Sunita Somvanshi
Ford Motor Company faces mounting pressure over defective EcoBoost V6 engines, leading to a class-action lawsuit and multiple vehicle recalls. The intake valves in these engines can crack and break, potentially causing engine failure and raising serious safety concerns.
The lawsuit, filed in Michigan’s US District Court, demands over $5 million in damages. Two vehicle owners, Matthew Barkus and Dan Silberman, state they weren’t informed about the engine problems before purchase. The defect affects popular vehicles made between 2021 and 2022, including the Ford Bronco, F-150, Edge, Explorer, and Lincoln models Navigator and Aviator.
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Ford previously dealt with a $1.3 billion lawsuit over its three-cylinder EcoBoost engines after drivers reported sudden failures and fires. In one case, driver Louise O’Riordan experienced a complete engine seizure on the highway after 32,000 miles.
Ford’s response includes recalling 270,000 vehicles and offering a longer warranty – up to 10 years or 150,000 miles. Dealers inspect vehicles and replace engines based on cycle thresholds. The company has established a reimbursement plan for owners who paid for repairs before the recall.
But engine troubles aren’t Ford’s only challenge. The company recently announced three more recalls: approximately 20,000 compact SUVs for battery problems, nearly 50,000 Lincoln Nautilus vehicles for faulty power windows, and more than 30,000 various models for backup camera failures. Each problem poses unique safety risks, from possible crashes to injury hazards.
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Under U.S. law, specifically the Car Lemon Law, buyers of defective vehicles can demand repairs, refunds, or replacements. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) actively watches these issues, ensuring Ford follows through on fixing these problems.
Ford CEO Jim Farley acknowledges these challenges, stating the company’s commitment to addressing these issues and maintaining customer trust. However, with multiple recalls and lawsuits pending, Ford faces a long road to proving its vehicles’ reliability and safety to concerned owners.
Oh that’s real nice where was the lawsuits back in 2007 when my brand new F150 blew up with 96 thousand miles. In 2010 .That’s when the triton motors only had the spark plugs three treads deep and the over head cam senors went …And I still owed /almost 19000.00 dollars on a truck that Ford wouldn’t honor this real pisses me off because I know for a fact I wasn’t the only victim to this piece of crap ..motor..I think Ford owes me a new truck since that was my first brand new truck that I ever owned lit coast me a lot of money when I could goto work I really do think Ford owes me a apology..ànd a new truck on them since I couldn’t drive it ..and it was going to cost more money then I could afford at the moment with two young kids and a dieing wife from cancer and depended on me to get her back and forth too the Hospital’s and doctor’s Thanks a lot Ford I did lose my wife too..
Terrible written article. A bunch of copy and pastes, and you didn’t even say WHICH engine it is. Ford makes THREE different ecoboost V6s. Journalism has gone to crap.
Corruption at finest.