View Poll Results: For those with trucks with CAC part numbers BL3Z-6K775-B or DL34-9L440-AC ONLY
Voters: 86. You may not vote on this poll
Poll: New CAC results (limited to 2 part numbers)
07-17-2013, 07:09 PM
#51
Mine started having issues on a trip to Louisiana, from Houston, before Christmas. Loss of power happened twice on that trip and it was rainy and humid. I have not had the issue since, but conditions haven't been duplicated either, so I did not vote in the poll. Like others, I have less power and lower mileage with the new CAC. Currently have about 10,700 miles on the truck. 2012 Lariat. Interesting thing is that I got my best mileage on that trip to Louisiana, about 20 MPG. Several trips to San Antonio were 17-18 mpg, but I-10 between Houston and San Antonio is always windy and there is that 75 mph speed limit thing...
You can see the high blip(s) on the attached chart for the Louisiana trip. Now it's lower than ever. The first two fills after the high blips were with a reflash, but no new CAC. The rest are with the new CAC. I'm hoping it just needs to adjust to my driving again.You can see it is stepping up with every other fill which also corresponds with less/more highway miles.
You can see the high blip(s) on the attached chart for the Louisiana trip. Now it's lower than ever. The first two fills after the high blips were with a reflash, but no new CAC. The rest are with the new CAC. I'm hoping it just needs to adjust to my driving again.You can see it is stepping up with every other fill which also corresponds with less/more highway miles.
07-18-2013, 06:10 AM
#52
Senior Member
The TSB was applied to my truck yesterday after my first experience with the problem that is discussed in length here. Mine happened twice on the same day (Saturday in NC...been raining quite a bit). I literally thought the engine was going to implode. Dealer yesterday said when they took the IC off about a liter of water came out. Don't know if it will happen again. Wait and see but if it does I'll get rid of the Platinum and upgrade to SuperDuty. Might as well with my 34' Trailer.
07-21-2013, 03:24 PM
#53
I had the TSB applied in March 13 on my 2012 S-Crew with the Eco. I've had a repeat of the event two weeks ago while driving back from Gulf Shores on I-65 in a lot of rain. I knew it was coming by the shudder and we were in bumper to bumper 70mph traffic. I called a buddy that was behind me an had him clear me across the lanes of traffic. I am certain it is repeatable under the high humidity and rainy conditions we encountered that day. This event was the initial time its done the "buck and shutter" since they replaced my intercooler and reset the PCM.
08-04-2013, 03:05 AM
#55
One Clean Machine
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08-05-2013, 10:16 AM
#56
Senior Member
I just ran 1500 miles in a week trip to Md., then to NC, and then back to Ohio. Rain like a son of a gun all week. I tried to get mine to stutter several times. The new CAC fixed mine. I could not get it to repeat. I have a 2012 4X4 Screw with 3.73. I consider the case closed.
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08-05-2013, 02:00 PM
#57
Senior Member
I just ran 1500 miles in a week trip to Md., then to NC, and then back to Ohio. Rain like a son of a gun all week. I tried to get mine to stutter several times. The new CAC fixed mine. I could not get it to repeat. I have a 2012 4X4 Screw with 3.73. I consider the case closed.
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08-12-2013, 09:18 AM
#58
Senior Member
Just added my vote and mine was NOT FIXED! Had the truck for 23k miles and I ended up going back to a 5.0L. Hope all goes well otherwise, I will be moving to another truck manufacturer.
09-02-2013, 11:47 AM
#59
Senior Member
I posted this on another thread but I figured I would post here too for informational purposes.
Have you guys read Fords letter back to the NHTSA concerning the investigation? It is quite an interesting read. It's on NHTSA's website if interested. One thing on an interesting note, Ford has a new air deflector design that came out on aug. 2, 2013 and they say can be used with the original CAC to eliminate the loss of power during wet conditions. Also Ford has been investigating this problem since early 2012 and tested the F150 echo boost extensively in an environmental chamber. And yes, the did replicate the problem. This letter should be taken to the dealer if you have this problem. They now can't say no they couldn't replicate the problem or no we have never heard of the issue. Interesting information starts on page 12.
Have you guys read Fords letter back to the NHTSA concerning the investigation? It is quite an interesting read. It's on NHTSA's website if interested. One thing on an interesting note, Ford has a new air deflector design that came out on aug. 2, 2013 and they say can be used with the original CAC to eliminate the loss of power during wet conditions. Also Ford has been investigating this problem since early 2012 and tested the F150 echo boost extensively in an environmental chamber. And yes, the did replicate the problem. This letter should be taken to the dealer if you have this problem. They now can't say no they couldn't replicate the problem or no we have never heard of the issue. Interesting information starts on page 12.
Last edited by bcb97; 09-02-2013 at 11:53 AM.
