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  1. Excellent Powerboost Transmission / Hybrid System Explained - Video

    This guy is a really good instructor and he has been teaching a long time.
  2. Any good experiences from PowerBoost owners

    I bought a 2023 Lariat Powerboost that I had for about 6-months. I liked the truck a lot except for the 49-days at the Dealer and it was still at the Dealer when Ford bought it back. I had a leaking exhaust heat exchanger that was the first 29-days in the shop. The Dealer said I couldn't...
  3. Ford Buy Back Program Question

    Yep - flew the Thuds over the North.
  4. Ford Buy Back Program Question

    My truck was in the Dealer's shop for 49-days and was scheduled to go back in the shop when I had had it 180-days. I asked for a "Repurchase" and Ford agreed. Ford was very nice to me through this process and was going to pay for my cost at purchase plus anything I had added after delivery. I...
  5. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    No, it was not reproducible and so it was never fixed. The vibration would occur in a steady state sitution with a fairly light load on the engine. For example, climbing Balsam Mountain road using cruise control and at 55 mph, I would occasionally get what felt like a shudder in the...
  6. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    I have a friend that always buys the ESP and I looked at his total costs over five years. I trade at 36-months when the OEM warranty runs out. I found my total costs compared to his total costs were about the same while I had a new truck every three years.
  7. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    No, the vibration was never fixed. The truck first spent 29-days at the Dealer for the coolant leak. Then the main problem became the AC freeze up. Between AC failures, it wouldn't come out of Park after starting. It was back in the shop for the AC - 49 days in the shop during my first 180...
  8. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    Mostly Powerboost issues I think. For sure the exhaust heat exchanger leak was PB related. I think the PB has a different (electric) air conditioner so the freezing up of the AC would be PB related. I don't know if the transmission vibrations were PB related. The Infotainment failures could...
  9. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    Thank you for a thoughtful answer.
  10. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    I appreciate your story. My 5.3 GMC Sierra is doing fine at the moment but I want to replace it this coming December. I really liked my Ford Lariat and am looking into another one..
  11. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    My Lariat first had a leak in the exhause heat exchanger which took 29-days in the shop. Next my AC kept freezing up. As I was driving the AC would stop working. I would stop and find ice formed around all of the AC lines. I had to turn off the AC and wait 30-minutes for things to thaw...
  12. F-150 Lariat Powerboost Reliability

    I bought a 2022 Lariat Powerboost and I loved the truck. However it was in the shop for so many things and so often, Ford bought it back. I subsequently bought a GMC SLT and it has been a good truck but I am tempted to buy another Lariat. I would hate to buy back into the problems I had with...
  13. New tire purchase - lessons learned

    Isn't there a blue or red dot on the tire that marks the lightest spot and that should go by the valve stem?
  14. Interesting Developments on "Repurchased" F-150

    I think a lot of my truck problem was due to sitting in the elements for very long periods of time. With my heat exchanger problem, the truck sat outside in the dealer's back lot for 29-days. No telling how long it sat outside before I got it.
  15. Interesting Developments on "Repurchased" F-150

    My ordeal with FMC is now complete. I just received my 2023 GMC Sierra SLT and it is the perfect truck --- so far.
  16. Interesting Developments on "Repurchased" F-150

    I called it "Buy Back" but Ford called it "Repurchase" so I figured out there was a proper name here and it was "Repurchase". I received an amount equal to what I paid for the truck. I wanted another 2022 but they were no longer available and I had to order a 2023. The 2023 cost $8,000 more...
  17. Interesting Developments on "Repurchased" F-150

    I apologize if some of you think I am gloating here. It was a very vagarious system of steps I went through in dealing with the problems of my 2022 Lariat Powerboost. Even after that ordeal I was ready to buy another one until I was told it would cost me another $8,000 plus the "Repurchase"...
  18. Interesting Developments on "Repurchased" F-150

    Sorry - I ordered a GMC Sierra SLT with the 5.3L engine, Volcanic Red with black interior, and all options except the heavy trailer package.
  19. Interesting Developments on "Repurchased" F-150

    The interesting development is that Consumer Reports recognizes all of the grief FoMoCo has inflicted on those of us that spent a lot of money on the Ford F-150 Powerboost by awarding FoMoCo the "Most Unreliable Vehicle in the USA in 2022" award.
  20. Interesting Developments on "Repurchased" F-150

    I like your picture as it looks like the house I built in the Arkansas River Valley of Colorado. I bought 2-acres in Chalk Creek Canyon at 8,800 feet, drew out a 3-bed 2-bath house on my computer, bought a truck load of lumber and other stuff, and built my own house. The crooks and "water...




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