thunderstruck507

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That's what I've heard.

Judging by reactions so far I think it's likely this fiasco has already cost them more than it would have to fix the damn thing and I don't intend to stop spreading the word.

thunderstruck507

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He works 40-50 hours a week as security at a Choctaw Casino and still goes to school and pays for that too. He has worked hard and was very proud of the car.

He's always admired mine and my uncles toys that come and go. So he traded his Silverado for payoff and bought this car last November, good fuel mileage was enough to offset the monthly payments between the truck and the Mustang.

HioSSilver

iTrader: (8)

No that was'nt the problem....well the spec 3 was...just as all the other replacement clutches was. Weak PP are the problem. Anyway it's fixed and has been fixed for 4-5yrs with my own setup. A tilton 5.5 triple does the job nicely with a faceplated trans. No shifting probs for me!

Mike Morris

iTrader: (55)

Stealerships are nothing but legal thieves from the slimeball salesman to the worthless service writers. They are ********* because on labor they make less on warranty repairs than otherwise.
Another reason I never ever will buy a new car from one.

Irunelevens

Stopsign, I'm 'ing too

WSsick

iTrader: (13)

Well that's a crock of ****, ain't it?

FOG52

I imagine Ford will warranty this also. Unless the engine is modded. Same as almost any car.

The Cobras were aluminum, The Shelby's are now aluminum, and the Ford GT has always been Aluminum, The new Mustang GT is Aluminum. The cast iron block was for cost savings not strength issues.

Remember that boat has a 1.3 L larger motor to push those 3-400lbs of extra blubber around.

Mustang 5.0 has 1.37 CC per pound and a Gen 5 Camaro SS has 1.60 CC per pound. now what is your excuse?

thunderstruck507

iTrader: (18)

We got another phone number. They want it taken to a different dealership for a teardown and inspection. They said they can inspect and test the internals for reason of the failure and if it was a part defect or related to the previous dealers repair (or lack thereof) it will definitely be covered by warranty.

We will see.

I am not saying this situation would be any better with GM so don't take it that way, it was just a shitty handled situation so far regardless of brand.

karpetcm

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I dont understand you buy a sports car to drive it, not granny shift it. Once in a while your going to drive it like it should be driven. So there gonna tear it down to see if its a defect, lol. It needs to be were with only a few thousand miles with some hard shifts, its should be able to handle it and if not then they need to fix it because they cant build a reliable durable transmission to handle the way a car should be driven. Sure any car will break down if your constantly hard on it but it seems like if its an old person who took it in like 40+ they probably would'nt have questioned the failure but a younger person and they have all kinds of doubt and they dont want to repair it.

WSsick

iTrader: (13)

The more you fight and get the word out, the better your chances. Site, let them know you put them on blast on a site with over 180,000 members...bet that'll make them think just a little (don't mention it's a GM site ).

FOG52

I had a Suburban that had 3 tranies in 70k mile the first was at 18k. And my wife drives like a grand mother. So it happens. Some dealers are just morons about how they treat customers.

TheBlueKnight

iTrader: (4)

We went through a huge ordeal with my wifes 2007 Civic SI. It grinded when going into third every once and a while. It only had 42,000 miles and was still under the 60,000 mile drivetrain warranty. I actually found a Honda bulletin that Honda released saying this was a widespread problem in these cars. We took the car in and they said they just have to replace the third gear set but only if they could "replicate the problem." Of coarse their mechanic takes it for a drive and it doesn't do it. We drive the car close to 6 hours a week and it does it once/twice a day, it's not gonna do it if you go drive it for 5 min. They told us to take a hike. My wife kept calling down there and we kept driving down to the dealer is well complaining about it and threatening to talk to someone higher up. Finally the manager said he'd talk to coorporate and after a week they finally said "bring it down and we'll change the gear set". They changed it for us and it hasn't grinded since. But man did we have to be on their *** about it.

assasinator

definitely go to another dealer.if the car was never dragged with DR's and dropped at 6500 its not his fault. if mine breaks and i get any lip, i will ******* go ballstic.my car has never been tracked. i drive it like it was designed. the dealership can be the issue. not ford itself.


so far every car have been repaired, even the few blown engines.

snake95

Tstruck I really hope they make it right. I seriously feel for your brother.

WannaBcamaroguy

I dont understand why ford wouldnt cover their warranty? I mean they have a sweet *** comercial pretty much saying race this bitch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9wn...eature=related

projectX

iTrader: (51)

Damn that is not cool.

WSsick

iTrader: (13)

I could make a lot of jokes form that video....it was pretty cool though. never seen it on TV.

thunderstruck507

iTrader: (18)

Getrag MT82 rated at 384ft/lbs

Mustang 5.0 under rated at 390ft/lbs





If they do not repair it after the teardown, we will be finding an attorney. My degree in advertising and public relations tells me blatant advertising of the product in a manner not expected to be performed by the consumer and intentional install of a product not rated by the manufacturer to perform it's duties within reasonable expectations of the consumer is nothing but a dream come true for any competent attorney.

It doesn't take a genius to know 390 is more than 384. To quote Carl from Aqua Teen "so I put 2 and 2 together there...and decided you're pissing me off"

ZONES89RS

iTrader: (25)

Forgot about the Mach, my bad, I have a lowly lq4 with a cam that turns 7.1s in the 1/8th all motor, just a rally sport. Don't see any mod motors rung as well with heads that only flow 240ish and 9.5:1 compression

itsslow98

iTrader: (18)

Maybe Ford putting there foot down on not replacing 2k dollar trannies in modded cars is the reason why Ford is much better off financially then GM. GM replaced an easy 6k worth of stuff on my V when it was modded with no questiosn asked.....I loved it of course, but it's one of the many reasons GMs finances SUCK!