oh man! I've been using my 100lb impact wrench for the last dozen or so times I took it off. I guess I got lucky.
Your advisor screwed you. If they submitted it as a leaking t-stat it should have fallen under powertrain coverage. Its a whole assembly you have to replace. Its all in how its worded when you submit a claim to the warranty company.
True, wording does affect a claim but if a t-stat is under exclusions, it will not be covered by extended warranties unless it was subsequent damage from a covered item.
Factory warranty might have covered it but it was after factory expired, added extended warranty and they are not all equal. In hindsight I should have saved my money
No doubt. In a manual with 20 pages dedicated to how to use the seats and seat belts, it would be nice to have just a single line in the one-page top removal section that says "resting the top on the alignment pins may damage the fragile top so don't do that." The only warning about storing the top says to make sure the rear window is open to avoid damaging the seal. I'll readily admit we need more personal responsibility in the modern world but it seems Ford has set folks up for failure in this case.
Maybe read next time and see what the warranty actually covers. That includes zero body panels, whether they’re removable or not. This ain’t Fords fault it’s yours 100%. Not only did you not read what you bought, you broke your top too and want someone else to pay for it. Anyone with a few brain cells can see that didn’t decide to fracture on its own. Maybe forget to take the bolts out when trying to remove?This is some serious B.S. I have a extended warranty on the my Bronco (150k miles). Last month, I pulled up my hardtop to put in additional weather stripping (rather than complaining about the hideous top in the first place - just shy of 36k miles) and the damn top ended up cracking severely.
(this happened before re-installing the MIC top, but all fasteners were torqued to manufacturers speciation with a torque wrench).
Ya, apparently, that's not even likely to be accepted under the warranty anyway. It was never dropped, never off the Bronco, and only moved a few inches back to add additional weather stripping.
So, knowing that they might refuse to warranty it for being dropped, I still brought it in to the dealer. The dealer, while polite, courteous, and friendly looked to see if it was even a covered item under ESP. It isn't!
F'ing unreal, I have not even had my Bronco 1 year yet, and they are telling me that "trim pieces" are not covered after 36k miles AND that my Ford extended warranty doesn't cover it either.
So, for anyone thinking that Ford will stand behind this obviously defective top unless forced at gun point, they won't.
I hope my motor shells out at 149,975 miles. I want to see Ford eat a bag of sausages.
Also, my Sync 4 system still isn't updating, but they "might" be able to get me in for service in late November. You can get military mental health appointments faster than that. WTF @Ford Motor Company.
Sure am happy I got an extended warranty plan... The basic warranty didn't even last a year (for a non-moving part clearly not affected by mileage) and the extended warranty is apparently useless with regards to the MIC top. It's not a trim piece, it's a major exterior body panel (and clearly defective).
By the way, telling someone to start an insurance claim over something that they can fix themselves doesn't sound like the best course of action, well let's just say that your opinion has been noted. I think that I will just fix the problem myself.
No, that wasn't the issue.
Point is youll get more results. Then you can get a brand new top, repair this one, and sell it.
You just said it yourself right there. A guide pin and a support pin are not the same. And before you come back with some other excuse, Ill have you know I did the same thing couple weeks ago putting mine back on. I sat it on the body and it slid slightly inward and broke the pin out completely. JB weld ftw.
I don't know what you mean by saying that I am coming up with excuses. It broke, that's what happened, I didn't treat it poorly or harshly. FWIW, yours broke in a much nicer way.Point is youll get more results. Then you can get a brand new top, repair this one, and sell it.
You just said it yourself right there. A guide pin and a support pin are not the same. And before you come back with some other excuse, Ill have you know I did the same thing couple weeks ago putting mine back on. I sat it on the body and it slid slightly inward and broke the pin out completely. JB weld ftw.
Sucks! Sorry... But.... It hThat bites.First time I saw the oversized hardtop mounting flange and bolt pattern spacing, I thought it was an odd design choice. Potentially asking for trouble if pressure is put on the flange.
I don't think spreading epoxy on the surface will suffice for a fix. And to glue together along the crack, you'd want the correct cement that would match the hardtop material, to fuse the broken piece back together. For now I'd maybe get a 1/4 thick piece of plastic or 1/8 aluminum and put it on top of the broken flange area (drill some holes for the bolts), then tighten bolts as normal to kind of sandwich the broken area giving it support.
Yes, I'd be ticked with that breakage and no warranty coverage. My CJ hardtop has been through the wringer bashed around and mounting flange is still in good shape.
Sadly, we first owners are all Guinea pigs. I have a 2 dr hardtop and wouldn't trade it for a soft top ever. To me, and I know it is just my opinion, but I couldn't own one with a rag top.
I was not insinuating that you did this, but rather, you would need to prove that you didn't. In the world of warranties, you're guilty until proven innocent.
