On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:52:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .

had my brand new F-150 Lariat Special Edition towed back from
Greenville RI to the dealer in Webster, MA because...

The brakes failed - as in F A I L E D - causing me to avoid a massive
collision by jumping a curb and heading into the pucker brush.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I restarted the engine after it
stalled out, a horrendous noise and oil smoke started to pour out from
under the hood. Brand new engine to boot.

In a nut shell, this truck is a piece of s##t. This is the sixth
major failure in 20 thousand miles.

That sucks big time. Ford owes you a brand new truck or a full refund ....
your choice.

Yes and there are going to be discussions starting at 8 tomorrow
morning.

One I can understand - two, maybe.

Six in 20,000 miles? No Freakin Way.

The scary thing was the brakes - no warning, no nothing - just gone.
If I had been towing the Ranger, I would have killed somebody.

When I talked to the Service Manager, he mentioned something about
losing vacuum pressure. I said what? I'm trying to figure that one
out - brakes shouldn't be controlled by vacuum pressure - I always
thought they ran off the power steering assist pump.

The insult to injury part annoyed me - something broke in the engine
and it's related to the brakes. If it is a vacuum line, that's
bull**** and I'm getting a different truck.

The more I think about it the madder I'm getting.

Should never have sold the F-250.