When do you pull the trigger and demand.....
5 Year Member
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: In way too hot southern Georgia
There is a ford representative (forum name fordservice) that jumps on these forums. They helped me and eventually I had a new transmission and radiator. My dealer gave me a rental while they had my truck for 6 weeks. Dumb thing though they gave me a Ram 1500. Way to introduce your competitors into your customers ford.
Dealer is the clown. Ford does not own the dealership and has no control over what vehicle are used as loaners. Stupid move by a Ford dealer.
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Livonia, MI
Parts can be bad even brand new. I once replaced a voltage regulator on a vehicle with a brand new one. Car still wouldn't start. Towed it to a shop. They said it was a voltage regulator. They changed it and the car ran perfect.
Don't ever assume that just because a part is new that it is good.
Don't ever assume that just because a part is new that it is good.
You have to keep in mind that most of the part issues that cause a problem that bring you into a dealer are just that, part issues, meaning whatever caused that part to be bad from the factory can sure as hell be a problem with the replacement.