search_lang=en&sownerid=57996639&showZipError=y&make=FORD&keywords_display=&color=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&seller_type=b&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sort_type=priceDESC&address=14625&advanced=&end_year=2009&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=7&standard=false
After looking through the carfax report:
http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=ATD_U&vin=-51|-13|9|69|50|23|-35|76|31|125|20|-4|-100|45|-97|71|-90|29|72|-115|-83|28|-34|119
I noticed that the first 15,000 miles had been put on it under 3 months!
The first date displayed was 01/09/2009 and represented 10 miles. The next date was less than 3 months later on 03/30/2009 and represented 14,669 miles of use!
The vehicle was than driven under fairly normal conditions incurring about 1600 miles/month instead of the almost 4900 miles/month that it had initially been run at.
My question is this:
Did putting that initial 15,000 miles on the vehicle in under 3 months have the potential to do permanent damage to the vehicle's engine? I've always heard you need to take it easy on a new vehicle for the first 10K miles or so to 'break in' the engine and I'm wondering if that's still good advise.
Thanks,
Chris
[email protected]
Hi,
I'm thinking about purchasing a 2009 Ford Flex with 31,200 miles on it.
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=275939735&dealer_id=72219&car_year=2009&rdm=1268325536646&lastStartYear=1981&model=FLEX&num_records=25&systime=&make2=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&start_year=2009&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&engine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&awsp=false&search_type=used&distance=25&marketZipError=false&search_lang=en&sownerid=57996639&showZipError=y&make=FORD&keywords_display=&color=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&seller_type=b&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sort_type=priceDESC&address=14625&advanced=&end_year=2009&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=7&standard=false
After looking through the carfax report:
http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=ATD_U&vin=-51|-13|9|69|50|23|-35|76|31|125|20|-4|-100|45|-97|71|-90|29|72|-115|-83|28|-34|119
I noticed that the first 15,000 miles had been put on it under 3 months!
The first date displayed was 01/09/2009 and represented 10 miles. The next date was less than 3 months later on 03/30/2009 and represented 14,669 miles of use!
The vehicle was than driven under fairly normal conditions incurring about 1600 miles/month instead of the almost 4900 miles/month that it had initially been run at.
My question is this:
Did putting that initial 15,000 miles on the vehicle in under 3 months have the potential to do permanent damage to the vehicle's engine? I've always heard you need to take it easy on a new vehicle for the first 10K miles or so to 'break in' the engine and I'm wondering if that's still good advise.
Thanks,
Chris
[email protected]
Mar 11, 2010 at 10:48 AM