EcoBoost problems on the Horizon...:?

nohurry wrote:
Ford was looking to the future in gas engine technology with the ecos, and I say kudos to them for that. When they came out in the truck application some said "Oh man, this is going to be interesting! It'll never hold up!" Etc. well, after three complete model years it has. I'm not surprised there are some issues with some components such as the inter-cooler, and Ford seems to be addressing them. For whatever reason, these 3 people think legal action is the way to go. We truly don't know their real motive. If it's to benefit the buying public by holding a companies feet to the fire to stand behind the product, then fine. There may be more to it though.

I'm not real old yet, but I'm certainly not young either, and I've owned all the brands in my time. I choose not to bash someone else's choice, but I sincerely hate to see any American company go down. I think we are smart enough to know that they wouldn't knowingly put out products or components that will fail in some way, but we should be confident that they'll stand behind them. If you don't think they will, simply vote with your wallet, and go elsewhere like Ricatic did. I said publicly in this forum that I didn't blame him. The Fords I have previously, and currently owned have been very good to me though, so I will stay with them until I have a reason (like some of you), to switch. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some blue Kool aid on ice I need to get to (Goes good with popcorn)!

My guess is that these few people have tried to get it fixed many times and are sick of driving with a reoccurring problem. I had the infamous tranny bump on my 10 F150 6spd. I was told after several visits to the dealer that they considered it normal and also that they had no idea why this normal problem existed. And to just drive it and if something broke or malfunctioned enough that since I had a warranty it would get fixed. So in a nut shell just drive it till it breaks so then they will know what is causing the problem. Just go to any F150 forum and you can read about several common problems that have no fix. That lack of competency is why after years of being a Ford guy jumped to a Ram. I may go through the same thing with Ram at some day but I gave Ford a chance and wasn't happy with the results.