My 3.7 problem, chapter 2
10-19-2010, 12:43 PM
#15
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: MI
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you know what will happen when you get a lawyer now? You still don't have a working car and you are paying for a lawyer. At this point as long as ford is working on a solution, and they have only looked at the car once, you don't qualify for damages or lemon law. So just hold tight, and work with your DEALER on getting a loaner. Ford (the company) doesn't give out loaners.
10-19-2010, 01:06 PM
#16
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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I know someone who was so pissed with the problems he'd been having with his car, that he went to a sign shop and had them make a vinyl sign for his back window detailing all of the cars problems and lack of a solution and huge ones on the side that said: "This car is a piece of crap" and parked it in front of the dealership. That got their attention fast. They bought the car back from him. 
This wasn't in the States though so check the legality of something like that where you live, just in case.
This wasn't in the States though so check the legality of something like that where you live, just in case.
10-19-2010, 01:09 PM
#17
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Stafford, VA, USA
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you know what will happen when you get a lawyer now? You still don't have a working car and you are paying for a lawyer. At this point as long as ford is working on a solution, and they have only looked at the car once, you don't qualify for damages or lemon law. So just hold tight, and work with your DEALER on getting a loaner. Ford (the company) doesn't give out loaners.
Of course, as they say, your mileage may vary.
10-19-2010, 01:11 PM
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Woodbridge, VA
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I know I'm jumping into this pretty late in the discussion, but I think it's sort of odd that so many people seem to be telling the OP that it's not a big deal and he should just be patient. I seriously doubt any of us would tolerate being told that we have to accept continuing to drive a brand new car with an engine which is in the process of eating itself. I've seen many people on here acting FAR more brash and upset over water leaks than this gentleman is about a faulty engine... Just food for thought, absolutely NOT trying to fan flames...rather just to add my perspective on it ;-)
If something is wrong with the BRAND NEW CAR the guy just bought, legal action SHOULD be taken if the dealership is basically laughing in their faces (which, they most likely are doing). You can't do that. That's what warranties and all of that are for.
Telling someone that they should wait for Ford to find a solution just because they have a lot of other cars is silly, esp since these cars should have been TESTED before coming out on the showroom floor to begin with.
10-19-2010, 01:22 PM
#20
The Paranoid One
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,320
I agree on that this is totally ridiculus.
There is no way you should have to drive around with brand new
friggin car that has a bum engine.
Screw the calm down. You have every right to be absolutey enraged
about this. If they really stand by their product and customers they should put a new
friggin engine in your car and fix the problem AFTER.
They obviously are'nt working on fixing YOUR engine or it would be apart with
workers looking at it right now.
COMPLETE B.S.
You need to stop allowing yourself to be a victim here because you are.
They don't give a crap about your car.
What happens if it takes them 6 months or a year to find and fix this problem on
other cars? You need to stop asking and start demanding.... NOW.
Or else they are going to play you like a friggin fiddle.
Tell them to give you a car that works, or reimburse your hard earned money....NOW.
There is no way you should have to drive around with brand new
friggin car that has a bum engine.
Screw the calm down. You have every right to be absolutey enraged
about this. If they really stand by their product and customers they should put a new
friggin engine in your car and fix the problem AFTER.
They obviously are'nt working on fixing YOUR engine or it would be apart with
workers looking at it right now.
COMPLETE B.S.
You need to stop allowing yourself to be a victim here because you are.
They don't give a crap about your car.
What happens if it takes them 6 months or a year to find and fix this problem on
other cars? You need to stop asking and start demanding.... NOW.
Or else they are going to play you like a friggin fiddle.
Tell them to give you a car that works, or reimburse your hard earned money....NOW.
Last edited by Blacksmoke; 10-19-2010 at 01:25 PM.