I've been there... screwed up on a rear brake that I was fixing, causing a much larger issue... I learned! My mechanic claimed it under warranty. They questioned it but he said it was damaged and already had taken it apart and fixed it. It's good to get on the very good side of service guys because they are the ones that make the call to the service writer.

 

Atom, You are right I did ask about 20" tires but that doesn't mean I don't have a clue.

The simple fact is he did not "wreck" his truck he drove it and went trough a puddle of water.

Even if the water was like a pressure washer most of the water should have been deflected by the skid plates the finder wells and engine block the parts we are talking about are on the upper part of the engine not on the bottom that would be more subsetable to the water splashing.
it is hard to believe that enough water got up there to cause this damage. Things do happen and parts do get out that do have issues and should not have gotten out in the first place.

This issue came around when he drove tough a puddle on a dirt road, this issue could have happened the next time it rained and he was on a pathed road. (but I guess you would say she shouldn't be driving 55 on a pathed highway) A little water muddy or clear shouldn't cause this issue He paid for the warranty when he bought the truck so why should he have to pay for a part that shouldn't have gone out in the first place.

Now if he was out mudding or driving in a flood that would be different but he went trough a puddle.

It is ashame people have such pathetic lives that they have to come on here and pick everyone apart just to make them selves feel better.

 

aww...did i hurt you feelings...apparently you never offroaded a truck before.. a single cup of water can hydrolock a motor, like i said before a 6 inch puddle on a paved road....maybe a firelane or tote road...bottom line is not my truck broke, nor my bill to pay for fixing it... being so pathetic, i'll make sure not to help you with any questions in the future..

 

HA HA HA You didn't hurt my feeling.

I do not do any true off roading but I do take my Nissan frontier on the back farm dirt roads that are full of deep puddles and ruts all the time. I get mud all over my truck and it gets caked in the finders so deep that I could plaint corn in them. and I have never had an issue with hydrolock.
Then again we are not talking bout the OP truck getting hydrolock are we, his truck had issues with the coil, a part that should have been sealed.

By the way a single cup of water is a lot of water and I doubt that much got splashed up on top of his engine and if it did most of it should have evaporated before it ran into the intake.

 

After reading this thread I have to agree with Ranger and say that the truck has to be a lemon. Most of us have been through a lot of things that were worse then this simple mud puddle. The OP simply got unlucky and has to pay for it. This is no reason to never buy a Ford truck again due to one faulty truck.

I do have to agree with Atom when he says the OP should pay for it. He didnt have to go thru the puddle and doing so he was not driving under normal conditions as mentioned in the manual. He was going 20 to 30 MPH and unfortunately water got to where it should not have been. He was not on PAVED road he was on dirt road. Warranty would have covered it if it was on a public road.

Life sucks sometimes but you just have to suck it up and move on.

 

 

so you agree his truck is a lemon but you think the OP should still pay for it because he went trough a mud puddle on a dirt road.

He did not say if this road was a public or private road. around e we still have a lot of public roads that are dirt roads. this could have very well been a country public dirt road.

I thought the warranty was to protect us against defective parts and if his truck was a lemon then the warranty should cover it.

 

DEFECTIVE COIL = WARRANTY
WATER = OP

If the warranty covers this, the warranty should cover any damage as a result of ANY MUDHOLE, is that what the "consensus" is?..........
BECAUSE it's a 4-wheel drive vehicle?

I'm just trying to convince myself of that type reasoning, but I'm really hitting a "brick-wall".

 

mud hole is not the same as a mud puddle. the op did not go off roading he was going down a dirt road. it isnt the same as going trought bog.

If he went trought a bog and his truck shorted out I would agree he should foot the bill but not with a simple mud puddle on a irt road.

 

yea i hear your point ricky, but regardless of what the OP considers a road is the question, no paved roads that i know of have 6 inches of standing water...that would be a flooded road due to rain, like the OP stated. so, how does the dealer know what you were really doing? now what i call a decent puddle is a small lake, dirt road? dirt and water is mud...

a normal good dirt road-well traveled and came upon a decent mud puddle(had been raining last couplel days) covering the road, I went through it at about 25-30 mph,