Three Ohio drivers are suing Ford Motor Co., claiming the company’s six-cylinder EcoBoost engine is defective.
The lawsuit says the 3.5L V6 EcoBoost engine can shudder, shake and then rapidly lose power while drivers are accelerating. Two of the plaintiffs, a married couple, say their 2010 Ford Taurus SHO has lost power and stalled on multiple occasions. The third says he has lost power when he was accelerating in his F-150 pickup.
Ford has unveiled a new 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine, increasing the number of power units in the family to five. The arrival of the 1.5-litre four-cylinder, which will power everything from the Fiesta to the Mondeo, will increase the company’s Ecoboost output to 1.6 mllion units per year across six factories.
Is the world coming to an end? Ford Motor Co. and General Motors are working together, again! Those are two names I never thought I would hear in the same sentence, without a lot of cursing!
However they are working TOGETHER for a second time! They must be desperate in deciding to work together, but Wonders will never cease, they are developing nine- and 10-speed transmissions jointly for use in cars, crossovers, pickups and SUVs.
As if Ford’s super off-road performance lorry, the F-150 SVT Raptor, wasn’t dressed up enough, along comes a “special edition” package that will further pad the price.
Officials with Ford, Honda and Toyota, as well as with some key suppliers, told an American congressional subcommittee that lower tax rates, more consistent regulations and a better-trained workforce would help ensure a strong auto manufacturing sector into the future.
The hearing, convened by the American House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, saw the three competitors largely in agreement in terms of the need for government not to pass along burdensome regulations and to set tax rates and incentives in a consistent manner.
