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I am an owner - Zoran Harrison
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I am an owner operator transporter for Horizon Transport, transporting travel trailers cross country to dealerships. on 12/15/2017 I took my 2008 Ford F-250 into Greenwood Ford for an oil and fuel filter change. During that maintenance the tech (Nate) could not remove the engine fuel filter cap and they had to break it in order to remove it, then replace it with a new one at my expense. Which was fine with me. Then the tech (Nate) had problems with the oil filter cap. The service writer (Chris) advised me that the filter had separated and the end of the filter was stuck in the oil cap and said that it needs replaced too. I said that was not necessary, I walked to the tech’s bay and removed the filter end from the cap myself. Saving me around another $50. Once the service was completed my vehicle was pulled up to the service lane where I checked out and went to leave, but upon starting my vehicle I could hear an unfamiliar sound, kind of like a ticking or slight knocking. I just put it down to air bubbles still working their way out of the fuel lines after the filter change. So I drove out of the dealership and went over to IHOP which was directly across the street. When in the middle of the road my check engine light came on. I continued to IHOP and had dinner. When leaving IHOP I went to hit the freeway which was about 1/10th of a mile down the road, but noticed the vehicle would not rev above 2500RPM and would not shift above 2nd or 3rd gear. At this point I didn’t enter the onramp but went over the freeway to turn around but the dealer had closed. The next morning (12/16/17) Chris scanned the codes that caused the check engine light, he told me it was a problem with the high pressure fuel pump (HPFP). So chris had a tech investigate a little deeper. The tech checked the fuel filters and found that the inline fuel filter under the truck was not installed correctly. Chris told me that the cap was not screwed on correctly and that it had been xxxxxxx Air and Dirt. The tech cleaned the dirt from the threads of the fuel filter cap and re-installed the filter. Then he cleared the codes from the computer and took it for a test drive. When the tech returned he said it is still not running like normal and that the check engine light came on again, so he checked the codes again. And it was the same code as before. The tech continued to investigate and found that the fuel pressure was too high. Which indicated to him that the HPFP had gone bad. At this point I feel that this is fault of the Dealership for not installing the fuel filter correctly. They denied, costing close to $3000. And $1000 for my accommodations. I spoke with the service manage and the general manager concerning the matter of the incorrect installation of the fuel filter causing the HPFP to go out and they told me they are not responsible for it that I was not their fault. I feel differently as I did not bring it into the Dealership like that. All they was willing to do was offer me a 25% discount on the repairs. The quote was $3847.60 less 25% brought it down to $2915.51, I was charged for parts like cab bolts and washers at a cost of $64.68, but after inspection those bolts are not new. License plate bulbs, my license plate bulbs were not replaced nor did I authorize them to be replaced, the fuel lines that go from the HPFP are single use only but were not replaced even tho I was charged for them. These are just a few examples of what I was charged for that I can physically see. How much was I charged for that I cant see?? I was charged for 2 different types of transmission fluid, this truck only takes one type! The HPFP was $208.09 more expensive than me buying it directly from ford… as were most of the other parts on the invoice. I asked the general manager why they were price gouging and doing work I did not authorize and all he said was that look at the 25% discount we gave you though. I said what does the discount matter if
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