Ford is currently facing a lawsuit alleging excessive oil consumption in F-150 pickup trucks with the 5.0L V8 Coyote engine, according to Ford Authority.
The suit, Bryan, et al., v. Ford Motor Company, revolves around 2018 to 2020 Ford F-150 pickups with Coyote V8 engines. It claims that the engines are defective and consume excessive amounts of oil, in addition to oil entering the combustion chamber, leaving carbon deposits behind and harming fuel efficiency. The suit also alleges that there is incorrect info in the owner’s manual about how much oil should be added and how often.
This is not the first lawsuit Ford has faced over its V8 Coyote engines, including one in Canada it’s currently trying to have dismissed. The company has denied such claims in the past, saying that it has a “minimum criterion for oil consumption for average retail customers based on laboratory/customer correlation” of 10,000 miles per quart (MPQ).
Ford has also said that its MPQ is not based on real life driving behaviors, but is used as a benchmark for internal testing purposes. It “does not quantify expected oil consumption in the Owner’s Manual or other customer information,” Ford has said.
