We purchased a used RV on Ford E450 chassis as is from a - shipinspect
We purchased a used RV on Ford E450 chassis as is from a PA RV dealer except they put new tires on it and checked the brakes before delivery. This was in Feb 2023. Vehicle’s steering was bad. Took vehicle to Bayshore Ford Truck Center and asked them to fix it. Paid about $4000 for steering, suspension and alignment work in Feb 2023. Steering was better but vehicle still did not handle very well. At 2024 state inspection at RV dealer found front tires to be so badly worn (after just 1200 miles) that they needed replacing. Took it back to Bayshore Ford and asked them to replace the tires, do an alignment and explain why there was excessive tire wear. After nearly 3 weeks they eventually found the print out for the 2023 alignment and then told us “we don’t do tires”. They said the front brakes were causing the problems and quoted nearly $3000 to fix it. Instead we took the RV to a local (PA tire and service chain) shop. They replaced the front tires, checked the brakes which they said were fine, and did another alignment. They gave us their alignment machine printout and which they explained showed that the Bayshore Ford alignment was way off. They said the horrendous tire wear was due to the bad 2023 alignment and no way would bad brakes cause the type of severe wear that was clearly visible. We contacted Bayshore Ford management who argued on the phone that the brakes were still the problem and that their original 2023 alignment work was not the problem. They asked us to bring the RV in and they would show us the brake work that needed doing. We took a pass on that! We will never use a Ford dealer service center again to work on our E450 RV or our F150 truck. The RV now handles very well!
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