When I worked at Ford I was also a Powerstroke tech and I've seen them with 300,000+ miles on them with original turbo's still pumping with no problems.

Ford cheaped out on the turbo supplier I think. as for the inter cooler issue, that's just bad design. Never had any moisture issues with the powerstroke systems.


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I recall feeling the same way about the 5.3 with cylinder deactivation I had. Mine had detonation issues, most of them consume excess oil, and many had lifter problems. Mine would run OK on 93 octane, anything less and it pinged constantly when cruising at a steady speed of 65 mph or less. Dealers finally told me it was a nature of the beast kind of thing. But I remember thinking once people get wise, they won't be able to sell them. I went to 4 different dealerships, called customer service, changed the plugs myself, etc. But you still see a lot of them on the road, and the 5.3 is still around with the cylinder deactivation. The ecoboost issue may be the same way. If it happens very few times, it may not bother some people as much as others. The detonation in my GMC didn't bother my wife. Drove me to trade it, though. GM techs heard it pinging away on the drives we took, one said his did the same thing, don't worry about it. But yeah, if I had an EB and it sputtered in the rain once in a while, it would drive me nuts probably. But I see a lot of them on the road also. Many probably haven't experienced the issue, some have and don't worry about it, some have and are driving around pissed. lol I believe the only fix for my 5.3 was new lifters, and GM wasn't about to do that for a problem that a lot of people probably ignore or aren't overly concerned with. It still drove down the road and had decent power. Ford probably feels the same way. They're not going to spend a huge amount of money to correct an issue that only happens under very certain conditions, I don't think. If you take it in for the problem, they may or may not apply a TSB in the form of a deflector or a reflash, but if it drives down the road for them with adequate power, I doubt they do much else to it. I think it's going to be either you live with it, trade it, or fix it with aftermarket options that void the warranty. But this is just my opinion and I hope you get it resolved. I just don't think Ford is going to retrofit every EB f150 made since 2011 with some new part...unless it's real cheap...

BTW, I got the 5.0 because of the reported EB issue. And it knocks a little at idle! lol But, I'm not going to take it to the dealership unless it gets worse. It bothers me, but I know they're not going to stick another block in there. It goes down the road and has decent power. I kind of miss the trucks of a few years ago. Less HP and TQ, but seemed to have less issues as well.

9000km's no issues yet.

2013 Screw FX4 EB, Delivered June 21st built June 11th... no issues and I tow a fifth wheel/boat regularly. It's also rained here in the last two months, no issues. Turbos are fine and of good quality, love the sound of my turbos on cold startup.

2011 here with 29k miles. I have owned it since 14 k miles. No issues with the condensation problem here in Western NY.

I wanted to give it plenty of time before I said anything. I had the CAC done at the beginning of April and drove in the rain many times since and I can honestly say my truck has been 100% better. My truck has been doing this since it had 2000 miles its 2011 almost 30,000 miles on it now. Even with these issues I still love my truck I love the power.

I have 31,000 on my 2011 never a problem with losing power stock inner cooler and all

Had the complete loss of power no cel at 13k miles in nov. on my 12, it's been great since TSB with new CAC and 19k miles later so far!:thumbsup:

Well, I had tsb 13-7-7 performed, after 8 days in the shop. Clunking in the rear is gone. I have also had the tsb's regarding the Cat and CAC performed. I had the CAC changed back in July. Last Saturday night I had another condensation episode. The dealer says no trouble codes were found, go figure. After all the issues I have had I tried trading the truck in. One dealer won't even trade it due to the issues. 2 Ford stores want to give me 2600 less than what I owe. Ford won't buy it back, so I guess it's time to file a suit based on the issues and diminished value, unless the ford reps here are able to help get this resolved.

I "may" have had the moisture stutter issue, it felt like a slight hessitation once after driving through pouring rain for 4 hours, other than that I have had no issues in 7k miles. But I am with you, I came from an 03 Chevy with the 5.3 and pretty much every one of those from the year 2000 till they started the cylinder deactivation crap is a 300K mile motor. I traded mine at just over 200k and the motor ran as good as the day I got it.