F150 Ecoboost Reliability
A friend is looking at a 2013 F150 Ecoboost and I'm wondering how these are doing reliability wise. What was the first year for the Ecoboost?
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Mine's a 2012. Closing in on 60K. 9K of that towing a fifth, over mountains and to all 3 coasts.
All the issues to date:
1. Cat. Converter needed replacing at 6K miles (warranty).
2. Cracked electrical connector on the engine sent it into limp mode (no turbos). Took all day at a non-home dealer on a trip to diagnose. A $700 10 min. repair once they figured it out.
BTW - with the turbos not running, off hitch, I was getting over 30 mpg. Of course, it accelerated like my old Plymouth Reliant.
On hitch, with no turbos, it took about 2 miles to get up to 30 mph. I still feel the pain of those behind me on the 2 lane road I was on....
All the issues to date:
1. Cat. Converter needed replacing at 6K miles (warranty).
2. Cracked electrical connector on the engine sent it into limp mode (no turbos). Took all day at a non-home dealer on a trip to diagnose. A $700 10 min. repair once they figured it out.
BTW - with the turbos not running, off hitch, I was getting over 30 mpg. Of course, it accelerated like my old Plymouth Reliant.
On hitch, with no turbos, it took about 2 miles to get up to 30 mph. I still feel the pain of those behind me on the 2 lane road I was on....
