Just yesterday, The Blue Oval launched a pair of new performance calibrations for two of its Ford Raptor models – the Ford Bronco Raptor and the Ford Ranger Raptor. These tunes provide a significant increase in terms of power for a pretty reasonable price, which is sure to make them rather appealing to the owners of those vehicles. The Ford Raptor calibrations even qualify for a Ford Performance three-year, 36,000-mile parts warranty for a little extra peace of mind, but as it turns out, there is a bit of an asterisk attached to that detail.
As Ford Truck Enthusiasts has discovered, those that purchase this Ford Raptor performance calibration could essentially be reducing the duration of their factory powertrain warranty, which starts out at five years and 60,000 miles. This is because if the automaker determines that damage to the engine has occurred as a result of the calibration – and the vehicle has already passed the three-year, 36,000-mile mark – it won’t be covered under that warranty.
Of course, if damage does occur within the five-year, 60k-mile period that isn’t related to the calibration, then it will be covered under warranty, but we must also consider one other tiny detail – the start date of the Ford Performance powertrain warranty is the vehicle’s original “in-service” date, or the day the vehicle was purchased – not the day the tune is installed, which means that the proverbial clock is already ticking. As is usually the case, the calibration must also be installed by a Ford dealer or ASE/Red Seal certified technician for warranty coverage to apply as well.
Regardless, those that aren’t concerned with these details can take advantage of this calibration and add some serious power to their twin turbocharged 3.0L V6 EcoBoost engines. For $825, the calibration results in an output of 455 horsepower and 536 pound-feet of torque for both models, which is a massive boost over the stock ratings of 405 horsepower and 430 pound-feet in the Ranger Raptor and 418 horsepower and 440 pound-feet in the Bronco Raptor – even higher than the Ford F-150 Raptor’s twin turbocharged 3.5L V6 EcoBoost output of 450 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque.
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Comments
Let’s hope the tune files are good!!
Where is the news here? This coverage has been in place for many years now and that gap has always existed. One thing the article didn’t mention is that if you put an aftermarket tune on your Ford and they determine that the calibration causes the failure you have no warranty from the day it’s installed so I guess I see the Ford Performance 3/36 warranty as a positive and not the negative it’s made out to be in this article.