Chase Freeman

Was sold a used 2013 F150 back in 2023, upon first glance everything looked find and the truck ran beautifully. The truck was wet when I arrived so I just assumed the rinsed it off before I arrived that even everything looked find and the truck ran beautifully. The truck was wet when I arrived so I just assumed the rinsed it off before I arrived that evening but the water was used to mask the chip in the middle of the windshield that was clearly visible the next day when the sun was up. A few months down the road I fill up with gas, head down the road a few miles when the fuel neck warning light pops up on the dash so I pull over at the next gas station to find my fuel tank almost dragging the ground as one of the fuel tank straps was rusted completely through and had snapped. That weekend as I was changing the oil and replacing the fuel tank straps I found over spray on the dealer oil filter that was installed, paint overspray from the dealership concealing the rust damage. Both lower control arms had to be replaced due to rust as well, one with a hole rusted through that had been covered with some type putty, and the bottom of the cab had painted tape the began to fall off cooler months rolled in that year. They refuse to renegotiate the sale price as the truck was not worth what was originally agreed upon with the considerable amount of rust that they had concealed however, they did offer to reimbursed me for the control, arms and fuel tank straps But at that point, I was so disgusted I wanted nothing else to do with them so never again will I do business with Gates Ford Lincoln in Richmond Kentucky. I will also be on the lookout for the same shady business practices at other dealerships. More

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