Ford 1.0L EcoBoost Wet Timing Belt Investigation Deepens Due to Safety Risks

When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary evaluation into Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost inline-three back in 2025, regulators were looking into a growing number of complaints involving unexpected wet timing belt failures. Not even a year later, the preliminary evaluation has been upgraded to an engineering analysis. How come? As the safety boffins began collecting…