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other hand they do offer free towing which is a plus.






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Yeah, you'd think Ford has confidence in these batteries.  Hopefully they are not playing the Kia 10/100,000 warranty game.
 
x2 Agreed on that,overall the majority of people affected in my view are the ones living in real cold climates cause the M.C 65-650 is not suitable and does not have enough CCA for sub zero weather for our cars,on the other hand the M.C 65-850 not only has more CCA,but its more suitable for those who live in colder climates and you dont hear to many complaints in regards to the M.C-850,in my view they should correct and update the issue and expect a TSB in the very near future from all the complaints and replacements under warranty,not to good for the environment.
 
Well, at the dealer this morning up here in cold ass northern Ohio...-8 this morning. Car did start this morning so I could get here at least. I guess the battery test they run takes about 45 min. I told them that I do not want the same 650 CCA battery put in it. They also have to check the in service date to find out if it could be covered under warranty. No matter because I have an extended warranty so.

I'll find out more here in the next hour...
 
r1crusher said:
Well, at the dealer this morning up here in cold ass northern Ohio...-8 this morning. Car did start this morning so I could get here at least. I guess the battery test they run takes about 45 min. I told them that I do not want the same 650 CCA battery put in it. They also have to check the in service date to find out if it could be covered under warranty. No matter because I have an extended warranty so.

I'll find out more here in the next hour...
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If its covered under warranty and both batteries being almost evenly priced why not just pay the marginal difference if it may be and just get the 850 cc.
 
Hopefully the dealer sees it the same way.  It's like doing the timing chain, and you look at the belts and see they need to be replaced.  Because the timing chain is under warranty, you are paying the deductible, and thinking, ok they have to take the belts off anyway right?  I'll pay the price of the new belts to have those put on instead.  Dealer won't do it, and you are like, wtf?  They want to charge the labor + parts even though the needed labor has already been done for the warranty work.
 
SHOdded said:
Hopefully the dealer sees it the same way.  It's like doing the timing chain, and you look at the belts and see they need to be replaced.  Because the timing chain is under warranty, you are paying the deductible, and thinking, ok they have to take the belts off anyway right?  I'll pay the price of the new belts to have those put on instead.  Dealer won't do it, and you are like, wtf?  They want to charge the labor + parts even though the needed labor has already been done for the warranty work.
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Dealer would lose that battle with me..if common sense didn't prevail heads would roll and I would be the reason someone at ford would have to tell their spouse they had a bad day...but it would've been self inflicted so I would sleep well
 
Well the good news was that the battery was bad and covered under the warranty.  But the bad news is they cannot upgrade me to a better battery and let me pay the difference. Warranty will only replace what was installed as built and that's it...period. So out came my debit card to pay for an 850CCA new battery at $130+ installed. Now I get a 36 mo. warranty free towing if it dies blah blah blah. That's nice but I have AAA so thanks. :/

Here's to hoping this thing lasts like a battery should.
 
Hope the 850 recommendation works out for you!!!  Pretty annoying to have a thing like this nip at your heels all the time ...
 
Best of luck with the new 850.had mine since last fall and so far really happy with it especially after hearing that its been the coldest Feb in 81 yrs!!
 
Thanks to those that recommended the 850. It's just crap to have to foot the entire cost for the new battery but I don't want to have to worry about it for a long time. Now to just deal with the up to 8" of snow coming this way.
 
My battery died on my limited after about 10months and tons of corrosion. Ford kept telling me it tested fine and that they wouldn't replace it. After it finally died they replaced it with the exact same  one. Now on my Sport I was having issues as well so I just went and purchased a Diehard Platinum group 65 battery with 930cca and it's been great so far, but $250 and 60lbs later.


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Finally after several more trips back and fourth to the dealer. I am not issue free. Time to enjoy the car again!!!!

I did take the advice of a few of you and I check the ECU Stragety code and sure enough the dealer did change it, along with ECU SW Part ID. Both of those new codes have been sent to Livernois for updated tunes.

Hoping I get something back today from them so I can enjoy my ride once again!
 
Man I suyre missed this side of the SHO.

Had some good weather this weekend in the CHi..SO I washed up the SHO, finally installed some new .30 gapped plugs and re-installed the 3Bar and loaded the tune provided by Anthony on Saturday (which was a surprise).

Car feels great....it truely is a different car when tuned. Much more fun to drive.

Did try a 0-60 run this morning.... 4.4 sec's....Not to bad...Stock best was 5.3. I still think there is a little bit more left to shave off....I'm hopeing I can get a 4.2 or 4.1......Now that would be awesome!

Have a good day fella's.....

Oh yeah, THANKS ANTHONY AND LIVERNOIS......STILL VERY SATISFIED WITH YOUR PRODUCT!  :bravo:
 
Great to hear you finally got your issues finally resolved at the dealer and were able to install your tune back,not for nothing but Anthony,Jaimie and the whole crew over at LME are really cool guys and have been accustomed to there fine service for quite sometime know,another note if you have sometime in the spring,take her to the track and see what kind of ET you come up with,instead of relying on on torque pro which can be always off by a little,good luck.Z.
 
Oh yeah, once Great Lakes opens up, I'll be there.

Last time I was there, before the 3BAR, I ran a 13.1 at 115 MPH.

Hoping to break into the 12's easily I hope.
 
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