[Tom Vaught]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

Friend of mine that lives in Florida this time of year was just visiting Ohio for the summer, and he tows his classic car back and forth. Used a GM truck for years but decided while he was in Ohio to trade his GM in on a Ford ecoboost truck. Only because the GM dealer didn't have exactly what he wanted.

He just made the trip back to Florida last week. He's already regretting the purchase. Didn't even make it out of West Virginia and the truck overheated and broke down. Blew all the coolant out of it. BRAND NEW ECO-BOOST. Had to leave his trailer and classic car at a rest stop and have the truck towed to a dealer for repair.
Made the rest of the trip uneventful, luckily no one bothered his classic while it sat at the rest area. But he's already thinking about trading that one back off for a GM replacement, LOL.

I have driven 3 year lease ECOBOOST vehicles for the last 6 years and outside of oil changes have had no issues. My wife has a ECOBOOST Escape and the only issue we had there was the Chinese Lug Nuts that are two piece and not under warranty that were found to be defective on the caps under brake inspections. $165 for 10 lug nuts. So Ford is not perfect and I have had some problems too. There is a class action lawsuit out there on the lugnuts.

Tom V.

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by Tom Vaught

I have driven 3 year lease ECOBOOST vehicles for the last 6 years and outside of oil changes have had no issues. My wife has a ECOBOOST Escape and the only issue we had there was the Chinese Lug Nuts that are two piece and not under warranty that were found to be defective on the caps under brake inspections. $165 for 10 lug nuts. So Ford is not perfect and I have had some problems too. There is a class action lawsuit out there on the lugnuts.

Tom V.

I called that F-150 an eco-boost but that terminology may not be correct, so correct me if this is wrong. But it's one of those V6 twin turbo Ford trucks that he just bought. For what ever reason I view the ecoboost as the 4 banger stuff in economy cars.
He thought that maybe he cooked the engine but the dealer was able to repair and get him back on the road. I think that was the nail in the coffin for him though, being brand spanking new and already a major repair.