Screwed!

JASonic · August 26th, 2008, 04:00 PM

The stealership lied to me. They said they'd fix the mid pipe which they did. Then they said they'd fix the manifold after 3 visits to their sorry asses. Now they say that they arent going to pay for it and it will cost $490 for a new manifold and labor to put it on. Bullshit!

He said the manifold isnt even cracked. He said that its "warped" right at the engine block. I think they did it! When the asshole mechanic couldnt take my exhaust apart for the mid pipe, he just let the whole damn thing "hang" from the bottom of the car. I bet its not "warped", I bet its bent!

I have no recourse on this. DAMN! I have to drive this POS now sounding like this and getting shitty gas mileage.

Lefty · August 26th, 2008, 04:01 PM

That's why I do stuff myself =)

4doorfoxy · August 26th, 2008, 04:02 PM

Oh I'd be PISSED!

~C~ · August 26th, 2008, 04:04 PM

wtf, on the stang? write a letter to the main office. and def go back there and tear up some heads.

AzSonicSnake · August 26th, 2008, 04:43 PM

time to open up a can of whoop ass!!

dr.gonzo! · August 26th, 2008, 04:46 PM

I would trust a shadetree mech over a dealership

G.T. Rags · August 26th, 2008, 04:47 PM

kick his ass, seabass

AndrewA. · August 26th, 2008, 05:16 PM

Never would i go to a dealership..warranty or not. Seen what my parents have been thro and seeing first hand trying to fix a friends car..never never.

03SonicBoom · August 26th, 2008, 05:19 PM

Call in and talk to the manager. Tell them that they screwed up and you want it fixed for free. If he declines and argues it's not there fault then ask for his boss's name and number. Call him and go through the same process. Go up the ladder as far as you have to (this process takes FOREVER).

I did this once and got all the way up to the VP of sales. I talked to about 6-8 different people for 3.5 hours total. Once I got to the VP of sales, told him what happened and he said it would be fixed free of cost. His time was worth more than giving the part away for free.

FoxHoss · August 26th, 2008, 06:05 PM

dont bother with the dealership get a hold of somone higher up than them(probably the ford rep for that area), go to the ford website and look for contact information and see if you can speak to somone, or write a letter about how pissed you are. just get in contact with somone higher than the dealership and bitch your heart out... they will give you a case # that you bring to the dealership and they will fix it for free, under warranty basicly

i process warranty claims for GM i see it ALL the time, its just like not getting a refund at walmart and bitching to walmart corporate and they refund your money. big business will ALWAYS settle in favor of the customer even if they know the customer is wrong, it keeps the customer happy and his mouth shut!

JASonic · August 26th, 2008, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by FoxHoss

dont bother with the dealership get a hold of somone higher up than them(probably the ford rep for that area), go to the ford website and look for contact information and see if you can speak to somone, or write a letter about how pissed you are. just get in contact with somone higher than the dealership and bitch your heart out... they will give you a case # that you bring to the dealership and they will fix it for free, under warranty basicly

i process warranty claims for GM i see it ALL the time, its just like not getting a refund at walmart and bitching to walmart corporate and they refund your money. big business will ALWAYS settle in favor of the customer even if they know the customer is wrong, it keeps the customer happy and his mouth shut!

this gives me a little hope. Thanks. I'll run with it and see what happens.

TheUNZippee! · August 26th, 2008, 07:04 PM

Have the wife drop them a frosty email using your email account.

<-----smart

JASonic · August 26th, 2008, 07:06 PM

Nice Zip LOL!!!. I suppose I should let her show some titty too. Wont work. Service guy at Ford is obviously gay.

TheUNZippee! · August 26th, 2008, 07:09 PM

Jake in that case I must approve this impending breastacular email.

*waits patiently*

JASonic · August 26th, 2008, 07:10 PM

I was thinking maybe I should man up and try to replace it myself. Technically its no more difficult than changing an air filter but its the "physical" part that scares me. Like bolts breaking an djust getting at the thing.

BTW- I stopped by autozone and they gave me a price of $109 for the passenger side exhaust manifold. At the places I called to get estimates on installing it, they said the part would cost $250 or so. Why would AZ be so much lower? Think the guy running the computer f'd up or something? Does that seem low?

JASonic · August 26th, 2008, 07:12 PM

I happen to love breastacular emails myself. Not to be confused with bestestical.

TheUNZippee! · August 26th, 2008, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by JASonic

I was thinking maybe I should man up and try to replace it myself. Technically its no more difficult than changing an air filter but its the "physical" part that scares me. Like bolts breaking an djust getting at the thing.

BTW- I stopped by autozone and they gave me a price of $109 for the passenger side exhaust manifold. At the places I called to get estimates on installing it, they said the part would cost $250 or so. Why would AZ be so much lower? Think the guy running the computer f'd up or something? Does that seem low?

I would be hitting up the service manager face to face for satisfaction. And no, I'm not making a subliminal suggestion about forcing him to give you oral.

Not this time.

Originally Posted by JASonic

I happen to love breastacular emails myself. Not to be confused with bestestical.

which one is the best

JASonic · August 26th, 2008, 07:15 PM

Im going to try to smack Detroit in the balls first before doing anything myself. Hopefull that will resolve this. But if it doesn't, really,... how difficult is changing a manifold? Are there alot of things to go wrong? Would it help if I took some pictures of the engine and exhaust so you can make a judgment of the condition its in? The reason I say that is because its got 80k miles now. I cant see any rusted bolts but who knows if they are ceased up at this point. Too many damn questions. Why cant one of you bastards live down this way!

TheUNZippee! · August 26th, 2008, 07:17 PM

Difficulty is relative to your mechanical level of expertise, and the particular vehicle you are working on. Having had 4 years or so of apprenticeship under my belt, and a lot of time wrenching on cars, to me it's no big deal. As for changing it on your particular car, I've not done a manifold on an 04 Vg Mustang, so I don't know the difficulty incurred in said mechanical confabulation as compared to confabulating said manifolds on other vehicular conveyances.

GreenFaleen · August 26th, 2008, 07:37 PM

mine was 109 from autozone its not a ford part is why it is cheaper but just call ford the company bitch tell them it is louder than when you brought it in so u know it has been bent since you took it in for repairs and they will take care of it

August 26th, 2008, 04:00 PM	#1
JASonic The George Forman of Keepers Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,406 iTrader: 20 reviews	Screwed! The stealership lied to me. They said they'd fix the mid pipe which they did. Then they said they'd fix the manifold after 3 visits to their sorry asses. Now they say that they arent going to pay for it and it will cost $490 for a new manifold and labor to put it on. Bullshit! He said the manifold isnt even cracked. He said that its "warped" right at the engine block. I think they did it! When the asshole mechanic couldnt take my exhaust apart for the mid pipe, he just let the whole damn thing "hang" from the bottom of the car. I bet its not "warped", I bet its bent! I have no recourse on this. DAMN! I have to drive this POS now sounding like this and getting shitty gas mileage.

August 26th, 2008, 04:02 PM	#3
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August 26th, 2008, 04:04 PM	#4
~C~ ~C~, The Other White Meat! Y2K YellowJacket GT ~TBD~ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West side B-More Posts: 1,710 iTrader: 2 reviews	wtf, on the stang? write a letter to the main office. and def go back there and tear up some heads. __________________ BLOWN Bumblebeast! 370 rwhp / 381 ft lbs ~Tuned by JJ at WMS "Like the blind man says......We shall see...."

August 26th, 2008, 04:43 PM	#5
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August 26th, 2008, 05:16 PM	#8
AndrewA. Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 Mustang GT 8.9@78 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 1,923 iTrader: 2 reviews	Never would i go to a dealership..warranty or not. Seen what my parents have been thro and seeing first hand trying to fix a friends car..never never. __________________ Fire it up, burn it down.

August 26th, 2008, 04:01 PM	#2
Lefty The Doctor '01 Cobra Vert. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mechanicsburg, PA Posts: 27,386 iTrader: 11 reviews	That's why I do stuff myself =)

August 26th, 2008, 05:19 PM	#9
03SonicBoom Moderator 2003 Grand Cherokee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,979 iTrader: 0 reviews	Call in and talk to the manager. Tell them that they screwed up and you want it fixed for free. If he declines and argues it's not there fault then ask for his boss's name and number. Call him and go through the same process. Go up the ladder as far as you have to (this process takes FOREVER). I did this once and got all the way up to the VP of sales. I talked to about 6-8 different people for 3.5 hours total. Once I got to the VP of sales, told him what happened and he said it would be fixed free of cost. His time was worth more than giving the part away for free. __________________

August 26th, 2008, 06:05 PM	#10
FoxHoss Enthusiast 02' GT Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Brooklyn, CT Posts: 902 iTrader: 0 reviews	dont bother with the dealership get a hold of somone higher up than them(probably the ford rep for that area), go to the ford website and look for contact information and see if you can speak to somone, or write a letter about how pissed you are. just get in contact with somone higher than the dealership and bitch your heart out... they will give you a case # that you bring to the dealership and they will fix it for free, under warranty basicly i process warranty claims for GM i see it ALL the time, its just like not getting a refund at walmart and bitching to walmart corporate and they refund your money. big business will ALWAYS settle in favor of the customer even if they know the customer is wrong, it keeps the customer happy and his mouth shut! __________________ Nitrous is like a hot girl with an STD... you wanna hit it, but your afraid of the consequences 02' GT ~ Twin Screwed 469hp/493tq

August 26th, 2008, 07:04 PM	#12
TheUNZippee! Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 61,816 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	Have the wife drop them a frosty email using your email account. <-----smart __________________

August 26th, 2008, 07:06 PM	#13
JASonic The George Forman of Keepers Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,406 iTrader: 20 reviews	Nice Zip LOL!!!. I suppose I should let her show some titty too. Wont work. Service guy at Ford is obviously gay.

August 26th, 2008, 07:09 PM	#14
TheUNZippee! Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 61,816 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	Jake in that case I must approve this impending breastacular email. waits patiently __________________

August 26th, 2008, 07:10 PM	#15
JASonic The George Forman of Keepers Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,406 iTrader: 20 reviews	I was thinking maybe I should man up and try to replace it myself. Technically its no more difficult than changing an air filter but its the "physical" part that scares me. Like bolts breaking an djust getting at the thing. BTW- I stopped by autozone and they gave me a price of $109 for the passenger side exhaust manifold. At the places I called to get estimates on installing it, they said the part would cost $250 or so. Why would AZ be so much lower? Think the guy running the computer f'd up or something? Does that seem low?

August 26th, 2008, 07:12 PM	#16
JASonic The George Forman of Keepers Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,406 iTrader: 20 reviews	I happen to love breastacular emails myself. Not to be confused with bestestical.

August 26th, 2008, 07:15 PM	#18
JASonic The George Forman of Keepers Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,406 iTrader: 20 reviews	Im going to try to smack Detroit in the balls first before doing anything myself. Hopefull that will resolve this. But if it doesn't, really,... how difficult is changing a manifold? Are there alot of things to go wrong? Would it help if I took some pictures of the engine and exhaust so you can make a judgment of the condition its in? The reason I say that is because its got 80k miles now. I cant see any rusted bolts but who knows if they are ceased up at this point. Too many damn questions. Why cant one of you bastards live down this way!

August 26th, 2008, 07:17 PM	#19
TheUNZippee! Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 61,816 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	Difficulty is relative to your mechanical level of expertise, and the particular vehicle you are working on. Having had 4 years or so of apprenticeship under my belt, and a lot of time wrenching on cars, to me it's no big deal. As for changing it on your particular car, I've not done a manifold on an 04 Vg Mustang, so I don't know the difficulty incurred in said mechanical confabulation as compared to confabulating said manifolds on other vehicular conveyances. __________________

August 26th, 2008, 07:37 PM	#20
GreenFaleen MM's Resident Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.001@113 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,906 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 1 reviews	mine was 109 from autozone its not a ford part is why it is cheaper but just call ford the company bitch tell them it is louder than when you brought it in so u know it has been bent since you took it in for repairs and they will take care of it __________________ Scion Tc Turbo - 9psi 297whp 287wtq 2500lbs :p MM 4 Banger club: Senior Ricer NCMM #9 "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby

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