SSM 51754 : 2.3L Engine Issue - Loss Of Coolant With Coolant In Oil (3/27/23 - 5/18/23 production dates)

That’s not good

Ah… so some did make it into Broncos and Rangers.

I heard some rumblings about this, but based on what I heard it was limited to the Explorer, guess not.

Picked my wife's Bronco on Tuesday. Looks like we luckily missed the window for this SSM (built 05/30/2023)

… so like can I just take mine to my dealer to confirm that it’s fine? I’m not exactly car savvy and I don’t want to miss something. Or how would I check this myself?

Dantastic said:

… so like can I just take mine to my dealer to confirm that it’s fine? I’m not exactly car savvy and I don’t want to miss something. Or how would I check this myself?

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Check the level on the coolant reservoir (level indication lines on the side of the reservoir). If the level is good you should be OK. If the level is low pull the oil dipstick out and get a look at the oil on the stick. The appearance of anything milky colored would indicate coolant in the oil.

Mine was built in late February.. Looks like I got lucky.. I still will keep an eye on it now.

It never ends.

This makes total sense. We just picked ours up 2 weeks ago after the wait and we’re in this range with the 2.3l…. Just what I want is a brand new truck that’s had an engine swap

2 birds with 1 stone , pull that bad manual trans and bad 2.3 engine at same time for replacement, go ford go . Is it 1963 or 2023 , hard being a ford loyalist these days

Canadian5.0 said:

2 birds with 1 stone , pull that bad manual trans and bad 2.3 engine at same time for replacement, go ford go . Is it 1963 or 2023 , hard being a ford loyalist these days

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seriously…this on top of the terrible initial quality and the repairs on my due bill, plus a day 1 warranty claim on the hard top, I’m considering just insisting Ford buy it back and just move on

roboticsrob said:

This makes total sense. We just picked ours up 2 weeks ago after the wait and we’re in this range with the 2.3l…. Just what I want is a brand new truck that’s had an engine swap

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May not be just the engine...have you confirmed if you have the updated tranny?

PWillette said:

May not be just the engine...have you confirmed if you have the updated tranny?

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I haven’t checked how to confirm. Is it a build date? I know it doesn’t yet have the grinding noise when cold, but it also has only 160 miles on it.

roboticsrob said:

I haven’t checked how to confirm. Is it a build date? I know it doesn’t yet have the grinding noise when cold, but it also has only 160 miles on it.

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There's a tag on the trans...there's been so many updates I'm not sure exactly the suffix letters but I believe they are AB for the updated. This thread has all the pertinent info...

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/manual-transmission-scraping-noise-grinding-sound.33282/

I haven't taken delivery of mine yet but missed the build date period thankfully. I liked the 2.3L in my Ranger thus why I went that route. Hopefully itll stay somewhat reliable