2008 ford transit engine goen??

fox007

Lads any body work for ford? my father in law has a 08 transit bought from new and yesterday he heard a banging noise coming from the engine thinks its the big end!! it only has 22000 kms on the clock will ford stand over it or is he screwed?? any help

Drummerboy08

Its only a year old, so its under warranty. Get it into a Ford Dealer ASAP, or contact Ford assist. The number for them should be in the handbook, or on a sticker on the windscreen.

fm

they come with a 2 year warranty so yes i would
think

robtri

its under warranty, so as long as he hasn't voided the warranty, Ford should stand over it..

fox007

sorry lads its a 2007 he rang ford no warrenty €1500 to fix.1500 he dont have and still paying by the month thats unreal ford wont help him.customer service nice one ford

Tipsy Mac

Has it been serviced at the recommended intervals?

daveyboy_1ie

Ask Ford Ireland for a warranty contribution, all they can do is say no.

fox007

I just read there the first service is due around 15000 miles whats that convert into kms?

as he said it has a spanner light that comes on when the service is due this has not happened yet could there be a fault there i gona email ford ireland and see what they say

robtri

fox007 wrote: »

sorry lads its a 2007 he rang ford no warrenty €1500 to fix.1500 he dont have and still paying by the month thats unreal ford wont help him.customer service nice one ford

no offence, why should Ford help him out??? why is Ford the bad guy here??
if its a known fault due to design ... then yes they should, but if its just a breakdown, which happens, why should they be on the hook for it.....

out of curiousty...
whats the service history like? is it full Ford service history? how many mile is on the van....

maidhc

robtri wrote: »

no offence, why should Ford help him out??? why is Ford the bad guy here??

Because their engine lasted 22k kms? maybe?

fox007

robtri wrote: »

no offence, why should Ford help him out??? why is Ford the bad guy here??
if its a known fault due to design ... then yes they should, but if its just a breakdown, which happens, why should they be on the hook for it.....

out of curiousty...
whats the service history like? is it full Ford service history? how many mile is on the van....

read the first post for info ford should help him because he gave the 25 grand 2 years ago for a van thats renowned for its reliability and 22000 kms the engine is nackered think about it them vans should do 200000 miles

Slidey

It is an issue with the engines.

I have seen them die at early mileage. Get on to them, they should give you partial warranty at least

robtri

maidhc wrote: »

Because their engine lasted 22k kms? maybe?

fox007 wrote: »

read the first post for info ford should help him because he gave the 25 grand 2 years ago for a van thats renowned for its reliability and 22000 kms the engine is nackered think about it them vans should do 200000 miles

What about service history?
or has the van being on the road for over two years now, covered 22,000 kms and never being serviced?

Ford I assume since they have given you a price, they have inspected it? did they give a reason for what happened to the engine?

Saab Ed

But why has the engine died. Is the sump damaged, did it run out of oil, hole in the rad ?

Slidey

Saab Ed wrote: »

But why has the engine died. Is the sump damaged, did it run out of oil, hole in the rad ?

I am led to believe there is an internal issue with theses engines.

There was one in the garage recently that just took on a knock all of a sudden.

maidhc

robtri wrote: »

What about service history?
or has the van being on the road for over two years now, covered 22,000 kms and never being serviced?

possibly, don't they have 20,000km service intervals?

fox007

the rad or sump has never been damaged or anything like that it has doen little work 22000k in 2 and a bit years ford have it in the garage they towed it away dont think there a 100% sure what happened but yet the came up with aprice of 1500€ the van has not ben serviced he said he was waiting on the service light to come up on the dash.does anyone know what the millage between each service on the transit shoul the light be on or just about to come on?in my golf the book say service is due when light comes on the dash so I dont know,first service is due at 24k so any clause ther?

Plug

I've been working a ford garage for nearly 2 years and have only seen 1 engine been replaced. They are very reliable. You have to get it serviced every 20000km or 1 year which ever comes first. Even if the mileage is low the oil can deteriorate over time and loss its lubrication properties thus the reason for one year.

A 2 Y/O taxi transit came in to us with 150,000km's+ and only 2 services, he had to get a new engine.... Moral of the story just get it serviced regularly by a main or an indy which ever suits you.

fox007

Plug wrote: »

I've been working a ford garage for nearly 2 years and have only seen 1 engine been replaced. They are very reliable. You have to get it serviced every 20000km or 1 year which ever comes first. Even if the mileage is low the oil can deteriorate over time and loss its lubrication properties thus the reason for one year.

A 2 Y/O taxi transit came in to us with 150,000km's+ and only 2 services, he had to get a new engine.... Moral of the story just get it serviced regularly by a main or an indy which ever suits you.

well everyone else semes to deffer from you any way it turnes out the ring gear is goen not the big eng thank god but thanx to everyone who said get a warranty contribution davey etc , I got on to them, instead of it been 1500 its now 400 thats a big difference thanks everyone and thanks ford they pay for parts I pay for labour..happy enough....

mondeo

Glad you found solution to the problem

Plug

Good stuff!:)
Remember to get it serviced now the next time:p