I’m really sorry, that shouldn’t happen to a vehicle built in this century, period. That said there are plenty of vehicles built currently and in the past that have/had very reliable turbos. All comes down to QC, turbos spin at extremely high rpm so manufacturing tolerance and metallurgy are extremely important. A quality made turbo should last the life of the engine and in most cases the vehicle. They’re really simple in design.... just an air driven compressor, it’s the high rpm that demands quality. The technology has been around for about 100 years, and has been in some extremely reliable vehicles (think aircraft, diesel semis and buses that have 100s of thousands of hours and miles). In terms of complexity and reliability, the internal combustion engine should be the weak point. Sounds like 2018 was a poor production run? Maybe someone with better knowledge of this can chime in.I've ranted in the past about problems with my 2018 F150 and I wanted to share a new one with all of you that are concerned about possible reliability with your Bronco. I have a 2018 F150 screw with the 2.7l ecoboost and 10sp trans. I really like the truck but it's reliability and Ford's ability to make it right have really let me down. 2 major issues it has had is the transmission clunk and shifting problems as well as the door locks/latches freezing in the winter. The truck has been in for service at least 5 times for each problem and yet the problems prevail.
Today though is a new one. My truck just turned 40,000 miles and the turbos are shot (yes both). Turbos are not cheap and luckily they're covered under the powertrain warranty til 60k miles. They're also backordered for an estimated 3 weeks.
If you're wondering what's wrong with them, they started making a lot of noise. It's not the known rattle of the linkage or the waste gates, but sounds more like a stick in the fans, a very loud ding ding dinging. The dealer was actually a bit perplexed by it. It took them 2 days to determine it was the turbos and they don't know what exactly is wrong with them, they just know there is a problem with them and they ordered replacements. It took me all of about 2 minutes to determine it was the turbos.
So my fear of small turbo engine reliability is not unfounded. It doesn't change my mind about getting a Bronco but I am going to research extended warranties since I was hoping to keep it for a while. The thought of having to shell out for a couple of turbos really put a pit in my stomach. Anyone else thinking long term warranty coverage on theirs? Any ideas?
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