Issues to look for at signing

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No way this guy walks away from the BS, assuming everything else is good. And if he does, the dealer would be happy to sell to someone at a probably higher price.
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No way this guy walks away from the BS, assuming everything else is good. And if he does, the dealer would be happy to sell to someone at a probably higher price.
If I didn't know better I would think that lots of people missed the 30+ page thread about the engine cover. I was just making a joke. Should have known I am never funny.

I probably would take the sport even if I hated it just to resell it in 6 months for a profit. My poor thread got a bit off topic now so I hope any future replies can bring it back on track.

I consider the question answered unless anyone has personal experience to share on what they had to go back to the dealer over that they should have noticed at signing.
 

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Take it, you will like it.
 

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If I didn't know better I would think that lots of people missed the 30+ page thread about the engine cover. I was just making a joke. Should have known I am never funny.
I was laughing.

Anyway, I think what you listed sums it up along with checking for the full size spare and if you have a moonroof, check to make sure it opens and closes properly.

Mine should be here very soon so this thread was useful for me.
 

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If I didn't know better I would think that lots of people missed the 30+ page thread about the engine cover. I was just making a joke. Should have known I am never funny.

I probably would take the sport even if I hated it just to resell it in 6 months for a profit. My poor thread got a bit off topic now so I hope any future replies can bring it back on track.

I consider the question answered unless anyone has personal experience to share on what they had to go back to the dealer over that they should have noticed at signing.
I understood your joke. Others apparently didn't. ;)
 
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Nada. It is a gushy piece of plastic that gets in the way of working on the engine or seeing it. IMHO. Cars existed forever without them until someone probably whined about the engine not looking pretty once engine sensor wires started lmaking engines look like a spaghetti factory. :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
LOL! You used to see a nice, circular chrome air filter sitting on top of a beefy carburetor, beautiful painted valve covers, an ignition coil, and a single ignition distributor with wires going to each spark plug--and that was it. Everything made out of metal, everything clean and sharp.

Now we get tubing running everywhere for the fuel injection, air induction tubing from the air box to the intercooler to the throttle body, an ugly iron turbocharger, coils for each cylinder, no distributor, no air cleaner, plastic parts all over the place. Yeah, you're gonna wanna cover that $#!t up.
 

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What is so dam important about the engine cover? 9 months in on my BS OB and have yet had a need to pop the hood open.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I use it to hold my battery maintainer.

If you've owned a vehicle for 9 months and haven't popped the hood, I can only assume you won't own it very long. You ought to at least check around in there and read the dipstick every now and then instead of waiting for the dashboard warning.
 

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I use it to hold my battery maintainer.

If you've owned a vehicle for 9 months and haven't popped the hood, I can only assume you won't own it very long. You ought to at least check around in there and read the dipstick every now and then instead of waiting for the dashboard warning.
My service is all done at the dealer. I didnt say it was not getting serviced per maintenance schedule.
 

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My service is all done at the dealer. I didnt say it was not getting serviced per maintenance schedule.
I don't know what to tell you, because I'm trying not to create an argument about it.

You should check the engine more than every service interval. If I gave my car to someone to work on, that'd be an extra reason to look under the hood- when I pick it up. Dealers screw stuff up too. Sure, they might (miiiight) make it right, but that could still be a hassle for you to deal with if they overfill or underfill something. Or just forget to put a cap back on. (Or, Heaven forbid, the engine cover)
 
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Thanks for starting this thread Leenaya! My BS/BL is on the train also. This information will really help.
 
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You should also check the fluids between services, I know people that don't and then find they have a problem that should have been addressed early on.
 

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I don't know what to tell you, because I'm trying not to create an argument about it.

You should check the engine more than every service interval. If I gave my car to someone to work on, that'd be an extra reason to look under the hood- when I pick it up. Dealers screw stuff up too. Sure, they might (miiiight) make it right, but that could still be a hassle for you to deal with if they overfill or underfill something. Or just forget to put a cap back on. (Or, Heaven forbid, the engine cover)
Point taken!
 

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If I gave my car to someone to work on, that'd be an extra reason to look under the hood- when I pick it up. Dealers screw stuff up too. Sure, they might (miiiight) make it right, but that could still be a hassle for you to deal with if they overfill or underfill something. Or just forget to put a cap back on. (Or, Heaven forbid, the engine cover)
I checked all the fluids under the hood before I drove my new Bronco Sport off the lot. My salesman said, "You know, our service guys check all that stuff when they prep the car." I answered, "I'm sure they do, but they don't pay the bill if the engine seizes on the way home because there's no oil in it."

My wife's last escape (before the current Escape) came with "free" maintenance (oil changes, tire rotations, etc.) for the warranty period. I took it to the dealer for an oil change exactly once. I sat in the waiting room an hour and forty-five minutes--I can change the oil and rotate the tires by myself in 30--and when I checked under the hood after they told me it was ready there were PUDDLES of oil in places on top of the engine. When I looked underneath oil was dripping from holes in the wind deflector under the oil filter. There was so much oil I thought they hadn't screwed the filter on tight enough. Turns out they had just let oil spill all over everything (like on top) and just didn't take the time to clean up the mess.

It took another 30 minutes from them to clean everything to my satisfaction, and the entire time the service manager and technician were visibly furious.

Never again...
 

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Never again...
My dealer gives me 2 free oil changes whenever I've purchased a new vehicle from them. I used one once... since then I just throw the coupons out. I'd rather do it myself as it gives me a chance to inspect everything underneath.
 

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