I wonder if 11Coyote is even logging back in to read this thread. I'm sure the thought process was more along the lines of "I'll get all these 'Stang folks behind me and twist Ford's Arm" and instead got "all these 'Stang folks calling me an idiot or saying sorry about your luck".
However, truth is, we all wish you the best and hope you get some relief, but most of all that you learn from the experience or better yet, that someone else learns from your experience.
5 Lessons:
1. Don't trust sales people in dealerships. Its not that there aren't good guys out there being honest (I bought my car from one of them, and wish him all the best), its that you don't know whether they are or not. Until you do, don't trust them.
2. Get it in writing because of #1. If its in writing signed by a legal representative of the dealership, they're liable, otherwise its just a pipe dream.
3. Modify your car at your own risk. Realize that Tunes and Mods are cool and great, but if you don't have the money to clean up after their messes, don't. If you do have the money and if a dealer decides to cover it, you're good, and if they don't, you're still good.
4. Don't complain about screwing yourself over in a public forum, unless you like being called an idiot, or just want to help others learn from your lapses in judgement.
5. Don't threaten to sue a dealership after bad mouthing them publicly, it probably will come back to haunt you. Yes, Lawyers are smart people who can put 2 and 2 together and figure out who 11coyote is, and if they can't the people they hire can ('cause they have money too).
Either way, 11Coyote we'd like to know how this turns out.
I'm not a fan of kicking a dude when he's down but reading this thread brings to mind the number of people out there who HAVE NO BUSINESS modifying ANY car. They don't do their homework, they don't understand the possible repercussions of the mods they just slap on, and are therefore, not prepared to accept responsibility for what they've done when all goes BOOM.
So for all the folks out there that come out of the movie theater having watched Fast and Furious but have more money than understanding... GET QUALIFIED HELP BEFORE YOU MOD.
It feels like I've been screaming and hollering about the evil of off-the-shelf tunes for years. Two cars that roll off the line one right after the other are DIFFERENT! If you decide to tune a car for ANY reason, then go to a qualified tuner.
To the OP. Sorry about your luck bro but this is what happens when you don't understand how things work before you do them. Would have been great if you'd signed up as a member here a couple of months BEFORE you slapped that tuner onto your ride.