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Believe the Hype
nvr2lt, 07/26/2011
2011 Ford F-150 Platinum 4dr SuperCrew Styleside 5.5 ft. SB (5.0L 8cyl 6A)
24 of 28 people found this review helpful
I realize the hype around the ecoboost motor sounds beyond believable but as a new owner I say believe it. I have owned a number of domestic trucks, big v 8's to Diesel's as well as a number of european sedans and my last ride was an Escalade. The F150 Platinum is on par with everyone of those vehicles for fit and finish. The performance and fuel economy of the ecoboost is amazing. Quiet ride, over the top technology and a huge discount off the MSRP and this is easily the best vehicle I have purchased in the last number of years. Nice job Ford!
ecoboost, tough but sensitive
the guy who owns the truck, 02/20/2017
2011 Ford F-150 XLT 4dr SuperCrew Styleside 5.5 ft. SB (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
14 of 16 people found this review helpful
Love at first sight, that was me and my truck. It was a compromise for me to buy a truck with a V6. Then I drove it. Per the salesman's instruction I stomped on the accelerator while merging onto the highway and was promptly rewarded with a pretty aggressive push back into the seat. So, yeah...nice. Further research told me not to expect Ford's advertised fuel economy of 20+ mpg to be my reality. More like 17mpg for a tenderfoot driver or 14-15mpg for someone who drives like me. Fair enough. It's a truck, nor a Prius. Also, I have owned Japanese and German turbos in the past so I wasn't scared of a more modern take on achieving horsepower. The interior is spacious. Cavernous compared to my 1991 F-250. I am not in the same financial realm as GMC and Chevrolet...which is weird because nobody seems willing to loan me billions of dollars. They got a bailout but their prices don't reflect any appreciation or acknowledgment. Comparable Dodge products offer none of the comfort or resale value and their interiors feel more like a failed attempt to deliver happiness on a budget. The seats of my truck are cloth and that's fine with me. I have 3 kids, an English Mastiff, and all four of them treat my vehicles with much less reverence than I would like. So my truck is adorned with WeatherTech floor mats and water-resistant Skanda seat covers. Hooray! The Synch interface is simple to operate for a family that uses Android phones and tablets. The climate control is dependable and comfortable. Cold in the summer and HOT in the winter. All controls and gauges are easily read and understandable. I drive with the wheel tilted full down more like a car and I am always aware of my truck's operation profile. The exterior is strong. The nose-down stance is great for aerodynamics, I'm sure. However, I prefer my truck to be truck-ish so I installed a leveling kit and like the results much more than the factory offering. With the leveling kit in place there is more room for wheels and tires to fill the wheelwells. The bed is coated with LineX lining and it is perfect. The finished grain is ok for keeping most heavier things in place...particularly if I put down a rubber mat or a moving blanket. I've seen other linings that use a super aggressive grain that is very uncomfortable on kids knees and bare feet while at the beach, lake, or camping. Now...here's my little testimonial regarding MY OWN observations of the gremlins that reside in MY truck. The plugs are not going to make it to the factory designated change interval. The motor eats plugs like my kids eat Doritos on a 4th of July picnic. The result is an unpleasant and unexpected cut-out while under acceleration. Not Formula 1 acceleration, although it definitely would. I mean graceful and passive acceleration from going 75mph up to 80mph to pass a slow motorist on a four lane interstate, at 2500rpm. The jedi-master-mechanic who maintains my truck says this is the nature of the beast. We've simply accepted the unpleasant fact that plugs and coils are going to have to be changed at a higher frequency than Ford dictates. And Bosch platinum plugs are not a fix. The force of the turbos will extinguish the spark like a water hose versus a match. I'm not a mechanic, but I trust mine and he tells me to just plan for more frequent plug and coil changes. So far, so good. What I can do, and have done is to address each and every scheduled maintenance item puntually and make routine checks along the way. This isn't my dad's 1978 ford truck. Technology and redundancy of systems monitoring have supplanted the good old days of the average weekend wrencher. My 1979 CJ-7 was a diy dream come true. This F-150 bears more in common with my BMW 525i or my Audi A4 than it ever would to my old Jeep. Accepted. It's an overall victory. It's just sensitive. Finally, my family and I were returning home from a vacation this fall when we were rear-ended on a congested urban interstate. We were hit with enough force that we were pushed into the truck in front of us. The bed of my truck was collapsed inward and the rigid tonneau cover was pushed into the back passenger side window (not the side window, but the right 1/3 window immediately being my son's car seat. The window shattered, the bed was kaput, both bumpers were buggered, the guy who hit us actually sheared the 2" ball from my receiver hitch insert. Long story short, the truck was not pretty. Longer story shorter, my wife, my 3 young kids, and myself were fine. We actually stayed long enough to fill out the accident report and then off we went. We drove another 300 miles with duct tape over the window but all major systems worked just like they always did. The truck is now repaired and serviced and raring to go another 70K miles...or 170K, I hope. Yes, I love it. Yes, my family loves it, and yes, I would recommend it. It just needs more attention than a truck of old.
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2011 F-150 FX4 SuperCab (3.5L V6 EcoBoost - not V8 as classified above)
fx4alltheway, 11/22/2012
2011 Ford F-150 FX4 4dr SuperCab 4WD Styleside 6.5 ft. SB (5.0L 8cyl 6A)
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
I've had this truck for just over a year now. It's already made two cross-country trips and has been driven everywhere from the Colorado mountains to the Arizona desert. I have not had any problems whatsoever with the reliability or performance of the truck. It rides extremely comfortably and handles well in terms of breaking, acceleration, and turning. I have not gotten the advertised fuel milage based on the calculations the Sync system displays. I got 18.0 MPG driving from San Diego to Charleston, and get 17.3 MPG averaged city and highway regularly. Still good for a full sized truck. Overall, I am extremely happy with my purchase. If I had to do it again, I'd get the same truck.
Mediocre
spenceratx, 10/07/2014
2011 Ford F-150 XLT 4dr SuperCrew 4WD Styleside 5.5 ft. SB (5.0L 8cyl 6A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
I bought the 2011 XLT 4x4 ecoboost supercrew as I needed a larger truck for kiddos. Having driven a Tacoma, that I LOVED, for 13 years, the Ford was going to have to win me over. The acceleration was strong, and the tech features on the inside were pretty good, but that's where the positives ceased. The looks were bland. As others mentioned, the fuel economy was well below advertised - 14.5mpg in mixed driving in the winter. The turbo would flutter on and off under very light acceleration. I didn't want to be holding the bag when it fell apart so I sold it. I come from a Ford family, but if this is what the best selling truck is. No thanks. I'm driving another Tacoma(4D), and love it.
Bad Ecoboost Engine!
Del Burnham, 09/12/2016
2011 Ford F-150 XLT 4dr SuperCrew Styleside 5.5 ft. SB (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
I bought my truck used with 55K miles on it. Ever since I bought the truck it has had the common issue of engine shuttering and going into limp mode. I have spent over $6000 attempting to fix the issue. I bought new Full Race Intercooler, throttle body, cold air intake, turbo power pipes, new coils, new plugs 4 times and new exhaust. It still shuttered every time I sped up causing the condensation build up from the intercooler to enter the engine all at once and foul the engine. I then went as far as drilling holes into the lower intercooler, engine side, of the pipe at its lowest point to let all the water continue to drip out. It was ALWAYS Dripping all the time. Yesterday while hauling a car trailer with the truck from Colorado to Texas, all the sudden the engine shuttered one last time, as I again coasted to the side of the road only to find engine oil coming from under the engine. There were NO warnings!!! NO rise in engine temp during entire trip, and engine lights. When I checked the oil it was still within the "add oil" hash marks even after losing some on the ground. After towing it home I have since found out it broke a connecting rod and the engine is finished at only 101753 miles on it and I will now have to buy a new engine!! I feel the issue that Ford has had all along with the condensation build up in the intercooler is the ABSOLUTE cause of this engine failure!!! Constant and at times VERY severe shuttering will cause severe damage to the connecting rods, crank and pistons while misfiring like this, causing the engine to sooner of later fail like mine just did.
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