Okay long story short... '04 6.0 CC LB bone stock except for lift kit.
Problem: when towing my 26' toyhauler, approx. 8-9k loaded, whenever I hit a grade up hill, engine make a gruuummp, gruuuummp noise, black smoke shoots out of the exhaust pipe, have to back off the throttle. It happens at around 2000 rpm or when the tranny is in top gear and it downshifts as I'm climbing the grade on the freeway. Not very steep grades, I only go to Ocotillo Wells for dirt bike riding or to San Diego, L.A. area for the beach.
1st time to dealer: They changed EGR valve said it was bad, towed with it, same problem, not as bad, but still there
2nd time to dealer: They said vanes on turbo were sticking, they said they rebuilt it, changed the "Y" pipe because it was cracked, sent me on my way. Towed with it, same problem.
3rd time: They said the first EGR was from a bad batch, replaced it, towed trailer, same problem.
4th time to
different dealer: (10-13-08) Told me they were able to duplicate problem when they towed a trailer that they had. They wanted to charge me $525.00 for tear down of turbo because they suspected that the vanes were possibly rusty because of low mileage (55k) of truck and because Ford might not pay for repairs since my 5 year warranty expired on 10-11-08. Service rep told me that he recommended that I take it back to the original dealer since they have a history of working on my truck and were more likely to honor repairs
5th time, back to original dealer: I told service rep what other rep told me about turbo vanes and she said "No way, we rebuilt turbo already, we will check it out and see what we find"
Called my sister who works with lemon law attorney, they said they have handled many a case about 6.0's and told me I do have a case and if truck is not repaired this time they woulld send letter to Ford demanding they buy back the truck for full purchase price ($44k) Only thing I have to do is bring truck back to stock condition, only mod is lift kit, tires and wheels
Anybody have experience with buybacks? Any suggestions?
Thanks, SV
