2017 Raptor - Engine Rattling and Knocking - Need new Cam Phaser $5160 FML [Check Recall Notices often]

[SunkenDreams]

I never got the recall notices (Reprogram the PCM 21B10) nor (Cam Phaser Replacement 21N03).

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10199480-0001.pdf

The Ford Dealershit quoted me $7342.90 for related cam phaser repairs and replacement.
I bought the Raptor while serving oversees in Afghanistan through the MAS Ford Car Buying Program.
It was my dream truck - and first big purchase, for myself, in my life.

I've driven reasonably over the years, having 69,743 miles on it. I contacted Ford Customer Care to see what could be done perhaps covering the cost of a long-standing known issue with the VCT. They told me no, my "VIN has no association with that recall/notice" and therefore I'm on my own.
I guess I'm here to just scream into the abyss about it, will do the same on X.
My fault for not tracking the recall notices, my fault for thinking a 2017 Raptor was my 'dream' truck.

Well boys I'm off to sell all my Ford stock to help pay for the repairs, then sell the truck to buy a Toyota. I have 4 kids, 3 of which are of driving age, and I will not be buying them Fords and will make damn sure they and their kids NEVER buy a Ford. Mazel tov.

 

[Bubbasuwannee]

I hear ya. No more fords for me either.

 

[smurfslayer]

I never got the recall notices (Reprogram the PCM 21B10) nor (Cam Phaser Replacement 21N03).

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10199480-0001.pdf

The Ford Dealershit quoted me $7342.90 for related cam phaser repairs and replacement.
I bought the Raptor while serving oversees in Afghanistan through the MAS Ford Car Buying Program.
It was my dream truck - and first big purchase, for myself, in my life.

I've driven reasonably over the years, having 69,743 miles on it. I contacted Ford Customer Care to see what could be done perhaps covering the cost of a long-standing known issue with the VCT. They told me no, my "VIN has no association with that recall/notice" and therefore I'm on my own.
I guess I'm here to just scream into the abyss about it, will do the same on X.
My fault for not tracking the recall notices, my fault for thinking a 2017 Raptor was my 'dream' truck.

Well boys I'm off to sell all my Ford stock to help pay for the repairs, then sell the truck to buy a Toyota. I have 4 kids, 3 of which are of driving age, and I will not be buying them Fords and will make damn sure they and their kids NEVER buy a Ford. Mazel tov.

Damn, that’s painful, sorry to hear it. I hear you, I bought another marque previously and that bad experience soured me on them for the last ... well, we’ll say multiple decades. Good luck!

I hear ya. No more fords for me either.

Problems from day 1, starting 11/1/2020 and it’s 4 years on and you put up with this for... How long?
Why tough out a problem child car? Trade it. Life is simply too short.

You put up with poor shifting at one dealer over multiple visits and didn’t go to another?
You got a rebuilt transmission, it failed within the 12/12 dealer warranty period as well as your powertrain warranty.
They denied a buyback? that’s suspicious.

If you draw the short straw on a car/truck/other from any manufacturer, it’s never fun. My wife has had that after I had one. Unfortunately - or fortunately depending on your POV, her SUV was just nickel and diming ... well, Grant and Franklining her with failures. Power window modules, transmission (a CVT) and finally the t/c which was thousands - these were the final 3 out of warranty. Once the t/c started leaking, we traded. Full disclosure, no hiding anything for some other poor soul, so she got a lot of use out of it - about 6 years but it was an expensive number of post warranty years toward the end.