If at 30 days, it's still "two week out", I'll reconsider my options.
Loaners are a mixed blessing. you do have wheels, however, under some, perhaps most or all, I’m not familiar with all 50;
if the stealership or mfgr. provide you with a loaner vehicle, that you do not have to pay for, the time that you have the loaner does not count toward triggering the lemon statute. This should always be the last resort, but, if you’re at 3 weeks time down for 1 or more “related” repairs, you should be talking to a lawyer qualified in lemon law suits in your state, so that if it really goes south, you have the contact already made and can more more quickly. Over the last 3 decades, the manufacturers have responded to developing case law, and begun implementing preemptive replacement programs. They don’t do this for customer service or out of the kindness of their hearts, they do it because of judgments against them in courts of record. They do the absolute minimum required to extricate themselves from a financial burden. For example, if you sue and then win a substantial judgment, then several other people do for the same reason, a subsequent case may come along and illustrate to the court a pattern of deception and obfuscation about a known issue and that judgment could be significantly more.
Most LL suits are sort of routine stuff, but drag on forever. Manufacturers have TEAMS of lawyers on payroll. My suit was opposed by a lead counsel and 2 assistants, plus 2 expert witnesses.
Your best bet is to work with the current stealership unless they prove harmful. Bite your tongue, hold your nose and get your truck out of the current facility as expeditiously as possible.
DO NOT mention suing, lemon law, magnusson-moss, or anything else to the service advisor, tech, manager or any dealer staff, or FORD c/s. Express your disappointment, personalize the impact to you and your family to all who will listen. Channel your inner Bill Clinton to make these people want to pull for you now matter what kind of person you really are.
If you aren’t able to keep your truck there with confidence, coordinate another close dealer via Ford C/S. I had to do this with another manufacturer when a repair was done incorrectly. I told them I couldn’t trust their shop given the nature of the failure, service mgr. gave me no static whatsoever, it was a pretty serious screw up. It cost me some time but the mfgr. covered a tow. You potentially burn the bridge of this dealership if this is not done diplomatically.
Only if it drags on for a month or more should you ask Ford CS to intervene and either buy the doggone thing back, or procure the part. You paid 70 large for the truck and should get better than 7 dollar per hour service.
Only if all of this fails and you end up 30 days down and down without a loaner should you consider pursuing a lemon law suit. It’s a major PITA, takes onwards of 6-18 months start to finish and you won’t make anything out of it. You will likely be asked to arbitrate, then settle, then settle again the day of trial with a sweeter deal, then trial. At trial anything can happen. You may prevail and get all expenses paid, or some expenses, maybe even some extra $$$ for intangibles. You may be asked to negotiate more/harder by the judge, who may indicate to one or both parties they should come down off their high horse. You could prevail and get no expenses, meaning you’d have a new vehicle but have to pay the lawyer, expert witnesses, etc. Or you could lose.
@FordTechOne has a ... unique, and particular dislike for lemon law lawyers and let’s be honest, dislike of lawyers isn’t entirely undeserved. But they’re like a toilet plunger; when you need one, nothing else will really do(o).
Good luck with the repair.
