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SDD Junior Member
Here's the summary of repairs to the truck:
5 towings
6 1-week truck rentals
It is fair to mention them.
1.) 4x4 engagement vacuum pump blowing fuses
2.) no start. towed in.
3.) no start. towed in.
4.) a/c squealed and threw belt. Both tensioners were broke and both belts were replaced. There is much plastic in the tensioners.
5.) died while parked in front of supermarket with load of groceries and a passenger. no start. towed to dealer. Had to pay for a cab for passenger to get groceries home. A wire in the engine "shorted out". From that point on there was an intermittent exhaust gas odor in the cab because they didn't put the exhaust pipe back on right. They could not "reproduce the odor problem".
6.) died on highway. towed in. computer throttled engine to nothing, "stop vehicle safely" light. Died when speed dropped to about 5MPH. no crank. A sensor in the tailpipe broke, and told the computer the exhaust temp was too high so the computer shut the fuel off.
7.) things that broke last week:
a/c stopped blowing cold. almost no pressure in system.
The CD player quit working.
The exhaust odor has still been there, off and on, for a month.
I hope I've cast my lot better with the E150 van.
5 towings
6 1-week truck rentals
It is fair to mention them.
1.) 4x4 engagement vacuum pump blowing fuses
2.) no start. towed in.
3.) no start. towed in.
4.) a/c squealed and threw belt. Both tensioners were broke and both belts were replaced. There is much plastic in the tensioners.
5.) died while parked in front of supermarket with load of groceries and a passenger. no start. towed to dealer. Had to pay for a cab for passenger to get groceries home. A wire in the engine "shorted out". From that point on there was an intermittent exhaust gas odor in the cab because they didn't put the exhaust pipe back on right. They could not "reproduce the odor problem".
6.) died on highway. towed in. computer throttled engine to nothing, "stop vehicle safely" light. Died when speed dropped to about 5MPH. no crank. A sensor in the tailpipe broke, and told the computer the exhaust temp was too high so the computer shut the fuel off.
7.) things that broke last week:
a/c stopped blowing cold. almost no pressure in system.
The CD player quit working.
The exhaust odor has still been there, off and on, for a month.
I hope I've cast my lot better with the E150 van.
