Spooky Ford Rep's

[slagburn]

Every time you hook an IDS up to your car, on the first screen at the bottom it says Emissions Level: then either Aftermarket or Federal.

It also sends session info to Mother Ford every single time.

 

[irishpwr46]

They can cancel your policy for doing legal activities? Thats crazy.

legal or not, its not written into the policy. theres a reason people buy race day insurance

 

[BruceH]

They can cancel your policy for doing legal activities? Thats crazy.

Racing and intentional abuse do void most warrantees. Most insurance won't cover your car if you wreck it while racing, legal or not.

There was a member on boss site and maybe here, Capt Distraction. Ford nuked his warranty by showing him printed copies of all his postings about HPDE and such... I don't trust those Ford techs for shit and think its sucks the forums give them free reign. That is why I rarely spoke about my mods until I was past mine.

I don't get it. If you screw your motor up why should Ford pay for it?

 

[Bullitt 3309]

I don't get it. If you screw your motor up why should Ford pay for it?

I'm not saying to not own up to borking the motor, but its pretty disingenuous of Ford to troll the forums for ammo to void a warranty. That is why I originally only had the FRPP parts bought thru my dealer in my sig. So if I had an issue and they tried to point out the "mods", I could remind said dealer I bought them from their parts dept and they installed it...

 

[psfracer]

I still have another year on my warranty.

Racing and intentional abuse do void most warrantees. Most insurance won't cover your car if you wreck it while racing, legal or not.



I don't get it. If you screw your motor up why should Ford pay for it?

Yeah my race car insurance covers the car for an agreed upon value--and covers it while in locked storage (garage) against theft, while being transported to and from the track in the trailer, and in the pits. But NOT on the race track.

 

[Fullboogie]

Can't speak to other manufacturers, but I know for a fact that Ford has had a policy of very aggressive warranty denial/cancellation since the early 90's. So much so that there has been a large amount of litigation against Ford. I sued Ford in the mid 90's for denying the warranty on my '93 for a broken oil pump drive shaft (a very common problem that Ford wanted to keep quiet) because of a CAI and Edelbrock intake manifold. We hit 'em pretty hard under the Texas deceptive trade practices act.

 

[3VPOWA]

How do you figure that they will even have a clue who the person is unless they post their VIN? There are a lot of Mustangs out there.

You ever look at an invoice after having service done at the dealership? They usually have your license plate listed on them. Wonder if that's a searchable field in their database.

 

[AnotherS197GT]

You ever look at an invoice after having service done at the dealership? They usually have your license plate listed on them. Wonder if that's a searchable field in their database.

Not between dealerships. Thats only at that certain dealership. The only info that is shared between dealerships would be the info in OASIS. That stuff is only a history of warranty repairs done.

 

[BruceH]

I still have another year on my warranty.






Yeah my race car insurance covers the car for an agreed upon value--and covers it while in locked storage (garage) against theft, while being transported to and from the track in the trailer, and in the pits. But NOT on the race track.

You should make an appointment and tell them something is wrong with the mpg.

 

[TexasBlownV8]

Hm...my initial thoughts on warranty snooping was that there are far more legitimate and non-modded vehicles that go in for warranty work than modded vehicles (I would think). What's the percentage, I'm sure there's some numbers somewhere, based on the type of vehicle, or those that are modded in a way that could void warranty. But then there is the "use" side, too; I overheard a claim at a local dealership about a vert body issue being denied warranty coverage because the car had been "racing. This was years ago before any mods or thoughts of mods were on my mind, but it just was something I remembered.

If an insurance rep is writing down vin numbers at a track, I think that's bullshit. It's your business what you do with your property, and how you wish to operate it within risky situations.

Being a strong privacy advocate, there surely will be a time when it will come up, as to what information can be obtained from your vehicle, for whatever devious reasons are claimed. Sure there's the 'we want to validate your operation to provide the best insurance rates' bullshit story, but think about it from a bigger picture as mentioned. Knowing how and what you do to your car. Where you drive, how fast, how close to other vehicles, and then the remote command and control, where law enforcement says "we need to stop this vehicle, so remotely disable it" kinds of things. That's when big brother is already too deep. Once it's been there and it is in place, there's no going back.

The recent rage of muscle car resurgence may be an era we were fortunate to have lived and played in. 10 or 20 years from now, when more and more cars are less powerful or non-modified, and even driving themselves, these days of "before the motor law" will be missed.

sorry for the divergence.

 

[3VPOWA]

Not between dealerships. Thats only at that certain dealership. The only info that is shared between dealerships would be the info in OASIS. That stuff is only a history of warranty repairs done.

Always made me curious. Good to know.

 

[claudermilk]

these days of "before the motor law" will be missed.

I see what you did there. My favorite song ever.