atnolan94

They made mention on the website that the plugs must have been done by an "authorized" for dealer. So I would assume unless you did it at the dealership you are also hosed.

Martian

Of course... screw us perfectly capable guys at home, right

atnolan94

Yeah but you weren't charged $50 every time you had to extract one. To say you are getting "screwed" is a bit ridiculous. Class action suits are not about anything but money as others have stated. You didn't lose money, just time.

Martian

And money in tools not normally needed for this job and money from time I took off from work just in case I needed to tow the truck to a shop... quit assuming things.

atnolan94

You are in a mood....I'm just saying unless it was dollars out of you pocket, which it wasn't, they won't provide financial settlement. One way or another, if you spent $400 doing your own plugs (which I highly doubt), based on their chart you'd get $20 back. You're pretty disgruntled over $20...

I'm not sure what you are telling me I'm assuming? This is a dollars and cents thing and it is what it is. If you want a settlement for people that did the plugs themselves, then go hire some lawyers...then your $20 seems a lot less important.

It also says in your sig that you didn't break any plugs when doing yours so how does this affect you at all?

Mod (Ret.)

IMO, those who were inconvenienced with the issue should also be compensated. If you did the work yourself, your time is worth something, and therefore you should get something for that.
As stated, the price of the extraction tool, your time as labor, something. But as usual, the lawyers make out big; the ones that were affected, basically nothing.

atnolan94

I AGREE! But legally it is impossible to come up with a fair rate of compensation. Thats all I'm saying. No one is getting "screwed" here. Even so. I spent $900 at a shop. I may get $200 back but I still spent $700 at the end of the day...alot of people here bought these trucks AFTER we knew this was an issue so we have to accept that this is a common issue with these trucks and it is expensive.

7.3s had tons of issues with Cam Position Sensors. The sensor would go bad and the truck would die and you couldn't restart it. Talk about time and money, because you didn't get to decide when it went out. And People who rely on their truck to work or get to work definitely were inconvenienced. Ford did the right thing and recalled it. But to a certain extent, you just have to know that theres risks associated with owning every sort of vehicle, and sometimes its just expensive to repair.

We are kind of arguing from the same side here, but to say that people who did it themselves got "screwed" is pretty extreme. It is just legally very hard to set a guideline on reimbursing work done on your own time. An hour of time for a high schooler is a lot different then an hour of time for an established person making a good wage.

Part of the issue here also is that some shops know that this is an issue and abuse the position they have. If you went to a shop and they said 6 of your 8 broke, did you ask to see the 6 broken plugs? I did and the shop I did it at said they had already "thrown them out." I always assumed a lot less than 6 broke, but you know thats life. And I left myself at the mercy of a mechanic, which I no longer do for any reason but alignments and state inspections.

I know your time is valuable, and I think mine is too. But the reality is, unless you lost dollars that were already in your pocket, its kind of the end of that story...See to me, the $200 won't solve the issue, and it doesn't really change the fact that I STILL spent $700 on my plugs, but I'm not one out looking for a free lunch.

I'm not trying to argue with you guys at all. We can all agree that anyone who has done spark plugs and spent over $300 doing so should be reimbursed down to the $300, but I'm not sure thats realistic. Its just not.

Millinex

I've owned many vehicles. Parts break, sometimes parts don't work. sometimes stuff happens. I've seen so many makes/models with a design flaw somewhere in them.

It's part of owning a vehicle. Stop crying about it.

atnolan94

Thank you.

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