So what did you do to your SHO today!?

[bpd1151]

Yes. Spot on fair.

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[marius883]

Thanks... have a guy that will powder coat them for 100 a wheel any color. Anyone know if that's fair price.

I think that all black look is 100x better than stock!
100$ a wheel sounds about the same as the quote a local shop here gave me...

 

[marius883]

I got my car back from the dealer today, they did the Trans flush intake throttle body cleaning, new wipers, a new brake light, new brake fluid (it was black). They said the startup rattle will have to be fixed at a later point because their engine guy is on vacation

The car drives so good now, I was amazed, shifts are silky smooth engine feels like it has 50 more hp and feels like it revs more freely. Definitely worth the $$$

 

[2013blacksho]

They did a flush not just swap of fluid? Right. I will be looking to change fluid very soon. Thanks for the info!

 

[marius883]

They did a flush not just swap of fluid? Right. I will be looking to change fluid very soon. Thanks for the info!

They did a flush, and used something to clean out the transmission before putting in the new fluid... I paid 214$ for this, very satisfied. Also fixed my shift flares/slipping that I had before

 

[2013blacksho]

Sweet!! I'll have to talk to my friend that's a service manager at the ford garage in town.

 

[SHOdded]

Mind putting up a copy of the invoice, marius, with personal info redacted, of course? That would be an immense help, TIA!

 

[Mdrew]

Wanted to see if black stock wheels take the "flower" (as my wife calls it ) look away. Tried some duplicolor peel paint to see. What do you guys think? View attachment 3021

Really glad you put this up. I've been trying to find a pic of the flowers blacked out on a vehicle. Looks good. I'll be powder coating mine with a gloss finish this winter.

 

[marius883]

Mind putting up a copy of the invoice, marius, with personal info redacted, of course? That would be an immense help, TIA!

I can definitely do that, just give me some time. I am not a great mood right now, I paid 30$ for a wheel balance as they said that's what was causing my vibration at 70+ mph, I take the car onto the highway today, starts shaking about twice as bad as before at 65 lol... Then as if that wasn't enough, I get the engine knocking from ****, same sound as my previous video, only 10x louder and the car cut power for about 5 seconds..

I called the dealer and told them this, the service manager didn't seem to care one bit, but agreed to test drive the car tomorrow morning to rectify these issues..
The transmission is smooth as butter for the most part, but still has that same shift flare from 2nd to third, is there a tsb for this?

Edit: does anyone know if TSB's are covered by premium care warranty?
These TSB's seem to cover most of my issues..

Shift flare/slipping
http://www.revbase.com/BBBMotor/TSb/DownloadPdf?id=171527

I also have this one happening every now and then
http://www.revbase.com/BBBMotor/TSb/DownloadPdf?id=171981

This could explain the weird knocking sound I'm hearing
http://www.revbase.com/BBBMotor/TSb/DownloadPdf?id=169301

And the fact they told me I need an alignment because my car is constantly going left and right all over the road sounds like it might also be solved by a TSB.

http://www.revbase.com/BBBMotor/TSb/DownloadPdf?id=176706

 

[SHOdded]

Ain't access to TSBs a wonderful thing LOL? TSBs are not, as a rule, covered by warranty unless explicitly specified. There are rare cases of warranty extensions such as in the case of brake boosters and APIMs. You have to look to see if the parts mentioned by the TSB are covered in your warranty.

Don't know if PCM calibration is covered under warranty. I suppose if it is required to fix a part that IS covered, then chances are good. Such as for an emissions-related issue.

 

[marius883]

Ain't access to TSBs a wonderful thing LOL? TSBs are not, as a rule, covered by warranty unless explicitly specified. There are rare cases of warranty extensions such as in the case of brake boosters and APIMs. You have to look to see if the parts mentioned by the TSB are covered in your warranty.

Don't know if PCM calibration is covered under warranty. I suppose if it is required to fix a part that IS covered, then chances are good. Such as for an emissions-related issue.

Thanks @SHOdded, you're always quick to reply with your Yoda like knowledge!

I'm extremely frustrated at the moment, because I paid money for something to be done and it was not done properly, and it did not fix the issues I was having.
I want to ask for a rental car, because this is getting ridiculous. They asked me to drop my car off tomorrow, do they not realize I have to get to work....

 

[SHOdded]

I think the rule is that if the car is there for more than a day, you are entitled to a rental under Premiumcare (for covered work). I don't remember, but did you try escalating the matter with the service manager/dealership GM/owner? If you do, document everything, so if matters are still unresolved, you have a case to get Ford National Customer Service involved.

An alternative is to find a Lincoln dealership in your area, let them have a go at it. Maybe your insurance company will cover a rental in the meantime.

Having TSBs in hand when you visit the service center can be helpful also. Don't assume they know all that stuff off the bat, or look for anything but an exact match.

 

[marius883]

I think the rule is that if the car is there for more than a day, you are entitled to a rental under Premiumcare (for covered work). I don't remember, but did you try escalating the matter with the service manager/dealership GM/owner? If you do, document everything, so if matters are still unresolved, you have a case to get Ford National Customer Service involved.

An alternative is to find a Lincoln dealership in your area, let them have a go at it. Maybe your insurance company will cover a rental in the meantime.

Having TSBs in hand when you visit the service center can be helpful also. Don't assume they know all that stuff off the bat, or look for anything but an exact match.

The lincoln dealership refused to even look at my car last time and said their mechanics didn't know anything about the SHO, even after I mentioned that a lot of lincolns share the same engine lol... I will see how it goes tomorrow, just sick of having to leave my car in the shop, only for them to screw things up more!

 

[marius883]

@SHOdded Heres is my invoice for the service, hope you can read it, and hope it can be helpful for others.

 

[glockcoma]

Well their invoice says "guaranteed satisfaction "
Tell them your not satisfied and your not paying for a service that was "supposed" to fix the vibration and didn't.

 

[glockcoma]

And did they really charge you $16.39 to change a freaking brake light bulb?

 

[marius883]

Well their invoice says "guaranteed satisfaction "
Tell them your not satisfied and your not paying for a service that was "supposed" to fix the vibration and didn't.

Lmao yes they did indeed charge me that much for a lightbulb and yes they better fix it or I want my money back!

 

[SilverSH0]

And did they really charge you $16.39 to change a freaking brake light bulb?

That's really not all that bad. I would figure a bulb from a parts store is going to cost $4-$5 so Ford is charging about $10 in labor. At a rate of about $100/hour that's about 6 minutes of labor which seems plenty reasonable.

 

[marius883]

Went back to the dealer today, they redid the wheel balance and refunded me the 30$ they charged for it. The engine knocking however is still there and is pretty scary tbh. They said I could leave the car there and they will look at it when their engine guy comes back from vacation (won't cover a rental until they have diagnosed and found a problem covered by warranty). Or they said I could just drive the car carefully until they can look at it. I drove it and got on it to pass someone, and the engine cut power and sputtered for about 3-5 seconds. I pulled out my Livernois MyCal and it pulled up DTC p0300.

 

[SHOdded]

A general misfire code, not specific to any one cylinder. So fuel could be a suspect. I would pull all the plugs and inspect them (fuel/oil fouling, for instance), then reintall if they look fine, and make sure to torque them down properly (not too tight). Sometimes due to the cramped space, cylinder 3 is not properly installed.

IDK if they have a way to verify the PCM is working properly.

http://www.obd-codes.com/p0300

Did you wrap the knock sensor wiring? Just a thought.