Bought an 06 F250 4x4 a few weeks ago. Love the truck. It's everything I've ever wanted in a truck; 4x4, leather, sunroof, loaded, etc. Went to a friend's house to pick up some stuff, came back out and it wouldn't start. Trailered it to the local dealership for service, left it sit overnight and the next morning, it fired right up.
Drove around to the service department and left it with them. It's still under warranty, so it's no big deal. That was Friday, the 17th. They called me on Monday, the 20th and told me the truck was ready, I went to pick it up and it wouldn't start again. The mechanic came out and after about 30 seconds of cranking, got it running. He proceeded to blow smoke up my butt about how it wasn't taken up to operating temperature, blah, blah, blah. He told me to take it and while we were talking, the truck died. The look of "Oh crap" on his face was priceless. He said it looks like they needed to work on it some more.
Fast forward nearly two weeks and my truck is still in the shop. Last time I saw it, the transmission was removed as was the top of the engine. They've replaced the high pressure oil lines, the branch fittings and a couple other things to no avail. The service manager told me that it's throwing them all sorts of curves. It will start one minute and not the next. Apparently they're at their wits end on the truck. I called Ford corporate and got the song and dance about working with the dealer, or taking it somewhere else to get it fixed. I just bought this truck and will be making payments on it for a few years. I'm really hoping this is an isolated incident and one that I won't have to deal with on a regular basis. I've had to change plans, cancel trips, etc because I don't have the truck. I'm really starting to get frustrated. The only saving grace is that it's still under warranty
OK, I'm done venting.
Drove around to the service department and left it with them. It's still under warranty, so it's no big deal. That was Friday, the 17th. They called me on Monday, the 20th and told me the truck was ready, I went to pick it up and it wouldn't start again. The mechanic came out and after about 30 seconds of cranking, got it running. He proceeded to blow smoke up my butt about how it wasn't taken up to operating temperature, blah, blah, blah. He told me to take it and while we were talking, the truck died. The look of "Oh crap" on his face was priceless. He said it looks like they needed to work on it some more.
Fast forward nearly two weeks and my truck is still in the shop. Last time I saw it, the transmission was removed as was the top of the engine. They've replaced the high pressure oil lines, the branch fittings and a couple other things to no avail. The service manager told me that it's throwing them all sorts of curves. It will start one minute and not the next. Apparently they're at their wits end on the truck. I called Ford corporate and got the song and dance about working with the dealer, or taking it somewhere else to get it fixed. I just bought this truck and will be making payments on it for a few years. I'm really hoping this is an isolated incident and one that I won't have to deal with on a regular basis. I've had to change plans, cancel trips, etc because I don't have the truck. I'm really starting to get frustrated. The only saving grace is that it's still under warranty
OK, I'm done venting.
