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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OMG you guys are funny, the man asked for information from "actual owners" so I directed him to the correct forum where maybe he could get some true information without all the back and forth BS that happens here.
If anyone cares to look at my very first post on this thread I never slammed the EB I answered a comment about Fords transmission castings and why they leak (any make for that matter) and even gave the EB some praise and made a comment about the fuel mileage and got slammed by the Blue Oval Mafia. So if you want a like children I'll play along.
Here is my very first post and would have been the last if you guys had played nice :B
Spud1957, Yep the Ecodiesel had some issues with the 2014 trucks, some engines got out with improperly torqued #5 rods that has caused some engines to grenade leaving some customers on the side of the road. Not a good thing to happen and there have been some bought back mostly do to parts availability or lack there of. Most States have a 30 day limit that a vehicle can be in the shop (total over one year), after that it is classed as a lemon and has to be bought back. I had only heard of one 2015 with a blown engine but the owner has admitted to having double tunes and full deletes so that is on him.
As for Tory's comment "Anyways it's interesting Don is keeping a close eye on this thread" Hard not to when you keep asking "BTW... Where's Don? (aka perrsburgdodgeboy). " Love ya Man
Don
If anyone cares to look at my very first post on this thread I never slammed the EB I answered a comment about Fords transmission castings and why they leak (any make for that matter) and even gave the EB some praise and made a comment about the fuel mileage and got slammed by the Blue Oval Mafia. So if you want a like children I'll play along.
Here is my very first post and would have been the last if you guys had played nice :B
Perrysburg Dodgeboy AKA the CEO of the Ram Mafia wrote:
That is do to porosity in the casting. Most likely your case was one from a cold die at start up after a long week end or shutdown like Christmas break. The other cause is poor ventilation in the die itself. That is what Ford gets for going with Ryobi Die Casting.
As for the EB they have turned out to be very good engines, other than the poor fuel mileage over what Ford claimed they would make. You can have Eco or Boost but you can't have both! That would be why Ford is joining Ram and adding a diesel option to their F-150, fuel mileage nothing more nothing less.
Don
Spud1957, Yep the Ecodiesel had some issues with the 2014 trucks, some engines got out with improperly torqued #5 rods that has caused some engines to grenade leaving some customers on the side of the road. Not a good thing to happen and there have been some bought back mostly do to parts availability or lack there of. Most States have a 30 day limit that a vehicle can be in the shop (total over one year), after that it is classed as a lemon and has to be bought back. I had only heard of one 2015 with a blown engine but the owner has admitted to having double tunes and full deletes so that is on him.
As for Tory's comment "Anyways it's interesting Don is keeping a close eye on this thread" Hard not to when you keep asking "BTW... Where's Don? (aka perrsburgdodgeboy). " Love ya Man
Don
