What’s so bizarre? You’re joking, right? The head gasket nightmare existed in 2016. Everyone was aware in 2017. This car wasn’t sold until spring of 2018. You trying to tell me that Ford sold this brand new car in 2018 & didn’t think the head gaskets were an issue? That’s a 40k+ car that a customer just drove off their lot & only to have it fail within 5k miles. Branded title means Lemon. Some insurance agencies, such as AAA, won’t insure a Lemon & good luck on selling a branded title private party.
That vehicle should’ve never left that Ford lot in 2018 until those head gaskets were replaced. I’ve been searching these cars for over a year now & I’m sick of dealers acting as though they’re oblivious to the issue.
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Actually, that's exactly what a dealer ship would do. If it didn't have a Recall then they do not have to fix it.
They might do a TSB, but TSB is not required.
While almost every RS sitting on a lot has had the gasket done, before Ford came out with the Recall we had to fight HARD just to get the issue resolved or even acknowledged.
I had the car in twice for a pressure test, and had weekly visits where the dealer had to top off the coolant. I recorded and uploaded EVERY single coldstart when it spewed coolant smoke. But that amounted to nothing. I was told, "It was water vapor" even though I knew it was not.
I eventually came to the attitude that I had no ****s left to give. I continued weekly top off visits. And the week before my engine hydro locked, I was racing a Honda CTR until we time warped into Mexico.
The next Sunday at Cars & Coffee, I parked my car, and in the 2hrs it was sitting it deposited enough coolant into the cylinders that it hydro locked itself.
I had it towed to Ford, and on the drop off letter, I put in huge letters:
HYDROLOCKED, REMOVE PLUGS BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO START.
I got a call from the service guy on Monday telling me, "We tried to start your car, but we couldn't because it was hydro locked." The dealer eventually gave me a brand new long block because the head/deck were warped beyond repair.
My car was among the worst offenders. So bad that my video's were picked up by Jalopnik, and I let Alex from LegitStreetCars do a video on my car. At the time of the video, we still didn't know what the cause was. But we had strong evidence from Stratified's post on these forums what it could be.
A few months later the recall was announced.