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Love my new Raptor but not loving that it's already on a flatbed. I had been smelling light gas fumes for several days and finally tracked it down to gas leaking onto the metal plate protecting the gas tank. I will say Ford needs a better structure for getting these trucks into a shop in places like LA where lots can have 3-4 week waits for assessment or be outside of the range of Roadside Assistance.


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Welcome to the new normal, its not just a Ford problem, almost every dealer is short staffed with long wait times for service. I made an appt and they were two weeks out, truck was there for three days now part needed is on backorder and it could be months.
 
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Welcome to the new normal, its not just a Ford problem, almost every dealer is short staffed with long wait times for service. I made an appt and they were two weeks out, truck was there for three days now part needed is on backorder and it could be months.
if it's months we will be giving the truck back.
 

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Feel your pain brother. Sucks not being able to enjoy your hard earned money. Hopefully it will be easy fix.
 

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Feel your pain brother. Sucks not being able to enjoy your hard earned money. Hopefully it will be easy fix.
Feel your pain brother. Sucks not being able to enjoy your hard earned money. Hopefully it will be easy fix.
Would have been 1000x easier if I could have driven it to a shop. No biggie.. but once Ford Care said that because of it being a gas leak it had to be towed.. and shops near me wouldn’t accept it for weeks, or at all.. Love the truck.. last thing I need is setting it on fire trying to get it to a shop. The tow truck guy even commented that in the few minutes it was on to load the truck he could smell gas quite a bit.
 
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Would have been 1000x easier if I could have driven it to a shop. No biggie.. but once Ford Care said that because of it being a gas leak it had to be towed.. and shops near me wouldn’t accept it for weeks, or at all.. Love the truck.. last thing I need is setting it on fire trying to get it to a shop. The tow truck guy even commented that in the few minutes it was on to load the truck he could smell gas quite a bit.
Common sense! Lol it’s been bad latently. Not sure why. And Hell yes that thing is bad ass. Love that color combo. Now I have not seen too many of these gas issues. so hoping it’s isolated. By the way it’s dealer 3 days to fix my battery ( put a new one) even the advisor came out and apologized saying they have 1 tech and like 3 advisors quit , and only 2 mechanics. Shit show for sure. When you get your beast back take some more pics mate.
 
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Common sense! Lol it’s been bad latently. Not sure why. And Hell yes that thing is bad ass. Love that color combo. Now I have not seen too many of these gas issues. so hoping it’s isolated. By the way it’s dealer 3 days to fix my battery ( put a new one) even the advisor came out and apologized saying they have 1 tech and like 3 advisors quit , and only 2 mechanics. Shit show for sure. When you get your beast back take some more pics mate.
I friggin’ LOVE the truck. Boys may love it more than me. It’s imposing but so damn good looking. Hope issue is simple and isolated.
 
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Common sense! Lol it’s been bad latently. Not sure why. And Hell yes that thing is bad ass. Love that color combo. Now I have not seen too many of these gas issues. so hoping it’s isolated. By the way it’s dealer 3 days to fix my battery ( put a new one) even the advisor came out and apologized saying they have 1 tech and like 3 advisors quit , and only 2 mechanics. Shit show for sure. When you get your beast back take some more pics mate.
Took this one when I got it home.
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Love my new Raptor but not loving that it's already on a flatbed. I had been smelling light gas fumes for several days and finally tracked it down to gas leaking onto the metal plate protecting the gas tank. I will say Ford needs a better structure for getting these trucks into a shop in places like LA where lots can have 3-4 week waits for assessment or be outside of the range of Roadside Assistance.


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UPDATE:

Shop determined that the fuel leak is coming from the locking ring to the fuel pump. Guys said they had never seen this issue before.. but could tell the spray was coming from it. They are planning to remove the bed to repair it. I am happy with the service from the shop and will be giving them my business for service.
 
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Truck is home.. with a functioning fuel pump lock ring. They said I there was literally gas sloshing out at certain times vs just a spray.. they did not love having to even run it on the lot until it was fixed.

.. did notice I seem to be getting slightly better mpg 😎
 

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For what it’s worth in an emergency JB Weld is an excellent sealant for gas leaks. I always keep two tubes in all my vehicles.
 

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Truck is home.. with a functioning fuel pump lock ring. They said I there was literally gas sloshing out at certain times vs just a spray.. they did not love having to even run it on the lot until it was fixed.

.. did notice I seem to be getting slightly better mpg 😎
Glad to hear! Also glad to hear that not all dealers suck lol
 
 




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