saserby

Add me to the club. Drivers side. I'm waiting for the dealer to tell me the cost. 65,000 miles. Questions: Should I just suck it up and let the dealer fix it, or buy the part and do it myself or have another shop do it? Given these things don't seem to last real long, should just buy an aftermarket one? Or upgrade? Not sure you can upgrade just one. If I wanted to just buy one, where would you recommend? Should/ will Ford give me any warranty consideration on this?

Thanks for the help. I appreciate any info you can give me.

eyecandynsx

Didnt know there was a "club"... havent heard much about it. Personally I would upgrade.

schmeal

I'd also replace both if you were replacing one. Turbos have a finite lifetime. This is assuming you're going to keep the truck for a while.

TJPlatinumEB

What makes you think it is blown in the first place?

Don't just have it replaced and accept the dealer price. Find a turbo shop in your area that will rebuild it and balance it properly. A reputable shop can do that for considerably cheaper than the cost of a new one. Unless you are wanting or needing a true upgrade, no need to replace it when you can just rebuild it.

Also, how many miles do you have? I haven't heard of many of us with blown turbos and it being a common issue just yet. I know of plenty of EB's with well over 100k and some over 150k miles on the original turbos with no issues. Turbos are very simple and well built, they aren't prone to frequent failure. I've been working on and building turbo cars for the better part of 15 years and have only dealt with blown turbos when there were other factors at play that caused them to blow. Most of the time, oiling or cooling issues. Do some more research before just giving in and having it replaced.

saserby

From just this forum alone it appears there have been some failures. A quick internet search came up with some issues. I don't know how common it is, but it evidently happens enough that people have been talking about it.
I know it's "blown" because the dealer inspected it and said it was seized up. They want $1500 to do the job. $700 for the turbo. I've seen OEM turbos online for $450, so I'm going to look around.
I didn't think about having it rebuilt. Thanks for that idea. I'll look into it.

There's only 65 K on the truck. Ford won't help because it's 5k out of warranty.

saserby

Hey TJ, would you replace the cooling and oil lines just in case? Is it worth doing that? I'll take any advice I can get. The dealer seems satisfied with just swapping in a new turbo. Maybe that's not the whole answer.

STingray1300

Everything is negotiable. Talk to the dealer and explain your options to the service manager. Do they want the job? settle on a negotiated price (*if* that's what you decide to do). If they won't budge, say "thanks" and walk to a turbo shop to rebuild, or buy a new one online and, if you're capable, replace it yourself. It's your money, spend it the best way you know how. Me, I'd do the work myself.

Now, as far as the prevalence of turbos blowing up: one thing to consider is that with the many hundreds of thousands of EcoBoost engines on the road, there is always going to be a percentage of failures (of anything, on any vehicle). So when I read that "there are some...", it doesn't worry me in the least. It happens. Rarely, but it happens. It just happened to be you this time. Sucks, but that's the way things work. Also, when there is a problem, the person experiencing the problem is going to broadcast it far and wide... usually disproportionately to the actual gravity of the problem, just because it happened to THEM.

Just be glad you don't have the issues GM/Chevy trucks are experiencing (and you don't even want to THINK about all the issues Fiat (Dodge) truck owners are having!)

TJPlatinumEB

Time out. The turbo seized up? What made you take the truck to the dealer in the first place? What was it doing that made you suspect it was blown or needed to be looked at? Turbos don't seize up and just stop spinning unless there is something horribly catastrophic that occurs and that of course would be horribly obvious with noises, smoke, etc coming from that general area. I'm not trying to be argumentative here, but it doesn't sound like the dealer is being truthful in either telling you exactly what they found or just trying to replace everything.

If it is seized up as they say, go out there and have them show you that it no longer spins and no longer works. Something isn't adding up.

Johnny_bravo00

Ive been part of that "club", not a fun club at all. Any updates OP on the diagnosis?

saserby