kiloEcho

Yeah, a friend of mine actually just bought a 2015 3.5L and a week after owning it, it died on a cold start and never fully came back to life. He started the truck, let it warm up for a bit, then when he went to accelerate the christmas tree flashed and the truck died. He had to jump it, and could limp it about 100 feet before it did it again. He did this for about a mile until he could get it into a safe parking spot, called the dealership, and gave the truck back.

No idea what the actual source of the problem was, but it was a 3.5L at 60k... So that didn't make me feel any better.

Joe F

Here is a compilation of what the rattle sounded like on my 2013. Listen for that quick spurt of noise right after it starts. Anywhere from 1-3 seconds. The first one in the video is the worst. I got it fixed under warranty last year per TSB 16-0027 which covers it under the standard power train warranty for 5yr/60K mi.


Other than that, I am about to roll 60K this month and have had zero issues and hope to duplicate this experience:

kiloEcho

Thank you for the videos. I looked at two today, and one had the distinctive rattle and one didn't. The one with the rattle has about 250mi left on the warranty and when I asked them about fixing it they quickly tried to change the subject.

Joe F

Just be careful. All that has to be done to mask the issue is to start the truck and then turn it off. On mine, once you did that, it would not reoccur again until at least the next day. In my case, I was suspicious. I left the truck with the dealer for a week and every day they'd tell me. "Started it this morning and again this afternoon. Not hearing a thing."

I finally went up there on a Saturday needing to "use my truck" for a bit. Rather than leave the key in the drop box as requested, I parked it on the lot and kept the key. I was there when they opened on Monday. I marched the Service Writer, the Service Manager and the Service Tech out to the parking lot and started it myself. It did a nice long burst just like the first one in the video. They ordered the parts that day.

kiloEcho

Yeah I'm going back first thing tomorrow to check on the truck that didn't rattle so I can make sure I heard it on a cold start. Thanks again for the info.

EDIT: What is the the rattle a symptom of? What would happen if it went unfixed?

15king

Find a truck that has had regular oil changes and you will be fine. Do a cold crank up and run at least mid grade gas if you plan to drive forever.
My 2011 had over 150,000 miles when traded in and my current 2015KR has 82,000 and both have been trouble free.

Flintdog

I just bought my 2014 FX4 with 49k and had got the extended warranty that is bumper to bumper to 140k for piece of mind if that helps.

Blown F-150

That's straight up gouging at $13k. You can buy a complete new crate engine (turbo's and all), for $7k and that's retail. the 5.0 is very close in price to by a crate engine.

I see used engine and tranny combo's selling for $3-4k around here.

tuflehundon

$13-14K is installed. And is pretty normal from what I can see here. Not everyone has the ability, equipment, or time to install it themselves.

My 5.4l engine was $7500 installed. I could buy a reman for $3000-3500.

Blown F-150

Long block is 26 hrs flat rate to remove and replace = $2800 @ $110 per hour. There will be fluids and shop fee on top of it and likely some parts. Same as swapping any other engine. Flat rate labor to change a 5.0 is only an hour less.

Someone is getting ripped off or paying crazy high rates if it's gonna cost $7k to swap an engine.