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Originally Posted by scrming
couple early issues with the early EB's with oil return lines leaking on a few cars, so there is a TSB for that... but other then that these little turbos seem to be very solid... have you watched the torture tests?
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I've seen the torture tests, but I've always felt that a few weeks of hard running on a dyno is an inadequate simulation for 15 years and 200,000 miles in the real world. I've known a number of people with turboed cars from across the brand spectrum. When they get to the 7-9 year range and around 125,000 miles or so, the turbo failure rate seems to be rather high. Not saying it happens to all of them, but the situation is not rare, either.
If Ford really is that confident in the long-run durability of these turbos, they should warranty them for the typical useful life of the car. Until then, I'm not interested. If Ford ends up replacing N/A engines entirely, and making EcoBoost only cars in the near future, they can either stand behind it for the normal life of the car, or I'll be shopping a different brand. It is for this very reason I've already ruled out the Cruze when it comes time to replace my daily driver. Buying and driving a car is already expensive enough as it is without adding new upfront costs, and very large potential expenses down the road.