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This 2015 Ford F-150 XLT was sitting in a trailer yard with a salvage title in its name and damage all over. The seller tried to spruce it up a bit by drilling holes in the body before listing it on an auction platform. But it looks like the truck would have been better off without the “fix.”
What we are dealing with is a 2015 Ford F-150 XLT with Platinum grade. The listing says that the major damage is all over the place. It looks like a rollover and the photos of the red pickup seem to confirm that. The passenger side is covered in dents and bends, while the mirror on that side is dangling in an odd position. The front passenger window is broken.
The lettering is mirrored on the driver's side, except there is no mirror there anymore. The driver's door looks like someone drilled holes in it in a failed attempt to straighten it out a bit. That didn't go well. Those who tried to fix this poor pickup also drilled holes in the left side of the bed and riveted it to keep it from falling apart in front of those who came to see it at the trailer yard.
The photos in the listing show that they also tried to mask most of the airbags that deployed in the accident. But they are quite visible to the trained eye. The curtain airbags, on the other hand, are left hanging there.
There was no other way to hide them, since the roof lining of the pickup had been torn off. The roof was probably too warped to hold it in place. Dust from the airbags is still on the seats and everywhere in the cabin.
The listing states that the minor damage is to the frame, which only confirms that this F-150 may never hit the road again. However, it could be a great parts donor.
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The vehicle has a salvage title score of 42 out of 50, which is pretty high considering the circumstances. The fact that the engine runs and drives must have contributed to that. This 2015 Ford F-150 is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine, which generates 282 horsepower. A five-speed automatic transmission sends power to all four wheels.
This Ford has 66,152 miles (106,641 kilometers) on the road in nine years, which isn't a lot. That engine could revive a few other trucks out there if someone finally decides this Ford is worth buying. The seller is asking $15,000, but the offer didn't go very far.
Scott goes to Miami to see the Ford F-150 with his own eyes
However, Scott from Vehcor labels this vehicle as one that shouldn't even be considered and says the work done on it is pretty comical. He goes to the Miami, Florida, depot to see it for himself.
The engine bay doesn't look bad, but the 3.5-liter V6 can't be started because the battery is almost dead. The paint on the front badge looks a little chipped. But that's the least of the problems. The roof doesn't look straight after the F-150 was involved in a rollover.
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The seller, who is a towing company, appears to have packed it up but left it bent that way. There are holes everywhere and rivets to hold it together, and the back of the roof looks like it was shot with a small caliber pistol.
The hood and headlights should be fine to use. But those holes, which are more than the photos uploaded online might show, should definitely not be there.
Drilling holes in damaged car bodies to straighten them is an old practice. Over the years, more modern and efficient solutions have been developed.
It used to be that after drilling a hole, you would insert a dent puller into the hole to pop the panel out. Then, the area would be filled with body filler, sanded, primed, and painted. But that's old school, and obviously didn't work well on this F-150.
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Scott from Vehcor has spent 20 years in the industry and is comfortable in the salvage yards, scrap yards, and auction lots. He is trying to figure out the background of this truck. The truck was towed after a rollover. It had no insurance, so it was just dropped off at the salvage yard, which had to dispose of it.
They put it up for auction for $6,675. But no one bid, so it went nowhere. It looks like it's not going anywhere this time either. With the way it looks and the fact that it was sold by a third party, anyone interested in buying a Ford F-150 with a salvage title would see red flags.
