NHTSA Complaint #11483168 — 2017 FORD F-150

During service for a recall (possible leaking master brake cylinder) the dealership advised me of leakage from an oil pan beneath the engine block. I assumed it was a matter of tightening the attachment bolts or possibly replacing the gasket. I was then informed that Ford glues the pan to the engine block and the oil was seeping through the glue. Further, the repair was to remove the existing pan and the residual glue from the block and replace with a new pan as the glue cannot be removed from the existing pan. The repair was estimated at $950. I have never heard of gluing on that critical part. Glue will eventually fail at which the pan will separate from the block and be ejected onto the street along with oil. As a design engineer I am amazed that glue is an acceptable assembly procedure.