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I have a first year eco boost that is 7 years on the road with 95k miles. No engine issues whatsoever, at least thus far. About 1 in every 6 miles or so is spent towing a 3500 pound trailer or hauling a heavy load. Power is there in spades. The truck (F150) also does not lose power at high elevations. Fully loaded with the trailer and no sweat over Wolf Creek Pass.
I have a 2015 version of the same truck. The Ecoboost is a BEAST.
One thing I should've added is that I live on the back side of a mountain. 99% of the time when I leave my house I climb 600' in 2 miles. Anytime I drive off the mountain, on the return I climb over 2000' in about 6 miles, most of it in 3 miles. So the turbo will probably be running for longer than it would for most people pulling out onto roads and merging onto interstates. Of course when I go downhill it will be off, as well as at steady speeds on flats (I assume). I just don't want to have to baby a 4 cyl crossover (like the Subaru Ascent, which is larger than the Forester or Outback) up a hill to save the engine. I don't know how much of a factor that is.
I bought the turbo version of my truck (vs the naturally aspirated V8) precisely because of its better torque for hills.
Here's a test of the 2018 version:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=f150+ecob...v136-5a_&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=_z4isefQedA
and an older test:
One thing about the Eco Boost: You can have 'eco' or your can have 'boost', but not both at the same time. In the 1st video they got something like 4 MPG when pulling the (heavy) trailer up the Colorado mountain. In my personal experience, with 33K miles on my 2015 F150, I have a lifetime to date mileage of 20.5 MPG on this vehicle. That is: with my 5,000# plus truck, plus weight in the back in winter plus use of snow tires, plus occasionally hauling a full loads of wood, plus occasionally pulling my L series Kubota on a 20' trailer truck. All of this on mostly regular 87 octane gas. (I do put 91 Ethanol free in it sometimes, especially if I am going to be towing - higher octane gas is recommended if you are going to tow heavy).