2.7L blown engine failure list . . 68 so far [Updated: December 13, 2022]

[North7]

@Cat

Seems like you have a contact. Would you be willing to bring this up?

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/-update-dec-12th-my-letter-to-the-ford-executive-team-submitted-customer-feedback-proposal-and-response.29636/

Ford told her to pound sand.

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[North7]

Sell to Carvana, Carmax or Vroom, they may offer more than you paid for it.

 

[heelyeah]

Correct. Still waiting on engine build julian date from user. But if his Bronco build date was October(like mine) the gap is probably narrowing.

Yeah, my julian date is 266 (Sep 22) so it's looking less and less likely that I feel comfortable taking the family to Florida in the Bronco next month (from NC). Sucks.

 

[VictoryLights]

Ford told her to pound sand.

Okay… do we start blowing up Levine’s Twitter again, lol?

 

[Snowdogyyz]

I believe that there was a user who did a Chi-square analysis and asserted that this was fine. There was no statistical significance. It's all in your head. Nothing to see here, move along... Or so I was told. I am sure that if there was a problem @Ford Motor Company would have told us something by now.

Stay pumped!

I remember being ridiculed as I supported your original thread. We were simply trying to find out- real issue or not- and the amount of made up numbers used to skew the issue was amazing. Tens of thousands of 2.7’s delivered and being driven. 15 (at the time) blown motors out of 40k broncos sold (even though we explained it was forum members, not the public), etc, etc.
Even a data gathering thread just riles people up on here. If you want unicorns and rainbows- go to BN! If you want to look at issues real, perceived, or not, come here. If you don’t want to know at all and ford is 100% honest and on top of things to you- skip this thread altogether!

 

[Cat]

@Cat

Seems like you have a contact. Would you be willing to bring this up?

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/-update-dec-12th-my-letter-to-the-ford-executive-team-submitted-customer-feedback-proposal-and-response.29636/

Here is what I recommend to the OP, who has the facts and data:

Contact the Lima Engine Plant directly. Shawn Stewart is the Plant Manager. Tiffany Nickels is his Admin Assistant.

Send a fact-based e-mail to them via this:

[email protected]

Hope this helps.

 

[fltechpilot]

Yeah, my julian date is 266 (Sep 22) so it's looking less and less likely that I feel comfortable taking the family to Florida in the Bronco next month (from NC). Sucks.

That is still outside the date range of known failures right? Not questioning your decision just double checking the date range.

 

[Snowdogyyz]

Yeah, my julian date is 266 (Sep 22) so it's looking less and less likely that I feel comfortable taking the family to Florida in the Bronco next month (from NC). Sucks.

Here is what I recommend to the OP, who has the facts and data:

Contact the Lima Engine Plant directly. Shawn Stewart is the Plant Manager. Tiffany Nickels is his Admin Assistant.

Send a fact-based e-mail to them via this:

[email protected]

Hope this helps.

Thanks for that info!

 

[Cat]

Ford told her to pound sand.

Yup. So then i went straight to the MAP Plant Manager, where they responded last week, passed the info and photos around, thanked me, and said they will follow up.

 

[heelyeah]

That is still outside the date range of known failures right? Not questioning your decision just double checking the date range.

Right, still outside the range of known failures. But still a bit too close for comfort for me until we have more data, and more Broncos with similar julian date to mine rack up the miles and don't blow. My engine julian date was 9/22, my vehicle build week was 10/25, and I took delivery 12/3. Just crossed over 1k miles yesterday.

 

[NotApplicable]

Won’t it be funny if they have to recall every MY21 2.7?

If they replace your engine, what mileage does your vehicle have for warranty purposes? Total mileage of both engines, or only that of the new one?

Also, all afflicted owners should report to NHTSA, especially if failure occurred such that it represented a safety risk during use.

 

[Snowdogyyz]

Won’t it be funny if they have to recall every MY21 2.7?

If they replace your engine, what mileage does your vehicle have for warranty purposes? Total mileage of both engines, or only that of the new one?

I’ve wondered that myself. When I had my FJ40 I used the mileage of the small block replacement motor.

 

[DrBriGuy]

I may be in the minority here but I absolutely do not think Ford is ignoring any aspect of this. This is a marquee product and launch. There's probably a large team on this, reporting right up to the CEO. There are probably more internal reports and paperwork than we could ever imagine. Likely, they know exactly what the issue is and how many vehicles could be affected. But that has very little to do with how much they will communicate. Remember, public company with fiduciary "responsibility" to shareholders and legal implications of every single release of information. I'm shocked we heard anything about "re-design" - that had to be unsanctioned. To a person, they may believe the ethical or moral thing to do is to tell their customers about a dangerous issue - no way they can do that though.

Two ways to handle it: 1) wait it out and see what happens. 2) be proactive and start your (our) paperwork - whatever that means to you.

I'm doing my own homework and making plans but I'm still in wait and see mode. If we start seeing data that suggests this is a systemic issue in all 2.7 Bronco engines, I'll have a very different mindset and approach. But at the end of the day, I'm driving a f-ing Bronco with a good 2.7 in it one way or another.

Also, I don't think people here are disagreeing with much other than risk tolerance. I really appreciate the different opinions and input to the thread, especially OP and others for sinking a bunch of time into this to get the data together.

 

[Carolina Jim]

Won’t it be funny if they have to recall every MY21 2.7?

At a Minimum, Ford should allow us to drive our Broncos back up to Dirt Mountain for more months of engineering voodoo. And we should get vouchers for busfare back home!

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