YAAY Me! Decided to Join the Cam Phaser Rattle Club

[Bubbasuwannee]

19' Model purchased new. 41.5k miles. Just recently started rattling after not running for a couple of hours or overnight. Doesn't always do it, but most of the time it does. Not sure how Ford is handling these now...cam phaser replacement, software update, head replacement. Seems they're all over the place.

 

[Frank N]

Welcome to the club, member 16789 has been assigned to you. Call a good dealer, let them fix it and forget about it and continue driving happy.

 

[Bubbasuwannee]

Welcome to the club, member 16789 has been assigned to you. Call a good dealer, let them fix it and forget about it and continue driving happy.

Yea I'm not worried about...knew my day would come eventually. I'm in this truck for the long haul...love it despite some of the issues. Placed a call to the dealer earlier, just waiting for a call back.

 

[Bubbasuwannee]

Contacted the dealer. They told me that they will flash the new program, keep over night and see if the rattle returns. If it does(I'm sure it will) then they will get approval for the phaser replacement.

 

[1BAD454SSv2]

How often do you do oil changes ? Also is start stop enabled and do you use it ?Shut off at stop lights.

 

[Bubbasuwannee]

How often do you do oil changes ? Also is start stop enabled and do you use it ?Shut off at stop lights.

Every 5K Amsoil. I do use the start stop most of the time unless I'm in sport or towing mode.

 

[1BAD454SSv2]

This pure speculation. Oil change miles is good at 5000 mi. But I have been noticing a correlation with phaser issues and start stop usage and extended oil changes over 5000 miles. Like I said pure speculation.

 

[Bubbasuwannee]

This pure speculation. Oil change miles is good at 5000 mi. But I have been noticing a correlation with phaser issues and start stop usage and extended oil changes over 5000 miles. Like I said pure speculation.

It’s possible, but I’ve read there’s also some head design issues possibly causing it as well.

 

[1BAD454SSv2]

 

[FordTechOne]

It’s possible, but I’ve read there’s also some head design issues possibly causing it as well.

There is no head design issue. The issue is duty cycle and phaser design related. Hence the new calibration and redesigned phasers.