When it rains it pours...
Okay, so last week my new truck dropped the transmission...it is in the shop, I am supposed to get it back today, and I cannot wait. Who would have ever thought, and no i did not buy the extended warranty, i only bought 12000 mile bumper to bumper and the engine for life comes from the dealer. I was thinking the truck had such low mileage, no problems, one owner, if anything were to happen, it would definately happen in the first 12000 miles, well i was wrong, 13000 miles it happened, i have to have the transmission completely rebuilt, the torque converter cracked and metal shavings were disbursed through the transmission. After doing lots of research so i would not sound like a total moran talking to the mechanic I learned this is a common problem for FORD trucks...ughh how come i didnt find any of this before i bought the truck?? The good news, the guy that is fixing my transmission said this is the one of the only problems he ever hears from FORD, and my truck appeared to be in great condition, so he urged me not to trade it...it only has 60k miles on it... Okay i decide just bad luck smile, pay out the butt and move on...
Saturday, my husband is taking the trash off, this is a rarity, and i had to bitch and moan for him to take it off...after thirty minutes, i decided he should be back, so i go in the house to check the phone..he called...the car was broke down on the side of the road...diagnosis, timing belt broke, hope to God it didnt damage the motor, otherwise, we will be getting another new car.
i have to say, the KIA has been a decent car, though i hate it...we have 143k miles on it, it is 5 years old, and i have only put 3 alternators ( the first two were not from Kia and shorted the car out), battery and tires on the car... so all in all a decent car. i guess we will wait and see what the repair shop has to say tomorrow...
The good news, we are going to Atlanta this weekend for easter weekend, it is opening day for the braves and my hubby is a braves nut, i just like to go to Atlanta, so it should be fun, thankfully we have already paid for the trip, otherwise, we could not afford to go...hehe...
take care, now that i have relearned my password, i will be able to blog more...yeah!!!!
Okay, so last week my new truck dropped the transmission...it is in the shop, I am supposed to get it back today, and I cannot wait. Who would have ever thought, and no i did not buy the extended warranty, i only bought 12000 mile bumper to bumper and the engine for life comes from the dealer. I was thinking the truck had such low mileage, no problems, one owner, if anything were to happen, it would definately happen in the first 12000 miles, well i was wrong, 13000 miles it happened, i have to have the transmission completely rebuilt, the torque converter cracked and metal shavings were disbursed through the transmission. After doing lots of research so i would not sound like a total moran talking to the mechanic I learned this is a common problem for FORD trucks...ughh how come i didnt find any of this before i bought the truck?? The good news, the guy that is fixing my transmission said this is the one of the only problems he ever hears from FORD, and my truck appeared to be in great condition, so he urged me not to trade it...it only has 60k miles on it... Okay i decide just bad luck smile, pay out the butt and move on...
Saturday, my husband is taking the trash off, this is a rarity, and i had to bitch and moan for him to take it off...after thirty minutes, i decided he should be back, so i go in the house to check the phone..he called...the car was broke down on the side of the road...diagnosis, timing belt broke, hope to God it didnt damage the motor, otherwise, we will be getting another new car.
i have to say, the KIA has been a decent car, though i hate it...we have 143k miles on it, it is 5 years old, and i have only put 3 alternators ( the first two were not from Kia and shorted the car out), battery and tires on the car... so all in all a decent car. i guess we will wait and see what the repair shop has to say tomorrow...
The good news, we are going to Atlanta this weekend for easter weekend, it is opening day for the braves and my hubby is a braves nut, i just like to go to Atlanta, so it should be fun, thankfully we have already paid for the trip, otherwise, we could not afford to go...hehe...
take care, now that i have relearned my password, i will be able to blog more...yeah!!!!
posted by smeggs5 | 8:42 AM
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Have fun in Atlanta...hopefully the car will work out!
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