Ford of Port Richey - Service Center

I took my 2010 Fusion to them because it developed a loud rattling noise in the transmission. I was told over the phone that it was due to loose bolts from the previous repair. (The dealer I bought the car f rattling noise in the transmission. I was told over the phone that it was due to loose bolts from the previous repair. (The dealer I bought the car from replaced the clutch before they sold ms the car as new and didn't tell me.) I called and verified the job was done at Veterans Ford in Tampa and they agreed to pay Ford of Port Richey to do the work. The car sat there for two days before they even wrote it up to begin work. When it was done they didn't supply me with any paperwork on the repair. They said they would mail it to me. They didn't tell me they replaced the clutch again and resurfaced the flywheel. (That's important due to the break-in period.) The new clutch was slipping and there was a new rattling noise when I shifted. Also, the battery was shorted internally causing car to lose power steering and then not start again. (likely due to being dropped.) Two weeks later I went in person to get the paperwork they never mailed. The repair was done under warranty making it so Veterans Ford didn't have to cover the work. The paperwork said it was due to a failed pilot bearing. The symptoms I was experiencing did not point to the pilot bearing. When I asked what caused the bearing to fail so soon, Bruce said, "they just do." I asked how he determined it was bad and Bruce replied, "through a visual inspection." I asked was it siezed, discolored or bent? Bruce said, "no, it was pushed too far into the bore." It is not possible to bush the bearing too far in. What they did was called warranty fraud and they made it look as if Veterans Ford never had the car damaged before they sold it to me. More