I purchased a used truck on November 5th from Maroone Ford of Margate, FL. I spent around $27,000.00 for the 2003 ford f-350 4x4 that had around 45,000 miles. The vehicle was purchased as is with no warranty besides the factory 100,000 mile warranty on the 7.3L diesel engine.
It seemed to be in fairly good condition no major problems. The second day the truck broke down and i had to have it towed at my expense back to the dealership that was around 25 miles away from my house. After picking the vehicle was picked up I immediately tried to get it into the trusted Maroone Ford dealership in delray beach which i have purchased multiple vehicles from in the Unfortuantely i could not get it in to have it looked at for several weeks.
When I finally did they had some very disturbing news for me. The entire front suspension was shot (which they considered completely unsafe to drive)$2000.00, the torque convertor bearing was shot transmission slipping $2,400.00, shifter plunger & mechanism was bad $700.00, both front bearings were gone and u-joints, $900.00 The turbo had sand in it $2,400.00, the computer had a water line in it and sand, there was no muffler on it just a straight pipe $700.00, radiator was shot $400.00, intercooler had sand in it $1,500.00, a hydraulic hose ruptured and sprayed power steering fluid all over.
The list goes on every day i drive it, when dealership follow up on customer satisfaction was sent - I responded with no results what so ever. I could understand minor repairs on a used vehicle but this is insane to sell someone a vehicle that has obviously been under water at somepoint and should definitely have had a salvage title, which is Florida state law.
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