I read the TSB again, and it does sound like the seats need to be removed to do this fix. I was hoping it could be done with the seats in place moved all the way forward.
I strongly recommend this. My plastics are all scratched up and I even got a huge gouge in the rocker paint from a previous, unrelated seat repair.
Alright, just got back. They told me that even though they couldn't replicate the problem, they will just do the TSB anyway and ordered the parts while I was there. They didn't have the car long enough to generate the problem anyway; I drove home with the seat cooler on and by the time I got back to my side of town, the back rest was warm. Oh well, they're going to perform the TSB anyway, that's all I care about. They do have to order parts.
This is SO different from the squealing brake TSB, where we were all arguing and fighting to get the work done. I like this, not sure why it changed but I'll sure take it!
If you look at page 1 onward from this very thread, you will see all the "fighting and arguing". You just had good timing on this one
I have been in on this since about page 2, I think. It took a while to get to the TSB on this one (less than I thought it would) and that's good. The difference I see is that even after we had TSB015 for the brakes, the dealers demanded that the brakes be squealing at that moment or it didn't apply. I went to the dealer 5 times after that TSB was out before they agreed to make repairs. With this one, they just folded. Agreed to make the repairs without seeing the car! I sent an email saying I have the problem and here's the TSB number, and they opened a service order and ordered the parts. Same dealer, same service adviser, completely different experience.If you look at page 1 onward from this very thread, you will see all the "fighting and arguing". You just had good timing on this one
In all seriousness, there were a lot of people here who took their vehicles in multiple times to try and get this documented. Even if the service department didn't have a service message, without those early pioneers, Ford would not have know about this.
Also, I believe the help we've received from that effort, along with what others have done to reach out to Ford on other social media platforms, added to what FordService has likely done in the background to raise internal awareness of the concern and the many people reporting the same thing on the F-150 forum, all have added up to what we have today.
Ah, got ya. One of two things - either the concern was easier to replicate or you scared them from last time
That was it, I scared 'em!Ah, got ya. One of two things - either the concern was easier to replicate or you scared them from last time
