2017 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost Review 

My 2017 3.5 averages 21.5 mpg. I live in WV with lots of hills and seldom travel highways. On a trip from D.C. to OBX, I got almost 24mpg. I also have off road tires and fox 2.0 suspension.

Your reviews are excellent Steven, very concise..I Always enjoy them. Thank you !

Honestly fantastic review! Really well thought out and explained points

FANTASTIC review!

Great review, keep it up!

If you keep this truck in the boost you are risking a ticket. Lol.

Excellent review thanks!

It's not EcoBoost, it's ECO or BOOST. Great line :-)

That's alright, because the Honda Pilot that I traded in only got 16 mpg in the city. Thing was a pig. Might as well upgrade to a livingroom couch with 375 HP. Thanks for the review brother, very informative.

As far as MPG the 3.5 likes to go about 85mph. you'll get 22-24 MPG doing that coasting out in 6th. I also want to add very succinct review. Well done.

Driven both 5.0 and the eco boost I like the Ecoboost it's makes u smile from.how quick it is

The 3.5 was redesigned to dual injection to save the valve fouling and the turbo cooler will only hold 1/4 of water and oil before its pulled out. But weird to see a motor shift from 1 3 5 7 9 10. Only hits 1 2 3 4 5 ect when in tow mode

FORD F 150 IS THE BEST SELLING TRUCK FOR FOR MANY YEARS AND BUILT EXTREMELY TOUGH TODAY

dude its the dude FROM TFL!

AutoGuide.com, thanks for correction on mpg info.

Didnt they change the gov MPG scoring evaluation? So it will show a loss vs last year.

Ok, so I have a question here, wouldn't a transmission with more gears that changes gears more often be a bit "busier" than say a transmission with lower gears? Could more work on the transmission (changing gears more often) lead it to wear out more quickly? I'm not a mechanic, just curious lol

Being that this is an even number of gears, 10, I wonder if this a variation of a dual clutch transmission or this is still a planetary arrangement?

This video shot somewhere in Pickering

I wonder, how often people will be replacing battery and starter with their start/stop.

How many miles are on the truck? There is a "break in" period for the engine and that is between 2 to 3k miles. It clearly states in the manual not to measure mpgs before this time.

lol you know you can tune your 2.7, add turbos to your 3.5 and supercharger to your 5.0

ford has the best towing in its class

hi just wondering if there is a 6 seaters of 3.5 L?

The biggest problem with the Fords is the key fob. The panic alarm button is WAY too easy to set off by accident. It will even go off by its own when the key fob is in your pocket.

Mate that 10-sp transmission with a 5.0, and it will not only give you the same or better real-life mileage (you said yourself you barely made 15 mpg combined -- the EPA numbers for the ecoboost engines are fantasy), it will also last twice as long.

Nice truck

It's all goodness! Always gettin hate from the n/a fan boys.

Beauty

Wait a minute, Steve from Truck KING? Steve is that u?

Havent owned an EcoBoost, but would like to put this truck against a 5.0 and put them up against each other. Pound for pound towing, mile per mile driving,and rev per rev. And test both truck's reliability.

Does the fuel economy on the truck differ from 2H to all wheel drive?

AutoGuide.com, why cant we see the truck taking off from a standstill to show how fast. I see a video of a truck sitting still and a guy saying it does this and that, why not show us?

In my personal experience all cars and trucks come in below there mpg rating other then the Prius.

Starting and stopping are not the fuel economy robbers of the past. It's more of the common misconception now even in the age of start stop technology.

I get 19.5 in the city with mine.

Am I right that in 2018 Ford added an additional timing belt tensioner, a beefier timing chain and the turbochargers were changed to electronically controlled vs vacuum controlled?

Ontario plates eh. Canadian production, nice.

Seamlessly! Looks like Ford is trying to faze out the v8 f150 with this. Price point, HP rating and having the only upgraded transmission.

The new 10 speed is amazing, but it scares the living shit out of me. Like you said at 2:20 in the video "The transmission is jumping around all over the place" When something is constantly changing and moving, things tend to break sooner than later. The transmission is in non stop change, wearing itself down. Constantly switching gears makes me cringe knowing it wont stay in one gear as my cruse control is on set to one speed. As time passes by, we will see the repercussions from this. Hopefully there are none..

Okay i know this might sound strange but my experience with my dads 2.7 eco boost f150 is when it was new it got poor mpg. But now that he's got 15k miles he gets between 19-24mpg. Iv seen him get 27mpg. His doesn't have 4x4. It just seams like the engine/transmission need to settle in. Just sharing my perspective.

seamlessly ---

I Love my 2017 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost

Craig's list search 7.3 find one ya like get it never look back

$30K for that? That's cheap!

also a little more info the duramax diesel one of the best diesel out there......its also an Isuzu japan diesel GM bought there diesel program years ago GM came up with the name duramax to make it sound more american

Thing is seriously seamless

So next time you do a review you may want to make sure that you have all of your information correct. All engine options except for the regular 3.5 V6 have had some tweaks make to give more power and will have the 10 speed transmission.

Anyone still driving this truck? What issues have you had? I just bought a used 2017 f150 3.5 eco boost with 114,000 miles. Hoping it will last me a long time.

0:42 pun intended or no? 😂

2017 f150 has f250 side mirrors now?

Dude, it's a fat ass quad cab truck with 470 lbft of trq!! I'd say 16 mpg in city is good.

a gas truck with a small motor that's where u get your good gas mileage but it would barely have enough power to pull itself so let's slap some turbos on it and work it like a dog lol

Just replaced my transmission, $8650 at 170K ouch!

its asin transmission japan transmission that's what ram use for 3500 its the same transmission in my titan

BUYER BEWARE! For 2017, this new engine is the only one that gets mated to the new 10 speed transmission, and the only one that has dual fuel injection, combining both port fuel and direct injection for better efficiency and reliability. But this will last only for one year. In 2018, buyers can have more and better choices depending on their needs and budgets. If you don't need or want or want to pay for the top-of-the-line power train that cost well over $2,000 extra, but like these new features of ten-speed and dual fuel injection, you need to wait for 2018. Why??? In 2018, there will be five engine choices instead of only two, if you count the 3.5 liter twice (one standard power and one high output for the Raptor only) that will get these same technologies added to those engines: Dual fuel injection (for the four gas engines), mated to the ten-speed transmission, and auto start/stop (again, for the gas engines). In fact, during the Super Bowl announcement and for the next few days thereafter at auto shows, etc.; Ford announced alot of power train info for next model year. There will be a new 3.0 V6 diesel. It will be mated to the ten speed; it will likely be very expensive only in higher trims and only in extra cab configurations, because this is what the other two manufacturers have done with diesels. There will also be a reworked 2.7 liter Ecoboost that will mate to the ten speed and have dual fuel injection just like this new 3.5; it is also likely that the 2.7 will have other new and/or improved components such as newly-designed turbos. There will also be a reworked 5.0 V8 naturally-aspired engine that will be dual fuel injection and mated to the ten speed. Even the base engine will change; it will be a new 3.3 liter with dual fuel injection V6 that will be naturally-aspired and mated to the current six speed with slightly less displacement but with the same peak power and peak torque, and likely, a little flatter torque, since it'll include DI in its design. The only power trains that will be carried over from 2017 will be the two 3.5 Ecoboost versions that are new for 2017. Why is this significant??? Because any new technologies Ford offers in lower power train choices has to remain price competitive with the General, the Ram, Toyota, and Nissan, who are all getting further and further behind the motor company from Dearborn. Right now the 2.7 liter Ecoboost is around an $800-$900 premium over the base power train and the 5.0 liter is at or about $1500 over the base power train; and so Ford will have no choice to offer these new reworked power trains at prices that are competitive with the other guys' premium power trains that are low-tech by comparison. The diesel on the other hand, must only be price competitive with the Ram 1500 Ecodiesel, and the Ram Ecodiesel is currently banned and may still be banned by the time Ford's new PowerStroke comes out, so expect that the diesel start at or about the $40K+ price point, as it may be the only 1/2-ton diesel available by the time it arrives. My point is that if you like the direction Ford is going with their power trains, but you don't need the highest output of power or want to pay the highest price premium for a Ford F150 powertrain, or you'd like to see even better mpg with no sacrifices, then I'd recommend waiting until 2018 where one can get the same technologies with the V8 or the 2.7 liter that's now available with the 3.5 liter. You'll also have the advantage of finding out if these new technologies are likely going to be reliable or not in this one-year hiatus where these technologies are available only in the highest-billed power train. The 2.7 and 5.0 and even the new base engine are all likely going to return slightly higher mpg with at least the same performance or better, and there all going to include at least some of the new technologies employed with the 3.5 liter this model year.

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Well no duh that's why the EcoBoost that Eco is a different color than the Boost when you're not hitting your gas pedal the turbos are not turned on the turbo is only turn on when you hit the gas pedal so hard cuz it has to give you that extra power also I am sick of seeing so many reviews misrepresenting this truck it is not 17 in the city and 21 on Highway is 21 combined they did a testing here in Michigan in the Everest 18 and a half miles to the gallon in the city and it was 25 miles to the gallon on the highway for a combined of 21 not 21 on the highway so many people misrepresent this they need to stop making videos if they don't know what they're talking about cuz there's a lot of them out there that keeps saying 21 on Highway and that's just not true it's 21 combined combined does not mean Highway

see tbe problem is that ppl thibk turbo cbarging a small engine is supposs tl give u better mpg while more power but thats total bs. a turbo is adding more fuel and air so hows that gonna save gas. it.doesnt! manufacturer want u think so thought its always eaaier and wayy cheaper for them to male a small engine and slap a tirbo then a say a nice v8. this is why i eould buy a v8 over the ecoboost. no lag probably tje same mpg

All new = avoid for a couple of years. I guess people forgot all the issues the original 3.5 ecoboost had in 2011.

hold the door

Next thing you know ford will have 20 speed lol

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that truck is not 30k its more

Oh wait bad idea motor is revving to high and tearing itself apart let's slap a 10 speed in it to keep the revs down and maby it'll last till warranty is up

#2.7ecoboost is better!

ford focused loool

LOLOLOL Your driving in a hilly terrain, its winter, wet roads and always in the throttle....and you wonder why only 15+ MPG...something wrong with your brain...its common sence...your in bad Gas mileage country...and don't bull shit me saying the others are better. Fill drive and refill on the same loop and do them all...the EB is best in gas mileage!!!

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bullshit my Nissan titan xd with a Cummings has 555 TQ

ford lies says they can pull as much as 5.0 Cummings titan xd ...............I have been driving big rigs for 23 yrs theres a reason big rigs don't use gas engines ..........

ill get the tacoma or tundra

"Now with 10 speeds, and lower fuel economy than ever before! EcoBoost. From Ford!"

i give all your reviews a thumbs down before the videos start. its just a force of habbit.

Fix Or Repair Daily = FORD or Found On Road Dead...lol... I wouldn't buy a Ford if my life depended on it...