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Old Jan 25, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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Why don't you paint the cladding that comes with the Expy once they replace the ones that are faded? It'll save you tons of $$$ especially if you do it yourself.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2005 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by damien67
Matt, I'm in SoCal and have faded body cladding on my 03 expy. I took it to the dealer (cerritos) and no help, talked to ford and no help! Please let me know how to go about this problem, I can't believe how rude everyone is at the dealer and ford! There is a serious problem if these body parts are fading after 1 year, what do we do next year and so on? Thanks for your input in advance. Damien

If you take the above posted TSB regarding this issue with you, I don't see how any dealer can refuse your replacement. If they do, complain to Ford and find another dealer.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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thanks for the info, I cant believe that the dealer and ford said there was nothing they can do untill I dropped the tsb number and it was like, oh let me check into that for you. the next day it was like come on in and we will change those free of charge! It blows my mind that they knew about it and could have taken care of it but I had to rant and rave and still no one would own up to it. My wife told me to tell the rep and service manager to send their paychecks to us for doing their job! Thanks to all!!!
 
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:06 PM
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Glad it got fixed.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by damien67
It blows my mind that they knew about it and could have taken care of it but I had to rant and rave and still no one would own up to it.
With all the vehicle lines they deal with maybe they didn't know anything about it offhand.

Thanks to FTE and its members you educated and hopefully created a new level of trust between you and your service manager.
 
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