re: Long-term reliability of turbo cars/trucks?

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I got the 2015 with a 3.5 L reg engine. I avg 22 mpg to 24 mpg.

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2015 Ford F-150 MPG
3.5L V6 GAS
Based on data from 48 vehicles, 1,714 fuel-ups and 724,656 miles of driving, the 2015 Ford F-150 gets a combined Avg MPG of 16.57 with a 0.13 MPG margin of error.

People who own Fords dont let their friends buy Fords...seriously though, I would buy an extended service warranty if your planning to keep the vehicle for a long time...turbo's fail and they are very expensive repairs.

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It's not a question of IF but WHEN the turbos fail and need to be rebuilt or replaced.

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I dont get why people are talking about "more moving parts/more that can go wrong."

There's nothing complicated about turbos. They aren't breaking all over there place because of poor design or "too many moving parts." Turbos simply have a life and when that life is up, they fail and need to be replaced. The life of the turbos depends on the size of the turbos and the amount of boost.

This has nothing to do with engine failure or the like. You simply replace the turbos (or single turbo) for anywhere from $500-$2000 and go on about your day.

For example: My first car out of school was a BMW with twin turbos. I bought it in 2010 as a 1 year old car with 20 thousand miles. I put a ton of miles on that car in about 4 years. I was told they usually last to about 100,000 miles before the turbos fail. I made it to 115,000. Then I replaced the turbos and traded it in.

Engines that aren't designed for them, and engineers that don't know how to adapt systems to them are the problem

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I find this the hardest thing to believe on your post, out of all the things you said that sounded unbelievable.

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I can second his claim. I had a set of 80k mile Michelins that I got 134,600 miles out of on a 2002 Honda Civic that saw ~80% highway mileage. A Civic is a light car so that played some part in it and highway driving is much easier on tires than stop and go city driving.

I even still had tread left on them. Only one was at the wear indicators. I replaced them because the sidewalls were dry rotting because I park in the sun.

Diesel trucks have turbos, they run forever. Don't over think this.

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The 6.7 liter powerstrokes have been great engines. The 6.0 and 6.4 were garbage

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Powerstroke.org 6.7 motor problems subform seems well populated...

LINK

My obligatory 1999 7.3L PowerStroke post. I change the oil. That's it.