Went in to look at and test drive a used 2018 F150, XLT. Low miles, looked good from photos, price was comparative with current inventory, etc. Talked to a salesman re: truck and went out to give it the once over. FYI, this truck was AS IS, so you sorta know what you are getting into. Premium sound/nav system, would not work exactly right, but was told, "it's just running slow", we can reboot it. Ok. Truck was very nice on inside and had just north of 36k miles on it. There were some other upfront issues that you see, but were put off by salesman in that "we will take care of that". What appeared to be caked mud in tailgate and side of truck bed was actually dried cement. I found that out later. Oh, and most of the visible cement has been covered by a cheap plastic drop in liner by this dealership. It was suggested that this could be removed with a power washer. Maybe.
I am still thinking these issues can be remedied, so we continue talking and I decide (should have listened to the little voice) to go ahead and make a deal. Write the check, get the keys, off we go. On the way home the premium sound/nav system is nonresponsive. Hmmmm. Get home, talk to a buddy who was a dealer, get some suggestions. Try to reboot system. Nope. Start feeling like I have been duped, call salesman to talk about issues. Talk about the cement and ask that he provide some assistance and we settle on bringing truck back the following week to see if they can remove it. Well, by now I am feeling pretty like a novice, and not happy. Go to move truck from behind garage, and we notice two large puddles on the cement. Not normal?
Turns out there is a fair amount of condensation building up in the exhaust coming from the turbo, also generally not good and leaking from a coupling under the truck. Park the truck and try to forget for the night. Get up next morning, and there are two NEW puddles of transmission fluid under the truck. Take pictures, text salesman. After a short consideration, decide, NOPE, taking truck back. Call, leave message, (he is slammed busy) and head to dealership. Find a sales manager that finally comes out to discuss, we give him the details, and to our surprise (this was the best thing they did), he asks for the keys, goes and gets out check and we in turn give him the reasons we are returning the vehicle. So, at least that was painless. They had no parting apologies or "sorry this happened" type thing. So, lesson learned. Can't trust them. read more