NHTSA Complaint #11398663 — 2013 FORD TAURUS

RIVERTOWN FORD HAS CLAIMED TO INSPECT THE REAR TOELINK AND COULD NOT HAVE CONSIDERING I'VE FELT THE REAR END TRAILING FROM TIME TO TIME AND NOTICED UPON INSPECTION DEPLOYED BY MYSELF VISUALLY THAT THE DRIVER SIDE TOELINK HAD BEEN CRACKING. WHEN I NOTIFIED FORD BY PHONE THE DEALERSHIP AT THAT TIME BRUSHED ME OFF WHEN I FINALLY TALKED THEM INTO AT LEAST DOING A MULTI POINT INSPECTION THAT I PAID FOR THEY CLAIMED THEY HADN'T NOTICED ANYTHING. THEY THEN AND SINCE THEN REFUSE TO EVEN LOOK AT THE SUSPENSION WITHOUT A 300$ FEE. (2 THE OTHER INSTANCE IS AFTER RECEIVING DAMAGE TO MY PASSENGER SIDE FENDER AND OBTAINING A "SHORT" IN MY BCM I STARTED TO GET IMMOBERLIZER MESSAGES. P161-2A INCORRECT MESSAGE FROM IMMOBILIZER. I DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE WITH MY LAPTOP AND OBD2 PASSTHRU DEVICE AND AFTER SEEING THE ISSUE WAS FROM PATS WHICH BY THE WAY ISN'T EVEN PRESENT IN THE 2013-19 FORD POLICE INTERCEPTOR SEDANS FORD AGAIN WANTED 400$ TO"DIAGNOSE" THE VEHICLE IN WHICH I HAD COMMUNICATED WITH THE SUPERVISOR TRYING TO CONFIRM MY FEAR OF PAYING THE AMOUNT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO AT LEAST REPAIR OR BE FURTHER ALONG.THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN FIX OR PROGRAM THE ISSUE IF THIS IS THE CASE. AFTER THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO TOW IT THERE AND HAVING MY VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS THEY AGAIN TRYING TO RECEIVE MORE MONEY AND CLAIMS OF PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT BY THE SERVICE TECH I REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANY RIDICULOUS CLAIMS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROGRAM THEIR OWN FORD I THEN HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO MY HOUSE AND AFTER 2 MONTHS I STILL HAVE THE SAME MESSAGE AFTER PCM AND BCM REPLACEMENT (2 SEPARATE INSTANCES) DATES ARE FOR TOELINK ISSUE PATS IS A CURRENT ISSUE