I have put about 70k (had just over 30k when I bought it) miles on my 2017 F250 without any repairs other than normal wear parts (brakes, batteries) and obvious service items (oil, filters, etc.). I got about 15k out of the Ranger on a completely rebuilt 4.0 and 5R55E before it went "thunk" (the SC could have contributed to that short life span).
While I m not a huge fan of all of the integrated electronics in the newer vehicles, I am a huge fan of reliability and, so far, I've been pretty fortunate not to have many issues with the tech stuff.
BTW, if anyone knows of a 1997-2001 4x4/AWD 5.0 Explorer in the NW Florida area someone is ready to part with, let me know. I'm having a hard time trying to justify putting a 4.0 SOHC back in the Ranger, but I'm also not really wanting to do a lot of fabrication, modification or piece-meal work to put a V8 in it.