articrandom
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Back in October I purchased an 15 Premium Eco with 25k miles for $18K. It has treated me really well and it currently sits at 36.5k miles.
I have been really happy with it until the past 4-5k miles, and here is why:
1. My AC went out just over 300 miles and now I am not sure if Ford is going to warrant the system. Dealer is going to diagnose it next week and go from there...
2. Engine has been off for awhile. It seems sluggish, like slow and I feel like it does not have enough power most of the time. I would love to take it to a dyno and see how it does. Here are the issues it is having:
2a. Not enough pick up and go at mergers, anything past 70-80mph the car is mostly like my old 1.5 Fusion accelarating.
2b. Cylinder 4 misfire light came up and I cleared it and has not come back again but why did it come up?? Spark plug was replaced prior to that and it was working and looked fine.
2c. I get some weird shaking sound from the engine and coming out of the exhaust at a start up sometimes... it goes away after 10-20 seconds.
2d. Car has been having issues (which were mostly fixed by replacing the fuel pressure sensor) at accelerating from like 20mph to like 60ishmph. Car would hesitate at around 3k RPMs, the RPM gauge would shake like not wanting to go, and after it finally gets over 4k RPMs, car would go just fine. This does not happen as often as before but I still get it every other couple of weeks. Also, related to this problem, as the car is struggling to get past 4k RPMs, I hear some pop noises from the engine bay.
Other than those issues, car is great. I have driven it in the winter and it has been a champ.
I am considering upgrading to a 15-17 GT or a new Eco if the AC thing doesn't get fixed and if the engine issues get overlooked by the typical excuses (it works as intended, can't replicate the issue and such...)
Is it a smart move? In my area used GTs ($28-$32k) are almost as expensive as a brand new base GT ($30k32k) and some Ecos (mixed of 15-16 base and premium with like 17k-30k miles) are going for like $20-26k. For that price I can get on a brand new base Eco.
I have been really happy with it until the past 4-5k miles, and here is why:
1. My AC went out just over 300 miles and now I am not sure if Ford is going to warrant the system. Dealer is going to diagnose it next week and go from there...
2. Engine has been off for awhile. It seems sluggish, like slow and I feel like it does not have enough power most of the time. I would love to take it to a dyno and see how it does. Here are the issues it is having:
2a. Not enough pick up and go at mergers, anything past 70-80mph the car is mostly like my old 1.5 Fusion accelarating.
2b. Cylinder 4 misfire light came up and I cleared it and has not come back again but why did it come up?? Spark plug was replaced prior to that and it was working and looked fine.
2c. I get some weird shaking sound from the engine and coming out of the exhaust at a start up sometimes... it goes away after 10-20 seconds.
2d. Car has been having issues (which were mostly fixed by replacing the fuel pressure sensor) at accelerating from like 20mph to like 60ishmph. Car would hesitate at around 3k RPMs, the RPM gauge would shake like not wanting to go, and after it finally gets over 4k RPMs, car would go just fine. This does not happen as often as before but I still get it every other couple of weeks. Also, related to this problem, as the car is struggling to get past 4k RPMs, I hear some pop noises from the engine bay.
Other than those issues, car is great. I have driven it in the winter and it has been a champ.
I am considering upgrading to a 15-17 GT or a new Eco if the AC thing doesn't get fixed and if the engine issues get overlooked by the typical excuses (it works as intended, can't replicate the issue and such...)
Is it a smart move? In my area used GTs ($28-$32k) are almost as expensive as a brand new base GT ($30k32k) and some Ecos (mixed of 15-16 base and premium with like 17k-30k miles) are going for like $20-26k. For that price I can get on a brand new base Eco.
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