300 miles and check engine light?

[Moody]

Here is the latest. I received a call back from Ford CSM today and was informed that the Ford field service engineer will be at the dealership on 3-19-15 to look at my GT. I'm also trying to find out from Ford what constitutes an attempt to repair a nonconformity. Do i have to take possession of the car each time after a (single) part is replaced and return it to count as 2 attempts? I dropped the car off on the 3rd and they have replaced 2 spark plugs, purge valve, and clutch harness. Each part was replaced individually. Since i have not taken possession of the car is this counted as one attempt or does each part count as an attempt? Based on my conversations with the dealership they tried replacing the first part and it didn't correct the issue so they moved onto the next part. I was never told the issue would be corrected by replacing a combination of parts. What is the legal definition, in Arkansas, of "an attempt to correct a nonconformity"?

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[spdracer50]

Here is the latest. I received a call back from Ford CSM today and was informed that the Ford field service engineer will be at the dealership on 3-19-15 to look at my GT. I'm also trying to find out from Ford what constitutes an attempt to repair a nonconformity. Do i have to take possession of the car each time after a (single) part is replaced and return it to count as 2 attempts? I dropped the car off on the 3rd and they have replaced 2 spark plugs, purge valve, and clutch harness. Each part was replaced individually. Since i have not taken possession of the car is this counted as one attempt or does each part count as an attempt? Based on my conversations with the dealership they tried replacing the first part and it didn't correct the issue so they moved onto the next part. I was never told the issue would be corrected by replacing a combination of parts. What is the legal definition, in Arkansas, of "an attempt to correct a nonconformity"?

I'm not sure what the law says but, I would contact a lemon law attorney in your state.

Update on my car! Still at the dealership. Spoke with the service advisor and changing the gas did nothing. Now they say they are waiting for Ford to give them suggestions on parts to change. They still don't know what's causing it.

 

[dabsevo]

Fuck this is not looking good. Just got a cel at 200 miles. No wot, nothing over 4k rpm, no mods, babying it.
Mines an ecoboost.

It can't be the engine itself (I think). based on what I am reading there are GTs that have this issue so it might have to do with something more universal across trim levels. Maybe electronic.. one person said something about a plug being loose or relating to emissions.

 

[Nihil]

I got P04DB the other day, which said my crankcase vent was discounted....I checked both lines on the EB and they were not discounted, I cleared my codes out and hasn't came back since tho.

 

[spdracer50]

Fuck this is not looking good. Just got a cel at 200 miles. No wot, nothing over 4k rpm, no mods, babying it.
Mines an ecoboost.

It can't be the engine itself (I think). based on what I am reading there are GTs that have this issue so it might have to do with something more universal across trim levels. Maybe electronic.. one person said something about a plug being loose or relating to emissions.

It seems like the ecoboosts are having the same issue. Mine has been at the dealership for a week. They still can't figure out what's causing it. Hopefully it's a quick fix for yours?

What's your build week do you know? Also, what dealership are you going to take it to? Mine is in Monrovia at Advantage Ford.

 

[Moody]

Today i spent an hour at the dealership talking with the Field Service Engineer!!!! yes i got to speak directly to him face to face (FSE) and Service Department Manager (SDM). We discussed all of the issues i have been experiencing and both of them were very attentive. The FSE said he has never seen this issue on the 5.0 GT and was concerned there are more mustangs out there with the same issues. We all went outside and tried to start the GT after it had set for 10 min since they returned from the test drive. The result was a long crank issue, once it fired there were 2 distinct metallic pops/clanks from the engine, and a little white smoke from the passenger side tail pipe. FSE & SDM agreed they heard the metallic sounds, long crank and white smoke. At this point the FSE said he is also going to contact the Flatrock assembly plant to investigate the issues and may have the injectors replaced on cylinders 3 & 5. I showed the FSE all the threads on this forum and that these issues are not isolated to the GT model. The FSE and SDM were very courteous and shared my concerns. I didn't get any specific answers as to what is the cause of the issues. they have to look further into it. I respect the fact they said we don't know what the problem is right now, but are working to resolve it. They did not try to blow smoke up my tail pipe.

no matter how much i dislike my brand new car already breaking down, i have not yelled at anyone, nor "gone off the deep end". i am frustrated but getting irate will only cause delays and ensure they wont want to work with me.

once i have more info back from the FSE/SDM i'll provide another update.

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