Oh really, exactly what value to they give you on a buy back? I've been wondering that in case I went with lemon law action.

 

You have a PM

You'll be pleasently surprised I think.

 

I've got an 06' F-150 with zero problems. My wife wanted a 1500 Silverado, I tried to talk her into an F-150, but we made it to the Chevy stealership before Ford and she found an 06' 1500 Silverado w/ 5600 miles, LT with tow package, nice truck. Test drove it everything seems fine got it for $19,995. Figured good deal low miles, wifes happy all is good. Now I was born a Ford man and always will be, and figured what are the odds of getting a problem child from GM. Well I guess the odds are pretty good. The truck currently has 14,000 miles and has already had the intermediate shaft in the steering column relpaced under warranty as well as the screaming power steering pump. It's been just over 1 week from the repairs and the power steering pump is already screaming again and the steering wheel squeeks when turn left. Moral of the story. DON'T BUY A CHEVY!!!! I can't WAIT for the tranny problems! So much to look forward to.

 

I reckon it really depends on the deal he offered you. Can you come away from this making alittle money ahead? I dont think theres anybody out there that builds trucks with out problems. My wife still has her 04 fx4 f150. She never had any problems and everybody elase i've talked to has'nt had any problems. So every unit is'nt problematic. Moving up to a 3/4 ton truck is something esle i tell ya. I moved up and i'll never move down.
Look at it this way your friend offered you an out. If he offered you a F250 at a "deal" and you still want a bowtie you'll get a better trade for the 3/4 ton truck anyday. F250 hold their value really good.

 

I just sent it a second time. Maybe a system glitch of some kind. Let me know if you get it. If not send me a PM with your email address and I will email it to you.

 

The frequent rear end repairs are caused, by the flat rate system, not by Ford. Ford may be at fault for the 1st occurance, but one "fixed", it's on the dealer. I wouldn't trust many flat rate techs to rebuild a rear correctly, because it is time consuming, and flat rate doesn't account for that. It should be fixed at no charge to you, but also it's not Ford's issue either, it's the dealer. If the owner is a true "friend" he will just bite the bullet and pay to have a (new) complete rear axle put in. That way his "butchers" can't screw it up again. Repeated failures are 9 times out of 10 setup issues.

 

They did replace the axle last trip in. Everything but the rear end casing itself was replaced. I'm going to try to get them to replace the entire rear end and driveshaft through the customer care process or arbitration.

I really love my truck (which is almost paid off) and have added too many things to it over the last couple of years. I know if I trade it in, or have it bought back, I can remove most of the add ons, but I JUST WANT MY TRUCK FIXED!

YOU HEAR THAT FORD!

Whew...I fell a little better now.

 

And that means that someone at the dealer put it together. Probably the same person that screwed it up the first few times. They should bite the bullet, now that they have screwed up a few times, and replace the rear complete, yoke to rotors, so that their service tech is not setting up the gears. He's already proven how many times he can't do it right.

 

I'm glad your feeling better. You had me worried there for a second. Come on man dont make me beg tell us about this deal on this F250.

 

2007 F250 Power Stroke 4x4 ShortBox Crew for $36,300 out the door. I hadn't researched too much (been pricing 2500 HD's more), but that seemed like a pretty good deal. Especially since the diesels will be increasing by a few thousand for new emmissions requirements from what I've heard.

 

That's a heck of a great deal if that truly includes all fees, taxes, etc.

It's like getting this truck for $32.7K + FDAF + taxes + license, etc

 

That was the out the door price not including my trade. He offered me 14,500 for my truck. There's a little damage to the front bumper and plastic filler over the bumper from hitting a deer my last trip to the country

 

55wagon, I have an 06 F350 dually Super Duty for a work truck, and an 06 1500 Silverado for home use. The Ford works great, and so does the Chevy. I say buy Ford and Chevy, and keep the longest running truck lines in business. You say don't buy Chevy, because you got a bad USED truck. Well Ford and Chevy can have problems with some of their vehicles.

 

Sounds good to me. Last October i gave $28,000 for my 04 fx4 crew cab larait F250 with 45,000 miles on it.

 

The reason they have not fixed your whine is because the tech they have does not know how to setup a rear end correctly. I would love to be a fly on the wall. Bet he is just throwing parts at it and not adjusting the preload or shiming it correctly. Too many of us who had this whine have had it fixed correctly. This dealer is full of you know what! Ask him why there is a TSB in regards to this situation if it were so called "normal". Wonder if the tech knows how to read the book to set up a diff correctly. Maybe he doesn't know his numbers!