CP4 Implosion!!! CRAP! CRAP! CRAP!
Cargo Master
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Anyone else find it ironic that Ford produces a "contamination kit" instead of solving the fuel pump problem? Calling it a "contamination kit" is just Ford's first strike at denying warranty coverage. Isn't a "contamination kit" also used to repair the damage done by a faulty fuel pump where no contamination was present?
The PowerlessStroke is a Ford cash cow.
First they charge $10k more for it, then they charge another $8-12k to fix it, every time it fails.
That’s genius.
And the funniest thing is, they can’t build the trucks or the contamination kits fast enough to keep up with demand!😂
Cargo Master
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100% agreed! I am not putting none of that crap on mine!, all gimmicks, i have seen one mechanic talk about how it doesn't always work in a major failure.
Also, bill at powerstroke help hits in this aftermarket crap, he said 9 times out of 10 it fixes one issue and opens up 99 other issues. The guy does it everyday, services 1,000s of trucks, he says always go with OEM!!
I know I am gonna get alot of crap from this, but SPE puts what? Maybe $1 million into R&D, (giving benefit of doubt), ford spends millions and millions, and innovates from previous years. Guarantee you failure rates are less then 1% of all super duties sold, just somebody has to get the bad one.
my 22 f450 is getting ripped apart as we speak (in peices) getting upper pan done, seems to be a fluke, somebody has to get a bad one. all mine stuff stays stock, when warranty goes it goes!
Also, bill at powerstroke help hits in this aftermarket crap, he said 9 times out of 10 it fixes one issue and opens up 99 other issues. The guy does it everyday, services 1,000s of trucks, he says always go with OEM!!
I know I am gonna get alot of crap from this, but SPE puts what? Maybe $1 million into R&D, (giving benefit of doubt), ford spends millions and millions, and innovates from previous years. Guarantee you failure rates are less then 1% of all super duties sold, just somebody has to get the bad one.
my 22 f450 is getting ripped apart as we speak (in peices) getting upper pan done, seems to be a fluke, somebody has to get a bad one. all mine stuff stays stock, when warranty goes it goes!
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Laughing Gas
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More Turbo
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As stated, not knocking anyone. The report did state "changing fuel filters ahead of schedule and use severe duty schedule". In my neck of the woods, the only failures seem to come from pumping DEF in the fuel, and that comes from all 3 brands, well except GM lift the hood to fill.
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It might be a valid point. I have seen online examples of Chinese fake Motorcraft parts getting into dealer stock.
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Laughing Gas
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OMG. Distract from the real issue that the CP4 is a piece of junk and Ford continues to use it. Is the "moderator" paid by Ford Corporate maybe?
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No, all moderators are unpaid volunteers. Are only rewards are comments like this.
Lead Driver
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Hey bud, I know how frustrating this ordeal is, going through this same thing on my truck right now, but you need to cool it a little, trash talking a moderator on here is a good way to get banned.
Tuned
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60 million CP4s have been produced.
It really doesn't surprise me. How many trucks have been built with the CP4? Thousands, hundreds of thousands? How many failures? One here, one there and then hundreds? To the bean counters it is a good return on the purchase of the part vs failures of the part. We know that is BS but that is all Ford is looking at, is it cost effective and is there a class action suit or enough failures to support a class action suit? At Ford they really could care less as long as it is cost effective vs failure rate. There is my internet 2 cents worth of opinion today.
bob
bob
Cargo Master
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It really doesn't surprise me. How many trucks have been built with the CP4? Thousands, hundreds of thousands? How many failures? One here, one there and then hundreds? To the bean counters it is a good return on the purchase of the part vs failures of the part. We know that is BS but that is all Ford is looking at, is it cost effective and is there a class action suit or enough failures to support a class action suit? At Ford they really could care less as long as it is cost effective vs failure rate. There is my internet 2 cents worth of opinion today.
bob
bob
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- Safeguards fuel injectors, rails, lines, and tank from CP4 debris
