I’ve had major repairs covered under both factory and aftermarket warranties and used the lemon law successfully. based on just the words in your post, and I’m disclaiming because there may be more to the story, you don’t have sufficient grounds for a buy back. Ford has, admittedly after some difficulty, agreed to replace the engine, which is what the warranty requires.
Noticed a subtle stuttering through out acceleration through all gears similar to hitting a rev limiter. Brought it in for service explained the condition... 2.5 hours later service says no error codes were found its fine. I said i wanted to take a tech out for a drive and the stuttering was even more subtle then usual, he said its fine and thats your traction control. I said i dont believe it, theres no way. But it ended because they said theres nothing wrong
No, this is not normal and no, just because there are no codes showing it does not indicated there is nothing wrong - NVH complaints, for example, NEVER throw codes. Do they send trucks back out with drive shafts out of round? NO ( ok, they shouldn’t ).
This was **** poor troubleshooting on the part of the mechanic, and service advisor.
You were correct to disbelieve the traction control comment, however, you don’t say if you offered to turn traction control off and repeat the test which would have ruled out T/C or stability control. T/C and stability control are nothing like a miss or rev limiter, they are exceptionally smooth at pulling power.
Flash forward 1.5 months its still been doing it, now 3600 miles on it, i put it in sport mode and 4A to show my older son how fast it is. Took off FAST through 4th gear then it died, all power stopped and red oil pressure light light came on.
Did you check the oil at this point?
Replicated it again did it again. Took it to Manderbach ford in reading pa. 2 hours later, they say its ******. There was only 2 quarts of oil in engine and it calls for 6.5.
did you take it to a different place due to location, concerns about the initial diagnosis or rather, the lack thereof or other?
There is tons of metal shavings in the oil. Warranty claim made for a brand new engine to be installed tomorrow. Im pissed.
I’d be willing to bet that they saw the initial claim, realized it wasn’t troubleshot correctly and got you scheduled for an ASAP repair.
At this point, you will need to wait for the repair to be completed and when done, test drive it thoroughly. Don’t take it back if it’s still hesitating as before, but likely the new motor will take care of it.
Now, if by some oddity the truck misbehaves on the test drive, do what you did before and take the tech with you on the drive and give them the opportunity to make it right. if they resist or keep it longer and then the truck is still misbehaving, then you go to Ford C/S and express your sincere displeasure. The reason for the wait is to show Ford that you’ve given them a chance to make it right and that you realize mistakes happen. You gave them several chances to make it right and here you are.
Good luck, hopefully you don’t have any more trouble post repair.
