In november i bought a ford e-150 conversion van, bought new a year 2000 with 80 miles on it. I took it back 11/13/02 for bad vibration. Ford replaced tires and rims. Vibration still was there.
1/08 took van back for vibration from front tires or where ever, so ford rebalanced and rotated tires. Vibration is still there.
3/01/02 took van back to ford for the vibration, service dept said that it was within specs and thats the way the van drives.
I'm stuck with it she said.
1/9/02/ & 3/4/02 & 5/22/02 talked with mr. Bodiford the owner said he would handle the repair. He had a "ed davidson return my call.
After waiting so long i lemon lawed this van. I feel unsafe driving in this van when it virates so bad and i feel like i will run off the road. I paid 38,995.00 ford this van and financed another 9,000 on what i owed on my 2001 ford king ranch, which was only 2 months old. I put 15,000 cash down on truck and paid 32,153.00 and i lost money trading for the van. The truck was worth 24,000 trade in.
On 6/17/02 took van back for final attempt to repair, they replaced my rotors. A rotor was out of round. I only have 7600 miles on this thing.
The head mechanic agrees with the vibration problem so does the customer service relations man "ed davidson" and both said that they would not want to drive this vehicle for personal use.
(again i went back on 6/20/02 hoping that the vibration would be fixed and they said it could not be fixed, they faxed a report to ford dearborn, and ford replyed that the van was within there specs and that they did not feel like anything was wrong and it was due to road feel. I know what road feel is and this is not road feel.
When you have the head mechanic and customer relations man telling you these vans all have bad vibrations in them and they wouldn't own one what does that tell you.
They said they would make me a deal before i go through arbutration, what a deal it was on a new ecusion or f250 truck.
They wanted to give me 15,500 for my van trade in, this van is like a new condo inside, leather, tv, nintendo, 2 stereos, i paid full price for a 2000 in november. And went in the hole another 9,000 to get it.
So here are the figures the were going to go by to give me such a great deal. The said they would take a loss and give me an ecusion a 40,935 vehicle. Well they were going to pay what i owe on my van off 23,514.00 and minus the 15,500 which gave me around 8,000 to play with. So i'd have to finance another 35,000 to get a great deal on a new vehicle. With my payment being 200.00 more per month for 7 yrs.
Is that a deal or what! I'm recovering from a double masetomy breast cancer and my blood work that tracks my cancer is higher than it should be stress related the said. I just want my van to be fixed which they said could not, i can't sell the van, who would buy it with this bad vibration.
If i would have let them take the trade in on the van they would sell it for at least 26,500.1993 are going for that with 36,000 miles or more on them.
I hope ford will work with me on this. I want my full purchase price back with tax and i will purchase a more expensive ford. I just want a safe vehicle to drive.
PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME? (If so, please post a rebuttal or contact me via the usacomplaints.com EDitor)
Thank you,
Patricia
lakeland, Florida
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