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Ford Faces Defective Engine Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A defective automotive class action lawsuit has been filed against Ford Motor Co, alleging the truck manufacturer knowingly sold vehicles with defective 6.0-liter diesel engines in 2002.
According to the lawsuit:
Ford knew about issues regarding the 6.0L Engine prior to the engine' launch.
The concerns remained throughout Ford' production and sale of the 6.0L Engine.
Ford did not have a "definitive repair action"for the issues.
Most, if not all of these concerns had a "common cause."
Ford ultimately adopted a band-aid approach to reduce its "warranty spend,"without addressing the "common causes"of the problems.
The Ford engine class action lawsuit states that the Ford 6.0L Engines had unprecedented repair rates, accounted for approximately 80% of all of Ford' warranty spending on engines, and as a result, caused Ford to assemble a team of some 70 engineers to help Ford' supplier in identifying and resolving problems.
"Ultimately, Ford sued its engine supplier, Navistar, for $493 million for what it termed 'exceptionally high repair rates and warranty costs due to quality problems attributable to Navistar,' including 'design flaws,'"the class action lawsuit states.
The lawsuit seeks to represent all Californiaresidents and entities who currently own or lease (or previously owned or leased) a vehicle with a Ford 6.0L diesel engine. The lawsuit seeks the following:
Out-of-pocket damages for engine repair/service
Deductibles paid when repairs were covered by warranty
Towing charges incurred from having incapacitated vehicles towed in for repair
Lost profits from the inability to use vehicles when the engine failed, the vehicle being stored at a Ford dealership awaiting repair, or the vehicle being insufficiently reliable to be put into service
Cost to overhaul or replace the defective 6.0L Engines
Diminution in value of the vehicles due to the defect
Decreased trade-in or selling value
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According to the lawsuit:
Ford knew about issues regarding the 6.0L Engine prior to the engine' launch.
The concerns remained throughout Ford' production and sale of the 6.0L Engine.
Ford did not have a "definitive repair action"for the issues.
Most, if not all of these concerns had a "common cause."
Ford ultimately adopted a band-aid approach to reduce its "warranty spend,"without addressing the "common causes"of the problems.
The Ford engine class action lawsuit states that the Ford 6.0L Engines had unprecedented repair rates, accounted for approximately 80% of all of Ford' warranty spending on engines, and as a result, caused Ford to assemble a team of some 70 engineers to help Ford' supplier in identifying and resolving problems.
"Ultimately, Ford sued its engine supplier, Navistar, for $493 million for what it termed 'exceptionally high repair rates and warranty costs due to quality problems attributable to Navistar,' including 'design flaws,'"the class action lawsuit states.
The lawsuit seeks to represent all Californiaresidents and entities who currently own or lease (or previously owned or leased) a vehicle with a Ford 6.0L diesel engine. The lawsuit seeks the following:
Out-of-pocket damages for engine repair/service
Deductibles paid when repairs were covered by warranty
Towing charges incurred from having incapacitated vehicles towed in for repair
Lost profits from the inability to use vehicles when the engine failed, the vehicle being stored at a Ford dealership awaiting repair, or the vehicle being insufficiently reliable to be put into service
Cost to overhaul or replace the defective 6.0L Engines
Diminution in value of the vehicles due to the defect
Decreased trade-in or selling value
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Austin D. Bell
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1. First the computer module gave me trouble several times and they replaced the module with what appears to be a substandard one which displays different colors than the original defective one ... and it still does not respond to the seat massage button and the last mechanic just said it's too much trouble to fix so it just ain't working
2. The location at Russell & Smith refused to do all of the warranty work until the VICE PRESIDENT ordered them to do so and afterwards after changing the oil and doing engine work the vehicle was brought back to me making a very loud engine knocking noise
and now I have to deal with the life of my engine being altered because some mechanic was angry and it seems wanted to pay the customer back - the top mechanic told me bring it back if it "blows up" and then he would replace the engine and later I was told that the transmission would go out at the other dealer if they changed the trainee oil and I had been paying extra for all of that to be checked out and only Ford has worked on the F-150 Limited and the vehicle was all marked up after the VP told them to finish warranty work and they refused to do an engine diagnostice and compression test after they turned the truck over to me with the extremely loud knocking noise ...
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Danny Bolser
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December of 2018, I pulled the engine out and found bad rods, ruined cam and pistons were not correct pistons. I had the machine work done by an expert machinist on the ford 6.0 and then assembled short block. The Ford mechanics came to my home and finished the long block and then installed my new engine. When the engine was started, the engine had low oil pressure problems and was hard to start. After mechanics came to my home several times to resolve the problems, they took my truck back to dealer and kept it for 5 weeks. They stated they tested everything and failed to resolve the low pressure problem. My truck was picked up and by the ford mechanics 5 different times and returned with same problems. I have spent approximately $6000 this time and still no resolve. The ford mechanics state they bought lots of new parts and then had me also buy additional parts on top of everything else. Now the mechanics are suppose to remove my engine and have me take it to an expert in Phoenix for additional testing. This has been going on now for over 4 years.
This time, the engine was pulled out last December of 2018 which then revealed lots of damage after only 40,000 miles and the engine had lots of damage due to being assembled dirty.
I have spent a huge amount of time working around their schedules and have also spent alot of money replacing everything they recommended. Today, they are pulling engine out which I will then take the engine to a 6.0 specialist in Phoenix for testing. The expert will go through everything including dissembling the engine with hopes to find out why their is a low oil pressure problem which is also the cause for hard starting.
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Ken
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Is there any recourse still?
I only have 73,000 miles on it!
Thx
Ken
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Patricia and Samuel Wagner
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This truck was to last us and be our last truck. It is used daily for work and we have horses that we need to be able to haul as well (California wildfires). we are not in a position to write this off and purchase another truck. Any recourse at this point?
Jack Ensign
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