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My Experience with the thermal recall and smoking TSB

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Morning Mustang6G!

I bought my Turbo stang in February 2015 and have about 17k on the clock so far. A few weeks ago I noticed increased smoking at idle and decided to get the TSB taken care of as well as the thermal recall.

On the morning of 8 January 2016 I walked into my local Ford dealership (Surprise Arizona) to get information about the recall and TSB. He said that the computer did not show a TSB for my car but they could do the recall and they had the parts on hand. I produced a hard copy of the TSB and let them look at the car. They determined that it was indeed smoking and they ordered the parts for the TSB (2-3 days)

On Tuesday 12 January 2016 I dropped off the Mustang in the morning after confirming that all the parts were on hand. He told me that it would be a full days job best case and a day in a half on average. Luckily, I have two other vehicles that the wife and I could use. I told him that I would come by early on Thursday January 14th 2016.

This morning I picked up the car without any scratches, with ONE mile added to the odo, and a whole bunch of parts added/replaced for free of charge.

9/10 would absolutely do it again. (10/10 if they were open later for pick up!)

attached is the invoice for your viewing pleasure.



People like to throw around horror stories, but my experience was timely professional and I even got a few free donuts out of it! Thanks Suprise Ford!
-Drew
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I should also add that the mods are in my signature, with a stock tune. It was not an issue and never came up during the process!
-Drew
 

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I've never had a problem with mods outside of tunes (maybe I'm just lucky). But the basic intake exhaust / axel back's don't faze most dealers which saves us a headache
 

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Happy you got it all taken care of but these experiences will vary greatly from dealer to dealer


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I've never had a problem with mods outside of tunes (maybe I'm just lucky). But the basic intake exhaust / axel back's don't faze most dealers which saves us a headache
That is pretty nice- I've been hearing a lot of "dealer will void your warranty if you go in with mods" talk which wasn't the case.

Happy you got it all taken care of but these experiences will vary greatly from dealer to dealer
I get the impression that more bad experiences are posted than good. I had a good dealer and good maintenance done.

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That is pretty nice- I've been hearing a lot of "dealer will void your warranty if you go in with mods" talk which wasn't the case.

-Drew
Go in with a blown motor and see if they're still cool with your mods :ford:
 

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So after a day or so, did this updated PCV fix your smoking issue totally ?
 

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I was look for the tsb for the catch can but was unsuccessful, can you provide a link for it? Thank!

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So after a day or so, did this updated PCV fix your smoking issue totally ?
Yes, since getting the car back from the dealer I've had no excessive smoking. I still get normal exhaust during startup but no smoke during an extended warm idle.

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