2025 5.0 Availability

[MountainStang]

Hi all,

For MY2025 is the only trims that can receive a 5.0 still lariat and below or has this been opened up again?

thanks!
-Alex

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[JExpedition07]

Tremor and Lariat are still the highest trims with 5.0 availability unfortunately

 

[HammaMan]

With ford pushing hybrids for CAFE, I expect the 5.0 to slowly slip into XLTs at the highest trim. You can configure 2025s on ford's site now.

 

[Polo08816]

With ford pushing hybrids for CAFE, I expect the 5.0 to slowly slip into XLTs at the highest trim. You can configure 2025s on ford's site now.

If GM decides to put a 36+ gallon in their 1500s, they’ll probably take most of Ford’s 5.0 customers if Ford keeps reducing availability of the 5.0 in the future.

 

[HammaMan]

If GM decides to put a 36+ gallon in their 1500s, they’ll probably take most of Ford’s 5.0 customers if Ford keeps reducing availability of the 5.0 in the future.

Maybe if people are hung up on the V8s.

If ford really unleashed the PB's full power, it's easily 500hp/700ftlbtq 10r80 destroyer capable on 91 octane. Really makes the raptor look bad so they probably won't do it.

 

[Polo08816]

Maybe if people are hung up on the V8s.

If ford really unleashed the PB's full power, it's easily 500hp/700ftlbtq 10r80 destroyer capable on 91 octane. Really makes the raptor look bad so they probably won't do it.

To be honest, I've test driven the 5.0 and 3.5EB and both had enough power to me. Having 500hp/700ftlbs tq offers no additional utility to me - I already have a car for the track/HPDEs.

I don't think I'm hung up on it being a V6, I6, V8, V10, etc. I just want something that is easy to service/repair outside of the warranty period. Turbos and hybrids introduce additional complexity (in the engine bay) that I don't care for. All of my current vehicles are turbocharged and it'll be nice to potentially not have a turbo to contend with.

 

[djw.pro]

Consumer reports has the PB as the 3rd least reliable vehicle being produced right now. Kind of sad. Also, many, including myself see fantastic highway mpg with the 5.0 / 3.73. It’s not just Ford that is limiting the 5.0c, it’s pressure from the EPA as well.

 

[Scotty M.]

... I just want something that is easy to service/repair outside of the warranty period. Turbos and hybrids introduce additional complexity (in the engine bay) that I don't care for ...

I agree with you. The only exception would be for those people who always maintain a warranty - either by trading in their vehicle on a new model on a set 3 year schedule, or by purchasing an extended warranty and still trading in the vehicle prior to the warranty expiry.

A turbocharged vehicle, or a hybrid vehicle, that is no longer under warranty, brings with it the potential for significant financial liability as it ages.

We are old school (or just old) and refuse to carry any debt. This means that we keep our vehicles a little longer than most people do - often for several years after any extended warranty expires. For these reasons I have never owned a hybrid, nor a turbocharged vehicle.

I ordered a 2024 RCSB with the 5.0L engine. The 3.3L engine was discontinued at the end of 2023 - this would have been my engine of choice, for reasons of simplicity and reliability.

 

[Graygoose2021]

IMHO opinion, only one manufacture makes a V8 in a half ton truck...Ford.
GM and Chevys isn't a V8, its a lifter eater.

 

[HammaMan]

Consumer reports has the PB as the 3rd least reliable vehicle being produced right now. Kind of sad. Also, many, including myself see fantastic highway mpg with the 5.0 / 3.73. It’s not just Ford that is limiting the 5.0c, it’s pressure from the EPA as well.

Interesting, HammaMan Reports has it listed as number one. HammaMan reports does things like not counting sync as an F150 hybrid issue.

 

[Samson16]

Interesting, HammaMan Reports has it listed as number one. HammaMan reports does things like not counting sync as an F150 hybrid issue.

Or the fact that the 2 CR nerds who purchased a PowerBoost still haven’t figured out what normal operation looks like.

 

[djw.pro]

Interesting, HammaMan Reports has it listed as number one. HammaMan reports does things like not counting sync as an F150 hybrid issue.

No idea what info you guys are looking at, but they are popping turbos letting and right and have tons of electrical issues. I see complaints about this powertrain all the time on various forums. Consumer Reports accounts of all issues. It's pretty obvious the overall reliability is very poor.

 

[HammaMan]

No idea what info you guys are looking at, but they are popping turbos letting and right and have tons of electrical issues. I see complaints about this powertrain all the time on various forums. Consumer Reports accounts of all issues. It's pretty obvious the overall reliability is very poor.

Do share what electrical problems this platform is having. One thing about the PB is that it's owners are more likely to be here, online, and we're likely to hear from such people, here, online. PBs don't have turbo issues, 24 PB have a cowling trim issue that can overspeed a turbo. Issues w/ sync or the max tow axle aren't PB issues, that's ford issues.

This platform isn't a magic mystery box to the regulars here, and the buyers of the platform aren't dumb. Imagine reviewing a powertrain and dinging it for sync 4 that's in every modern ford today. That'd be like adding a bed topper and then dinging it for what's ever wrong the aftermarket product. If they're not wise enough to spot such trends then they can't be trusted. PB owners have an over-sampled use of the internet.

While generally forum issues represent 1:100 of actual issues per ford recall data, I'd be surprised if the PB's online representation for issues isn't closer to 1 in 10-15 (and I think that's being generous based issue reports and lack of recalls vs what it takes to get a recall). The PB is likely to kill a trans faster than any other factory F150. That's not because it's a hybrid, but because it's the most powerful. While its 10r80 housing is unique, the internals are not.

 

[redline]

some of you are bit confusing... on one hand, if you want a 5.0 go for it not the issue .... but then coming back and saying you want simplicity .. and then you want a high trim truck full of tech that goes wrong all time and is brutally expensive to fix.... is a bit of contradiction.

engines are normally now not the issue, it is all the other crap that goes in to these trucks that cause the most issues...

each to their own... happy motoring

 

[Polo08816]

some of you are bit confusing... on one hand, if you want a 5.0 go for it not the issue .... but then coming back and saying you want simplicity .. and then you want a high trim truck full of tech that goes wrong all time and is brutally expensive to fix.... is a bit of contradiction.

engines are normally now not the issue, it is all the other crap that goes in to these trucks that cause the most issues...

each to their own... happy motoring

Powertrains are usually the most expensive components to repair/replace.

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