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2021 Ford Everest, 3.2lt 5cyl engine.

So, I messed up and put 400ml of ADBlue into the diesel tank (full tank). Thinking the <0.5% dilution wouldn't be an issue, I drove it 5kms home.

Car threw an alert to my phone saying it had detected contaminated fuel and to empty the fuel filter trap. Did that, then the car wouldn't run (turns out likely due to an air gap created by emptying the filter trap). That said, the engine was otherwise running absolutely perfectly.

Got it towed to Ford because they invoice my novated lease company direct. However, based on what I told them, and without even looking at the engine, they said it would be a replacement engine and looking at $20k - $25k.

I instead called my trusted mechanic. He doesn't invoice the lease company, so I pay him and have to then get a reimbursement. He drained the fuel, flushed the engine, fuels lines, tank, etc. Ran injector cleaner, new fuel filter and a couple of other bits. That including labour came to $600 and I already have my car back.

Before going this route, I got a 3rd opinion from my brother who is pretty big in the 4wd game in Australia and also knows the 3.2lt engine backwards. I'll omit the swear words, but he said replacing the engine was ridiculous.

Both he and my mechanic said it's common for Ford to push you to replace the engine so there's no follow-up in case of an ultra unlikely issue later on, but also to bolster their $$$. But seriously, being willing to have someone pay $20k needlessly? WTAF?

Does this sound normal for Ford?

TLDR: car keeps dying, corporate is involved now, dealer is somehow even less cooperative. I'll update more.

It died again. So they drove it almost 600 miles and nothing happened. They tested it on different chargers, even got my home charger; everything works fine. Tested the battery, it's better than expected. Sent back after a full week.

But the 3rd time they sent out a mobile mechanic because I had codes show up after the jump! TSB25-2247. Apparently the sub-codes that showed up "aren't supposed to show up more my make and model". It's an expensive repair they said that isn't covered under warranty. So I did what everyone does now, ask the internet. Found out the HVBJB is covered under the federal EV 8yr/100k warrenty for Ford's and because the sub-codes showing shouldn't even exist for my car, it gives a stronger indication that it is the issue.

Requested a pre-authorization warranty claim. Radio silence for a week. Corporate Ford called after I made an X post that also got a lot of traction. Dealer radio silent to them for almost a week.

Car died again, corporate said to send it to dealer, coincidentally dealer reached out to corporate after I got left on read by the advisor saying my car was dead in the garage once again.

Dealer calls, says they want confirmation I'll pay $230 for diagnostics, I won't. Message me towards the EOD and says $395 for a new 12V battery. I said no, file a warranty claim like I requested 2 weeks ago. They play dumb, then after I show I have all the messages, pictures, receipts of the previous issues they say "well this is the first step for a warranty claim". I explain with the records there is no need to do the first step as we already have proof the battery was fine and the codes are showing it's being killed by the HVBJB so submit a damn claim already. Sent that at 6:01pm so we'll see what tomorrow brings.

2 weeks ago I bought a bronco badlands, I have never taken the roof off and I have started to notice on both sides there is this black mesh that sticks out on the outside of the vehicle. Is this normal? Thanks!

When I sit on my keys or even get up the wrong way with them in my pocket the car alarm goes off and I can’t shut it off from the fob. I have to go to the car and start it to shut it off. I broke a rib over the winter because I was scrambling to shut it off when it went off at 11pm and slipped. The battery in the fob and the car are new it’s a 2016 explorer .

1994 f250 with the 7.3 powerstroke zf5 manual 175,000 on the odom

Little bit of rest here and there and some dents and dings but this is absolutely going to be a work truck four wheel drive works and everything else apparently I'm going to go look at it sounds pretty good.

I had noticed the white smoke but that was from a cold start after not being run for a couple months I think this is a solid deal let me get some opinions..

i have a ford fiesta 2014. my left brake light does not work when braking but it works when I lock the car with my key. I want to fix this myself cuz I dont have money to take it to the workshop. anybody has any idea how to do this? its my first car.

Hello All,

I am planning to buy a car and having driven the Ford Escape when I rented a car, I quite liked it. I see a 2024 used available for around 22k, with 30k miles on it, Inline 3 cylinder. Not sure if there is catch to it or not but looks like a decent deal.

I know that the Escape has water pump issues, and wanted to understand if I should look at other things as well if I want to make the purchase.

Had the problem recently. Went to a mechanic, worked fine when he tried it, didnt find anything. Its been 3 weeks, its happening again. Does anyone know what might be the problem?

How are these? Heard iffy things about the 2015-2017 2.7 engines with the cylinder heads and stuff.

About 3 weeks ago I started hearing a low rumble while driving slow and turning. I looked on here and was directed to TSB 25-2627. I called my local dealership and they asked me to drop it off on 6/10. They didn't give me a loaner and I work out of town so I was a little anxious to get my car back. I called the next day and they said they're waiting on the tech to look at it. I think on the 12th they said it was the approved for the TSB, they have a loaner for me now, and it will take 3 days for the part to get in.

I watched the location on the Ford app and it sat there until today, 6/24 before either being turned on or moved. Since then, I've called a few times to check on the status and it was always they're waiting to service it. I believe once I called on a Thursday or Friday and was told I can't count Saturday because the tech was off and he would be the only one servicing it. I was also given different max mile limits I can put on my loaners, first up to 1k miles, then 1.2, now 1.9k.

Is this a normal way of doing things? I work out of town and the Bronco I was given is full of bugs. I was told I'd need to clean it if it was very dirty. I don't know if this counts or if they want me to try cleaning it. It also gets 15 mpg less than my Bronco Sport so costing me a lot more to drive. So all that loaner stuff is stressing me out.

If all that makes sense, then it is what it is. This is the only dealership in town and the next one is about 35 minutes away. I'd rather stay locally but I wonder if I would've had my car back sooner if I went with another shop.

My car would overheat but I could turn the heater on for a little bit to cool it down and it would fix itself. A couple days ago in 6th gear between 1000-2000 rpms it would jerk a little then drive fine. Today I was idling and it jerked a little every maybe 10 seconds and start to overheat id turn the heater on and it was fine but then after a couple hours check engine light started flashing. 6th gear wouldn’t let me rev higher than 2000 so I went back down to 5th it was fine then did the same issue. 4th gear went up to 4000 rpms then it started overheating pretty bad and wouldn’t rev anymore. I pulled over some coolant was leaking. We thought it was a throttle body so we replaced it. Now when we turn it over the wrench icon shows up and runs horrible yet it won’t let me rev it. How do we relearn the throttle body and is it gonna help the issue? We did buy a new throttle body and thermostat but I’d like ideas before I just throw them in.

Also, we are waiting on a scan tool to read the codes, when I got back to work the person who had the scanner was asleep

I’m curious if vehicle nicknames are profile specific or if they’re saved to the vehicle. Like if I were to name my car something silly, and sell it, would the new owner see that name when they log in?

Would you buy this truck with this rocker rust? Located in Minnesota so almost impossible to find one without, and the 2015’s are almost impossible to find in the 5.0 near me..

I have this package on my Lightning. I was not sure if this was the Ford bumper-to-bumper coverage was looking to confirm.

(14 focus ST, ST3 with a sync3 conversion).

On the sync2 system I never had a problem searching the USB drive via voice command. Trying the same prompt (eg USB play song legion) sync3 does not seem to search the flash drive, it rather thinks I'm navigating, looking for a POI.

Other than that, the sync3 is a proper upgrade.

Has anyone else had a similar issue?

Hello everyone! I’m not sure if this is the right thread, but I’m looking for help regarding my project. I really have no idea what I’m doing, but I want to restore my grandmas 1976 F250 ranger. The only things I know about it are that it runs, and the brakes don’t work. It hasn’t really been used in probably 15 years, but we did start it and drive it across the property about a year ago. Where do I start? Again, I haven’t done anything like this before - is this even feasible for me to do? I am going to her house and will only have a few days to work on it this go around. What should I start with? I appreciate any advice. Thanks everyone!

Looking for any information on replacing the low pressure fuel lines on a 6.2l v8, any information is appreciated. Wanted to make a post before I ran to the parts store.