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I’m happy for you. Enjoy it! I think it’s one of the best looking and sounding cars on the road. I too made a decision to buy one based on reliability reports (Car and Driver magazine report with 40K miles). Obviously there are GT350’s that are reliable. I bought my car to drive it and enjoy it...

That’s right, the extended warranty issue directly affects me in case I need to negotiate one. I too paid cash for this car + cost of paint protection.

This is my builder. The engine failed at 728 miles 24 days after purchasing brand new. I have a thread tracking the story. I haven't seen this builder yet in this thread, and I'm not necessarily blaming him. @mk1spyder had a similar engine failure to mine and it was a different builder.

Could someone with an extended service warranty on a GT350/R look up the terms and conditions and check if it's true that Ford won't fix the car if the cost exceeds the market value of the car? Ford has been placating customers with premature engine failure by offering extended service...

I like this idea. However, with the low mileage people put on these cars, it will take a while to hit the threshold where most premature engine failures occur. Not sure how many VIN lookups the Carfax business packages allow or how much they cost.

Here it is. You can see my car in the second from last service bay in the structure on the left. I don't think the mechanic would give me any info why the car is here or who the owner is. It's a privacy issue. But it's been there since I dropped my car off.

Before I bought my car, I googled "GT350 reliability". The first article that came up is the Car and Driver's long term test with 40K miles on it. That was a 2017 model. The only major issue reported is eager consumption of oil. I should've googled instead "2020 GT350 engine failure". If I'd...

It almost did: Joking aside, here's a link where the GT350R makes a cool intro and there are details about engine tech.

My build date is 7/14/2020. I doubt it's only this batch as I read about 2020 failures similar to mine prior to this build date.

While it's true that lawyers get a lot of compensation, the stiffed consumers would lose more if no compensation or remedy is rendered to them. And the threat of legal consequences is what ultimately makes companies shape up and improve their quality. So consumers overall win at the end.

Based on the will-never-sue logic, the Fiesta and Focus customers would've been total losers, and Ford would've gotten away with it.

In the Fiesta and Focus class action lawsuit, Ford was forced to buy back the cars, not bad!

When a class action lawsuit is filed (we only need 20 participants to start and it will grow from there), we can subpoena Ford's GT350 engine failure and replacement records. Then we will know the true picture and magnitude of the problem. Ford was subpoenaed records for the Focus and Fiesta...

Autopsy pics: Perfectly normal for this to happen 24 days after you purchase your car brand new. Some asked for the builder plate. Here it is. I'm not blaming the builder. It may as well be a faulty part.

Most ceramic coating packages include wheel treatment, and yes, they help with brake dust sticking less and easier to wash off with water.

Also if you cover the stripes and the rest of the paint in one piece of PPF, there will be an air margin visible between the stripes and paint. That's because the stripes create a small vertical edge with the paint. It's a few millimeters, but it is visible if you get close to the car. Looks...

Here's from my experience doing PPF, ceramic coating, and paint correction to my HEP. Do not wrap the stripes or side stickers in PPF. When the time comes to remove the PPF (due to chip damage or age), they will also remove the stripes and stickers. There's no way to remove the PPF without also...

Some Ford apologists here have a habit of ad hominem attacks instead of rational reasoning. They are armchair psychologists who want to analyze your mood and judge your motives. We should simply ignore them.

Steve, I'm sorry about what happened to your car. I will fight for a buy back. There is a pattern to these failures: 2020 engines, driven very low mileage, and something in the valve train or timing is failing, causing the entire engine to be replaced. By any definition, these are faulty cars...

Ford advocates and defenders can attack my motives all they like. It will not phase me because I'm advocating for a just cause. My motive is simple: I want to defend my right the rights of those who got a fundamentally defective car for their hard earned money and the current resolution is...