This is the worst Ford dealership I have ever dealt with! I leased a 2018 Ford Explorer with a 'Bumper To Bumper' warranty from New Holland Ford. Being retired I drive the car very little. Several months ago while returning from the Jersey shore on the Atlantic City Expressway on April 28th my wife and I began to hear a very loud scraping noise coming from my right rear wheel. I only had approx. 11,500 total miles on the car at that time. I contacted Fred Beans, whose dealership is just down the road from me in Exton, PA, and made a service appointment. When I went to pick the car up they said I owed $552.43 because they had to replace the brake pads and rotors on the wheel. They claimed I must have left the emergency brake on. I argued that this was total nonsense as I have over 50 years of accident free driving experience and used to work on cars in my youth. I, like anyone else, surely knows when my emergency brake is engaged as it's "idiot light" glows brightly on my dash. I believe the brake caliper(s) froze and caused the brake to wear out coming down the expressway but they scammed me into paying them. When I brought up my 'Bumper To Bumper' warranty they said no due to my accused negligence and that pads and related parts would not be covered anyway - on a car with less than 12,000 miles on it! I looked up complainants on the Internet and see that, although infrequent, there have been previous complaints about the brake calipers freezing up. I asked for a telephone number for a Ford regional service manager to register a complaint. The number they gave to me was a general customer relations center, 800-392-3673, that could provide no consideration at all. When the lease termed I purchased the car due to the inherent chip shortage supply problem. I again contacted Fred Beans because of their close location to me to do the required sales and registration paperwork. I was told to ask for Michelle, their finance manager, but she never called me back. I received a call from a representative named Ron Bannister. He told me that it was Ford's policy that I had to go to the dealer I leased the car from, New Holland Ford which was over an hour away, to do the paperwork. Common sense told me that this was a lie which I confirmed after immediately calling Ford Credit who said any Ford dealer could do it. I called Ron back and told him what Ford had said. He said he would recheck with Michelle and call me back. He never did. This dealership is obviously mismanaged and run by liars and cheats! It is said the whole fish stinks when the head stinks. Obviously Fred Beans is culpable in his management practices and must stink himself. Submitted by a very dissatisfied Fred Beans Ford experience, Bob Miller. Please e-mail me at PAinsure@yahoo.com if you have had a similar experience. Thank you. read more