Ford Fiesta engine

Grumpy_chap

cpembroke said:

Grumpy_chap said:

cpembroke said:

Ford B-Max Ecoboost Engine Failure
We assisted our son in buying a second-hand Ford B-Max Titanium Turbo, fitted with 998cc Eco Boost engine, in June 2018 from a Ford garage. We considered it an ideal car for him and his two sons. It had had one previous owner with less than 13,000 miles on the clock. On its V5, it was declared as new, at first registration, on 31/03/2016.

Recently, when my son was driving the car, on the busy A331 Blackwater relief road, when it started slowing down but with no warning indication.  As there was no nearby pull over area, he pulled off, at the junction, and stopped. At this point smoke was coming from under the bonnet and out of the exhaust. Our son called out his recovery service who took him to local Ford Garage in Farnborough.

Garage advised that the engine failed, parts having fired out inside the engine, stopping the 3 cylinders. A new engine would be required at a cost of £6000. This was not considered, by us, as economically viable.

Having spoken to the garage, near Christchurch, where the car was originally purchase, we were advised to contact Ford One Stop.  Our son did this, but they advised that no help could be given due to him having failed to have the car regularly serviced at a Ford garage.

To my mind for a 41/2-year-old car’s engine to fail in this drastic manner is due to a design fault rather than lack of maintenance that would not have picked up on this type of internal failure.  Having checked the internet I found there had been several failures of these engines, for other reasons, and Ford eventually took responsibility for cost of repairs, including those which owners had already paid for.

In light of these previous problems do you feel it would be of benefit to take this up with BBC Watchdog in light of BBC having played a major role in getting Ford to pay up back in 2018.

This would be better as a new thread and will need more information.  As written, it reads that you bought a 2yo car 2.1/2 years ago, never had it serviced and now, ? miles later it broke.  What was the root cause of the engine failure?

How do I make this a  new thread?

Pink "New Thread" button at the top of the page.

cpembroke

Don't have a "New Thread" pink button at top of page.  Only a Red "New Post" button that adds to bottom of currently open Thread.

molerat

cpembroke said:

Don't have a "New Thread" pink button at top of page.  Only a Red "New Post" button that adds to bottom of currently open Thread.

You need to back to the motoring sub forum, not stay within this thread.