Would you buy a truck that was a lemon and resold by Ford?

[jhelrey]

Would you buy a truck that was purchased back by Ford due to lemon law?

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[PnchDrnk]

I don’t think I would just for peace of mind. I’ve had unreliable vehicles before and it made driving too taxing, wondering if and when it would fail. But that’s just my two cents

 

[Soccergk2003]

Hell no I wouldn't

 

[Bossharp]

Purchase price and warranty... That's what determines if you take a chance.

 

[JJSnell]

Exactly what @Bossharp said.
Depends on price and whether they will warranty it

 

[tbinmd]

reguardless of price, depends. on what the issues are with the truck. It’s a lemon because it couldn’t be repaired.

 

[Snakebitten]

Depends.
I've seen around here trucks "lemon's"/bought back for the SSN or a long wait on a repair part.

So if I knew with absolute confidence what the issue was that resulted in the buyback, and the Oasis history looked normal otherwise, then it's a used vehicle with a hickey on its record.
The price would simply need to represent the vehicle appropriately. In other words, a bargain.

Full disclosure: I'm also someone who has purchased a salvage title vehicle with 10,000 miles on it. I viewed the pictures of the collision. I obviously inspected the car with scrutiny. The price was fantastic and the car has been as well. I've had it nearly 6 years and it's been flawless.

 

[mxwrk]

no

 

[F150patriot]

No way!​

 

[Pedaldude]

If you do; make sure to take an extra long test drive and in as many conditions as practical.

Some of the the buy back vehicles have actually been fixed. Too many dealerships these days are filled with technicians that rely on the “parts cannon,” and never fix the issue; leaving the original buyers with a bad taste in their mouths and a still broken truck.

I had a simple issue that took my original dealership’s service department months of hemming and hawing, gaslighting and plain old incompetent behavior. They wanted to get new parts from Ford to the tune of multiple thousands of dollars but Ford rightfully told them that they were idiots. Finally I went to a dealer twenty miles away fixed it in under 15min. and didn’t even write up the repair because it was “so easy.”

Most of the lemon law buybacks that I see here are definitely the result of shitty dealerships. I think that the average forum member would be able to remedy half the problems with a good supply of parts and technological support.

The only thing that I would be hesitant about is a Powerboost that was built on Monday or Friday; as those seem to have more gremlins than most trucks but even then, a lot of the common issues seem to be solvable if you read the forums and are willing to solve the problem. Most of the dealerships seem to rely on blowing smoke up people’s asses rather than looking at their trucks.

Only other thing is make sure that you are getting a deal that makes it worthwhile. Look into the prices that you can get from Grainger on here and other places.

So unless it’s a trim or configuration unavailable for 2024, patience is key.

 

[jhelrey]

It's a 2023 F150 Platinum PB with 10K miles for $61K.

 

[sbi]

I'll buy a Nissan Titan before I buy any lemon vehicle.

 

[Bossharp]

I'm not a market expert but that's not a 'great' deal to me. Resale when you are done with it will take a hit. If the major problems were electrical even more so.
If you really like it offer $51,000.00 but always be careful when you make a offer.. They might take it.

 

[jhelrey]

I offered them $54K

 

[parkerdog]

Would you buy a truck that was purchased back by Ford due to lemon law?

I'd have to know what the lemon part of it was. A lot of people's ideas of what is wrong with something differ from my opinion.

Lots of ummm lets just say non standard intelligent people out there (entitled idiots) who operate under the squeaky wheel gets the grease practice and have an aggressive ambulance chaser.

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