A buddy just had a hard to find transmission go tits up in his 8 year old loaded to the max Chevy pick up. Dealer left him hanging for a week. Said they couldn’t find one.
The Neighbor friends up the Street [Mom & Son] She's 93 took their 2022 Escape in for an Oil Change at a different Ford Dealership than they bought it at and I don't like I'll explain here. It has 6,000 miles on it and they told them It needs brake pads I told My friend I think they're full of crap.The same dealership years ago told My brother the flywheel on His F-150 was cracked and that's the noise He was hearing.My brother put the Truck on ramps took inspection cover off and kept turning engine over He found no cracks.They wanted $1,200.00 to replace the flywheel which wasn't bad it was the starter that was bad and making the noise.
I've gotten thru many times. In my case it did no good. You just get more of the same, blah blah blah stuff. Don't worry you still have a warranty.
I have 2 very trustworthy shops I use. Know both personally. Never have the fake upsells. Had a tire shop (Just tires) patch a tire and he tried selling me brake pads on my Flex because they "were at 2mm" this a week after my Mechanic checked the whole car front to back and Found NOTHING to replace. I told him they were replaced 6,000miles before, and are still like new. He says normally they are $499 but we can do $399. (Just for the fronts) I told him fix the tire and scam someone else. Year later, my brakes still look great. Loser.
Appreciate the response. You .... got through? To live people? :: stands in awe of you ::
I don't know... I live in the desert southwest. sonoran desert. it's been bloody hot all summer. I'm not sure 10k is advisable under these conditions... perhaps in the northeast or michigan with an average summer temp of 80 and highway speeds of 70, not 105 with highway speeds of 80. Therefore, I do change my oil every 5k.. though this last one did slip to 6k. Don't consider myself a blind sheep.
You should be enraged. I've got 25000 on my hybrid Lariat. Have yet to have anything other than Ford Quicklane service for no more than 139 with everything from rotation to oil change, less with Quick lane coupon offers. That fuel service is the biggest B.S. l've ever heard of. I would be writing Ford about it. The brake wear seems imposdible. I've had Ford's hybrids and plug-in hybrids for 13 years now ( multiple C-max hybrid and Energi) and never needed pads on any of them, up to 120k.
This is a poor response to a rip off question, sorry.
Unfortunately a classic dealer upsell for services not needed. You shouldn’t have deposits on your fuel injectors at 9k miles. If they (and I doubt they did) removed the connectors to clean them then the charge is reasonable. I suspect it was a bottle of Lucas fuel system cleaner dumped in your tank. You could call and ask them how the fuel / air service is done if you really want to know but, like others, it’s time to go to another dealer or a local / honest mechanic. Sorry they took advantage. It’s happened to most of us
