Filed under: Government/Legal, Ford Three Ford owners from Ohio have filed a lawsuit against the automaker over defects that they allege exist within the company's twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost engine. Automotive News reports that the lawsuit claims the engine "contained serious latent design, manufacturing, or assembly defects." Those defects, the suit claims, cause the vehicle to shake, misfire and lose power quickly. Two of the plaintiffs, a married couple, own a 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, and allege they experienced a loss of power and stalling, while the third, an F-150 owner, claims he lost power while accelerating. In addition to the Taurus SHO and F-150, the 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost engine is also available in the Ford Flex, Explorer Sport and Lincoln MKT and MKS. Other three- and four-cylinder EcoBoost engines are not included in the suit. There have been no recalls associated with 3.5-liter V6 engine, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently not investigating the matter. The plaintiffs, however, claim Ford has known about the problem, citing several technical service bulletins issued to dealers of the F-150 that suggest possible fixes. Ford had no comment for Automotive News, saying that it's yet to review the lawsuit, which was filed last Friday in Columbus, OH.Ford sued over alleged 3.5-liter EcoBoost defects originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 16 May 2013 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...
Three people suing because their engine doesn't run right? Come on! How many of these engines were built and those owners haven't complained! I think this is an age of " Sue Happy " I feel that most of these lawsuits are a waste of time and money!
30-50K for a car/truck...'am straight it had better run right...:Handshake you would expect that at $3,500-$4,000.
From my understanding several tech bulletins have been issued for this problem. The folks just need to take the vehicles in to get them fixed.
"The plaintiffs, however, claim Ford has known about the problem, citing several technical service bulletins issued to dealers of the F-150 that suggest possible fixes." sounds like the owner didn't get one from Ford...
As an owner of one of those vehicles I can say that Ford did not contact the owners to notify them of possible problems as not all vehicles have been affected. I am friends with the service manager at our local Ford dealership and I told him about the problem and tsb's about cure, although mine has never had the problem he went ahead and ordered a new intercooler and flash for the computer. They have had a few that did have the issue though and it is a very scary thing to happen, you pull out to pass someone and power just goes away causing you to hopefully back off and get back behind vehicle being passed. Ford should step up and do what is right for those affected as there are many more than being reported involved
