I drove a 1993 Chev Tahoe until I sold it to get my Toyota. I put over 500000km on it. It never has a problem with the drive train. Over the years I fixed the starter and alternator. It was lifted with over sized tires, cold air intake, exhaust and a bunch of other goodies. It NEVER let me down. I sold it since the truck was rusting inside out, plus with the 5.7 it was a hog on gas. I love Chevys and always will.
I obtained all the records of service, some 60 pages today. My hubby went to the manager and they will fix the truck this one last time and then no warranty what so ever. Management will put us into a new truck straight across, since we just cannot trust the F350 anymore. The next thing to go would be the turbo and injectors... We don't want to go through this crap again and again to get it fixed beyond this any ways. It is the nicest F350 you will ever see, but don't get enticed by it's beauty and buy it people.
When I went to get paperwork out of it today, the battery was stone dead, and its warm out today. This truck is just cursed and maybe not all of them are like this one...
I can't speak about warranty for other makers, since I never had anything go really wrong before. If something goes wrong with my FJ, perhaps Toyota will void my warranty for the cold air intake and exhaust, who knows. I can't blame Ford for what they did, but it sucks for us...
We will probably be getting an F150 FX4 fully customized, (hubby can't have a factory vehicle to my dismay, no exhaust or cold air intake this time). BUT there will be so many additions and clauses to the warranty to protect us better. Advantage Ford has been good to us. You have no idea of how many fresh off the lot trucks we have driven while the F350 was being repaired. The boxes got scratched form tools, the dogs were in them, and Frank ate his lunches and drank coffee in all of them. The windshields got busted, and trucks got dirty. We generally put 3000km on a truck with literally no km on it all when we got it. That must cost the dealer some money since it is not a brand new truck anymore.
I don't really want another Ford again, but with business slowing down these days we cannot afford to go elsewhere. At least we can get into a new truck again, and not lose any money or pay any new money out at this time. We will be financing this one at 0% with no down, and no payout on the lease. Once I get back there tomorrow I will know more of what is going on...
I feel really sorry for the person that buys our old truck... I know it will go fast and I will see it on a flat deck on the way for repairs... It really is a hot looking unit with the cut out fender flares and 38" tires. I will be sad to see it go, since it was eye candy.
I wish it wasn't such a lemon.