kapiteinlangzaam
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Be warned chums.
Car has 25k miles.
Both rear wheel bearings are shot, vid here:
Been to Ford today and they have refused warranty repair as the car has 305 width tyres.
Tyres have only been on the car 2 weeks - this isnt important apparently.
The bearing is common to the GT350, which has 305s from factory, but this still doesnt matter.
Cherry on the cake is that Ford want €900 to replace.
€215 per bearing + labour.
Absolute chancers. The bearings are the equivalent of €66 new in the US.
So ive ordered from AmericanMuscle for €250 a pair incl. delivery and will fit at an indy garage for about €150 labour.
So:
- Check your bearings regularly. The only outward sign was a slight creaking at parking speeds and then a gradual change of 'feel' in the car. Hard to spot initially though. They are not grinding or whirring at all.
- If they need doing, Ford will use any excuse (incl. lowering, as this was their backup BS refusal reason).
- If you like to be prepared, already order some from the US. Nowhere apart from Ford is stocking these in the US or EU.
- It seems like a relatively common problem in the US, with Ford replacing no questions asked up to 36k miles. So once again we get screwed in Europe.
Ah, more Mustang bliss.
Car has 25k miles.
Both rear wheel bearings are shot, vid here:
Been to Ford today and they have refused warranty repair as the car has 305 width tyres.
Tyres have only been on the car 2 weeks - this isnt important apparently.
The bearing is common to the GT350, which has 305s from factory, but this still doesnt matter.
Cherry on the cake is that Ford want €900 to replace.
€215 per bearing + labour.
Absolute chancers. The bearings are the equivalent of €66 new in the US.
So ive ordered from AmericanMuscle for €250 a pair incl. delivery and will fit at an indy garage for about €150 labour.
So:
- Check your bearings regularly. The only outward sign was a slight creaking at parking speeds and then a gradual change of 'feel' in the car. Hard to spot initially though. They are not grinding or whirring at all.
- If they need doing, Ford will use any excuse (incl. lowering, as this was their backup BS refusal reason).
- If you like to be prepared, already order some from the US. Nowhere apart from Ford is stocking these in the US or EU.
- It seems like a relatively common problem in the US, with Ford replacing no questions asked up to 36k miles. So once again we get screwed in Europe.
Ah, more Mustang bliss.
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