wusthof
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this is one thing I will take the stang into the dealer for..............they screw it up, they fix. I've read too many of these nitemares
this is one thing I will take the stang into the dealer for..............they screw it up, they fix. I've read too many of these nitemares
I put in Champions over 12,000 miles ago, car is still running great. When I removed my originals there was 38,000 on the clock. The second one broke off. I chickened out , trucked it to my dealer who broke off 5 more. I never want to relive that again. Needless to say, I sleep much better knowing my one piece Champions are on the job.
And this is a dumb statement. It's not the dealers fault these are a **** design. Ford themselves should pay to dealer to do this... like any other warranty claim. I deal with way too many customers every day like this that think because we touch a car, we own it. It's BS.this is one thing I will take the stang into the dealer for..............they screw it up, they fix. I've read too many of these nitemares
How much did they charge you to remove the 6 broken plugs??
And this is a dumb statement. It's not the dealers fault these are a **** design. Ford themselves should pay to dealer to do this... like any other warranty claim. I deal with way too many customers every day like this that think because we touch a car, we own it. It's BS.
Well unfortunately for you, (whether you are a mechanic or salesman) you are the only person/s which we buyers have to gripe at. Give me the number to the "Ford Guy" in charge and I will give him the earfull instead of you guys And Ford's not gonna pay $500 million dollars to dealers for a design they cheaped out on. The dealers can't complain because if they do, then Ford will just say "we won't ship anymore cars to your dealership, how you like them apples"!!
Well ya know... If Ford wants to stay afloat, then they wouldn't do that, right?
How much did they charge you to remove the 6 broken plugs??
And this is a dumb statement. It's not the dealers fault these are a **** design. Ford themselves should pay to dealer to do this... like any other warranty claim. I deal with way too many customers every day like this that think because we touch a car, we own it. It's BS.
The reason people are changing out OE plugs that are still running OK is simple, the longer they are left in the head, the more likely when they are removed, they will snap off in the head. People are changing them out early are trying to head off a huge repair bill before it hits them between the eyes.
The plugs you bought for your '65 Impala wern't platinum tipped.
Also, the chances of the dealer fixing a plug they break off for free? Nill. Most dealers will charge you to remove a plug they break off EVEN IF THE CAR IS STILL IN WARRANTY.
Umm ya, coming in as a fleet mechanic for Ford's 5.4's with well over 200,000 on some of our service vans out there, the plugs looked as good as the day I installed them on the 100K tune up.
Most of you will have traded in your cars well before the 100K mark for the next latest and greatest fad: I've seen the scare and hype all too often on the internet, people losing sleep for no reason at all.
Life is far too short to worry about whether or not my spark plugs will come out before the service due date.
I dont know who "most of us" are but I dont drive no service van and I do my own repairs on my car. Even if I kept the car for 2 months and traded it in doesnt excuse the fact that ford used a substandard product. And your probably right, maybe its all hype. which is why ford guarantees them for 100k.
LOL Sometimes reading in forums brings up a list of worries.
I have a 2007 GT/CS w 3800 miles on it, now I am tossing around pulling the plugs out?? Is there a better replacement for NA performance or is it really just for the security of knowing the new ones are 1 piece??
Obviously the car has never even been out in any type of bad weather, hell it doesn't even see rain
Thanx