New ride for the wifey
- Thread starter Greasy
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Free fix for me since the car is still less than a year old. I actually have an 8 year full coverage warranty on it, but I don't like it when my wife and potentially kids get stranded. Ironically I bought a AAA membership right after I bought the Ford.
AAA saved my bacon more than once. Even though I have a (hopefully) far more reliable car than I had before (2014 Corolla) I still will keep my AAA membership as it's so cheap and the potential savings if/when you need them is more than worth it.
Greasy
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No joke. They are so much faster than the OEM in this case Ford road side response. When I had my infiniti and it was wrecked, I called them. Waited 4 hours, and still nobody showed up. I finally drove the damn thing home with a busted steering column and a crooked wheel. I didn't even bother calling the Ford road side assistance.
Payne3d
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Greasy
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It drives great too when it works.
This thing is fun as hell to drive for an SUV. I love it, and she does too.
What is/was wrong with it?
The running joke that FORD = Found On Road Dead, or Fix Or Repair Daily still stands, though their trucks & SUVs have generally improved in quality over the years. Glad you got a good warranty. With all the computer systems in modern cars, it seems like a massive % of issues are computer/electrical rather than mechanical. Makes them harder to isolate & fix. More expensive too.
The running joke that FORD = Found On Road Dead, or Fix Or Repair Daily still stands, though their trucks & SUVs have generally improved in quality over the years. Glad you got a good warranty. With all the computer systems in modern cars, it seems like a massive % of issues are computer/electrical rather than mechanical. Makes them harder to isolate & fix. More expensive too.
Greasy
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I called today for an update. He says, they changed out the MAP sensor. Yeah, not buying that. I get that triggering a check engine light, but what does that have to do with the rest of the drive train going crazy and shutting down?
I'm going out of town today, and my wife is afraid to drive her new car to Raleigh this weekend to see her sister.
I'm going out of town today, and my wife is afraid to drive her new car to Raleigh this weekend to see her sister.
I called today for an update. He says, they changed out the MAP sensor. Yeah, not buying that. I get that triggering a check engine light, but what does that have to do with the rest of the drive train going crazy and shutting down?
I'm going out of town today, and my wife is afraid to drive her new car to Raleigh this weekend to see her sister.
Sounds fishy, but who knows how interdependent the computer systems are that control everything? It's likely that the MAP sensor error was the only thing they found on the OBD2 scan. Dealer service departments tend to not investigate much further than that. Last time I took a vehicle to a dealer, I had to force them to test drive it, with me in the passenger seat, until we could reproduce the problem.
kytprice
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I called today for an update. He says, they changed out the MAP sensor. Yeah, not buying that. I get that triggering a check engine light, but what does that have to do with the rest of the drive train going crazy and shutting down?
I'm going out of town today, and my wife is afraid to drive her new car to Raleigh this weekend to see her sister.
That doesn't sound right at all. Like you I can see it throwing a code but not much else. Certainly not what you described.
gamefoo21
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Well considering if the MAP fails they often don't just die but start spiraling out.
Considering the engine relies on the MAP for knowing air and temp of air into the cylinders.
Add in electronic throttles, depending on how it could go wrong, it could make the ride do all sorts of bad things all the way to burning holes in the pistons.
Just like if a shitty MAF starts acting shitting, it can flood or starve the engine, make it really slow to respond, etc.
The MAP is a core sensor that's tied very heavily to everything with making the engine able to run.
Considering the engine relies on the MAP for knowing air and temp of air into the cylinders.
Add in electronic throttles, depending on how it could go wrong, it could make the ride do all sorts of bad things all the way to burning holes in the pistons.
Just like if a shitty MAF starts acting shitting, it can flood or starve the engine, make it really slow to respond, etc.
The MAP is a core sensor that's tied very heavily to everything with making the engine able to run.
Greasy
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She got it back Friday afternoon while I was out of town. We asked the to change them oil and rotate the tires, because it was time. They did neither of those things, and put it on the receipt as done. I checked the oil today when I got home, because they didn't reset the oil live computer. Yep, that **** looks like oil with 5k miles on it, and it's a half a quart low. Ran my fingers on the front wheels, and they were black. Back wheel, and barely any dust.
I went directly to Ford support, and they're going to have the service manager contact me. I can't stand crap like this!
I went directly to Ford support, and they're going to have the service manager contact me. I can't stand crap like this!
Mahjik
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Keep in mind, it only takes about 30 minutes of running on a vehicle for fresh oil to look dirty. That has nothing to do with it's ability to lubricate and remove contaminants from the engine (which is why it's dark). In short, you cannot go by color alone to tell if they changed the oil or not.
Greasy
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For sure, but the fact that they didn't reset the oil life and didn't rotate the tires was enough for me to call them out. We get two years of free ones, and after that I'm going to another dealer. They're shady as hell there. I gave them hell today about this.
Mahjik
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If the maintenance agreement is part of the standard Ford purchased maintenance, then it doesn't matter which dealer services your Ford (i.e. if it's not a special deal you worked, you don't have to wait).
FWIW, many places forget to reset oil life system. Jaguar has forgotten twice on my car.
Greasy
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It's a dealer perk if you buy from them. Hopefully the car is good to go now. I drove it today, and everything seemed great with it. Shifted smoothly, and the motor was purring. Never had a new car die like this, so I'm not a big Ford fan right now.