NHTSA Complaint #11384096 — 2016 FORD EDGE

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CHECKED VEHICLE WITH CODE READER AND CODE P0303 & P0316 SHOWED. WHEN VEHICLE STARTED WHEN COLD, IT WOULD CHUG AND STALL OUT AT TIMES. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND COOLANT WAS GETTING INTO THE #3 CYLINDER. THEREFORE REQUIRING A NEW LONG BLOCK. WE RESEARCHED TSB19-2346 AND FOUND THE EXACT SYMPTOMS TO WHAT CAUSED MY ENGINE FAILURE,AND THIS GOES FOR ALL 2.0 LITER ECO-BOOST ENGINES. BASICALLY, A FACTORY MATERIAL DEFECT IN HEAD THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO CYLINDER BLOCK, WHICH CAN CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. MY FORD WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED DUE TO MY VEHICLE MILEAGE. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY DUE TO WORDING IN CONTRACT WOULD ONLY COVER INTERNAL , LUBRICATED FAILURE OF ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP DEEMED MY FAILURE TO BE AN EXTERNAL, MATERIAL CAUSE BECAUSE IT CAME FROM THE HEAD. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT AND WOULD NOT BACK THEIR PRODUCT. IN THE END, I BELIEVE WITH NO QUESTION THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL, WHICH IT NEVER WAS. MY VEHICLE HAD AROUND 86,000 MILES AND SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW ENGINE. MY VEHICLE WAS A 2016 FORD EDGE SE, WITH 2.0 LITER ECO-BOOST, THAT I PURCHASED BRAND NEW.