NHTSA Complaint #10748593 — 2011 FORD F-150

MY 2011 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST 3.5 WAS IDLING AT A RED LIGHT THEN SUDDENLY BEGAN A VERY ROUGH IDLE. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES ( ON AND OFF) THEN CLEARED UP . WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT . THEY DID A SERVICE ORDER AND CAME UP WITH NOTHING WRONG. WE TOOK THE TRUCK HOME AND THE PROBLEM REMAINED. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN BACK 4 OR 5 MORE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIP COULD NEVER FIND A PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS SLOWER MOVING CARS, THE TRUCK HESITATED AND SPUTTERED WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. A MONTH AGO THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A NOISE AFTER A COLD START AND THEN LATELY A LOUDER NOISE FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AREA OF THE VALVE COVER. THEN THE TRUCK JUST STOPPED ON ME WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY . I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A NEW ENGINE? WHAT THE ????? IT HAS 50K AND THE OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY, BUT THE DEALER IS SAYING THERE IS SLUDGE IN THE OIL WHICH WAS CHANGED LESS THAN 2000 MILES AGO. THE TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED, THE INTAKE CAM VTC IS BROKEN AND BASED ON ALL OF THE OTHER SIMILAR POST I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE THEY HAVE REVEALED THAT THE ROD AND CAM BEARINGS ARE ALSO MORE THAN LIKELY PREMATURELY WORN, REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.