New Ranger Raptor

[Onceaneagle]

Thank you everyone!

As far as what I have seen with issues,

the first one I ordered, I totally blamed Ford. Four large fish eyes in the paint (they looked like a wart). Rear tailight paint chip right above the tail light (Mainly seen on driver's side but I have seen one on passenger side. It is important that you have them adust the tail light if it is even touching the paint as it will cause it later. Driver's fender crooked (can be adjusted easily). The one I bought, the tail lights are in perfect with even gaps all the way around.

the second one I orderd came through with shipping damage (Im asuming) and QC issues - on edge of hood by wiper arm had been grinded down to the metal. Had huge paint chip down to primer above driver's side rear tail light. Also the rear seat cover would need to be replaced as someone placed it in the up position with the front license plate bracket smashed between it, damaging the seat cover.

In general you really need to look over for paint issues anywhere on the truck, from pour coverage to paint defects.

Body panel alignment, hood front fenders are the worst (I have really not seen this problem on '25 models), however I have seen doors/tailgate out of alignment. Good part on this is most of these can easily be fixed by adjusting.

Shipping damage(I'm assuming), a huge problem in my opinion. Again you just have to look over your truck very carefully (Both inside and out). Make sure you take the time to look over before signing anything. The dealer let me take the truck by myself for a test drive, which I drove it around a bit and then found a parking lot to pull over and took my time looking over the entire truck. Also, take your time and go through all the systems to make sure they work. Driver the truck with the windows up/down checking for rattles / odd noises / wind noise.

Also put it on a lift. Loose wiring, loose parts, rust.

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[Mikein the burg]

Love the Marsh Gray. Found mine in Michigan while on vacation. had the dealer remove the decals. Bought it and drove it home. Great Truck.

 

[K_teven]

At the time I was looking for mine, it was pretty hard to get a line on one in the Shelter Green. I wanted to stay within a 100 mile radius of home (Iowa) without having to deal with Chicago. Found one that a dealer had ordered about 90 miles north of me that hadn't been completed or shipped yet. I sent them a deposit as it was as close to what I wanted as I could get (didn't really want the keyless lock pad but here we are). When it arrived, I went up and gave her a good looking over. Everything seemed to be good and in order so I brought her home. I had a 2022 Lariat before her but even as the Lariat, that truck suffered a SEVERE lack of finer points / features. Seems as though Ford uses that as a tool (de-contenting, deleting features) in their drive to minimize sales of the Ranger in the hopes that customers will turn to the F-150. I had an F-150 and absolutely loved it. Because it wouldn't fit in my garage, it got some pretty severe hail damage. The insurance said they would never cover it for hail damage again after it was fixed so I had t part with her. Have had many Rangers over the years though and by far, this 2025 Raptor is DEFINTELY my favorite!!! Only thing I would change is to put a longer bed on it. Maybe a 6' in lieu of the 5'.

 

[Grabber]

Loving it so far. Just wanted to give a shout out to All American Ford in Point Pleasant, NJ and my salesman Frank DiGiacomo, they were great to deal with and played no games if you are looking for a new Ford.

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