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Yeah, I read the letter as saying the car might catch on fire and the parts to fix it aren't in yet. But stay positive: Maybe the leaking coolant from the water pump will fireproof everything under the hood.

The '22 - '23 Tundras prove my point though, there's a 1% failure rate and Toyota is replacing all engines. Yes, it's expensive for the company but they do it because it is the right thing to do. Ford is like the contractor who does shoddy work then gaslights you until the warranty is over.

It doesn't seem Ford is serious about fixing the issue. The people at our dealership are nice but we haven't the time or the patience to go see them quite that often for the same issue. The BS will be traded in the not too distant future for a built in USA foreign nameplate. There are several...

Thank you. That answers the question if we will keep the BS for longer than the warranty: No.

Update: The water pump and serpentine belt were replaced under warranty. The last digit of the part number on the pump is a "B" not an "A" , curious to know if that is a new improved design or similar enough to fail early, too. Or : Have any known repeat failures happened with the "B" unit?

Thanks for the reply. I'll check that out. This car sees a lot of short stop and go trips. I'm far from an egnineer but it's my understanding that certain components have to be beefed up for the start / stop feature, such as the starter. Maybe the water pump can't take all that on / off stuff...

New member here, the 3cyl Outer Banks is driven by my wife. It was her idea to purchase it, as I am partial to certain brands that will go unnamed here. But I will say they are the brands with the reputation to go well past 100k miles before anything breaks and I know this to be true from...