Wondering if anyone else has been completely let down and disappointed by a second generation 3.5L ecoboost (2016) that was pampered its entire existence like mine?
I've never been so disappointed in a Truck, EVER. Sure, when it ran, it was nice...but there is no replacement for RELIABILITY where I live, and this thing has proven to be the least reliable vehicle of the eight currently in my stable - not to mention, the least reliable vehicle I have owned in the past 50 years - even though it is much newer, with less than half the miles I have an any of my other trucks.
For $1,000 less than the amount of money the local Ford Dealer has told me it will take to get this thing running correctly, I have identified a very nice 2003 3/4 Ton Suburban with no rust and 158K miles that I am buying tomorrow...this almost 20 year old Chevrolet will replace the F-150 as my primary "Daily Driver" vehicle.
My Father always told me to stay away from FORDs...He was born in the early 1920's, and never bough another FORD after numerous problems he encounter with one he had purchased in the 1950's. I made the mistake of not adhering to his advice.
Has anyone else had problems with a very well maintained pampered ECOBOOST? Just curious whether I was unlucky enough to have purchased a lemon?
Are these Ecoboosts really that fragile? Is this "planned Obsolescence?" Did FORD design these engines to fail around 100K miles? This is absolutely ridiculous.
I've never been so disappointed in a Truck, EVER. Sure, when it ran, it was nice...but there is no replacement for RELIABILITY where I live, and this thing has proven to be the least reliable vehicle of the eight currently in my stable - not to mention, the least reliable vehicle I have owned in the past 50 years - even though it is much newer, with less than half the miles I have an any of my other trucks.
For $1,000 less than the amount of money the local Ford Dealer has told me it will take to get this thing running correctly, I have identified a very nice 2003 3/4 Ton Suburban with no rust and 158K miles that I am buying tomorrow...this almost 20 year old Chevrolet will replace the F-150 as my primary "Daily Driver" vehicle.
My Father always told me to stay away from FORDs...He was born in the early 1920's, and never bough another FORD after numerous problems he encounter with one he had purchased in the 1950's. I made the mistake of not adhering to his advice.
Has anyone else had problems with a very well maintained pampered ECOBOOST? Just curious whether I was unlucky enough to have purchased a lemon?