Out of warranty I assume from the mileage and the quote for the repairs. Very interested to see what the cause of failure is. 
And Another One Bites the Dust....
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And Another One Bites the Dust....
I work for a specialty chemical company out of Louisiana. We have two 2011 F-550's with 500 gallon tanks mounted on them. These trucks travel all over the US and Canada. They gross out at 17,500 pounds when loaded and come home empty grossing 13,500 pounds. The oldest of the two trucks, bought on February 4, 2011, went down just outside of Greensboro, NC Monday. The driver stated it started to shake violently and then just shut off. It was towed to Green Ford. The only thing they know for sure is there is no compression on cylinders 5,6, and 7. Their recommendation is to replace the long block, all eight injectors, the Turbo, and the Water Pump. The quote is $21K. They hope to have it back on the road by the 8th of October.
Just adding this one to the list.
Just adding this one to the list.
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I have told the dealership that I have to have pictures of the damage or I will not pay for the repairs. If they give me pictures I will surely post them. They will not tear it down until next week. They are making me a bit concerned though in that they are making us off load the truck because "they have to use a torch to remove certain bolts in order to raise the cab for the repair." I call BS on this but I don't know for sure. Because the truck is a Hazmat truck, the tow bill to get it home was going to be close to $6K so we are letting this dealership try their hand at fixing it.
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As a former commercial driver I can say that you don't want any of that. Interstate hazmat hauling by a for-hire carrier is extremely expensive. It has to do with legal compliance more than anything, you can't just pull this thing onto a rollback and roll out. I used to haul some Hazmat, and the legal compliance aspect is ridiculous IMHO.
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I have told the dealership that I have to have pictures of the damage or I will not pay for the repairs. If they give me pictures I will surely post them. They will not tear it down until next week. They are making me a bit concerned though in that they are making us off load the truck because "they have to use a torch to remove certain bolts in order to raise the cab for the repair." I call BS on this but I don't know for sure. Because the truck is a Hazmat truck, the tow bill to get it home was going to be close to $6K so we are letting this dealership try their hand at fixing it.
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...huh...the odds Ford gives on HPFP failures under warranty is about 1/15000...I think the powerball odds are considerably worse
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The only thing they know for sure is there is no compression on cylinders 5,6, and 7. Their recommendation is to replace the long block, all eight injectors, the Turbo, and the Water Pump. The quote is $21K. They hope to have it back on the road by the 8th of October.
