Abraham5G

I have 3500 miles on my 2014 ecoboost, no problems so far. Just some water leaks when I start up my truck but I don't think it's anything serious. It always leaves two small piles of water when I start it up but it's probably normal. Besides that I'm very happy with my 2014 ecoboost, it's pretty quick with the 4.10 gears and I love listening to the bov.

Screwball 2013

The puddles of water are probably from the exhaust. There's holes to allow condensation to drain, if I remember correctly.

gillysmi

after owning both of the trucks with a 5.0 and an EB I wish I had my 5.0 back- for now anyhow. just not that impressed with my EB so far (6k miles)

13seth

Test drive both of them. I decided I had to have the ecoboost after testdriving and accelerating onto the highway. I love the torque throughout the RPM's. I had to pass a prius yesterday going up a long steep hill and was impressed all over again with the acceleration! I usually drive like an old man but love having it available.
13,000 miles and extremely smooth so far.

acadianbob

Yes, it's a different drive with the torque. Ecoboost makes the most sense if you have some substantial towing to do. We pull a 5,500 lb RV trailer 3 to 4 thousand miles a year so the Eco works great for us. 6th gear up hills.

Billy Mulek

Only thing about my ecoboost I don't like is the lack of Rumble, however one of the many things I love about my ecoboost is the sound of the turbos.

byte

I read the engine section here and rare to see any issues popping up with the 5.0 engines... ecoboost problems every second thread and I don't see a fix for the older ecoboosts so would assume the 2014 is the same

Mike Up

I had a 2010 F150 5.4L with issues. Traded to the 2012 truck so I wanted reliability as well. It would had been really stupid of me to go with a truck that I knew had known problems. So I passed on the 3.5L but did test drive a few to see if I wanted to be stupid.

I wasn't that impressed except at highway speeds, where the torque was good.

Acceleration from a stop belonged to the 5.0L. There's occasions where I need to pull hole shots to get around people and the 3.5L would had been a fail on those due to it's lagged response off the line (turbo lag). Once going or where the truck has a load on it to produce exhaust gas to power the turbo, the lag was minimal to none existent.

It definitely has more torque in the higher gears or the lower gears WHEN LOADED, as pulling a trailer or power braking at a stop. It just lacks power (compared directly to the 5.0L) off the line on a normal take off, without power braking, because the turbos aren't spooled up yet.

I absolutely hate turbo lag and really liked the 5.0L's immediate response off the line and everywhere else. I liked the 'drivability' of the 5.0L much better.

The 5.0L has a lot of low rpm torque even if it does get better with higher rpms. It pulls my 29' Standard weight/height travel trailer effortlessly. Pickuptrucks.com was impressed with it's torque and ability to tow as well.

If you want more power, I'd get the Ford 6.2L, it won't be offered on the new 2015 F150. The 5.0L and Ecoboost engines will be the biggest and most powerful engines offered then.

Chevy will love Ford's 6.2L omission on the 2015s since they now offer the most powerful 4WD 1/2 ton truck engine with their 6.2L engine that makes 420 Hp and 450 lbs of torque.

MAZZ MAN

I work at a ford dealer , in the service center, it seems once ford put the bigger turbos on the truck, 13 and up ,alot of the issues stoped. Never had issues with the 13 and up.

Mike Up

There was still plenty of condensation issues from forum members with the later model 2013's that had the newer larger turbos though. I still wouldn't trust the 3.5L Ecoboost until the problem is actually found, publicly acknowledged, repaired on older and current Ecoboost engines, and implemented on newer Ecoboost F150s.

Until then, I believe it's still a gamble, and I hate gambling.