USAF in Germany

That sux man. Hope this gets resolved to your satisfaction soon.

wilkinda

OP, I feel your pain. I had a brand new Firebird Formula 350 that came from factory without grease in rear driver;s side axle. Lost the wheel doing 55MPH on the way home with my shiny blue pride and joy. I had just picked it up from the dealer.....

It suxs but they will get you fixed up good as new.

jasezero

Just got off the phone with the dealership...its going to be in the shop for 2-3 days at least. They are replacing the entire rear axle. One of the bearings got messed up and basically messed up the rear end. I'm picking up a rental tonight or tomorrow morning whenever a car is available.

NOTSTOCK

That sucks! At least they're going to get you in....Make sure they fix it right....or the terrorists win

joekr

Sucks man. Demand a loaner or demand they pick up the cost of the rental. Talk to the service manager.. I would.

They'll fix ya up...

pascal

Damn! This crap should never happens.
And when you think that Ford finally caught up in reliability...

jasezero

Yeah...the rental is covered...they are going to reimburse me for it. Yeah I can't believe it either though...had to be a defective part from the start...oh well =/

65Raven65

Hopefully they put the right gear back in, and not a 2.73 or something!

Commander Bubbles

Don't worry about it. Better off that it happened now anyway.

jasezero

Thats actually the first thing I'm gonna check, since the dealership is on a highway. In 5th gear at 65mph, the RPM's hover right around 2000rpm, in 4th gear right around 40 at the same engine speed. Believe me, I WILL check that and make sure its right =)

But yeah, probably better that it happened now...still annoys me since I bought a brand new car to avoid this exact thing from happening (unexpected downtime for mechanical issues). I know its not gonna be bullet proof but i expected to hit at least 1000 miles before the car saw the inside of a shop... =P