Cobra Jet
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Now that it is official:
2017 Mustang GT - Lightning Blue
VIN Number 1FA6P8CF4H5339871
Mileage 4,950
Bought back through Ford Re-acquired vehicles department.
Car dropped a valve, tore up one cylinder head, holes in piston, scoring on cylinder wall. Ford replaced with a short block and a single cyl head.
My nightmare is finally over! I turned in my 18gt tonight and took delivery of my 19gt. So far all is well. The vin for my lemon 18 is: 1fa6p8cf1j5163836
I"m more curious how you got them to do the buy back after having Lund tuned the car? Ford didn't give you a hard time?
Returned it to stock. They didn’t ask, I didn’t tell
They didn't say anything about the PCM being flashed? That's encouraging.
You had a 4:10 rear end in it too, right? I am guessing the same applies there lol.
Left the 4:10’s in it. They said nothing
Same on my 2017...
When my 2017 let go(valve dropped) there was literally no warning. Cruising down the road at 55-60 and BAM. No hard pulls, not beating on it. I had just gotten it out for the year a week or two prior. Changed the oil before i started driving it for the year(oil was changed right before parking it for the winter as well). My wife(4 months pregnant at the time) and I were driving out to see family. Stranded for a couple hours in 50 degree weather waiting for the tow truck. I as well had just had the car tuned a couple weeks prior. Luckily, the tune went un-detected, ford replaced the engine, and in the process I had the car bought back. About 1500 miles prior to my engine letting go, I had a mis-shift(4th to 3rd) that I think may have weakened the valve train. Not sure about it, the car ran fine afterwards, I clutched in quick before the rpm ever shot up high, but it could have hurt it. I did a dyno day after that and before the tune and motor went, and it still put down normal power(actually slightly above normal for a stock car. Went autocrossing with it too, and it did fine.
Fun times. I find it hard to believe that a tune would cause a valve to drop, providing it was from a reputable tuning company. I would think lots of other things would happen first.
Thanks for the input. I guess it’s good to know that the a10 cars make noises too. I definitely plan on beating it like it owes me money. If it breaks I’ll throw all the stock parts back on it and take down to the dealer
————Yes. I’m currently running a Lund tune for my cobra jet intake manifold and in the next day or two I should be getting an e85 tune from Lund
I just have to say something - whether it’s taken to heart or offense - the guys claiming Lemons because they wanted out of a vehicle of which could have been *possibly* intentionally damaged is not ethical at all, it’s essentially fraud.
Unbeknownst to me and based on the above, I guess at some point people’s true colors come through, eh?
I’d hope it doesn’t come back to bite either of you in the ass because you think you have gotten away with “trading up”. Ford RAV Buy Backs do go through a repair process in order to be put back on Ford lots for resale (yes, they do get resold). If during or after that repair process there are findings of intentional abuse or the vehicle was tuned, Ford could come back to those owners for damages, let alone fraud. Not to mention your Home State Attorney General could get involved and file separate charges against an owner as well for fraud. Maybe your independent Dealerships didn’t catch your missteps, but it’s very well documented on this site.
This thread is for the legitimate purpose of helping S550 owners understand Consumer Lemon Rights, get out from under a genuine Lemon, get through and understand the RAV process and to document genuine Lemon’d VINs.
The RAV process is tedious and stressful enough for an S550 Owner to go through with a LEGIT claim. The purpose of this thread is NOT for committing fraud and filing a Lemon claim due to personal vehicle neglect, incorrect tuning or abuse.
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