Recent content by gatorjohn

Who said it happened overnight? The slave cylinder failing (which is confirmed) can also lead to clutch slippage, and would also be a manufacturer defect. I don't know if that is what happened, but they haven't explored that scenario at all at this point based on their diagnostics performed...

Clutch, Flywheel, Slave Cylinder, Pressure plate parts quoted at ~$4k with labor almost the same.

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 is still the law whether they decide to wait until the government makes them present their evidence and enforce the law. Just because I don't get a speeding...

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 the Ford Corporate disposition first and give them the opportunity to make it right before I have to escalate further through legal channels. My other issue is...

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 understand that's how it works from the Dealer / Ford corporate perspective.... but Magnuson Moss warranty laws. are the opposite: Ford has to have positive proof...

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 state that I don’t have any hard feelings against the tech or service advisor, they’ve been responsive and I’m sure they’re just using the information they have at...

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 failure' and I also asked specifically for over rev data from the PCM, and they said they can't retrieve it. I don't think thats right, but that's what the service...

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 primarily manual transmissions for her cars over the years too, so no habits that would burn it up in that many drives. Manufacturer defects happen to all the OEMs, I...

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 with my F250 tremor instead 🤷‍♂️

I did point out exactly that to the service advisor. The transmission and vehicles are completely different. They just stated "that is the only thing Ford has us reference when it comes to the condition of how a clutch fails."

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... Purchased new. No, it is not the selling dealer, which I'm sure is one contributing factor to warranty denial, but I don't live close to the dealer I purchased...

> They simply looked at the first picture in the bulletin to compare to, said it looked similar, and then parroted the bulletin's "must have shifted into 1st or 2nd at high speed." I asked for evidence of ANY evidence over revs in the PCM, they said they couldn't retrieve any to confirm or...

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 never had a clutch replacement at less than 150k miles.... For one to go out on a brand new car in less than 1k miles to me is just bonkers -- even if they were a...

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 the dealer. They say the clutch appears similar to the GSB 22-7005 image pictures, and thats the basis of their denial. I don't ride the clutch, I don't drive...

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 the original clutch. I've got a newer SuperDuty truck I love, and I loved that old 93 Bronco, but it seems the modern for manuals are just not durable, or have...