I was even more impressed with the 2.7 by this video. This platform looks incredible strong and durable outside of the oil belt. I'm sure if this becomes a common failure point at higher mileages the aftermarket will develop a solution, especially with how widespread the engine is in the F150.
The dealer will not eat the cost of leather out of their own profit. The costs listed on your window sticker are also associated with a cost on an invoice that the dealer is paying. This is something to take up the chain with a Ford executive.
Mine was going there anyway for the Wildtrak stickers then. I'm trying to figure out why the sequencing number on my window sticker is out of 6 cars, and I thought that may have had something to do with it, but I guess not.