My 3/4 ton Chevy 4wd truck has been mudding for years without killiing. I even forded a 3 ft deep river once and it made it fine.

Reading this, I'm afraid to try this stuff with the F-150

 

Ricky...Your comparing apples and oranges...I agree with slowing down through the water...this would of prevented the water intrusion that caused the problem...I have had my 08 FX4 threw all kinds of mud and water...at a slow speed no problems...what do you expect to happen when you hit 6in deep water at 30 MPH...wheres it gonna go ??

 

that argument is not even comparable. brakes are not covered under warranty. if you pay someone 1500 bucks for brakes, you deserve to get took.

Q. truck ran fine, went thru big puddle, truck don't work, what happened to said truck?

A. Water got where it shouldn't have due to speed, now truck is broke, how is that ford's fault, it's not, driver misapplication.

warranties are only as good as your dealer...you speak of them as they are a almighty, they are usually a crock. you can go thru the same water hole 300 times and get lucky, it's that 1 time that hurts your wallet...live and learn

 

Wear items are not covered by the warranty. Excessive brake wear is normally caused by the drivers bad habits. Im at 73k on the original brakes, I know people that have had theirs replaced at 12k. But brakes wearing out early and a truck dying because he plowed through a puddle are not related in any way.

 

Dont be afraid to.Thats his f-150(and who knows he might have got a lemon,thats all.)I have been mudden for years in all my fords that i have had and never once did it kill.Even thoe you did say chevy power,i am going to take the high road on this one.Remember your ona ford website,not chevy...Not about ford or chevy power,its about how a person drives when mudden

 

This is the truest statement of all.

 

yes it is in the same neighborhood. If your breaks go out in a 6000 miles something is wrong, you shouldn't have to change breaks before you have to change the oil that isn't normal wear. Just like it isn't normal for a coil to go out from a little splashed muddy water. There isn't a single part on a truck that wont wear from use the issue is when it goes bad before it should.

my point is most of you are willing to take the dealers word as the final answer and fork over your hard earned money with out question. The dealer did not PROVE the muddy water caused the trouble he just saw some water on the engine and said it did.

The water exposed the issue so why should OP pay for something that was not right in the first place He did something YOU think she should not have done. that doesn't mean it is the cause of it.

I agree the warranty is only as good as the dealer that is backing it.

 

brakes are not covered, for a good reason, a city truck driven hard can warp the rotors in less time than an oil change, i've seen it. just like clutches are not covered, i burned out clutches over the weekend playing...

a little puddle...a 6 inch puddle, 25-30 mphs, that would make quite a splash....

the ford tech tested the part and it was no good, i am sure he had some reasoning behind it, they are just doing there job. most people are willing to take the dealers word because they don't know any better. how muddy/dirty was this part? was this the first time he went playing? how dirty was the truck? what else was under the hood? signs of abuse? we don't know...

you don't know what really happened, it could have been the water, it could have been alot of things combined, bottom line is the truck was fine before the OP went to thru a puddle too fast, which is black and white in the manual about crossing water. engine these days are super high tech compared to engines 25 yrs ago..your not even supposed to pressure wash new quads these days and they are meant to get dirty.

we still never found of what "exactly" was replaced, which sounds kinda fishy to me...

 

"bottom line is the truck was fine before the OP went to trough a puddle too fast" This doesn't hold water My Nissan was running fine until the timing belt broke and just dies in the street. A few weeks latter the same truck was running fine until the alternator went out. Most of the time we find things out is when it breaks. or trowes a code.

The water may have been what exposed the issue or it could have been just bad timing.

The OP drove the truck for at least 10 more miles after gong trough the mud puddle, if the water was the sole cause it would have happened much quicker by the time the truck stooped running all the water should have evaporated from the hear of the engine. so there is a lot more to this then just water hitting the coil.

 

i still wish we knew what parts were replaced...it may not hold water, lol, but that was the only thing that would lead to the malfunction of whatever parts needed replacing....unless something is being left out...