How much time is allotted for Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI)?

[Rinn69]

I called my dealer and spoke to the salesman regarding the whereabouts of my Ranger. He said he will check on it after he returns from picking up a car out of town..... In our conversation, he told me that they usually take 2 days to do the PDI....he said they have to install the antennae, update the Sync, and "replace some of the things they remove when they ship them". Does this seem slightly excessive....2 days !?! I realize the Sync update may take an hour or 2, but 2 days ??

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[Doc]

I called my dealer and spoke to the salesman regarding the whereabouts of my Ranger. He said he will check on it after he returns from picking up a car out of town..... In our conversation, he told me that they usually take 2 days to do the PDI....he said they have to install the antennae, update the Sync, and "replace some of the things they remove when they ship them". Does this seem slightly excessive....2 days !?! I realize the Sync update may take an hour or 2, but 2 days ??

They called me at 10 am as it arrived on the truck...it was washed and ready at 6 pm...2days...hmmmm.

 

[VAMike]

it takes 2 days for them to fit the PDI into their schedule, not to actually do it

five bucks says they still don't lower the tire pressure or top off the washer fluid

 

[Rinn69]

it takes 2 days for them to fit the PDI into their schedule, not to actually do it

five bucks says they still don't lower the tire pressure or top off the washer fluid

I won't take that bet I will make sure to do my own inspection and call them out on everything they claim to have done (if they didn't). I told the sales manager about a month ago about the tire pressure....I wonder if he relayed that info to the service manager ? The sales manager said they get notification 2 days before it arrives....

 

[Doc]

it takes 2 days for them to fit the PDI into their schedule, not to actually do it

five bucks says they still don't lower the tire pressure or top off the washer fluid

Yeah...mine was 50psi..50...50..and 55..washer was 1/2 full..

 

[DHare]

I called my dealer and spoke to the salesman regarding the whereabouts of my Ranger. He said he will check on it after he returns from picking up a car out of town..... In our conversation, he told me that they usually take 2 days to do the PDI....he said they have to install the antennae, update the Sync, and "replace some of the things they remove when they ship them". Does this seem slightly excessive....2 days !?! I realize the Sync update may take an hour or 2, but 2 days ??

Doesn't take 2 days to prep it. E.g. - "Install the antenna"!! That takes about 10 seconds as it simply screws in. They also have to take the truck out of "Transit Mode" which disables some of the electronics including cruise control to save battery power while in shipment. This takes maybe a minute. In case you're curious how they to that (mine was still in transit mode so they had me do it while they showed me all the control settings), here is how:

Transport Mode Deactivation

1. Turn key to ‘on’ position
2. Wait for chimes to stop
3. Depress brake pedal 5 times
4. Turn four-way flashers on 5 times
5. Horn will honk when out of transport mode.

 

[EcoRanger]

Yeah...mine was 50psi..50...50..and 55..washer was 1/2 full..

My tire pressure was 48 all around didn't check the washer fluid.

 

[dguffin]

My tire pressure was 48 all around didn't check the washer fluid.

Tech gets paid .9 of a hour to do PDI on most fords.

 

[RangerCat]

PDI on my Ranger only took an hour or two. Two days is ridiculous!

 

[Claudess]

My dealer said three hours. If it came in before 4:30pm he’d keep people overtime so I could pick up that night. They can also assign more than one tech to get it ready.

In the end it depends on how quickly they want to make the sale and how busy their shop is. Mine tires were perfect, truck nicely detailed and ready to.

 

[WHIPPLD]

it takes 2 days for them to fit the PDI into their schedule, not to actually do it

five bucks says they still don't lower the tire pressure or top off the washer fluid

THIS ^^^^^^^^

 

[DrRoger]

THIS ^^^^^^^^

Picked mine up yesterday. Tire presser WAS lowered AND washer was full
I must have a good dealer (bought my last three from them, so I guess we are "family").

 

[Rinn69]

When mine got delivered, I spoke with the sales manager within 30 minutes of it being unloaded and we set-up a time for the next day at 3:30....I got there at 3:15, and they hadn't even moved it from the day before...they did lower the tire pressure, but I lowered it a few more pounds to 31 psi...no washer fluid, but that's OK--I use the -25 degree stuff year-round so I don't have issues when winter gets here. Took about 2.5 hrs including washing it, but still had to wait on them.

 

[Desert_5G]

I'm starting to think most techs don't do a proper PDI. If they can't even bother adjusting my tire pressure what else didn't they check? Had my washer fluid light come on a few weeks after I bought it going through some turns. When I bring it back for some warranty fixes I'm having them redo the PDI with a different tech and making sure they actually do it.

 

[Fordguy]

I'm starting to think most techs don't do a proper PDI. If they can't even bother adjusting my tire pressure what else didn't they check? Had my washer fluid light come on a few weeks after I bought it going through some turns. When I bring it back for some warranty fixes I'm having them redo the PDI with a different tech and making sure they actually do it.

Blame the service manager, not the tech. If its not being done correctly, the manager obviously does not inspect what he expects. Ford reimburses .9 of an hour for the tech side and that also includes clean up. So, about .5 is allowed for the tech's portion. Most dealers pay the tech the entire time so there is no excuse to not do it right. Some dealers have porters do it to save money.

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