Ford owners sue, saying EcoBoost engine defective

[NoGOPZone]

Source: Associated Press

Three Ohio drivers are suing Ford Motor Co., claiming the company's six-cylinder EcoBoost engine is defective.

The lawsuit says the 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost engine can shudder, shake and then rapidly lose power while drivers are accelerating. Two of the plaintiffs, a married couple, say their 2010 Ford Taurus SHO has lost power and stalled on multiple occasions. The third says he has lost power when he was accelerating in his F-150 pickup.

The lawsuit says more than 100 drivers have complained to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the V6 EcoBoost rattling or losing power. Ford hasn't recalled any vehicles for the alleged defect, and NHTSA hasn't opened an investigation, which is often the first step in the recall process.

The lawsuit claims Ford has acknowledged the problem in messages to dealers, but hasn't informed owners.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/ford-owners-sue-saying-ecoboost-210451248.html

[Auggie]

1. Could be a pricey recall ... not good

[DainBramaged]

2. Well, MILLIONS have been sold, three people claim it's defective?

1) clogged injectors


2) Lack of regular maintenance


3) poor quality gas


4)dumb driver


they ain't winnen this one, the customer satisfaction index (CSI) of this engine is remarkable.

[Psephos]

7. agreed n/t

[HooptieWagon]

3. The vehicles are still under warranty, it appears.

And if several trips to the dealership don't fix the problem, then the owners can get relief under the lemon-laws.

A college roommate was looking for reliable and cheap transportation after graduating, and asked me to look over a Honda Civic she was considering. It was several years old, but had only 20K on the odometer....price was ridiculously cheap, but car had an extensive history of shop time. Owner loaned us folders of paperwork and repair tickets to examine before buying. Problem was always engine dying under accelleration/loss of power on highway. Dealership determined engine needed replacing (car was a couple years out of warranty), thus the owner's reason for selling. I suggested to my friend she buy the car, because there was no way a Honda engine needed replacing at 20K miles...and besides, compression and oil pressure were fine (I checked). So, to wrap up a long story, I replaced the fuel filter, my friend drove the car trouble-free for 150K miles, and sold it for more than she paid for it. Moral of the story: Don't assume dealer mechanics know what they're doing.

[high density]

4. What a joke

They should talk to owners of the N54 engine in BMWs... It took BMW and their OEM years to find a high pressure fuel pump that didn't fail with crappy US gas.

[sofa king]

5. The "Engine of Damocles."

So was it the ethanol that did in those little BMWs? I remember the problem but not how it was resolved... or otherwise.

I suppose bad fuel could be the culprit in these cases, too. Lawn-care people around me insist that ethanol devours fuel lines and killed off the last of their American-made equipment, moped riders blame it for the deaths of their 80s and 90s rides, and along with Sea Foam, ethanol-free gas is probably the most widely recommended automotive cure-all in my neck of the woods. I am not impartial in the matter because it actually works for me, and the politics behind all of it is a novel-length backstory that I never got around to learning.

[Union Scribe]

6. Anyone know how to look up lawsuits?

I'd be interested in reading the actual documents.

[snooper2]

8. Well of course it's defective it's a Ford

I wonder if it's better or worse than their 6.0L PowerJoke