Hour meters for warranty repairs?

gasgasman · June 2, 2006

Is there any possibility of Ford using the on board hour meters for warranty repairs?

The reason I ask is, we work on a ton of wreckers that sit all day idling under the overpasses.

Then they come in with the egr system coked up and have it covered under warranty.

Here in Houston we do have a law that prohibits idling for more than 5 min. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif

Keith Browning · June 2, 2006

That is a pretty interesting contention. Doing something like that would likely require certain specific circumstances and would have to allow some leeway. I had a pick-up in from a Honda dealer that used the truck for a security/plow vehicle. You know, running all night with someones feet on the dash and rolls off the lot once a night to hit Mickey-D's or Wendy's. With about 4000 miles on it I found a clogged EGR and the cat converter was plugged solid. After doing the math, the hour meter indicated around 32000 miles.