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2020 Ford Transit

Reliability tier: verified - see /disclosure/

Engine: 3.5L V6 PFDi (Cyclone, NA) (Ford Cyclone, 3.5L)

3.5L PFDi V6 (port-fuel injection, non-turbo Cyclone, engine code 998): 275 hp / 262 lb-ft; 10-speed from the MY2020 redesign. Replaced the 3.7 as the standard gas engine.

Applicable failure modes (3)

• Cooling service: thermostat/housing and hoses
• Fuel delivery: in-tank pump and injectors
• Ignition service: plugs and COP coils

Applicable parts (6)

• ford-transit-gas-v6: ignition-coil (honest catalog gap)
• ford-transit-gas-v6: coolant (service item)
• ford-transit-gas-v6: fuel-pump (honest catalog gap)
• ford-transit-gas-v6: fuel-injector (honest catalog gap)
• ford-transit-gas-v6: spark-plug (honest catalog gap)
• ford-transit-gas-v6: thermostat (honest catalog gap)

Platform recipes (2)

• Coolant smell, puddles or temperature creep on a gas Transit V6: thermostat, housing and hoses with fresh coolant (mode fm-tgv-cooling-service)
• Misfire, rough idle under load or hard start on a naturally aspirated Transit V6: idle-heavy fleet duty wears plugs early - full plug set plus the coil that fails the swap test (mode fm-tgv-ignition)

Reference for this truck