End of Warranty concerns

cupic · 07-02-2007, 07:09 PM

My warranty period on the BA XR6 ends shortly(15.03.07)
and I would like to know of any members problem area on the falcon and if its warrantable,so that I can address this problem before warranty finishes and the M/Card gets caned

cheers in advance

AWD Chaser · 07-02-2007, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cupic

My warranty period on the BA XR6 ends shortly(15.03.07)
and I would like to know of any members problem area on the falcon and if its warrantable,so that I can address this problem before warranty finishes and the M/Card gets caned

cheers in advance

hmm... well... any members problem on any falcon = any possible fault any where on the car at all.... lol.

If you don't have any problems with your car... don't worry about it... if it drives smoothly, not chuging, and not clunking gears, and not making any funny noises anywhere, you should be right...

Things will go wrong with your car that you will have to pay out for... in time....

GTP-814 · 07-02-2007, 08:37 PM

for peace of mind take out extended warrenty. If you never need to use it, then good, but if you have a warrenty fsult you wont be sorry from a cost point of view

Tyney · 07-02-2007, 09:12 PM

All I can say is get the extended warranty.
My XR6 T was out of warranty in Feb last year. Car had about 40ks on it. $1100 for Extended warranty. The service guy said "it's a waste of money."
In the last 12 mths have had both side airbags replaced, (approx cost ??) radiator tanks replaced, water pump o ring replaced, turbo return pipe had a leak in it. Approx cost $700 in parts and labour. Then the mixer shaft in the air conditioner broke. Days labour to pull the dash apart and replace a part that costs bugger all. Would think that cost about $360 (6 hours @ $60hour + part cost.) As luck would have it the diff is making a nice noise, and the damn airbag light is staying on again. 2 years of warranty left and its just ticked over 50k's. Lucky I like to waste money.

cupic · 07-02-2007, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyney

All I can say is get the extended warranty.
My XR6 T was out of warranty in Feb last year. Car had about 40ks on it. $1100 for Extended warranty. The service guy said "it's a waste of money."
In the last 12 mths have had both side airbags replaced, (approx cost ??) radiator tanks replaced, water pump o ring replaced, turbo return pipe had a leak in it. Approx cost $700 in parts and labour. Then the mixer shaft in the air conditioner broke. Days labour to pull the dash apart and replace a part that costs bugger all. Would think that cost about $360 (6 hours @ $60hour + part cost.) As luck would have it the diff is making a nice noise, and the damn airbag light is staying on again. 2 years of warranty left and its just ticked over 50k's. Lucky I like to waste money.

Thanks guys for the good advice
Mines got50ooo kms and its a duel fueller so extended warranty out the window.
Mind you i had 2 quote for extended warranty
3yrs 100oookm $1300
3yrs 160oookm $1600
so the extended stuff would cover all but the gas work done on motor
cheers

MON10A · 07-02-2007, 10:54 PM

the ba i had went in enough times during warrenty so i got rid of it before it cost me anything

samftr · 07-02-2007, 11:24 PM

this seems to be the case with ba falcons. a friend of mine's dad has a ba xr6 turbo, and its done under 70,000km and has already had the diff done and the two piece tailshaft replaced twice. and the dude drives like miss daisy :S
just another lemon from ford aus i suppose :P

ltd · 08-02-2007, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyney

All I can say is get the extended warranty.
My XR6 T was out of warranty in Feb last year. Car had about 40ks on it. $1100 for Extended warranty. The service guy said "it's a waste of money."
In the last 12 mths have had both side airbags replaced, (approx cost ??) radiator tanks replaced, water pump o ring replaced, turbo return pipe had a leak in it. Approx cost $700 in parts and labour. Then the mixer shaft in the air conditioner broke. Days labour to pull the dash apart and replace a part that costs bugger all. Would think that cost about $360 (6 hours @ $60hour + part cost.) As luck would have it the diff is making a nice noise, and the damn airbag light is staying on again. 2 years of warranty left and its just ticked over 50k's. Lucky I like to waste money.

Sounds like same problem one of our BF Fairlanes had. Turned out to be a loose connection for the pretensioners.

ltd · 08-02-2007, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by samftr

this seems to be the case with ba falcons. a friend of mine's dad has a ba xr6 turbo, and its done under 70,000km and has already had the diff done and the two piece tailshaft replaced twice. and the dude drives like miss daisy :S
just another lemon from ford aus i suppose :P

One of the reasons they de-tuned the turbo cars, far too much torque that the driveline couldn't handle. V8's, no problem. But the turbo's were a different story. Just look at the phoon with its clutch for another example.

ltd · 08-02-2007, 10:13 AM

Tell you what, contact Tynan motors for an extended warranty. Where Ford tend to limit the amount payable on a claim, these guys will repair up to the value of the vehicle. I recently had the warranty extended on an MB140, cost $1600.00 and covers the car for virtually everything and runs up until 200,000klm.
Furthermore, the insurance company which Ford use for their extended warranty is pretty hard to deal with, they don't have to give a response to a claim on the same day.
Anyway, I will be extending warranty through these guys in the future; they just have to sight your car to make sure it looks ok, and has the correct mileage.
Get a quote at least on 02 9545 8888

cupic · 08-03-2007, 07:09 PM

My clutch is making some noise and Im thinking of asking to replace under warranty as Ive been back 4 times in 2yrs for the same problem
As car takes off in 1st theres a harmonic noise,most likely to occur when cold but now its happening more reguarly

cheers

jaydee · 09-03-2007, 12:51 AM

On a previous car, I took it to the RAC and paid to get them to do a full inspection.
They picked up a few minor faults that the dealer had to fix under warranty.

AussieJason · 09-03-2007, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MON10A

the ba i had went in enough times during warrenty so i got rid of it before it cost me anything

As with the majority of BA's. Sorry to say it but they are a bit of a dud reliability wise. I'd get the extended warranty.

My BA had several of the 'usual' problems during its warranty, but my BF is still faultless about a year after purchase. They were both bought new, and a year in the BA had spend weeks at the Ford dealer in comparison.

JBomb3000 · 09-03-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

On a previous car, I took it to the RAC and paid to get them to do a full inspection.
They picked up a few minor faults that the dealer had to fix under warranty.

I agree get them to make a list of any problems then front ford with it.