Some of us may want to keep our 6.0L a little longer.

 

Simply crazy, but I guess nothing really every changes with warranty work, if the manufacturer can deny they will. Also, that was an insane amount of work to prove it was a warranty claim.

 

I wonder what happened in the first 3 years and 48,000 miles?

 

True.

 

Regardless, it's easier and cheaper to repair or even rebuild my 6.0 and 7.3 than bother with the newer, fancier trucks. I found this so true that I doubled down on the 6.0

 

Many here totally agree with you!

I hope you keep at it at least 10 more years, you are my "back-up" plan!!

 

The first comment on YT is the claim was approved, so Ford stepped up after the teardown. I don't know why they would approve a replacement without a teardown.

My concern is, how did those connecting rods get put in an engine, and how many more are out there.

 

Yeah, it was approved, but they had to submit the data repeatedly due to denials. I’m not sure I would call that “stepping up to the plate.” And I wonder how much of an impact a Ford tech posting a frustration video may have had on finally getting it approved.

I thought it was amazing to have all of the shells spun. And you are right; it indicates either the shells were not up to spec or the con rod sizing. That's not an N-1 situation.

 

What to believe ......................

Company News

Ford Update on Quality and Recalls

Ford has significantly improved product quality. Our 2025 initial quality is on track to become among our best ever, and Ford was the most awarded brand in the recent J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Initial Quality Study, with four Ford vehicles topping their segments.

The increase in recalls reflects our intensive strategy to quickly find and fix hardware and software issues and go the extra mile to help protect customers. Ford has more than doubled its team of safety and technical experts in the past two years and significantly increased testing to failure on critical systems in current Ford vehicles such as powertrains, steering and braking. Insights from this testing are being incorporated into current production.

We are making progress on software quality, using an enhanced software validation process to help ensure the right software is present on vehicles and using over-the-air updates to address potential warranty issues before they become customer issues.

Modern digital safety systems require new talent, tools, and standards. Ford has deeply invested in those capabilities like connected data signaling and dramatically increased testing on all new products across broad variations in customer use.

In applying these new standards, we can and do find issues that exist on earlier model years, including ones that have not even been reported. We will not compromise our responsibility to all our customers, not just those buying new vehicles.

We believe this approach will lead to systemic and lasting positive change and help us reach world-class levels for quality, safety and customer satisfaction.

https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/...quality-update

Kumar Galhotra is chief operating officer at Ford.

 

Only need to go back through the last 6 months ....

 

I saw a bunch of that also. That is why I quoted the COO. He is using all that (recalls) to say things are improving under him, part of his improvement program. Spin Doctor? Only time will tell. It doesn't explain trying to impose "high hurdles" being imposed/required in order to get warranty claim approval!

 

It’s really sad to see. I’m Ford blue. When I worked with different manufacturers and went to test tracks, Ford had the best engineering and testing programs. The proving ground in Yucca, AZ, was one of the best, and it was amazing to see what they did on that old army (aircraft) base—sold to Chrysler around 2008 when my facilities were closed also. Whenever asked what to buy, I’d bring up a Ford product.

Probably the worst we ever saw from Ford was the initial launch of the Escape. So many things were TSB’ed or recalled—things that never should have been. It was like a Jeep or Chrysler platform—maybe worse now that I've written that.

 

Cylinder deactivation

It seems most of GMs current problems with their V8's started in 2007 with cylinder deactivation. Honda took a great J35 V6 and added cylinder deactivation to increase oil consumption and wipe out rings. Nice to see Ford following suit.

 

In the early 90’s I had a 1981 Cadillac Eldorado with the L62 368ci 8-6-4 engine. one of the early cyl deactivation engines. It wasn’t around long, discontinued after one yr. The early computer processors couldn’t keep up, it would quit working and messed everything up..

Iirc, It was easy to deactivate it though. It was a nice car other than that.

Another issue I believe Ford is facing, is the new CEO is a bit of an activist CEO. He has wanted to take the company in a new direction since before he took over. Not sure how that is working out. From what I read a few yrs ago, lots of people there didn’t approve of him.