As to your Hydo Lock, are you sure you were not the one that may have caused the failure? See definition below:

Gasoline engines
Small amounts of water introduced into a gasoline engine will upset the air/fuel mixture and cause the engine to choke or stall while larger amounts will cause hydrolock. Depending on the rate water is introduced into the engine this effect can cut power and speed in an engine to a point that when hydrolock actually occurs it does not cause catastrophic engine damage.

Have you been in water, mudding, boating or even somehow introduced water into your fuel system that may have cause you headache?

I would not blame Ford for a problem that may have been caused by something beyond your or even their control.