Hi all. New to page. Forgive me if this was brought up before. I am searching for a newer f250 with 6.7. I found a 2019 F250 Lariat with everything I wanted. After carfax it currently has a branded title. It was a manufacture buyback from CA. Paperwork from dealer said water leak and was fixed. I live in IL and dealer told me it would be a clean title. Truck only has 9,000 on it. Dose anybody have experience with buying a buyback and should I be worried. Also how bad will I get hosed in 5 or so years when I try to trade it in. The dealer asking $58k
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I would pass on this truck. It would appear that the truck had a problem that the dealer tried several timers to repair without success. I would like to see the Oasis report on the truck. it will tell you what the problem was and how many times they tried to fix it. Before proceeding further I woudl do some more investigating to see why Ford bought this truck back.

 

I would avoid it. I bought a '11 6.7 that was a buyback and it gave me nothing but trouble. All work was done under warranty but it was a massive hassle and not worth any "deal" I got over a non-buyback truck. Ultimately got rid of it after about three years, the first two of which required countless trips to the dealer.

 

NO!!!!!! I had a ‘15 F350DRW that was problematic (I think were caused by some electronic glitch) Being 14000GVW, it did not qualify for any lemon laws, etc. I went back to the dealer I bought it from and sat down with him. We worked out a deal I could live with and drove away with a ‘16. I have no idea what happened to that truck, but I can’t help but think it was nothing but problems For whoever ended up with it. Or it got driven off a cliff someplace!!!!!!!!!!

 

I have bought "tainted title" vehicles with good success, but I would never spend $50-60k on one. There's too much at risk. I'll buy a rebuild or similar type vehicle under $10k and feel like the risk is minimal.

 

Not in a million years would I buy it. Dont need someone elses problems

 

Wouldn't touch a buyback vehicle. Ford doesn't do that out of generosity or easily, it is a fight and there has to be a major issue with the truck that could not be fixed after 3 tries. Has nothing to do with how the Title is branded.

 

I bought a '13 F250 (6.7L Power Stroke) in Wisconsin a little over a year ago. Since it was a bit older, the price range was lower than what you're looking at.

Similar to the truck you're looking at, mine was a California truck originally. That was a plus, because it means it's super clean.

Ford bought my 2013 back in April of 2019 with about 52,000 miles. Why would Ford buy back a vehicle that was well past the 3 year / 36K mile warranty that the truck was originally sold with?

Answer: Consumer friendly lemon laws in the state of California. As far as I can tell, my truck was bought back due to an Electrical concern (that Ford could never actually replicate), although they did replace a vacuum pump gasket. My best guess was that the original owner no longer wanted to carry the payment of my truck, and complained to the point that Ford bought the truck back (because the consumer friendly state of California agreed).

My truck came with a 12 month bumper to bumper warranty. I did have the option to upgrade to a 5 year, but declined. I had it into the dealer twice for minor concerns, both of which were corrected and had nothing to do with the original buyback. I've driven the truck around 15,000 miles at this point, including cross country towing (another truck on a trailer) and frequent local towing.

Going through the purchase process with my truck, I thoroughly researched the buyback process and subsequent process for offering the vehicle for sale again. It isn't a "***** nilly" glance it over and if it looks okay, list it for sale. It's an in depth process, and only certain dealers are even allowed to resell reacquired vehicles. I also got to see all the paperwork to see exactly what was done to it before even test driving the truck.

I've personally had good luck with it, and I know of at least two other people myself who have also had good experiences. It's a great way to stretch your budget a bit further and get a nicer truck.

That said, the resale value will definitely be affected, but the dealer I bought from guaranteed they'd give a fair market offer if I ever wanted to sell. However, I bought this truck with the intent of driving it into the ground, which is what I'd recommend to anyone looking at a buyback vehicle (Ford or not). Others may have had bad experiences, but mine personally has been a good one thus far.

 

 

The price is far too high for a buy back. We bought a Lemon law buy back 2003 Expedition back in 2004. it had 21k on it and was a california buy back for Rear A/C Problems. its 2020 and My wife is still driving it and we have had no problems with it. But we paid 23k for a 50k Expo. It would have to be a good deal for me to consider another LL buy back.