Three Weeks, 863.5 miles, Dead 2018 GT PP2

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words.... what they didn't say is all 1,000 are some version of FUUUUUUUUUUUCK! Yes that is a chunk of my engine block and what's left of a piston ring...

Ouch. sorry to see that.

Shit...

Sorry this happened OP. Definitely not reassuring for us 18 GT owners :(

Good luck and please keep us updated.

Damn, that's f'ed up for sure. Any indication? What scenario did it happen under?

Sorry to see that. Did you have the rattle? How about the bbq ignitor tick?

soooo like the background maybe?

For the background, I was merging onto a highway, but was stuck behind a prius at about 40 mph. Went to shift from 3rd to 4th and the engine grenaded. No hard driving at all.

BrianH87 said:

Sorry to see that. Did you have the rattle? How about the bbq ignitor tick?

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Did not have either symptom that I know of.

JD_GTPP2 said:

...stuck behind a prius at about 40 mph. Went to shift from 3rd to 4th...

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I don't see how this could possible be connected.

control4userguy said:

I don't see how this could possible be connected.

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Nope, not connected at all. Was just to illustrate how easy I was driving at the time.

Terrible. Sorry this happened to you.:tsk:

That sucks man!! Nothing like being all excited to have a new performance vehicle, then having it completely fail. One extreme to the other. Best of luck.

This is a shit load of 18 s .. reads like the ecoboom threads since 2015 ..

JD_GTPP2 said:

Nope, not connected at all. Was just to illustrate how easy I was driving at the time.

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Yes, but perhaps the stress came earlier and then manifested itself later? Just maybe?

Bad all the way around. Not even a hint of a prior issue. Really sorry to see this.