This is an update from my prior review of their maintenance shop, and the ending to the sorry tale of the slow fuel fill problem. When I dropped it off at the Capitol Ford Lincoln again, after they hadn't fixed the problem the first time, I said two things to the service advisor: - "you do know that there's a Ford Technical Service Bulletin for this problem, and you have discussed that with the tech?", he said "I'm sure the tech knows, but I'll make sure to discuss it with him". So, I also said "when you think it's fixed, just take it to the gas station and put two gallons of gas in; if you can get them in, it's fixed". The service advisor said "of yes, absolutely I'll do that".
So, anyway, about two weeks after I left my last review, the service advisor called me and said "it's fixed". So, I said "you did take it to the gas station and put a couple of gallons in, didn't you?". And he said, "yes, it's fixed".
My wife and I therefore drove down to Santa Fe (90 minutes drive each way), and went to pick it up. Just to make sure, I took it to the nearest gas station, which is about 300 yards from this Ford place, on Cerillos Road, and I couldn't get more than .7 of a gallon in before it started blowing gas back out. Not fixed. Clearly the service advisor had flat out lied to my face about taking my truck to the gas station, as he would have immediately found out that it wasn't fixed.
The wife and I went back, and she had a major fit at the service manager in the service waiting area. They'd had it six weeks by that time, not fixed the problem twice, and charged a bunch of money. So, they discounted most of what they had done and we drove up north again. I then took the truck to a local shop that's pretty good at diagnostics. I showed them the list of things that Santa Fe Capitol Ford Lincoln had done - but they hadn't done the "slow fuel fill" TSB, of course - and they said they'd take a look and though that the TSB probably was the problem.
A week later, this local shop had indeed completed the TSB and fixed the problem. The owner of that shop gave me a part back - it's the vent to the Evap canister - which has a mud dauber nest in it. He thought it was funny - especially that Capitol Ford Lincoln clearly never looked at it. I've attached a photo so you can see for yourself.
I cannot imagine what Capitol Ford Lincoln did to my truck, but clearly they never actually bothered looking at the Evap canister, despite the fact that that was clearly indicated as the root of the problem both from the ODBII code and the symptoms and the TSB, which all fitted the facts.
So, while this place might be ok for basic oil changes, both the service advisors and the service technicians seem to have no clue about anything more complicated, and I'd suggest avoiding this place at all costs if you have any kind of complex issue with your vehicle. I am certainly never, ever, going back. read more