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Owners of the Shelby GT350 today opened a class-action lawsuit against Ford over transmissions and differentials that allegedly overheat at high speeds (especially during track use), sending the cars into limp mode. Sport mode is good. Track mode is good. But limp mode? Not good.


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" to be reimbursed for the full price of the vehicle they thought was a “street-legal track car, capable of reaching and sustaining high speeds without failure.” The lawsuit also wants Ford to pay for the decline in vehicle value, punitive damages, and it wants an order “enjoining Ford’s deceptive marketing and sales acts and practices. "
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I wonder if that includes the ADM some buyers paid ???
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Derf00

Common sense and money don't often go hand-in-hand when dealing with things like cars. Even I know that the GT350R is meant for racing/tracking. The GT350 is just the street version and I'm not even in the market. Its called, read the specifications and what options there are available and what they do.

The people suing probably couldn't get a GT350R because of availability or didn't want to spend the extra money and thought Hey a GT350 is a GT350 so they bought the bargain model and beat the crap out of it and when it broke, they cry foul.

Even the owners manual states on page 12: http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Fo...US_11_2015.pdf

" Using your vehicle on a dedicated road
course may result in degraded function
and failure of major systems such as the
engine, transmission and rear axle due to
the overheating of these systems. If you
intend to use your vehicle on a dedicated
road course, we suggest that you equip
your vehicle with racing-type coolers to
protect these three systems."

Guess what the Track Package offers? Anyone....Anyone? Coolers for these systems....
Ah Doy! Can't fix stupid.

JimC

IF they were successful it would not include the ADM. They didn't pay that to Ford, they paid ADM to the dealer.

proeagles

And there is your disclaimer, case dismissed.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't the dealership buy the car from Ford, & then sell it to the consumer ?
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ucinn

Yes they do, and Ford has a manufacture suggested retail price which happens to be the window sticker. If the dealer sells it for more or less than that window sticker, the additional or loss of sum goes on the dealership.

JimC

Correct. And Ford can tell dealers that if they do the ADM, they will lose allocation of special vehicles. They haven't done it in awhile, but did several years ago.

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So the...." to be reimbursed for the full price of the vehicle " would include any ADM that was paid ?
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JimC

No it would not. They did not pay the ADM to Ford, they paid the dealer the ADM and so unless they included the dealer in the lawsuit all they are going to get from Ford is the MSRP.

Did you not read the "correct me if I am wrong" post above?