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For months if not longer I’ve always had a hunch that the Ford Focus ST or RS brake Calipers and rotors would fit on the Transit Connect. This meant having a larger set of brakes design for the Focus on the Transit Connect. Well this just in after creating an account on Instagram, we located a user by the name @StanceisDead who was commissioned to build a mobile auto detailing Transit Connect. In doing so he added a bagged air ride system along with Brembo calipers. After months if not longer searching asking question (which no one would answer) it’s just been confirmed by another source on Instagram @showcarautospa that the 4 piston Brembo brake calipers designed for the Ford Focus RS/ST will fit on the Transit Connect.

Seeing how the EcoBoost is a hot topic, I did some searching for the specs of our Transit Connect’s 2.0L GDI I-4 engine. (which is not the same engine as was built in Dearborn, Mich Unlike the Ecoboost which was build in Ohio. My issue is, 3 Ford dealerships and other sourced can not clarify or confirm as to if our van can be fueled with regular gas or the E85 fuels.. However, on the spec sheet, it clearly says:

Recommended Fuels:
Regular Unleaded or E85 while the 2.5L I4 shows just the Regular Unleaded on it’s spec line.

Source: https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/product/2020/transit-connect-van/2020_Ford_Transit_Connect_Tech_Specs.pdf

Now we’ve had a flexfuel vehicle once before and it had two things that identified that it was a flexfuel vehicle. One being the badge and the other being a yellow fuel fill opening. Our 2.0L doesn’t have this yellow fill hole but follow down the fuel line and one would see it does have a yellow connector nearest the tank entry point.
We need some input to help us figure out if we can run the eFuels. I’m asking because we actually topped the tank off twice with the eFuels and had no issues, In fact the van ran great with loads of pickup and performance, the down side, fuel economy was terrible.

So can our Transit Connect 2.0L I4 van run both a Regular Unleaded or E85 or is the spec sheet not clarifying any difference.

A Facebook friend directed me to a Ford Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) regarding the coolant consumption and misfires/failures with the Ecoboost 2.0L engines sold with 2017 – 2020 (est) vehicles. the Ford TSB #22-2229 clearly directs techs to inspect cylinder heads of these engines for coolant intrusion.
Recommended fix is engine replacement. (my paraphrase of the verbiage)

Ford has officially admitted to being aware of this issue since at least June 2022. They have avoided taking any responsibility for the almost inevitable total failure of the Ecoboost 2.0L engines provided from around 2017 to around 2020. Ford redesigned this engine in 2017 using an ill conceived design that has proven to fail and refuses to be responsible for their grievous engineering error. This defacto denial of responsibility by Ford is outrageous.

Why has lincoln stopped making the continental? It was one of there best cars yet a lot of customers still would like a four door sedan a lot of other car companys still or are starting to make a sedan i think its a big mistake not to a least offer a sedan to your customers and the lincoln continental was a great car thats why its so popular as a used car ev is not ready for everyone you cant go on a long trip wit it its good for in town its to costly and if we dont learn from our past mistakes we are doomed to repeat them be a leader not a follower mostly all of your customers that can afford a new lincoln are your older customers look at mercedes they still offer a sedan and a gas car think about it before its too late

So at least 1 year ago, we contacted one of the main sources for 3D printing the Ford Focus snorkels, We asked if they would be willing to print a custom snorkel for the 2020 Transit Connect, They (name hidden) declined our suggestion. Afterward I searched the net looking for anyone else with the rectangular snorkel. Then discovered the Creative Commons 3D printing site that has a program to print this snorkel yourself. Collecting the data, I sent it to our shop last year. Now they couldn’t get to it right away but surprised me moments ago with images of the completed snorkel.

Mind you the Focus data needed to redesigned to fit the Transit Connect. That’s just another thing we’ll have the shop work on for us while having the coil springs installed this weekend. Now if you drive a Connect an want something like this, good luck finding it.. Our shop isn’t willing to make any more as it took them 30 hours to print. Just another one of those one offs I come up with which no one else will create for us.

We’re days away from having a set of the Cobra Suspension 40mm rear lowering springs installed on the 2020 Transit Connect van. This is going to be exciting for all those whom are interested in this. Several of those interested is Cobra Suspension themselves. Reason being is that these 40mm lowering springs were designed for the UK market not the US market. So they (Cobra Suspension) is not 100% sure these will fit. We ordered just the rear set because the front of the van with Bilstein B6 struts and the factory coil springs lowered the van by 3/4 of an inch or 19mm. That’s perfectly fine for us as there is a slight bit of scrubbing when crossing railroad track and the speed humps. If one was to view the Cobra springs online, they appear to be orange in color, But once they arrived they are a very bold red color. I have to say these are some heavily coated coil springs. Once and If successful, we’ll then drive over to the Ford dealership and place an order for a new set of Front coil springs. We’re doing this to have the new set powder coated the same color as the new set of rear Cobra coils. Just for appearances.

I have a 2023 F150 Limited the dealer set up my Ford Pass program on my IPhone 12
It communicated with my vehicle for a few weeks and then stopped communicating.
I have reset it and removed and reinstalled and all I get is Activate but when I follow Ford’s instructions to activate the program simply comes back un able to communicate with Ford at this time…I’ve tried moving vehicle to other locations no luck.
I’ve left several messages with Ford on my Ford account internet website and I’ve left several messages over last 6-8 weeks and this is a major issue that pisses this long time Ford customer off…..not once has Ford responded to my requests for help messages…
It’s like once they get my $87,000 dollars they don’t care anymore.

We bought a 2018 Ford Edge Titanium AWD with Ecoboost 2.0 engine in January 2023. A few weeks later the Check Engine Light (CEL) lit up. Took vehicle to local mechanic, codes p0316 and p0304, …16 = sartup misfires, …04 = misfires on cylinder 04. Replaced all 4 spark plugs and codes were cleared. Just over a week later CEL lit up again, code p0304 again. Replaced ignition coil cylinder 04 and code cleared. At this point I noticed minor coolant consumption. Few days later CEL lit up again, code p0304 again. Coolant consumption continues.

After much research it appears that this is a known issue with the Ecoboost 2.0 engine on the 2018 Ford Edge, including other Ford vehicles with this engine from around 2015 through around 2019. Ford changed the design by scoring channels between the cylinders in an ill conceived attempt to increase cooling. This bad design allows coolant to degrade head gasket leading to coolant intrusion into cylinders. Inevitably, this leads to engine failure. Apparently, Ford redesigned the Ecoboost 2.0 engine around 2020 to eliminate this issue. Ford has not recalled these engines and apparently refuses to fix the issue if the vehicle is out of warranty. The Ecoboost 2.0 engines with this bad design WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL. This issue is the direct result of Ford’s bad design making these engines unmerchantable. Ask yourself who would buy a Ford vehecle with an engine that will totally fail anywhere between 30,000 and 100,000 miles? Why has Ford not recalled these engines? Why has Ford at very least offered the same treatment to owners of these vehicles that they offered to owners of Ecoboost 1.5 engines? One lady with that engine told me Ford replaced it at no cost to her under a Ford program when her mileage was 95,000 miles! DO THE RIGHT THING, FORD! DO NOT MAKE US SUE FORD FOR EQUITABLE COMPENSATION!

At some point 2 years ago, we heard that some of the 2018 Ford Focus performance parts could fit the 2020 Transit Connect and when one was to ask parts departments if a performance sway bar from a Focus fit on a Transit Connect, all one would get is “no it wont” and without any explanations. In order to find out why the sway bar wont fit the Connect, we gotten the support from John Hotchkis and drove to his shop in the heart of NASCAR country. This drive would take us 12 hours or more. But once there, the shop raise the van and dropped the engine cradle all in an effort to find out if the Hotchkis 32mm focus sway bar would fit the van. Although the sway bar mounted up in the correct orientation. the forward bends of the bar came in contact with two main support uprights located on the cradle. Sadly, a Performance sway bar designed for the Ford Focus RS/ST will not work on the Connect. But wait not all is lost. Seems there is another vehicle that utilizes the same engine cradle as the Connect. The Ford KUGA. Turning our search towards anything related to the 2013-2019 KUGA, there is a company called Hardrace that has designed a 28mm performance sway bar just for the KUGA. In the knowing that the Ford KUGA uses the same cradle as the Connect, we’re aiming to test fit this KUGA sway bar on the van that already has a 24mm sway bar.

We bought a 2018 Ford Edge Titanium in January 2023 from a KIA dealership in Clarksville Indiana, I wish I had researched the Ecoboost 2.0 engine failures first. If I had we would not have made this purchase. We have been getting Check Engine Light (CEL) lighting up frequently and the vehicle is now consuming coolant. It’s probably the beginning of the end for this motor. We can only hope the 3rd party extended warranty we also purchased will pay for the inevitable engine replacement. So far, we replaced the sparkplugs and one of the ignition coild on cylinder #4. My OBD-II indicates misfires on cylinder #4, code p0304 which is unusual because this issue usually involves cylinders #3 and #4.

It is unconscionable that Ford has refused to do a recall for what is clearly a manufacturing defect. At the very least, Ford should do for Ecoboost 2.0 owners what they have done for Ecoboost 1.5 owners. I read a lady’s post online whose 1.5 engine was replaced and 95,000 miles. Apparently, people have to die from crashes and/or engine fires before they step up. If you are shopping for a car, avoid the Ecoboost 2.0 engine on all vehicles prior to 2021…