Bought the SVT used Oct 14, 2000. Had 94,000 hwy miles on it. Met the lady that used to own it, said she never once had a problem with it. My story is like this.
Less than an 30 minutes after signing the papers, waterpump went. One week to repair at Phil Long Ford in Colorado Springs, Co.
Upon return of the car, noticed the brakes needed to be done. Salesman said brakes were new, they never did fix them after approx three weeks of having the car.
At 106,000 miles, the engine went. Dealership said the valves began collapsing out of time, and the engine ate it's self apart. I saw it when they tore it down, and it was disgusting what it did to itself. No loss of oil pressure, or oil used at the time noe increase of temp. Just stopped, didn't even hear it lock up when it went, just froze. Took one month to replace under extended warranty at MEDVED Ford L/M in Castle Rock, Co. The engine sat in there shop for one week because, as they said, they didn't know what it was for. There was one CSVT(mine) in there with no engine, I guess this one wasn't blatantly obvious to them. Warranty company found one in Oregon w/ 16,000 miles on it. No problems since then, now have approx 42,000 mile's on it. I've replaced the plugs on it twice since then and at least two always seem to work there way loose after about 400 mile's. I'll tighten them back down and have no problems again. Also, no apparent damage to heads to cause this.
Two months after getting new engine, the transmission had to be rebuilt. A bolt broke loose inside making it stay in third. AAMCO rebuilt it under warranty. One month downtime again.
Three month's later, wiring issues. The junction block for the starter/battery hot wire was somehow crushed. Caused a short, which caused the starter to get fried. Phil Long Ford replaced it under warranty. I told them that I heard, when it went, what sounded like a hot wire popping off of metal. They said it was the starter, and it was fixed. Three days later, the same thing. Starter was turning over without the key in the ignition and continued to run with engine on. That lasted about two mile's and went again. Took it back the next day, had the car for about a week and a half. Finally fixed and they even paid for the rental this time. No other problem's since.
Name: Mike Allen
E-mail: michael.allen@cheyennemountain.af.mil
Place: Colorado Springs,Co
Sorry for the long post, but it was a rant once again for me. Still love my car though.
