pinchme54
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I purchased my 2020 Shelby GT500 in Dec 2020. As most of you can imagine, having the ability to afford this vehicle has been a dream of mine since getting interested in cars as a teenager. Here is an excerpt from the first line of advertising for the 2020 Shelby: "As the most powerful street-legal Ford ever built, the all-new Mustang Shelby GT500 harnesses world-class muscle and powertrain technologies to attain supercar levels of performance." This is a great claim by Ford if the car is running. In my case, the car is not running due to some severe engine issues. So severe in fact, the engine has to be replaced. Why you ask? After purchasing the Shelby, I got a check engine light and took the car to a local Ford Dealer. The code was P0301, which translates to engine misfire, cylinder 1. Unbeknownst to me, all Ford Dealers do not have qualified Shelby mechanics. The first Ford dealer mechanic cleared the code and said they were afraid to do any further work. They recommended I take the Shelby to another Ford dealer about 40 miles away. They were supposed to have a qualified Shelby mechanic. I scheduled an appointment and drove the Shelby to the next Ford dealer. When I arrived for my appointment, I was informed the Shelby mechanic was no longer working in that position and had been promoted. The new mechanic did not have the appropriate knowledge to service my Shelby. In the meantime, another check engine light came on and so I took it to another Ford dealer. Sure enough, P0301 was the code. The service department performed various diagnostics with no specific results. They erased the code and told me there was a Shelby dealership about 1.5 hours away. I called and set up an appointment with their Shelby mechanic. Guess what, another check engine light appeared. I had since bought myself a code reader and again, the code was P0301. I drove the Shelby over to the Shelby Dealership and low and behold, they came up with the same code as I did, P0301. They wanted to keep the car a couple of days and gave me a loaner. After 2 days, I received a phone call from the Shelby mechanic who informed me there were some codes appearing which needed to be further diagnosed. He wanted to perform a cold start and see what would happen. Well, up jumped the devil. He called me and told be the engine needed to be replaced as anti-freeze was leading into the engine. Now, here we have a hand built high performance engine costing around $25,000.00 that has to be replaced. So much for the dream. Ford is sending down a long block, but getting it here in a reasonable amount of time is becoming a pain in the butt. Our Mustang Club has committed to attend the race weekend at Talladega the end of this month. Along with showing our dream cars, we have been offered to drive our Mustangs on the track with the pace car, but only if mine is repaired and driveable. I have been in contact with the Specialized Buyback Handling Specialist, Ford CX Team for assistance, but I am waiting for him to make it happen in getting the new engine installed. Wish me luck.
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