Ford faces $1.3 billion lawsuit over EcoBoost engine

Lessmore wrote:


However the Ford ecoboost V6 engine had me rethinking. I hadn't heard about issues in the area of poor durability/reliability...and particularly not about catastrophic failure of turbo and engine.

Do some googling on the first gen 3.5 Ecoboost on the F150.. There were many cases of issues with the intake/intercooler. The motors were hydrolocking when the air was damp and the intercooler worked too well and dumped several ounces of water into the engine in a big gulp. Ford denied any issues for a while but magically fixed the problem on the 2nd release of the 3.5. The newer releases of the engine seem to have the kinks worked out.