2016 Ford F-250 Sd

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT HOME, THE CONTACT NOTICED DARK GRAY SMOKE BILLOWING OUT THE WINDOWS OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND NOTICED THE SEATS WERE ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND NOTICED WIRES IN THE SEAT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNHOOKED THE VEHICLE BATTERY, BUT WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL COLLISION LOT. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

12/07/16 I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. I DROVE IT HOME APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES TO PICK MY WIFE UP AND TAKE HER FOR A SPIN. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG LIGHT, THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT AS WELL AS THE WARNING MESSAGE FOR SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC AND TRAILER BRAKE MODULE FAULT AND THE 911 ASSIST NON OPERATIONAL. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE. THEY HAD THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS. WHEN I PICKED UP MY TRUCK BEFORE I EVEN GOT OFF THE LOT ALL THE LIGHTS AND MESSAGES CAME ON AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIPS OTHER LOCATION AND THEY HAD IT ROUGHLY THREE WEEKS. THEY REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE MASTER WIRING HARNESS AT THE INSTRUCTIONS OF FORD ENGINEERING. I DROVE THE TRUCK BEFORE HAVING ALL THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STABILITY CONTROL/ SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC MESSAGE. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK AGAIN , THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE AGAIN. A FEW WEEKS WENT BUY AND NOW THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. THIS IS THE FOURTH VISIT AND TOMORROW MARKS THE 30TH BUSINESS DAY THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP. ADD TEN MORE DAYS FOR THE WEEKENDS IT SAT THERE AND THE ONE DAY FOR WHEN THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPAIR MY LEATHER INTERIOR THAT THEY MESSED UP. THAT'S 41 DAYS AND I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD IT FOUR MONTHS YET. I'VE REQUESTED THAT THE MANUFACTURER BUY IT BACK NOW TWICE AND WAS DENIED BOTH TIMES. I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT MEET THEIR CRITERIA. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WHEN THESE LIGHTS COME ON. IT POWERS DOWN THOSE SYSTEMS MAKING THEM NON OPERATIONAL. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO THIS HAPPENING. IT CAN BE AT START UP ,SITING STILL OR MOVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE LIGHT CAN STAY ON THE ENTIRE TRIP OR JUST FLASH MOMENTARILY.

MY CHILDREN AND I WERE DRIVING ABOUT 55MPH, ON A SUNNY DAY IN CALIFORNIA, UPHILL, ON A TWO-LANE SECTION OF HIGHWAY, WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, A MEDIAN TO THE LEFT, ANOTHER TWO-LANE HIGHWAY GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND BOTH ROADS ARE SURROUNDED BY UNDEVELOPED LAND. I WAS TALKING WITH MY WIFE, WHO HAPPENED TO BE FOLLOWING US IN HER VAN, WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD "POP". I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE INSIDE THE TRUCK OR WITH ITS DRIVING, AND ASKED IF SHE HAD NOTICED ANYTHING HIT IT FROM HER VANTAGE POINT. SHE SAID "NO" AND WE CONTINUED ON OUR WAY TO OUR NEXT STOPS. WHEN I PARKED, I COULD HEAR A "CRACKING" NOISE ABOVE MY HEAD. I SLOWLY OPENED THE MOONROOF COVER AND DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE MOONROOF HAD CRACKED. THOUGH CRACKED, IT WAS COMPLETELY INTACT AND I COULD NOT FIND ANY SIGN OR DEBRIS INDICATING IT HAD BEEN HIT BY AN OBJECT. I THEN TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM, TOOK MORE PICTURES AS IT DEVELOPED A HOLE ON THE WAY, AND LEFT IT FOR THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT SINCE THEY ARE CLOSED ON SUNDAY. AS I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THE HOLE, I NOTICED THE EDGES WERE ALL INVERTED RATHER THAN FACING DOWN INTO THE TRUCK. IT'S AS IF PRESSURE BUILT UP INSIDE AND BLEW THE MOONROOF OUTWARD. THE NEXT DAY, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO AN "IMPACT" AND DESPITE MY EXPLANATION AND PICTURES, REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 5,515 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. I DID A BIT OF SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT FORD HAD A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM, PERTAINING TO 16 DIFFERENT MAKES/MODELS/YEARS OF THEIR VEHICLES FOR SHATTERING MOONROOFS. THE CASE WAS KREBSBACH ET AL. V. FORD MOTOR CO., CASE NUMBER 2:16-CV-02200. THE FORD REPS I TALKED WITH DENY HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MOONROOFS AND SAID THEY WILL ONLY COVER REPAIRS IF THERE IS A RECALL.

HAS A HISSING SOUND UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE ,HAS BEEN GIVING US UPSET STOMACHS AND SOMETIMES HEAD ACHES,JUST PLAIN SICK FEELING, WHEN THE AC AND DEFROST ARE ON. ALSO FROM END ABS SEEMS TO ENGAGE WHEN GOING AROUND A BEND AND THEN SUPPOSEDLY THE AUTO CORRECT KICKS IN AND TRIES TO CORRECT THE TRUCK PULLING STEERING WHEEL. WAS TOLD THEY TESTED ONE TRUCK AND IT DID IT ONE TIME,THIS IS AFTER THEY PUT IN COUNTLESS HRS ON LABOR PLUS A $1000 INTO A NEW STEERING COLUMN AND DETERMINED THAT IT IS NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION. DIDN'T BUY IT FOR THIS GOD FOR SAKE NOISE . AS FOR THE HISSING,TOLD ME TO DETAIL THE TRUCK AND THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYMORE FOR THIS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF BUYING THIS TRUCK. OVER AND OVER TO THE DEALERSHIP,THEY KEEP PUTTING NEW PARTS ON. IF THIS IS NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS,THAN WHY DON'T THEY KNOW WHAT TO REPLACE AND KEEP PUTTING MORE TEST AND PARTS. NO ANSWER ON THE HISSING SOUND AND VERY VERY RUDE MANAGERS AT DEALERSHIP.