Have a BIG issue with Ford Genuine parts. 2001 Excursion V10, 145K miles. During an oil change in April, I found the original coolant overflow tank (degas bottle) had a hairline crack in the top. Wanting to take care of it before the Phoenix heat hit, I did a flush and replaced the tank, cap and t-stat with Ford Genuine parts.
About 3 weeks after I installed the new tank, I started to notice that I had a coolant smell coming from the engine after driving. Didnt see any fresh coolant. Topped off and went about my life. Occasionally had to top off after that.
A month ago I was towing a trailer to pickup my ill fated 69 Nova. I stopped at a gas station for a snack and drink. Coming back to my Excursion I saw coolant pissing from under my engine compartment. I popped the hood and no shit saw a STREAM of hot coolant leaking under pressure from the seam that joined the 2 halves of the NEW "Genuine Ford" coolant tank. Needless to say it was a miserable experience driving back in 110 degree heat with the damn heaters turn on full blast....
I removed the failed tank and took it back to the Ford dealer I bought it from. They couldnt just refund me my money due to time. They had to file the paper work with Ford and wait for them to authorize the refund. Still waiting for that by the way. I bought a new Genuine Ford tank to get my Excursion back on the road. Installed it, topped off coolant.
Today I had to replace a failed no-name reman alternator that had died and killed off my new Motorcraft battery (thanks prior owner). After starting the engine and monitoring charging voltage, I glanced at the low coolant level in the tank see at the same spot as last time BUBBLES and ****ing coolant leaking out of the tank seam..... This was just idling. Not towing, not hauling just sitting in my ****ing driveway watching to make sure the new alternator was doing its job.
Im ****ing livid at Ford... I bought Genuine parts to avoid stupidity like this. Two brand new parts critical to cooling my truck BOTH were junk less than a few weeks after installation.
If this were somewhere back east, it might not be a big deal. But our daily ambient temps are 105+ degrees. Typically in Phoenix its like 110 cause of the concrete and asphalt. I MUST be able to rely on genuine parts to continue to keep a my older truck on the road. These idiots at FoMoCo cant even make their part suppliers supply a cooling tank that is completely sealed? WTF. I may as well buy ****ing Dorman shitbag parts. At least when they fail I wont be disappointed that I paid the most for the part to fail a month later.
Honestly once we get my wifes Mustang Vert paid off, we're going to look at Suburban 2500's or some Cadillac Escalade ESVs. There's other stuff wrong too. The Blue Box Ford brake pads are noisy as shit, the Motorcraft front rotors I just put on 5k miles ago are warped... I have a brake pull still thats probably due to a worn steering box... OK, the brake pull isnt from new Ford parts failing.. thats just an annoying bug Ive been dealing with.
Yeah I think Im over this thing.
End rant.
About 3 weeks after I installed the new tank, I started to notice that I had a coolant smell coming from the engine after driving. Didnt see any fresh coolant. Topped off and went about my life. Occasionally had to top off after that.
A month ago I was towing a trailer to pickup my ill fated 69 Nova. I stopped at a gas station for a snack and drink. Coming back to my Excursion I saw coolant pissing from under my engine compartment. I popped the hood and no shit saw a STREAM of hot coolant leaking under pressure from the seam that joined the 2 halves of the NEW "Genuine Ford" coolant tank. Needless to say it was a miserable experience driving back in 110 degree heat with the damn heaters turn on full blast....
I removed the failed tank and took it back to the Ford dealer I bought it from. They couldnt just refund me my money due to time. They had to file the paper work with Ford and wait for them to authorize the refund. Still waiting for that by the way. I bought a new Genuine Ford tank to get my Excursion back on the road. Installed it, topped off coolant.
Today I had to replace a failed no-name reman alternator that had died and killed off my new Motorcraft battery (thanks prior owner). After starting the engine and monitoring charging voltage, I glanced at the low coolant level in the tank see at the same spot as last time BUBBLES and ****ing coolant leaking out of the tank seam..... This was just idling. Not towing, not hauling just sitting in my ****ing driveway watching to make sure the new alternator was doing its job.
Im ****ing livid at Ford... I bought Genuine parts to avoid stupidity like this. Two brand new parts critical to cooling my truck BOTH were junk less than a few weeks after installation.
If this were somewhere back east, it might not be a big deal. But our daily ambient temps are 105+ degrees. Typically in Phoenix its like 110 cause of the concrete and asphalt. I MUST be able to rely on genuine parts to continue to keep a my older truck on the road. These idiots at FoMoCo cant even make their part suppliers supply a cooling tank that is completely sealed? WTF. I may as well buy ****ing Dorman shitbag parts. At least when they fail I wont be disappointed that I paid the most for the part to fail a month later.
Honestly once we get my wifes Mustang Vert paid off, we're going to look at Suburban 2500's or some Cadillac Escalade ESVs. There's other stuff wrong too. The Blue Box Ford brake pads are noisy as shit, the Motorcraft front rotors I just put on 5k miles ago are warped... I have a brake pull still thats probably due to a worn steering box... OK, the brake pull isnt from new Ford parts failing.. thats just an annoying bug Ive been dealing with.
Yeah I think Im over this thing.
End rant.