Got a letter from you today offering me a "Last" chance to purchase an extended warranty on my 05 F150. Yeah, my 3 year/36,000 miles will run out in the next year. Tell you what Henry, I've got a better idea. How about offering a better warranty from the get go. If you continue to rest on your laurels I see more bad news in your future.
Signed,
A Devoted Ford Guy for 40 Years

 

you tell 'em

 

I work at a chebby dealer and I wont give up my 150, I even looked at a new one w/ threats of being fired...but chebby has 5yr/100,000 mile...hmmm, chough hello...FORD....

 

I'm guessing this is the first Ford you've owned in the last 40 years that came with a warranty, or it just took you 40 years to form a formal complaint.

 

I got one of those about two weeks ago. They wanted to extend my warranty from the original 3/36 to 5/100.

I thought about calling them and asking if they could offer anything batter. I've owned my truck since September of 05 and only have 134,000 miles on it--could they just warranty it for the three or five years? I figure by the time I've owned the truck five years, it will only have about 375K...

 

My dealer upgraded my warranty to 5yrs/60k miles for free, just before the words, "I want the extended warranty", were about to cross my lips. I actually smiled to a salesman.. lol

Maybe because I was able to pay cash for the truck, I don't know.

Ford HAS to start matching the Chevy, Dodge warranties.

And do any of y'all get letters, messages on your answering machines from these 3rd party warranty sellers? I get letters at least every two weeks, phone calls about 3 times a WEEK.

The messages on my answering machine are sooooo dire.. "Your factory warranty is about to EXPIRE!! You MUST PROTECT YOURSELF!, etc., etc... "

LOL

 

Dodge now has a lifetime powertrain warrenty.

 

Yeah but Dodge needs it....

 

Brilliant!

 

Yeah, like Ford hasn't had any powertrain issues.......

 

Two questions.

1) If you've been devoted to Ford for 40 years, why didn't you ever have a problem with their warranty in the past?

2) If you're so "devoted" to Ford, why do you have 454 in your user name?

 

That is not an engine but a cartridge, .454 not 454 C.I., the Casull is the telling part

 

Oh, sorry. Clearly I don't know anything about gun cartridges.

 

And a **** of a cartridge too...

http://www.fishandhunttexas.com/454casull.htm

 

Ford powertrain warranty is 5yr/60k now, that's what came with my 06. I believe that GM is also powertrain only, 5yr/100k. The Dodge warranty is a joke in this day and age since it is not transferrable, its just a gimmick.

Of course, I think Ford should up the bumper to bumper to 4yr/48k.