Chris Shaffer
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- Sep 5, 2017
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I am an active duty US Navy sailor stationed in San Diego. My wife and myself are down to one vehicle, we turned our 2014 GT500 in to El Cajon Ford because our motor blew up at 26k miles. I am the second owner of the vehicle and bought it with 13k Miles certified preowned from Perry Ford of National City. I was told by the GM Mario Lupanachi that sold the vehicle to me at Perry Ford of National City that the previous owner had modified the vehicle heavily. They said it was fine to be sold and that I had a 100k mike warranty if anything happened. Low and behold the engine blew 12k miles later with no modifications done by me as the current owner. I bought the car as is and has been the same way since I bought it with no change. I was told that Ford Corporate would not cover the engine because the PCM showed that it had been modified and only had one key cycle after blowing up. My vehicle sat at El Cajon Ford for 3.5 months to get fixed and they were the only ones that unplugged the battery terminals which would drain the vehicle of its life and reset everything. The vehicle was started by El Cajon Ford and I was told that the vehicle sounded like the motor was blown. So obviously the car would only have one key cycle on the PCM because they would have done it. Ford Corporate hasn’t reached out to me to tell me that I did this which I have done nothing but drive it. I’m being told I have to pay for tear down of the motor and cover the cost of the 18k motor to be replaced which is unacceptable because there product failed and now I’m the blame for the dealer that sold me the vehicle. I talked to the GM at Perry Ford of National City and he said well what do you want me too do you bought the car it’s your problem, I didn’t know this is how you treat active duty military members and loyal Ford owners for a 2017 GT350, 2017 F150 and broken 2014 GT500. Who is going to help me with this issue, I have all supporting documents of inconsistencies in the CarFax as well. This vehicle only received two oil changes in the 12k Miles I drove it. There is many posts on the internet on forums showing the weakness and structural integrity of the 2013-2014 GT500 motor. My point is here is how am I being held liable for a car that was heavily modified and returned to stock by a Ford dealership and then sold to me with a 100k mile warranty and then told they will not cover because of their own dealer issues? Do I need a lawyer and a news network to take this story higher? Chris S