Screwed or not?

[SSMAN]

Friend an his wife bought a used lincoln aviator, the engine blew, they ha an extended warranty so they were not worried. Come to find out,oil pump went out. They were 800 mlies over their oil change, they refuse to warranty the engine. This is a a ford dealer

[Ruffdaddy]

What is oil change interval and is there not IOM?

[Bad Religion]

That sucks. Probably screwed. Never had a car with a warranty but I would think they are sticklers about the maintenance requirements, as they should.

[GeorgeG.]

I would think you're only hope is that the extended warranty is going by the old 3/3000 mile oil change interval.

[A+]

I don't know anything about anything but i would say screwed. Not keeping up with scheduled maintenance sounds like good way to void a warranty. I bet dealers love it when people do stuff like that.

[fordracing19]

How many miles since the last oil change?

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[KBScobravert]

Tell them you changed it yourself 1,000 miles ago. If there was oil in the pan when the pump locked up there is not much they can say about it.

But expect a salvage yard motor.

[Tx Redneck]

The onus is on them to prove the oil change was over due(oil sample testing) and that it caused the failure.

[A+]

Tell them you changed it yourself 1,000 miles ago. If there was oil in the pan when the pump locked up there is not much they can say about it.

But expect a salvage yard motor.

I bet changing your own oil voids your warranty nowadays. I've gone thousands of miles over before changing the oil and I've been fine. Maybe they sold you a ticking time bomb.

[Stephen]

how could changing your own oil void your warranty unless its required to get it changed by some pit guy making 7.5 an hour?




i would think as long as you have a reciept or at least some documentation that would work..

[dcs13]

When I have one under warranty it ALWAYS goes to the dealer for oil changes. And I never go over on mileage. YES its added expenses, but they will stick it to you in a heart beat if they can. See my latest post on the stripped oil pan plug...
Had a 97 Chevy truck all work done under warranty including transmission service. Warranty was out by less than 1000 miles and the trans took a dump. Wouldn't even help a bit...The 4l60's had a bad run in the late 90's and they knew it. Most went right around the warranty...
Bottom line if you can't PROVE it was serviced at the proper mileage by a CERTIFIED technician, your most likely screwed

[SBFORDTECH]

Friend an his wife bought a used lincoln aviator, the engine blew, they ha an extended warranty so they were not worried. Come to find out,oil pump went out. They were 800 mlies over their oil change, they refuse to warranty the engine. This is a a ford dealer

How many miles have gone by since the last oil change? Is the ext warranty a Ford ESP or aftermarket?

[A+]

how could changing your own oil void your warranty unless its required to get it changed by some pit guy making 7.5 an hour?




i would think as long as you have a reciept or at least some documentation that would work..

Idk. It just sounds like something the dealer would say.

[SSMAN]

Now days oil changes are every 5000 miles. so I assume he was 800 miles over that. but don't know for sure. Ford supplied the warranty, but thru Ownerguard, i believe that is what he said.

[SSMAN]

They stuck it to him good. He had to pay for the tear down of the engine as well.