My 2012 Ford F-150 Ecoboost ..problem child

[Big Dad]

Got mine April 2012

It has 55,000 miles on it ..

Had coil packs replaced twice , driveshaft once

now..it runs like crap again milage is awful , worse than before

( never, ever got close to 22 mpg as advertised )

took it a to a speciality shop to see if he can help

says, sure .. Ford knows there is a problem, no fix yet


The intercooler gets alot water from condensation , ruins the cats too

Mine was completly froze ,,we dranied about 32oz of oil/ water out of it

Called dealer .. yep, we know ..5000 intercoolers on order
going to take 60-90 days to get the parts

Just keep driving it as it ..great !!

http://www.f150forum.com/f70/there-f...cooler-156900/

Looks by reading, lots of problems .. yea !



Here is what we dug out of the intercooler



frozen oil and water ..yuk





I'm sure the struggles are far from over , looks like the cats will go soon

[Tyrone Biggums]

Wow. Didn't know there was such a problem with them.

[grove rat]

damn that convincing mike rowe!

[Vertnut]

How much of it may have something to do with the climate you're in?

[Big Dad]

Its a nationwide problem

Ford knows..

[Cooter]

My buddy's grandparents having similar problems with theirs. They've gone to 5.0 f150's

[stang2be]

Glad I went with the 5.0 as well

I get high 16s/mpg driving in rush hour on 75

[white88]

Well that sucks, I convinced and helped my dad buy one this month.

[Slow Five-O]

Wow. Didn't know there was such a problem with them.

X2. Yikes

[Big Dad]

As always

The public does the R & D for them ..


When it runs correct ,it does have decent power

Best MPG I have seen so far ..19.3

That was all interstate highway, 350 miles in one trip with light tailwind

running 75-80 mph

most of the time its gets 16-17 , unless you run into the wind

common to get 13-15 then

to be fair

I haul about 350-400 lbs in it every day for work

[naynay]

have you considered a diet?

[Mach1]

damn, that sucks, I got a '13 ecoboost with the "fix" already for this, i love the truck so far, hope I don't have anything like this happen. hwy mileage is 21mpg, I avg 19mpg city and hwy, and pulling 5k lbs I avg 16mpg.

[FoxSquat]

Damn that's really shitty Ford. Sorry for your luck.

[Torinoman]

damn, that sucks, I got a '13 ecoboost with the "fix" already for this, i love the truck so far, hope I don't have anything like this happen. hwy mileage is 21mpg, I avg 19mpg city and hwy, and pulling 5k lbs I avg 16mpg.

whats the fix?

[86silverbullett]

I had the option of a ecoboost or a 5.0 for my work truck..After seeing the bullshit a couple of people I know are going through with them, I'm glad i went with the 5.0..