Any one else get this letter from Ford?




- NCSU

 

That letter isnt real, everyone knows Ford never does anything to help its customers with problems. Only Toyota does that

Seriously thought glad to see them doing this

 

Good for you man. I had mentioned fuel injector problems on a question a while back. Someone was asking about potential probs. with '05's. Got responses calling BS on the problem..... Guess this shows that even the Mighty Ford has acknowledged the problem.

 

I got one in the mail today.

 

I wonder if one for the plugs is next.

 

hopefully I'll be getting one too. For the first year and half of owner ship about once a week the truck would not start and acked like it was flooded. Once it did start it would blow a bunch of black smoke out of the exhaust. The dealer could never reproduce the problem so never bothered to look into it. It has only done it once or twice in the last year though.

Yeah it would be nice to get something on the plugs but I'm not holding my breathe for that one.

 

Haven't received mine yet. I think I saw on here though that it gives a part number for the new replacement injectors. I almost think it would be worth it to replace them myself rather than one go bad and hydrolock the engine. Man that would tee me off!

 

Just replaced all mine last week with latest service replacement part. This issue's been buggin me for a while.

 

Got my letter in the mail yesterday.

 

Received mine yesterday. From the letter it would seem that only 2005 models are affected.

I heard the term hydolock, what is that?

Was that replaced under the new warranty extension? If not what did that set you back?

 

Hydrolock is when an injector, in this case, sticks open and floods the cylinder with fuel. Then when you try to start it it won't crank over and can cause some fairly serious problems.

If you guys don't get a letter if you have issues or are curious if it applies to your specific truck, just call any Ford dealer with your VIN # and they can run it through and tell you if the extended coverage applies or not. I believe if you've already had to pay for a fuel injector replacement out of pocket, you can get reimbursed if your vin # is part of the extended coverage of those fuel injectors.

 

So are you saying serious engine problems? I assume any damage to the engine as a result of a hydrolocked engine from a stuck injector would be covered as well?

 

This is a part from the owner letter:

PLEASE NOTE: This extended coverage program only applies to fuel injectors that are stuck open or closed. This program does not cover the cost of any other diagnostics or repairs not related to this condition. ......

So that tells me if a stuck injector causes a hydrolock condition that causes ring or lower end (related) damage, it should be covered......

 

Letter also states:

If you paid to have this service done before the date of this letter and the repair occured within the 11year/120,000 mile coverage period, you may be eligible for a refund. To initiate a refund request, please give your paid original receipt to your dealer before June 30, 2008. To avoid delays, do not send receipts to Ford Motor Company.

 

"Could result in damage to other powertrain components"

It seems like they are only extending the warranty on the injectors though...