Dealer:"your car was selected by Ford for testing"

BladeGT said:

So when I arrived to pick up my '18 Mustang GT, I questioned them about the 28 miles that were on the clock. They said my vehicle was selected by Ford for testing and did not go into any further detail as to what that meant. Also, peeking at my window sticker I noticed the first 5 rows/columns under government 5 star safety ratings read "not rated", where as rollover was 5 stars. I contacted Ford about these issues as well as a current circulating rumor of a TSB/recall on the 6spd pertaining clutch failure. She said under my VIN there were no recalls or service bulletins. As for the testing, she asked if I received a letter from Ford in which I did not and so then could not provide me with any other info and referred me to my dealer. She also could not give me any info on the window sticker anomaly and I quote said "It is a bit puzzling on my end as well, your dealer will be able to provide more insight on this for you." Wtf? Anyone heard of these issues? Btw, I didnt look at my window sticker until yesterday.

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Silver Bullitt said:

I've never heard of anything like that. Did it get delivered to an area dealer where they may have driven over to your dealer? What does it say on COTUS as to the delivered dealer? Sounds a little suspicious to me.

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BladeGT said:

So when I arrived to pick up my '18 Mustang GT, I questioned them about the 28 miles that were on the clock. They said my vehicle was selected by Ford for testing and did not go into any further detail as to what that meant. Also, peeking at my window sticker I noticed the first 5 rows/columns under government 5 star safety ratings read "not rated", where as rollover was 5 stars. I contacted Ford about these issues as well as a current circulating rumor of a TSB/recall on the 6spd pertaining clutch failure. She said under my VIN there were no recalls or service bulletins. As for the testing, she asked if I received a letter from Ford in which I did not and so then could not provide me with any other info and referred me to my dealer. She also could not give me any info on the window sticker anomaly and I quote said "It is a bit puzzling on my end as well, your dealer will be able to provide more insight on this for you." Wtf? Anyone heard of these issues? Btw, I didnt look at my window sticker until yesterday.

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2018OFPP1?2 said:

My understanding is that there should be a printed notice somewhere in the car stating that it was randomly selected for quality testing.

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michail71 said:

Mine had 5 miles on delivery and that was from dealer stock and after my test drive.

But you probably had some of the engineers that created the car checking it over. Kind of cool really.

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BladeGT said:

Sold to line reads my dealer and dealer number. Another thing I noticed is the very top portion of the sticker seems cut-off. Its bordered in a bold blue line all around and is missing the info across the very top in white. One last thing that has me confused is that it appeared part of the intake was either removed and re-installed or not installed properly from factory. The airbox connection to the fresh air snorkel was miss-aligned. After further investigation the whole airbox unit was shifted and the coupler was not seated properly at the throttle body. I loosened everything up and pulled the box towards the snorkel and it snapped into place and is seated correctly at all other mounting points. I still could not get the coupler flush onto the TB, Ill try again when I pull it out of storage. I reached underneath the airbox and noticed a stud almost wore a whole completely through. Thankfully I saw this early on. My front grill was not snapped all the way in around the top curve on the passenger side either. Cant believe I missed that looking it over. All these things just seem sketchy to me.

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Silver Bullitt said:

Was this an ordered vehicle or just one found on the lot? With those pieces out of place, it could have just been missed at the plant, but I think I'd be looking all over the front end and underneath just to make sure it hasn't been in an accident.

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BladeGT said:

Bought it off the lot. It didnt appear to have any damage and I checked pop tabs and other fasteners for wear marks that can happen when removed and re-installed. Also checked panel gaps. Just missed that corner grill. I will do another more thorough pass over when I pull it out. Hopefully all is well. That would be pretty damn shaddy and probably illegal to sell me a brand new car that was in an accident.

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Silver Bullitt said:

You should have seen the thousands of new cars, trucks, and suvs that went through a temporary setup at an old rail yard across from my work last year getting hail dents pdr'd. I wonder if the buyers were ever informed about that?

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