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I got the exact same message yesterday. Ca. sucks. 
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Ask them why California owners are entitled to a lesser protection under the law than is a resident owner in any other state?
Point them to Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (Equal Protection Clause).
Steve
98 Contour SE Sport 2.5 Duratec ATX The wifey's car
89 Taurus SHO - 246K miles
94 SHO ATX - 190K
1997 F-150 5.4L ATX - The Workhorse 150K.
ANY THREAD WITH "OMG" or "WTF" ETC IN THE TITLE WILL BE IGNORED!
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Originally posted by projectSHO89:
Ask them why California owners are entitled to a lesser protection under the law than is a resident owner in any other state?
Point them to Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (Equal Protection Clause).
Steve
Actually, it is the state of California's idea. When govenrments wanted to alter the emissions warranties a few years ago from 5/50, California went with 3/50 for most things and 7/70 for many of the more expensive items while the rest of the states went for 3/36 for most things with 8/80 for many of the more expensive things. On balance, the two programs give about the same level of protection, they just do it differently.
Jim Johnson
98 SVT
03 Escape Limited
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Ah the Republic of Kalifornia. No amount of cash could get me near that wasteland... 
2000 SVT #674
13.47 @ 102 - All Motor!
It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.
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Originally posted by Big Jim:
Originally posted by projectSHO89:
Ask them why California owners are entitled to a lesser protection under the law than is a resident owner in any other state?
Point them to Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (Equal Protection Clause).
Steve
Actually, it is the state of California's idea. When govenrments wanted to alter the emissions warranties a few years ago from 5/50, California went with 3/50 for most things and 7/70 for many of the more expensive items while the rest of the states went for 3/36 for most things with 8/80 for many of the more expensive things. On balance, the two programs give about the same level of protection, they just do it differently.
It is also Ford being cheap - they could choose to honor the more common Federal warranty, but do not. My Dodge has aa section under the CA warranty that is labeled "Parts Covered 8/80 - cat converter, PCM - see federal emmision warranty" or the like.
Obvioulsy they don't have to do that - but it is better than potentially pissing off customers by refusing work that most assume they are entitled too. Yes they'll lose money on service, but they'll make more on repeat buys. I SPECIFICALLY avoided any Ford product (Freestar) and got the Grand Caravan because of the Ford "T.F.B." attitude when my front spring brok at 35,000 miles and 37 months. On the other hand I had a Neon headgasket replaced for free at 38,000 miles - so now I drive another Dodge.
97 Contour SE MTX
K&N 3530, UR UDP, 19# Injectors, mystery mod, FMS wires, Fordchip.com chip, SVT: TB, Flywheel, clutch, exhaust
04 Grand Caravan SXT
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I'm thinking mystery mod from buckshot.com & a high flow cat from ctamotorsports.com.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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