BDRAG
HAhahaaaa.
YEPPER. Had to use that extended warranty I bought from Randy right before I hit the 12,000 mark.
From day one in my truck, when you start the truck and all the electrical chimes kick in and the a/c does its thing there had been this slight tapping or the sound of a small flapper door dragging and making a slight thump sound like it closed with a thump. You did not always hear this but it was there most times when you start up. I mentioned it on one of my first services for some other warrantee fixes and nothing was found.
So a month or so back, just as I was out of my 36,000 mile warrantee this tapping noise starts when you start the truck. It was from behind the dash on the passenger side. Sounded like tapping on a plastic bucket with the handle of a screw driver. Pop Pop Pop poppoppop. It would stop after 2 to 6 or 8 pops. So I knew I was in for a fix. Searched it on the web. Its a common issue with F 150's and many of Fords trucks. Its called a Blend Valve?
Well if the door in the ventilation system drags or binds it eventually wears out a spline on the drive motor to this door. So the slight clicking or binding as I called it the first time I took it in finally caused the big popping issue.
So on Tuesday morn I get in to go to work and this popping noise does its usual thing sept this time it does not stop. It popped all the way the 25 minutes to work. I finally got it to stop by running the temp all the way cold and the fan on low. Just touch the temp up from 60 to 62 and pop pop pop.
So took it in about 10 am. Got my free rent car and picked the truck up at 6 pm fixed. Paid my $100 deductible and its all good now. I tried to say I complained about the faint noise way back when but to no avail. Oh well. If I had to pay for this out of pocket I would have been out $350.00! Some fix it them selves from my reading. I am not working on anything that requires a fat ass old guy to contort on the floor of the truck to work on. HAhaaaa.
So with the growing list of warrantee fixes I have had in my almost 3 years and 38,000 miles, this extended warrantee will surly pay for itself. I advise buying it if you plan on keeping the truck. I got the 100,000 / 6 year one.
BDRAG
From day one in my truck, when you start the truck and all the electrical chimes kick in and the a/c does its thing there had been this slight tapping or the sound of a small flapper door dragging and making a slight thump sound like it closed with a thump. You did not always hear this but it was there most times when you start up. I mentioned it on one of my first services for some other warrantee fixes and nothing was found.
So a month or so back, just as I was out of my 36,000 mile warrantee this tapping noise starts when you start the truck. It was from behind the dash on the passenger side. Sounded like tapping on a plastic bucket with the handle of a screw driver. Pop Pop Pop poppoppop. It would stop after 2 to 6 or 8 pops. So I knew I was in for a fix. Searched it on the web. Its a common issue with F 150's and many of Fords trucks. Its called a Blend Valve?
Well if the door in the ventilation system drags or binds it eventually wears out a spline on the drive motor to this door. So the slight clicking or binding as I called it the first time I took it in finally caused the big popping issue.
So on Tuesday morn I get in to go to work and this popping noise does its usual thing sept this time it does not stop. It popped all the way the 25 minutes to work. I finally got it to stop by running the temp all the way cold and the fan on low. Just touch the temp up from 60 to 62 and pop pop pop.
So took it in about 10 am. Got my free rent car and picked the truck up at 6 pm fixed. Paid my $100 deductible and its all good now. I tried to say I complained about the faint noise way back when but to no avail. Oh well. If I had to pay for this out of pocket I would have been out $350.00! Some fix it them selves from my reading. I am not working on anything that requires a fat ass old guy to contort on the floor of the truck to work on. HAhaaaa.
So with the growing list of warrantee fixes I have had in my almost 3 years and 38,000 miles, this extended warrantee will surly pay for itself. I advise buying it if you plan on keeping the truck. I got the 100,000 / 6 year one.
BDRAG
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