ford warranty check out the new TSB for 11-12 mustangs

TOWGUNNER

mods on the new 5.0 gona be hard to get dealerships to honor your warranty, if you take it in for any type of problems u 5.0 guys are having, because if they find a modified part on there looks like your pretty much assed out of warranty. sux if thats true. they do have to prove that the modded part did it but most dealerships will not want to warranty the part.

ScreamingFast · Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2008 Posts: 11379

Yeah this is a hot topic on s197 forums. Jeff can chime in here but has to do mainly with tuning, the number 8 cylinder and messing with the knock sensor.
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TOWGUNNER · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:45 pm Post subject:

yup tuning and if they see any type of mods most dealerships are dbags will try to void the warranty.

stang910 · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:47 pm Post subject:

There's still a way around this. For sure don't take your car in for warranty with any mods on the car cause it will be recorded. Basically if you take your car in for a bad window motor you better remove all engine mods and tune then drive for a period of time before taking it in. If you don't then it's all going to be recorded and when something goes wrong powertrain wise your gonna be SOL. Also you better not have any pics or videos on the net showing you racing or mods on your car cause Ford is looking for them.

tiddies · Site Admin Joined: Feb 11, 2009 Posts: 1720

paid web trolls basicly lol
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TOWGUNNER · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject:

i thought ford would still be able to tell if the car has been changed from a modified tune back to a stock tune because something about they have a tool to check the history of the computer. so if thats true then that is really bad for those who want to modify these new 11-12 5.0s no matter if u drive it around it will still be able to be detected from what i heard.

6Stang99 · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:42 pm Post subject:

stang910 · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:03 am Post subject:

outcrydrummer · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:14 am Post subject:

Damn thats shitty. Time to get a truck lol
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recordbreaker5 · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:20 am Post subject:

sounds like Ford dealers are doing anything and everything to hide underneath the table rather then help customers who spends thousands...understandable is a sense, but every situation dictates i guess
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stang910 · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:55 am Post subject:

Ford is shelling out $6000 per engine because of bad tunes so I tend to agree with what they are doing. These engines are holding up to as much as 800rwhp with no piston damage so 440 should be cake if the tune is right. The only time I'll have an issue with this is when they reject a legitimate claim.

outcrydrummer · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:28 am Post subject:

I can see how that would be expensive lol. I've already had issues with warranty work so I'm a bit bias
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TOWGUNNER · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject:

man i sure hope ford helps out more of the guys that are no shit with warranty problems. i was looking at getting one in a year or two after the prices go down but also want to see what else if they plan on upping the hp in a few years.

stang910 · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject:

The clutch issues are related to tunes also. There was an issue with the early mustangs, but that's been addressed with new bolts.

For those that haven't read the new MM&FF when Ford was testing the GT clutch in the Boss the pressure plate was falling apart from the vibrations at 7500rpm. Also they were having issues with the pressure plate bolts backing out. They had to wire lock the bolts down to conduct testing. Sound familiar? Anyhow to fix the problem the Boss uses 9 bolts to hold the pressure plate in place.

TOWGUNNER · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:13 pm Post subject:

still working out all the kinks in this car but still thats a shitty deal for owners to be cautious with what they do to their car bc of the possible void of the warranty


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