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You've admitted before you won't work on any vehicles unless they come to you since their first service. Your Ford warranty certification is meaningless to me.
You're correct my Ford warranty certification is meaningless to you. Best of luck getting your trucks leaks warrantied.
Hope they don't deny mine when I take it in Thursday. Front diff and whole bottom of oil pan soaked, plus everywhere else oil can blow while I'm driving.
Just about all of the 2020 7.3L I see for service are weeping just a bit from that seal. Just been keeping an eye on them but definitely no intention in repairing them unless its to the point of a drip. Between trucks and machines out there working daily id have to hire 3x the crew if we started fixing all the weeping seals. Only grocery getters are leak free.
Hope they don't deny mine when I take it in Thursday. Front diff and whole bottom of oil pan soaked, plus everywhere else oil can blow while I'm driving.
Don't think you're going to have an issue with warranty fixing that.
My seal is dry as a bone after 2 years and a 100k miles on it.
Thanks for the update Scrap. After 2-1/2 years and 17,000 miles I finally got underneath my 2022 to take a really close look. As you can see below it looks like I do have some minor weeping going on, but certainly no signs of major fluid loss. I'll show the pictures to my dealer next time I'm there, but I'm not really expecting much based on what I see. In fact (and I'm sure I'll get flamed for saying this) I'm not sure I would authorize a warranty claim at this point, if I was the one in charge.
Another reason I won't lose much sleep over it is that, based on my usage, I may very well buy an extended warranty before my 36 months are up. As you can see from my mileage so far this isn't a daily driver, it's definitely low mileage use. God willing this truck, our fifth wheel (and my wife and I) will be able to go on adventures for another 15 to 20 years. I might get flamed again for saying this, but I really love this truck and I'd like to keep it, so having a 10 year insurance policy might be worth the peace of mind in my case.
One thing for sure though, checking that seal is now on my routine maintenance list!
So, here's an update that might surprise you, it sure surprised me. Yesterday I was at my dealer getting an oil change in my Escape, so I showed the service manager the picture of my "weeping" seal. He took one look at it and said "for sure that's covered, let's get it fixed before it becomes a bigger problem". I have to say I've been really happy with Hunt Ford in Franklin, KY all along, and this is one example why. Two thumbs and two toes up!
01-28-2024, 04:36 PM
