Mondeo 130 TDCi dead...again

[DennisTheMenace]

if the car is under 3 years old mate it should be covered under warranty , the ex got palmed off with that one untill i jumped in and gave them grief , ford dealers really do sprout some crap at times .
I had a bit of a choice good car crap dealer ... ford
crap car , but a fantastic dealer(lanehouse vauxhall bridport)
got the vectra ..... sometime i wish i hadnt but , i know if the car goes wrong they will sort it in double quick time , they have never failed to amaze me , customer care lives !!!!

[mybrainhurts]

I'll remember that for next time...thanks

[DennisTheMenace]

No probs , dont let them feed you crap ifthe car is under 60k 3 years all work is covered under warranty no matter what they say , might be time to try a different dealer

[mybrainhurts]

I didn't really give it much thought at the time.

My previous car was new from Motorpoint, UK spec imported from Belgium. These come with a two year warranty only.

The car went in for the work about a month before expiry, but the dealer said Ford said it had expired nine months earlier.

Seems that a batch of cars had been sold to a dealer in Belgium, who held them for several months then sold them to Motorpoint. In those circumstances, the warranty starts from the date Ford sell to the original Belgian dealer.

Accoring to Ford, this is how warranties work in Belgium.

But I have to wonder if they were bullshitting to nail me for buying an import.

Edited by mybrainhurts on Saturday 4th November 20:08

Edited by mybrainhurts on Saturday 4th November 20:32

[nighthawk]

give me the chassis number or the reg and i'll tell you exactly when the warranty started

[mybrainhurts]

That would be an interesting exercise...

I've just edited my last post as it was ambiguous. First dealer was in Belgium.

Reg was FJ53 ***, vin (from a hand written document) WF***********

Just getting rid of sensitive info mate , not a good idea to post it on a public forum

Edited by DennisTheMenace on Tuesday 7th November 22:49

[nighthawk]

VEHICLE INFORMATION

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION :2002 MONDEO 2001

BODY STYLE :ESTATE WAGON

ENGINE :2.0L DURATORQ 130PS

TRANSMISSION :MTX 75 5 SPD TRANSXLE

GENERAL WARRANTY INFORMATION

WARRANTY START DATE :09/10/2002

BUILD DATE :10/07/2002


WARNING MESSAGES
VERIFY VIN/WARRANTY COVERAGE
VEHICLE SOLD IN BELGIUM



So, it really is an import which had a 24 month warranty, even if it had of been a UK supplied vehicle the warranty coverage would have expired.But it looks like it had a warranty repair by Polar motor company this year

[mybrainhurts]

Holy kipper...how did you do that?

I bought it new in September 2003.

Bit of a rip off, starting the warranty in October 2002. I think the EU monkeys would have something to say about that.

How did it have a Ford warranty claim this year? I part exchanged it into a Ford dealer, who passed it immediately to an independent trader.

[nighthawk]

There must have been a former keeper registered on the documents, so in basic terms you didn't buy it new.

I can see things

The warranty repair was to the gear selector linkage, can't remeber the date off the top of my head though.

[mybrainhurts]

But how did it achieve a warranty claim out of date?

First registered keeper in UK was a Motorpoint company, from whom I bought it.

Saw it in the compound when it arrived at Motorpoint, no doubt about its virginity.

[nighthawk]

if FMC made a goodwill contribution towards a repair, it'll show up as a warranty repair.

Goodwill can be offered towards the cost of repair IF the vehicle meets a set critria.

[mybrainhurts]

Ah...

Must have been clocked then...did monster miles in my care

[nighthawk]

Repair date: 05/07/2006
DEALER: POLAR MOTOR COMPANY LTD
ODOMETER: 070526 M

[DennisTheMenace]

Carefull nighthawk you will spook him

[mybrainhurts]

Ooh...I'll check that

I might ber gone some time...

[mybrainhurts]

Sold 16/8/05, 65499 miles...

Thought I'd done a lot more than that...I'm easily confused

So it's done 5000 miles in 11 months...?

Sounds OK...

[nighthawk]

[mybrainhurts]

Can you do that with Reliant Robins...?