Information from VIN?
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Information from VIN?
I'm looking at a truck sitting at a dealer. With the vin is there a way to tell the build date or any other info about the truck. The VIN is 1FTSW21P15EB81232
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I have run into this problem lately as well. In the last month I have purchased/leased 6 new Fords. 5 for work and 1 for personal use. I was amazed at how innacurate many dealer's websites were. A couple of them told me that they had certain cars available and in stock when I called them to confirm, and then when I got all of the paperwork in order a couple days later, they said they either had sold the car, or it wasn't at the dealer yet. I finally found a dealer that I was comfortable with and got my personal vehicle from him, unfortunately it was too late to deal with him on the company cars. I wonder how long it is going to take some dealers to figure out that they need to be accurate with their inventories and honest when you talk to them. I can't believe they can get away with running their business like that.
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Is the Ford Direct site ran by the dealerships or is it run by Ford based on what Ford thinks is in the dealer inventory?
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It showed up on Ford main website, and I went directly to the dealers website and it was there too, only to find out after the phone call it is in delivery. I wanted to do something by next week, so I this truck won't work. I posted another topic with a VIN of a truck a dealer gave me, but won't tell me where it is. Somewhere in Illinois.
I would like to look up the xplan price before I go negotiate.
I would like to look up the xplan price before I go negotiate.
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Originally Posted by novi408
...I wonder how long it is going to take some dealers to figure out that they need to be accurate with their inventories and honest when you talk to them. I can't believe they can get away with running their business like that.
