Ford Motor Company

[CiK]

I am beside myself right now, and have been for two weeks now. I bought a 2008 Ford F150 Limited 2 weeks ago, so I started researching known issues of the 5.4L Triton engines so I know what might be ahead of me, in case I needed to watch out about something with it. I like to take care of my stuff, and this truck won't be any different. I found out about a spark plug issue and was told I shouldn't have any problems with my plugs if my engine was built after 10/10/2007. I found the engine identification sticker on the valve cover and found out, according to the sticker, the engine was built 07-08-01 (080701 on the sticker). I called my local Ford dealer, and their parts manager and lead technician confirmed the sticker indicated a 2001 engine for a 2008 truck based on their workshop manual for identifying engine build codes.

Maybe the sticker is misprinted, but maybe it is a 2001 engine. I am on Ford like stink on #@$! about this until they can tell me one way or the other. You would think Ford Motor Company would be better at tracking their own quality control incidents, but so far, nobody can tell me if its a misprinted sticker. I hope they understand what they are up against if they leave me believing its a 2001 engine. Do they really want that kind of publicity?

Rant over, but it serves me right for trying to reward them for not taking any bailout money..........I should have stayed in my Jeep Wrangler.