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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.Who said it happened overnight? The slave cylinder failing (which is confirmed) can also lead to clutch slippage, and would also be a...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.Clutch, Flywheel, Slave Cylinder, Pressure plate parts quoted at ~$4k with labor almost the same.
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.No Mods. And of course they may not do anything until they get in front of a judge practically. That doesn't change the law. The law...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.I do think this is probably the best take. I am fortunate enough to be able to cover it out of pocket, but I would like to at least get...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.I have no intentions of mentioning the dealer, service advisor, or the tech themselves. I get the spot they're put in as well. I...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.I have opened up a case with Ford to escalate, but now it’s a waiting game to hear back. I am upset of course, but I really should...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.I asked them for rev data and vehicle data that supports their claim. They said "there are no codes thrown since it's a mechanical...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.My wife also drove it a handful of times, but I was with her about half of those and they were without incident. She's also had...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.Haven't even offroaded her at all, unless you count my long dirt road to my house. If anybody ever did need a tug, I'd just do that...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.I did point out exactly that to the service advisor. The transmission and vehicles are completely different. They just stated "that is...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.Was hoping my first post would be more positive, but a little tough when you don't even make it 1k miles without a major failure...
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gatorjohn reacted to timhood's post in the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim with
Haha.
This is what happens when you leave your car with the garage attendant, even if you slip him a fin to take care of it. 😁 -
gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.> They simply looked at the first picture in the bulletin to compare to, said it looked similar, and then parroted the bulletin's...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.I realize nobody is going to say they can't drive a manual great, but I've had 4-5 manual cars / SUVs / Trucks over the years, and...
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gatorjohn replied to the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim.Ask an ye shall receive, what would you like to know? 2 dr Badlands 7MT bronco with <900 miles on it clutch failed. Had it towed into...
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gatorjohn posted the thread Clutch & Cylinder Failed at less than 900 miles. Dealer denied warranty claim in Issues, Repairs, Warranty, TSB, Recalls.I'm in disbelief. I've driven a manual most of my life. One of those cars was a 93 Eddie Bauer Bronco 5 speed that went 200k miles on...
