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That's what I asked but unfortunately that's the new crap they're pulling now. Lack of labor so they'll just fit it in when they can. No way I'm having my truck sit outside in a lot for a week with all the theft going on now.

I called to have my heater box looked at when the actuator broke. They wanted me to leave the truck for a week just so they could look at it. Then another 7-10 business days to fix it and that's if parts are available. Of course they have no loaners there either so 3 weeks to fix something that takes about 1 day!
I mean, I love my truck, but the insurance payout from the dealer would be alright. Its in their possession, so its their liability. You better believe they'd be covering cost of vehicle replacement (at market value) and modifications lost. I'd make out ahead on the deal.
 

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I mean, I love my truck, but the insurance payout from the dealer would be alright. Its in their possession, so its their liability. You better believe they'd be covering cost of vehicle replacement (at market value) and modifications lost. I'd make out ahead on the deal.
Same here but the problem is getting a replacement. I cant afford to wait 4-6 months (or longer) for another truck. It's not like before when the dealers had plenty of inventory on their lots to chose from. If I wasn't still working and had another vehicle it would be a win/win in these times.

Plus what if it's just damaged? I've done my best to keep mine in great shape so I don't want them messing it up. If anyone's going to do it that'll be me. lol
 

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The situation was the same in September when i bought my Truck, I had an warranty issue 100 miles(the drive home) in when the fender liner fell out and the tire burned through it, I was probably only able to get taken care of right away because my sales guy pushed it through for me.

Doesn't seem to be getting any better, but yes what is the point to any of this scheduling , even online scheduling with specific time slots. After this I will probably just try to figure it out myself and then revisit the issue somewhere in the 7 year warranty I bought (if that is worth anything at this point).
What's most disappointing is that this is becoming the normal thing.

Now I know why Grandpa hated everything and Dad acted as though everything he knew was being taken away from him.

I'm beginning to lose faith that we'll ever crawl out of this.
STOP it right there! Now you're thinking logical. lol ?

Yes it does make perfect sense to incorporate a system like that now when parts and labor are scarce. Glad mine was an easy fix thanks to those on here who already DIYed it. But for many it's not practical and will become a huge nightmare for them.
I'm handy enough to take care of most things if I have to. And if parts costs were low enough I'd eat that just to get it done. But expensive warranty work on a non essential item? And throw in parts availability issues on top of it? There's no way they're keeping my truck for weeks/months on end.

I'm driving my Jeep for a week at most while the truck is at the body shop. No way I could drive it for an extended period of time. Especially if I had to send off that monthly payment when my truck was rotting in their lot.

And like you said, single vehicle folks are screwed.

It's almost sad.
 

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Covid-19 gave corporations the excuse to have poor service. Now the corporations raised prices and won't do a damn thing to improve service to pre-covid times.
 


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Jesus 2 old ass Saabs? I bet you do have some service stories to tell..
Like a number on here I wrench - but getting old and way too much arthritis to do it much longer, had Saabs since early 80s and understood how to service/repair them as well as a number of friends - better designed auto than most acknowledged , but I did experience a number of warranty issues that once repaired the cars lasted a long time - as in 250k + miles. Saab did deserve credit for their contributions in making turbos more suitable for everyday driving.

My Ranger has been great - zero issues so no need to visit the dealership.
 

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I'm really having a fun day

Took my 21 into my local dealer to look at wind noise around the rear door seal, as well as some paint flaking around the rear of the bed.

Unfortunately the service writer managed to bang my door on a desk in the drive through service writers area when he moved it down the lane to make more room

On top of that they are not going to be looking at it for 14 days with no loaner or rental of any kind so I ended up not dropping it off.

They didn't even have a paint pen in stock, so now I'm going to have to wait to see what their body shop estimate is to fix it.

Fun.

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Sorry to hear about the service delay and the door bang. When you have the wind noise checked, I would appreciate you letting me know what was decided. I have excessive wind noise in my truck especially at freeway speeds and in the meantime trying everything I can think of to fix it. :)
 

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Real bummer... Really hope you can escalate and get some results sooner and a loaner.

I had a 2015 F-150 and it was the year of the redesign. It had "cooled" seats that didn't work due to a design flaw. They had a TSB to fix it, but it required them taking the seat apart and installing some snorkel to allow the fan to cool (still never really worked great). Long story short, when I went to pick up the truck, the service tech had literally sliced the entire back of the seat open with a razor blade. Needless to say, I refused the repair and required a loaner until they could get a new seat cover and install. They obliged.
 

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Covid-19 gave corporations the excuse to have poor service. Now the corporations raised prices and won't do a damn thing to improve service to pre-covid times.
I see Musk taking aim at all these lazy a**es working from home, good for him. Easy for me to say as I'm retired but spent the last 15 yrs of my working life either from home or in the waterfowl blind, sometimes that had it's drawbacks though as I'd be on a call and when birds came in the other guys would instinctively swing their guns and blast away - not leaving a great impression with my customers.
 
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I see Musk taking aim at all these lazy a**es working from home, good for him. Easy for me to say as I'm retired but spent the last 15 yrs of my working life either from home or in the waterfowl blind, sometimes that had it's drawbacks though as I'd be on a call and when birds came in the other guys would instinctively swing their guns and blast away - not leaving a great impression with my customers.
Definitely a two way street, and I remember the one guy duck hunting in online class call got a good laugh out everyone, I also felt like I got half as much done for twice the effort online sometimes, I remember driving 40 minutes to my engineering internship to sit down at my desk in order to take a zoom call as well as driving home from work while taking an online class when I needed to do after hours work.

On the engineering side of things every thing just moved slower and I cant imagine what its like at a car manufacturer why stuff regularly breaks and then becomes an immobile multi 1000 lb object.
 

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Wanted to ask if anyone on this board has or is working as a "service writer " - assuming that is the correct job title. Seems at best perhaps a thankless job , but since I rarely visit the dealer how would I know ?
i do not work as a service advisor / writer so this is my jaded opinion. up sale artists in disguise lol.
 

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Contact Ford directly. They need to document and provide a loaner or rental since they did the damage. Their insurance should cover. Absolute BS. Don’t put up with this crap.
 

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I agree, they have in house collision center behind the dealership and he took it over there to get looked at I guess after the service manager looked at.

I was hoping for some written statement of what they wanted to do but all they were willing to give me is the service writers card and said they will get an report to me in a week. We will see if they do any of that.

Beyond that I guess I need to figure out what I'm going to do for 2 weeks if I drop off my truck, probably going to see how the dealer I bought It from 80 miles is doing on backlog well 15 days there or august if you schedule a drop off and have them look at in a day or 2 plus the 100 mile drive and no loaners .Should have doubled checked how long the backlog was before even coming I guess.
Just my opinion, but since it was their fault, they should have set everything aside & fixed that immediately. No excuse for that.
 
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Just my opinion, but since it was their fault, they should have set everything aside & fixed that immediately. No excuse for that.
They did call me back after I called them again about the whole thing, and they booked me on June 13th to bring it in for the paint shop, said it would be 2-3 days turnaround which I guess is better than 14 days of letting it sit in a lot.

Fortunately I just graduated so I am not in an 9-5 atm but it is all quite frustrating, I will probably open a case with ford on if they will reimburse me on a rental especially with having a Premiumcare warranty.

On the same subject does anyone know if the rental coverage in the ford extended warranties actually start covering from when they start repairs or when the truck is an the dealers possession, I know there is an optional 1st day rental but it also stipulates based on repair time.
 

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I'm really having a fun day

Took my 21 into my local dealer to look at wind noise around the rear door seal, as well as some paint flaking around the rear of the bed.

Unfortunately the service writer managed to bang my door on a desk in the drive through service writers area when he moved it down the lane to make more room

On top of that they are not going to be looking at it for 14 days with no loaner or rental of any kind so I ended up not dropping it off.

They didn't even have a paint pen in stock, so now I'm going to have to wait to see what their body shop estimate is to fix it.

Fun.

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:crazy: Welcome in the World of Service in german style… here is it quite common that u have to get loud before they accept that somthing like this was their mistake. Its like: it's your own fault if you bring the car here… good luck and strong nerves!
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