Buying a Canadian truck...what should I know?

[PNGento]

First post and thanks for the add to the site. Hope it is in the right spot.

I'll be buying a 2022 F-150 Lariat. It comes with a Canadian window sticker (in French no less). Which means I can't really make much sense of it, but it does indicate in English, the final build site was "Dearborn", so I guess it was US built for the Montreal market. Well, it is now in Florida and only has 14,000 miles and is in what seems to be awesome condition. I could not find anything wrong with it. It has the Sport pkg and most of the Bluecruise features, but without the actual self-driving, such as adaptive cruise, adaptive steering, lane centering/keeping, BLIS, 360 camera, etc. About 1.5 years ago, we sold our 2017 King Ranch dually when we traded from a big 5th wheel to a motorhome...just couldn't justify keeping the dually, but I LOVED that truck. It had, I believe, every single option that was available to it, but for the bed ramps. I am ecstatic to be getting back in a blue oval truck, even if it's only the dually's little bro.

Some questions that I have:
1) any chance of getting a new window sticker but in English? If so, who do I connect with if you know?
2) any reason to think the remaining warranties will not be honored in the US? (I called a couple of Ford dealers and they didn't think it would be an issue, but they weren't "positive"...go figure.
3) I pick it up tomorrow, but thought I'd ask this as it is an ongoing topic...since it appears adaptive headlights have been in Canada as far back as 2021, might this truck have this feature? I guess I'll know when I first drive it at night.
4) anything else I should be aware of due to it being a Canadian marketed truck and that would be nice to be aware of and how it impacts in the US.

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[Chappy133]

I too bought a used Canadian 2022 F 150 Lariat. Not the sport package but the 6.5 bed. Other than signing a milage statement acknowledging conversation to miles from kilometers I have had no issues. Since I bought mine at a Ford dealer they provided the original window sticker electronically to me as a pdf document. I believe any Ford dealer should be able to do the same? My remaining warranty is honored. Mine have the "adaptive" headlight if that is the ones that turn with the steering wheel. I had to watch a lot of YouTube videos to learn all the electronic upgrades this truck has over my pervious 2013 F150 XLT. I am please so far.

 

[KingDavid]

I have a 2021 Canadian XTR 4x4 in south Florida. Haven't seen another 14th gen with an XTR badge down here. I have my 3/5 drop kit, just not installed yet.

Things to look out for? Go to Costco and toss that junk AGM H6 battery for an interstate AGM H8. If they ask for the vehicle, just say it's a 2021 F150 3.0L Diesel. If you want to know why, search AGM h8 battery on this FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1249295895274770/?ref=share&mibextid=K8Wfd2

I just did the upgrade and it's almost like I tuned my truck again. Every single thing on this truck works so much better now; not that everything needed to be improved, but it works so much better now. Engine performance, transmission smoothness, sync is fast AF now, etc. So maybe I had a near dead battery the whole time (bought with 6300 miles, now 14,500 miles).

My AC took a shit. Got the whole system replaced. In the remote start settings, leave it on auto. When you pull up to your destination, power the AC off and wait five seconds before you turn off the truck. Everything else has been fantastic.

Oh I need to manually update my sync system. One day I'll get the mongoose cable and do it.

 

[Highway 11]

The biggest thing is corrosion. We love our road salt up here which does a number to the frame unless it's routinely rust proofed.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

Bought 2021 Canadian Lariat in April last year.

Factory warranty covered front differential pinion seal. Added Granger ESP extended warranty. Sorry to say you get screwed in Florida on warranty cost but you do have that option even on a used vehicle under 36k.

Glare free is awesome and enabled by default on Canadian trucks.

Truck was severely behind on updates, many are purchased used, not a Canadian build issue. Mongoose and time fixed that.

You can set your speedometer/odometer/etc on both center screen and gauge cluster to US units.

When you get the VIN number you should be able to lookup an English window sticker...I think.

 

[redline]

Quebec uses a shit ton of salt on the roads in winter... be careful of rust...

 

[gagliano7]

They use a shit ton of salt here in NY plus that ridiculous salt brine which is a liquid and will irritate your skin when it gets on you.

 

[22Platinum]

If you want to know why, search AGM h8 battery on this FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1249295895274770/?ref=share&mibextid=K8Wfd2

Can you pull the relevant info out for the non-FB folks?

 

[fordtruckman2003]

All northern states use tons of salt.
Looking underneath truck at how it looks is important but salt won't destroy a truck in two years. Clean it up and coat it then you'll be good to go. Salty coastal air does more damage to vehicles than road salt will.

 

[PNGento]

I too bought a used Canadian 2022 F 150 Lariat. Not the sport package but the 6.5 bed. Other than signing a milage statement acknowledging conversation to miles from kilometers I have had no issues. Since I bought mine at a Ford dealer they provided the original window sticker electronically to me as a pdf document. I believe any Ford dealer should be able to do the same? My remaining warranty is honored. Mine have the "adaptive" headlight if that is the ones that turn with the steering wheel. I had to watch a lot of YouTube videos to learn all the electronic upgrades this truck has over my pervious 2013 F150 XLT. I am please so far.

Thanks for the reply. I do have the window sticker, but it is in French, so guessing it was earmarked for the Montreal market.

 

[PNGento]

I too bought a used Canadian 2022 F 150 Lariat. Not the sport package but the 6.5 bed. Other than signing a milage statement acknowledging conversation to miles from kilometers I have had no issues. Since I bought mine at a Ford dealer they provided the original window sticker electronically to me as a pdf document. I believe any Ford dealer should be able to do the same? My remaining warranty is honored. Mine have the "adaptive" headlight if that is the ones that turn with the steering wheel. I had to watch a lot of YouTube videos to learn all the electronic upgrades this truck has over my pervious 2013 F150 XLT. I am please so far.

I have a 2021 Canadian XTR 4x4 in south Florida. Haven't seen another 14th gen with an XTR badge down here. I have my 3/5 drop kit, just not installed yet.

Things to look out for? Go to Costco and toss that junk AGM H6 battery for an interstate AGM H8. If they ask for the vehicle, just say it's a 2021 F150 3.0L Diesel. If you want to know why, search AGM h8 battery on this FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1249295895274770/?ref=share&mibextid=K8Wfd2

I just did the upgrade and it's almost like I tuned my truck again. Every single thing on this truck works so much better now; not that everything needed to be improved, but it works so much better now. Engine performance, transmission smoothness, sync is fast AF now, etc. So maybe I had a near dead battery the whole time (bought with 6300 miles, now 14,500 miles).

My AC took a shit. Got the whole system replaced. In the remote start settings, leave it on auto. When you pull up to your destination, power the AC off and wait five seconds before you turn off the truck. Everything else has been fantastic.

Oh I need to manually update my sync system. One day I'll get the mongoose cable and do it.

Beautiful truck. I'll have to wait to get approved to do the battery search, but I will. What is a mongoose cable. How to know if my Sync is updated?

 

[PNGento]

The biggest thing is corrosion. We love our road salt up here which does a number to the frame unless it's routinely rust proofed.

I'll keep a watch out for rust, but not likely it will see any more salt. It only had 14,320 miles, so hoping it will have escaped the rust.

 

[PNGento]

Bought 2021 Canadian Lariat in April last year.

Factory warranty covered front differential pinion seal. Added Granger ESP extended warranty. Sorry to say you get screwed in Florida on warranty cost but you do have that option even on a used vehicle under 36k.

Glare free is awesome and enabled by default on Canadian trucks.

Truck was severely behind on updates, many are purchased used, not a Canadian build issue. Mongoose and time fixed that.

You can set your speedometer/odometer/etc on both center screen and gauge cluster to US units.

When you get the VIN number you should be able to lookup an English window sticker...I think.

What do you mean by glare free? I was actually able to use the VIN to get the window sticker...but it is in French and I don't speak the language.

 

[PNGento]

All northern states use tons of salt.
Looking underneath truck at how it looks is important but salt won't destroy a truck in two years. Clean it up and coat it then you'll be good to go. Salty coastal air does more damage to vehicles than road salt will.

The underside looks great to me. Here in central FL, we don't have the salty air and lots of rain driving should flush out whatever salt might have been present. Fingers crossed!

 

[JJSnell]

@PNGento

+1 on the corrosion, so what you need to look at is overall mileage and how many winters it spent up there?
My 2015 Plat was a Canadian rig (Im in Wash state), but it only had 4,000 miles on it when I bought it, so the underneath was immaculate. Still one of the best autos Ive ever owned.
If you want to PM me your VIN, I will look for an English sticker for you.

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