Professor Wizard

A MONTH without your car.. what a bummer.

Ask them to pay this months loan payment.. since THEY had your car for that month.. sort of like renting it.

Maybe they will give you a couple hundred dollar coupon for fordracing.com.

But.. most likely - - you will get nothing but the car they let you drive.

Derf00

You may be able to get a new car... http://www.yourlemonlawrights.com/st...california.htm (if it's actually in CA)

30 days of non-use or 3 times for the same thing. Add up all the time it's spent in the shop since you've owned it. Not your problem that the Ford dealership can't test their own cars.

First Part, Paragraph 'b' subsection '3.'

or just go to http://www.yourlemonlawrights.com/state_laws/ and choose your state.

Orion_240

So I'd been expecting them to say that my car will be ready soon...Unfortunately I had to call the Service Manager today and was informed that they are replacing my engine!
I really let them know how upset I am and was asked what they could do in return. I asked for the following:
That Ford make this month's payment on my loan. ($235)
That they hook me up with the compass rear view mirror and a license plate frame for the front.
That they give me a new Pony Spinner for the back wheel.
He also said that they could give me an extended warranty.
Now I need to know if anyone has had this kind of experience.
Will they zero out my odometer? What will this do to the value of my GT, assuming that everything goes OK. I hadn't been expecting to keep it for a long time; to maybe be replaced by the Bullitt.
Or should I ask to go to arbitration and hope that I can get a new car. I originally brought it in for this engine problem way back on Sept. 07.
I do miss my GT and its wonderful POWER. There is still nothing out there that comes close for this purchase price.

03YellowPony

You may be waiting even longer. If they can't fix it, sometimes they fly in a tech from the factory...

mustangman02232

no they dont zero out the odometer, my uncle had this done on his maxima, $235 is actually pretty cheap, but still have them pay it and for the rental,

nathansmith50

if you accepted the new engine.....i.e. you told them that that would be ok.....then that's that.

if not i'd insist on them buying the car back from you......an engine change reduces the value of the car....not drastically.....but in a car like the mustang that is bound to become a collector's item eventually the car not having a numbers matching engine will reduce the vallue.

for you i guess that's not really a big deal since you said you didn't intend to keep the car all that long anyway.

wildabouthorses

Just for your information you might be glad you DID NOT get the 350Z...do a search online because there are lots of problems with them. We backed off from buying one after reading about the problems they've had with them. It was down to the 350Z or Mustang when we did our car shopping. I'm sorry to hear about your major problem. You'd think they'd give you a whole new car.

Derf00

Push for a NEW CAR. Dealer is throwing all the freebies at you because they can write that stuff off (FoMoCo will reimburse them). The car though comes out of their bottom line. You may want to consider going directly through Ford Corp. on this one since the dealership will try to do everything it can to deflect the cost of the car from the bottom line. First step is request a Lemon Law Packet from my previous post's link. Read through it carefully. Use specific laws as leverage when you speak Ford. If all goes well, you stand your ground, and are eloquent in your concerns, you should be able to avoid arbitration and get what you want.

No they will not/cannot zero out your speedo. As long as the VIN# exists, any odometer that is associated to that VIN cannot be changed. If they replace an odometer, there is paperwork that goes along with it stating what the mileage was on the last odometer, the date it was changed, and the reason. Been there, done that.

As for the value of the car...I don't think any of the Fox Bodies, SN95 bodied, or newer Mustangs will become 'collectible's'. Too many of them and nothing really special about the mass production models. It may devalue the car a bit, but not enough to worry about. Especially if you plan on keeping it for a number of years.

I hope it all works out for you.

MikeHawke

i would push for a new car too. Now you have a brand new car that is not even a numbers matching car. WTF?!?!

vfast

I feel your pain....as with a new engine,no one ever has to know and why tell them?....they would get a car with less miles on the engine than the odometer states..a bonus.....as stated about none of those car will be a collectors' item unless we ran out of gas