Problems already? 2020 Ford F-150 2.7L EcoBoost 30-Day Owner Update 

my thoughts exactly.. im tired of these cry babys buying full size trucks and complaining bout mpg and tire noise

I think it's possible to want a truck, and want to have the best gas (truck) mileage. That goes to towing range and for simply not going broke at the gas station.

@@skywalker2852 then you better have big wallet for repair.

My 5.3 Silverado has AVERAGED not instant but has AVERAGED 24 to 26 MPG with the cruise control set at 72 to 74 MPH multiple times! Towing my two quad's I average 18.7 to 19 MPG.. Yes you can have a truck and good fuel economy!!!

If all you are worried about is mpg, buy a bicycle

I'll make up for it. Got lots of good content coming!

It was painful.

J Maier I agree. The guy being interviewed is a tool. I'd hate to go on a road trip with him all hopped on coffee. He'd be annoying asf complaining about every little insignificant thing wrong with everything! He sounds like a person that's never satisfied and expects nothing in life to go wrong.

@@Pickuptrucktalk You do have some good content but change the name. Its redundant. A pickup is the same thing as a truck.

@@Sig721Tau long story. Truck and pickup are different things in the country as well.

What’s with the white dude comment ?

Patience cupcake - problems will arrive!

@@brettvicknair9512 Thank you for your enlightening comment!

@@yulbrenner You welcome!

2016 2.7 50,000 miles. No problems. Love it

@@brettvicknair9512 I know someone with 150k on their 2017 2.7. So far, no major issue.

If I were you, I would have bought the 2020 Nissan Titan particularly the Baja Storm Pro4x. I know it's a Nissan as you mentioned it several times. But it still has the quality of a Japanese brand better than any American brand. You definitely wouldn't have the problems you had with your F150. Also, as per Scott Kilmer, never ever buy something that's turboed small engine to power a larger vehicle. For sure, it's going to have a very short lifespan. In contrast, the Titan has a V8 engine which is more solid. Since you don't do a lot of towing and just more of a daily drive but prefers a full sized truck, you'll be happy with the Titan.

They all have issues! Overall you are better off with a Chevrolet V8...

LMAO 🤣🤣🤣 I'm averaging 22 to 24 MPG with my 5.3 silverado!! AND MY TRUCK IS HEAVIER!!!!

@@philllsxga.7737 Your Government Motors Silverado is weak sauce. Lol

@@Sig721Tau RU-vid silver lake Sand dune's!! That where me and my weak silverado hang out most of the summer and I've never lost a race to a F1 wimpy or a RAM keyboard warrior! Whenever you're ready keyboard warrior!!! Or you don't have the balls????

Puerto Rico is very mountainous and warm, what is your MPG like there?

@@HotHeadCJ hi...yes our GEO is variable I average city around 16 to 19 ...highway 21 to 23 ball park....but as here mostly city metro driving unless you go on a trip out of metro area ( then highway miles) my ""regular"" MPG is in the 19teens.

23,000 in two years?🤣

I do 50,000+ a year.

Yup

23k miles ,,LOL,,,get back with us when it hits 223k miles- your story will be different!

2020 Freightliner Cascadia 100000 miles in 3 months no problems.

me too i think this are like those ones agains ecoboost engines because they only want the v8

LOL @ "f150 owners support group." Forums have their time and place, but they are to be taken with a grain of salt for sure.

@@Pickuptrucktalk I think forums are invaluable communication that owners would not normally have access to.

sthier24 and they can be. What I mean to say is for every problem on a forum, realize their are many more satisfied owners. Sometimes forum problems can lead you to believe defects exist more than they truly do.

@@Pickuptrucktalk Exactly....

@Boco LWN that is why I pay zero attention to any comments I will roll the dice and cross my fingers and so far I cant complain, and your comment goes for all brands including toyota

I have a this engine in a 2020 with and have never gotten over 18 mpg. Ever. Back to dealer 3 times with only 3k miles ,water filling the passenger floor. Glad you have had good luck

I own a family business and have two personal F150s and a small fleet of F150s and a few larger trucks. I have been extremely happy with my personal and commercial Ford trucks. My one personal F150 Ecoboost will soon be replaced with a Powerboost and the commercial fleet gets circulated when the accountant says it's time. Commercially, we look at GMC, Ford or Ram. I don't care which of them we go with for the firm. They've all been good dependable trucks and they get beat on, day in and day out by lugs who don't own them.

My dads 2.7 is a 2019 also. STX. He loves it

What is your high way average MPG???

I own a 2019 2.7 as well. Has 0 issues. Own a 2015 3.5 ecoboost. Also no issues. Both trucks do a majority city driving and the 2.7 says it's getting 18.9. The 3.5 says 18.7 mpg. Highway I usually get 22 with both trucks.

My 5.3 silverado AVERAGES 22 to 24 MPG, has 116,000 trouble free miles and I off road often.. The original tires lasted 86,000 miles..

exactly. there is nothing wrong with the 2.7

I have the same truck 18" wheel package though....yep...amazing mpg...power is incredible....best truck on the market for the value. Love it.

He is not very educated on the trucks either. He didn't even know base XL , or STX.

Bro not fair I’m from California. This guys middle name must be karen.

I agree that explains he has two Toyota trucks

You got that right!!

@@lew6492 He bought a Ford.

@@ajfam871 same bro yup lol

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yes ouin ouin ouin i feel sorry for his familly

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Yes but better to be that than the customer everyone does want.

Let me save the rest of you the trouble of watching this video. He had a camera issue taken care of by Ford, an issue with the app as if any of these apps are worth a crap anyway, and an issue with the dash which for replace and took care. That’s all. Don’t waste your time watching.

right...

lol

As soon as he said california, the male Karen vibes made sense.

Exactly lol

Yup

Most mechanics say the 5.0 is best . My 2011 F150 with the 5.0 just crossed 100k and runs like its new.

@@twoweary 5.0 is nice. 10 speed trani kinda sucks for stop and go daily driving but its a beast when flooring it and passing on highway.

Just the frame rust

Walker Pattrrson the whole truck is made in America is it not?

@@hishamhaidar6286 NOPE!

You are lucky. I have a wife that does that.

Read a book recently about working with money. It said no matter how much money you have to buy whatever you'll eventually get bored or tired of it and move onto the next material possession and never have true happiness as opposed to someone who uses that money of experiences even more so if they're going those experiences with friends or family

Prevost, this is so so True!!

Until the turbos go and cost you more to replace than the fuel you saved. If people understood basic ROI then there would be no market for these motors.

@@casualobserver2997 Except the Ecoboost aren't any less reliable than the 5.0 or Ram's 5.7. And they offer much better low end torque for doing truck stuff. It's not all about ROI. It's comical, all the people who claim turbo failures are inevitable.

@@plmn93 What is comical is all the comments about how well a truck is supposedly doing after 20k miles. That is nothing. I keep my trucks a long time and I expect at least a couple hundred thousand miles without major issues on a truck, don't do payments, and buy to keep. I just don't see any direct injection turbo powered undersized motors being able to deliver long term, rather I feel they are built more for the consumer that trades in every few years. To each their own. As long as I can still get the V8 I won't complain.

@@casualobserver2997 Good luck with that. If you think today's V8s aren't technologically advanced, pushing the limits of performance and economy, and expensive to repair, you're mistaken.

@@plmn93 My newest truck is 20 years old, I'll just keep it, thanks.

That camera will be the same unit in either an eco or five oh😳

Hell. A Tundra would get 20 if you drove 60 everywhere. In the Rockies at elevation and 85 mph, good luck getting over 17 mpg in any pickup.

My 2018 F150 STX pretty much the same. I drive on the highway at 77 mph. No problems at all.

@bretc If your truck is downshifting at 70+ you must be going up some decent sized hills. I went on a 3000 mi trip this spring (‘18 supercrew, 2.7,3.55) and at 74 -75 mph I would get 24-25+ mpg consistently, some hilly areas, some flat. I actually got a solid 26 mpg at 78+ mph from Tulsa to Houston. Seems like it gets better mpg after using 3-4 tanks of gas, and all my figures were hand calculated, the lie-o-meter on the dash isn’t that accurate

If I drive my 2.7 under 65 I get the EPA mileage of 23-24. At 75 it's more like 20, which is to be expected. And though not trouble free my Fords have never left me stranded in 20 years of driving them. A 4Runner did, though. Twice. Go figure. The biggest problem I have with Tundras is the real world payload ratings...most 4x4 crew cabs are around 1200 pounds or less. And crash test scores are worst in class, that's important to me in a vehicle I haul my family around in.

@@plmn93 when the tundra came out it was best in class in crash tests, but vehicles have really gotten good over the last few years, the tundra just happens to be the oldest design. None of these vehicles are unsafe by any means though. Ford is the leader now. But go back and look at the 2001 tundra vs the 2001 f150. Its scary how bad the f150 and ram did. The 01 tundra mopped the floor with everyone on the crash tests.nit was the only truck that the cab didn't buckle on the offset test and the only one that the door could be opened, but that goes to show how far everyone has come since then. There's really no unsage pickups in today's world. Im willing to bet the redesigned 2022 tundra will be the truck to beat and then the big 3 will step it up, and in the end we the customers win.

rochab77 you’re exactly right. Back in 07 when I bought my first Tundra it blew by the domestic competition in almost every way. There would be comments you don’t need all that power in a 1/2 ton truck and so on. I feel the 07 Tundra took the competition by surprise and really made them step up their game. And yes it is now outdated to a degree but still by far the most reliable truck you can buy IMO. I suspect the 2022 will shake the 1/2 ton market again. But the competition is good for the consumer. I just don’t quite understand how some consumers won’t give the Tundra a chance especially after having so many bad experiences with their domestic truck.

@@kross1261 people in the pickup segment are brand loyalist. I love the tundra myself, especially the engine. No direct injection or cylinder deactivation crap. Just an honest v8 that makes its max torque at a lower rom than any other v8 in a half ton. And for those griping about tech, the only thing really missing is a 360 degree camera. It has lazer guided cruise control and toyota safety sense with autonomous braking standard, which some of the competitors do not even offer. You have GPS, never, a jbl sound system option, heated and cooled seats available and a huge back seat in the crew max, the largest brakes in a half ton, the only half ton with. 10.5 inch rear end and the only one with a 4.30 rear end. The Aisin 6 speed auto is bulletproof and never has any hiccups shifting, and doesn't gear hunt. It always kicks down when I want it to. Definitely thw best programming of any transmission I've driven in a pickup. People just don't like Japanese, amd some people are just flat out gullible amd have know knowledge or common sense. People say "oh my 2 year old sucj and such has 60,000 miles and no problems. Well, its only 2 years old. Time tells more than mileage. You could buy a 20 year old car with only 25,000 miles and I guarantee youll have more problems than you will on a 2 year old vehicle with 75,000 miles because things age amd materials degrade, especially plastics. I love the Tundra, but I bought a titan xd for the cummins and the extra towing stability because thw truck weighs as much as some 3/4 ton trucks and the job I bought it for would require hauking heavy cement heads. But if I were looking for a half ton I'd have gotten the tundra hands down. Where I worked prior qe had alot of f150s, some rams and some tundras. The guys hated thw tundras because they weren't made by the big 3, so they drove the shit put of them. They were surprised how well they held up. In fact, the tundras were the onlynhalf tons that never had to go to the dealer for any problems. Couldn't say the same for the others.

I’ve never had any trouble with my 2003 F-150 but I have been planning to get a new truck within the next couple of years. I love the look of the Ram but don’t trust them. My cousin has a Nissan and its reputation with shitty transmissions eliminate them.Chevys don’t impress me with looks or drivetrain. Toyota’s have an excellent reputation for reliability but I don’t like the look of them and they don’t seem to discount like the big 3 will. I will keep watching reviews but if I were buying today, it would be an F-150 with the 5.0 V8.

That's awesome what oil do you use, and at what interval.

@@zx9green791 I take it to the dealership, they use motorcraft 5w-20 semi-synthetic.

I'll buy another one in five!

@@milkman504 i hope not engine requires 5w30

@@fastzenner The 2.7 , especially second gen is solid. In fact , after owning one it is Fords best motor gas. Unless you tow over 6k, the 2.7 is plenty.

A friend of mine just leased one of those trucks. He was hesitant to get a Silverado with that engine but the price was right for him. He actually likes it so far. I went for a ride and I gotta say it's peppy and runs smooth. Not as fast as the Ford 2.7 but decent. Time will tell how it holds up.

The 2.7 GM turbo engine is actually very reliable so far. Less moving parts

@@MrAbword It may turn out to be a very reliable engine. To new to say at this point. As far as less moving parts, not really. Have you watched any videos on it? It's pretty complicated and full of technology.

I would have to agree with you. He loves to tell a BIG STORY and hell if he can help someone make some money, knock yourself out. I challenged myself to listen to the whole video........... my god, that's 20 minutes of time I'll never get back

Has it blew up yet? DOD engines are not Known for their reliability, it’s a lot of power but it is NOT reliable on the new models. Take a look at the parking lot for service and you’ll see a few trucks sitting there without a motor waiting for new ones.

@@robmd3851 I’m at 25k miles. I’ve put an S&B cold air intake and MBRP exhaust. Truck has still be flawless. I have heard about the the lifter issues going around luckily mine hasn’t/wasn’t effected 🤞🏼. Only time will tell but I’m a satisfied owner.

@@robmd3851 your opinion is not known for reliability..

Probably made in China

Mine was dead off the lot.

I have a 2019 ranger and I can tell you the ranger is faster and better on gas then the tacoma you made a wish choice getting away from toyota.

I looked at the ranger too but went with the bigger f150 for a few bucks more a month. Great truck! Its a shame about the Tacoma, wicked looking truck but everything else about it was “meh”.

First rule to make your Car long life. In the morning Start your Car and don’t run until 10-15 minutes on. When you drive don’t accelerate hard but soft with Detachment except on the Hill or highway, and the last change the Oil every 3 months.

@@dorianbuciza4101 i grew up in a time when you warmed up your car no matter if was cold outside or not . Secondly i always get my oil changed on time . And when i come home from work i sit and let my turbos cool down dont have a turbo timer but i count out 30 or forty seconds before i shut it off

@@marklemcke3321 warming the Car in the morning is very important, because you give time to Oil to circulate.

@@dorianbuciza4101 oh i know lol i drove a 67 vw bug for years had to warm that thing up all the time lol

@@marklemcke3321 of course you know, i see you got much experience, 2 months ago i buy my first Truck Ford F150 XL Lariat with financial. I got in plan to start working for my self as a painter. Is the only way to get away from the poverty of the salary working for others. I have just 3 years in USA 🇺🇸 I’m from Albania. Are you American Sir ?

That 4.30 rear end is the culprit.

That Toyota did not get 20 mpg, even the guy interviewed made it very clear what the true mpg will be 16 on avg, but hey say what you need to say..

well the 2.7 is 5 years old and so is the body... we are aware some of our cameras had issues aswell.

@@GhostlyGhille is that something that has mostly been resolved? I’m pretty close to buying one, but if I start having problems I’m not gonna be fun to deal with

@@dalstar925 As far as we know it seemed batch during early covid. I haven't seen it in any of our newer trucks and of course we took care of all customers on repairs.

or like ford, change the design before the problems continue

Have a 2016 Tundra was great until 100000 miles and my emission system parts went.. charcoal canister , valve in gas tank, secondary air pump.. faith in tundra gone trading for a 2020 Ford eco boost 2.7

Glad you enjoyed it!

You clearly didn’t research the Titan before you bought it, and hopefully yours is a 2020. That truck has had lots of problems over the years, to include cylinder scoring for the last couple of years, forcing Nissan to replace the motors. Their newest Pro-4X is pretty nice, though. I dig it.

Nissan in general is far less reliable than any American brand. The new Titans aren't bad though. The old frontiers are good too. Anything else made by nissan is total junk.

There's been plenty of ecoboost trucks sold. Been selling the 3.5 since 2012 and there's plenty that have 200k miles. The engineers are essentially proven.

Some people should never be allowed even close to something mechanical. Your Fusion sounds awesome

Your drag racing a Fusion? Sounds idiotic

Well ya thanks to the turbo forcing more air into the engine its gonna run better than a five oh in higher altitudes.

@@Spazticspaz it’s always gonna run better than a five oh no matter what altitude

Send me a $25 paypal to tim@pickuptrucktalk.com with your address. I’ll send one out today!

what engine problems the nissan are having?

You should compare it with the best: Toyota. Ford will bite the dust big time.

@@Teporame interesting opinion

They have an easy fix for the dash now, no replacement needed