Changing goals and speed

[AClark]

I honestly hate being driven around, especially by my husband. His driving scares me, I'm hitting my imaginary brake pedal from the passenger seat constantly, and it's hard to keep my mouth shut when he doesn't pay attention.

Truck update, it started leaking tranny juice. Took it to my shop I trust and it has a cracked transmission, not a big crack. It's either going back to the dealership or getting a new tranny. They are working on a new tranny now - and having my shop do it instead of theirs due to the distance I am from theirs.
I don't blame the place I bought it, they offered right away to fix the issue either way, reverse the purchase or put a transmission in it. No doubt they didn't notice it, even my shop had a hard time finding the crack, it's a hairline and looks like it's from the casting. It looks like this happens to the 68RFE if the driveline in the front has any play in it. The transfer case is brand new, so I imagine it had some play, got replaced, and nobody noticed the crack. It was barely a drip.

So, we'll see whether I keep it or not. I haven't heard back from the shop yet on what they are charging the place I bought it for the tranny and labor.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Glad ya caught it so quickly....and it sounds like the parties are willing to make good on the issue.

 

[Bruce]

Glad ya caught it so quickly....and it sounds like the parties are willing to make good on the issue.

Yeah that is kind of amazing. Everything is always "not our fault" these days.

 

[AClark]

Oklahoma has some seriously strict lemon laws. That said, they are taking the truck back. They didn't want to compromise on what kind of transmission was going to go into it. They wanted to put a junkyard transmission on it (used not rebuilt, from LKQ) and the warranty was 6 months/6000 miles. I said no way was I going to go for a used transmission with that kind of warranty.

I found at least 10 rebuilt transmissions on Ebay for the same price with a 3 year/100000 warranty but they didn't want to go that route. The thing about OK lemon laws is if they had put the used tranny in it (not a rebuild) and it failed, it was going to be on them again to replace it, not me. However, I don't feel like dealing with the down time and mess of all of that all over again, or them coming back saying that I "abused" it and that's the reason it went out and it isn't covered.

So, since we couldn't come to a compromise on that, I told them they can have it back and unwind my contract. I called the bank also, who said that if they fail to do so my bank will handle it since I will no longer be in possession of the truck. The sucky part is that now I'm going to have to wait even longer to try to find something that will work, again. It wasn't easy before.

As Baymule said, tornado, hurricane, and then flooded. Now it's like FEMA stepped in to "help".

 

[greybeard]

Probably the right decision. That's a lot of $$$$$ to have tied up in a 'maybe'..

More than anything else in a vehicle (or equipment) I want fairly long term reliability and peace of mind when I get on the road with it. Little crap I can put up with, but drive train issues..no.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I certainly agree with GB on that note. It is a situation of being thankful that ya got it resolved quickly, even tho it comes with a bit of a price....patience is usually rewarded and not a detriment....

 

[Latestarter]

Hope you find an even better deal quickly.

 

[Bruce]

Sorry about this pothole in your life @AClark. But it is good it was found ASAP not in a few months. As you said, they could lay it all on you then. Hope the right truck comes by soon!

 

[Baymule]

Your truck is out there waiting on you........somewhere......over the rainbow.....

 

[AClark]

GB, that's exactly it. I don't sweat the small stuff, but drive-train...that's a no go. I need reliability, and though my F350 was a "nickle and dime" for parts, it never had any major work that put me off the road for extended periods...well until it threw a rod. The oil cooler only put me down for a couple of weeks due to how extremely hard it was to put back in.

Silver lining, I called the bank and explained what happened. They reissued my loan, same amount, same terms and said to just pay back the other amount when the dealership gives me the check. The check hasn't cleared on their end yet so they are waiting on it, wish the bank would just put a stop on it all together and save the entire headache, but oh well. Navy Fed is workable for sure, they are on my side of it.

Saw a couple of trucks in TX, Dallas area. Kind of leary after this about buying a truck out of state due to the taxes involved and the fact that TX lemon laws only apply to new vehicles under warranty. OK covers used and new alike, without warranty. I'd rather deal with something up here, but scared of doing a private seller too.