Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Ford F150 with the 3.5 ecoboost

I lease, nice to always be in a new vehicle that’s under warranty. Have had three 3.5’s and three 2.7’s. Phasers we’re clicking in one of the 3.5’s, no issues with any of the others. Current 2.7 is at 22.8 mpg combined.
I like them.

Have a '16 2.7l with 173k on it as of today. I've had to put less than $500 into it for repairs that weren't tires, oil, and brakes.

The repairs have been a rear pinion seal and a some sort of fuel filter issue that built pressure in the tank. It would take 3 times to start after I got gas. Strange for sure.

Other than that, it's been great.

I will probably look hard at something by early fall. But by then I'll have almost 200k on it.

I tow a 5000# boat all summer and fall and usually tow a few wheelers most of the fall. Towing the boat I get between 9-10mpg. My average driving is 17.9mpg. On the highway, keeping it under 75mph, I get near 21 mpg.

It's been a great truck.

Interesting. Everyone I talked to with one didn't care for the motors. Went back to bigger motors. Same with the new Tundras. So we bought a used 5.7 tundra.

Lots of extra possible maintenance costs with the 3.5s what I read scared me off.

I have a 2015 F250 4x4 with the 6.2L gas engine. 120K miles on it. It carries a 1500lb pop-up camper all the time, and sometimes drags a boat or a 4 wheeler trailer behind. I love this truck so much. Nothing has ever failed on it (except the CD player), plenty of power, super comfy and pleasant to drive. Simple dashboard with no flat screen computer display. I wish I could clone it.

It's been a good pickup for several years now.

I've only taken it on one extended drive trip, and that one was straight up IH35 900 miles, and back the next day. It did well. But for pulling trailers and such I use my F350. Wife uses the 150 to run into town a couple times a week.

I'd buy another. Hope I don't, given the price increases since 2018.

Lets just say that doing about a week of reading on the small motors and less than normal life spans for enough of them that it scared me, I'm kind of glad we got scared. Probably saved me 30-40K vs a new truck or one that was still in warranty. Can buy a lot of fuel for that over the years.

I love a truck thread with listing of fuel mileage.

I just ordered my third f-150 in a row (15,19 and 24), never had an issue with any which all had 3.5’s. Great torque curve for towing, but like anything there is no free lunch so it will suck fuel when pulling a moderate/heavy loads.

If I pulled 7k regularly I would buy a 3/4 ton, no question.

FWIW was just reading quite a bit on the ford 10R something transmission issues on some of these smaller engines. At least if I read it all right. Pay attention to your transmissions.

I know the old transmission in our 7.3 needs to be eventually rebuilt due to some design issues but was told it should hit 250K easily before worrying about that.

Sit in one first, I was going to get a 2023 1500 with the duramax till the old lady sat in it. The interiors are way inferior to an F150.

That's as exactly what my wife said. She hated the seats.

I have a 2018, the biggest issue then was the cam phasers that started clacking at about 80k miles due to no oil at start up, does not effect the engine, but is annoying. Bad design, Ford updated them in later years though.
Ford had a recall on the cam phasers.
I pull a SxS, 14' trailer and mpg is from 10 to 16 depending on road.
Not any issues to date w 90k on it other than the cam phaser design.
I've got 19 to 25mpg, empty on interstate driving.

I have a 2021 POWER Boost 57,000 miles that tows our Lance 1995 pretty well. One trip out west 7500 miles, two trips to Newfoundland 6000 miles, trip to Nova Scotia and PEI, another 3000 miles or so. 3-4 recalls, that’s about it. Change the oil, rotate the tires.

The mileage went down sometime after 2015,they started putting more corn squeezings in.

It got over 223 MPG when first bought and now it runs between 15-19 depending on loadout.

My water pump went out last week and so far i replaced 1 injector,plugs and regular oil changes,i did change the shocks/struts as well as the brakes.

It has the towing package and i like it.

I can haul my 1971 Massy 175 tractor with disk plow.

I do have a Kurt hitch with equalizer bars that makes the trailer take more of the load.

This one has the 6 speed and it will kick your butt in the seat when you put in sport mode.

Would be a good engine to put in an older classic car.

I have 14800 miles on it.

My son has the smaller engine but he was told that it was not the best for towing.

This.
Oil is the life blood of any engine, and turbos run hot, and carbon up if they get too hot or aren't cooled down before shutdown.
Frequent oil changes are better than the factory recommended frequency.

A buddy of mine has an F-150 with the 2.7 Ecoboost that has been an outstanding truck. Since I will be looking for a truck in the next six months or so, the Ford would seem to be the obvious choice. No way…. I’m done with the UAW. Good truck or not, I’m going in another direction. I am pretty surprised at the loyalty that they maintain.

My 21 hybrid powerboost has a lot of power between the 3.5 and the electric motor. It's like 430 hp and 570 lbs torque. It's rated to tow 12,000 pounds and has enough power to do it but I'd never trust a half ton with a load that heavy.

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The wife likes the f150 interior way more than the GMC.

My 2022 3.5 is going in next week at only 45k for tranny work. The 3.5 is a good engine but the 10-speed transmission is the weak link for this truck.

AYE !!!