Do i have any grounds to stand on?
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The car is a 2010 ford focus 1.6tdci with 49,000 miles on the clock.
Recently the engine malfunction light came on and I lost all power. Called AA guy out who tried the turbo first which was running fine, he then checked the MAF sensor which on visual inspection was fine so he disconnected it anway and took the car for a boot (with me in it). Car ran fine so he tried it with it plugged back in and after a quick foot down power went and engine malfunmalfunction light came back on - problem found - so he left it disconnected so I could use my car over the weekend.
Fast forward to today - I dropped my car off at polar ford in Huddersfield at around 8:15am so hopefully was the first car seen to. Had a phone call at 5pm saying they can't find anything wrong with it at the moment and the mechanic is now bypassing the fuel filter to see if it's that. The woman I spoke to said she won't be able to tell me anything until the morning. Fair enough however I cant believe it's taken this long.
She did say on the phone if it turns out to be the fuel filter then it is a chargeable item as it's a serviceable item.
My service light came on at 49,000 miles and my car is on 49,200 so surely the filter can't have gone already?
If it is the filter is there any grounds to get it fixed through warranty? Fair enough its a few quid but there'll be £100 labour or something daft on top knowing dealer prices!
Anyone else think what could have caused it?
(Sorry mods didn't know if it was SP&L or not)
Cheers
Recently the engine malfunction light came on and I lost all power. Called AA guy out who tried the turbo first which was running fine, he then checked the MAF sensor which on visual inspection was fine so he disconnected it anway and took the car for a boot (with me in it). Car ran fine so he tried it with it plugged back in and after a quick foot down power went and engine malfunmalfunction light came back on - problem found - so he left it disconnected so I could use my car over the weekend.
Fast forward to today - I dropped my car off at polar ford in Huddersfield at around 8:15am so hopefully was the first car seen to. Had a phone call at 5pm saying they can't find anything wrong with it at the moment and the mechanic is now bypassing the fuel filter to see if it's that. The woman I spoke to said she won't be able to tell me anything until the morning. Fair enough however I cant believe it's taken this long.
She did say on the phone if it turns out to be the fuel filter then it is a chargeable item as it's a serviceable item.
My service light came on at 49,000 miles and my car is on 49,200 so surely the filter can't have gone already?
If it is the filter is there any grounds to get it fixed through warranty? Fair enough its a few quid but there'll be £100 labour or something daft on top knowing dealer prices!
Anyone else think what could have caused it?
(Sorry mods didn't know if it was SP&L or not)
Cheers
So let me get this straight - the AA man disconnects the MAF sensor, and the car runs okay, but the Ford garage think it's the fuel filter?
Filters are all serviceable items and not covered by the warranty (unless their failure causes something else to fail). The MAF sensor most likely isn't and should be replaced FOC.
Filters are all serviceable items and not covered by the warranty (unless their failure causes something else to fail). The MAF sensor most likely isn't and should be replaced FOC.
Monty Python said:
So let me get this straight - the AA man disconnects the MAF sensor, and the car runs okay, but the Ford garage think it's the fuel filter?
Filters are all serviceable items and not covered by the warranty (unless their failure causes something else to fail). The MAF sensor most likely isn't and should be replaced FOC.
Yes thats correct. The filter im fine paying for its just the labour costsFilters are all serviceable items and not covered by the warranty (unless their failure causes something else to fail). The MAF sensor most likely isn't and should be replaced FOC.
Ok, I see
Odd the AA thought it was the Maf. Though. I don't trust garages tbh and do my own work. However when my daily was in for servicing when it was in under warranty I would nearly always have to ask for the service manager and argue over something they said they did but obviously didn't.
Odd the AA thought it was the Maf. Though. I don't trust garages tbh and do my own work. However when my daily was in for servicing when it was in under warranty I would nearly always have to ask for the service manager and argue over something they said they did but obviously didn't.
CampDavid said:
So it's 200 miles over due on the service? It's at a Ford dealer. My way out thinking suggests that it may be worth getting it serviced there and then getting them to diag after. Once it's serviced the problem will either be resolved or it'll definately be a warrenty issue
I would but its £185 from them, been quoted £79 else weresmiffy180 said:
CampDavid said:
So it's 200 miles over due on the service? It's at a Ford dealer. My way out thinking suggests that it may be worth getting it serviced there and then getting them to diag after. Once it's serviced the problem will either be resolved or it'll definately be a warrenty issue
I would but its £185 from them, been quoted £79 else wereGixer said:
Ok, I see
Odd the AA thought it was the Maf. Though. I don't trust garages tbh and do my own work. However when my daily was in for servicing when it was in under warranty I would nearly always have to ask for the service manager and argue over something they said they did but obviously didn't.
Well as AA thought it was MAF sensor and it would have been covered by warranty I dropped it in. Wondering if it was a mistake now Odd the AA thought it was the Maf. Though. I don't trust garages tbh and do my own work. However when my daily was in for servicing when it was in under warranty I would nearly always have to ask for the service manager and argue over something they said they did but obviously didn't.
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