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Back story: I bought my used 2013 FoST about a year ago (September 2015) with 40k miles and have had no problems until recently. The car was in excellent mechanical shape (had two personal mechanics look at it) and just for my peace of mind, I bought an extended 4 year/48k mile MAX coverage warranty. I bought the car from a used car dealer in NJ that I recently found out went out of business about 6 months ago. I'm now having transmission problems which are almost definitely the 2nd gear synchro issues that the 2013 FoST's are notorious for. Like I said, the dealer went out of business and I've been clueless as to whether the extended warranty I bought was still valid or not.
After a few weeks, I finally got confirmation that the warranty is valid and active. I'm able to go to any Ford dealer or any licensed repair shop and use it...however, I still have a problem. I bought the car full Stage 3. I mean, it was tuned, had an exhaust, FMIC, intake, BOV, etc...Hell, it even has the big mouth snorkel. The biggest problem though is that it has a short-shift kit. I am 100% that if I were to go to a Ford dealership right now, they'd look at the car, say no and flag the VIN for the modifications. I know a family friend who owns a licensed shop and just spoke to him and he even told me that typically, a re-evaluator is sent out before repairs and if they see the mods, they'll flag it.
So since my deductible is only $150 and buying a new trans out of pocket will obviously be more expensive, I'm looking to delete the mods I need to and send it in for repairs. The actual problems that I have is that I don't know which mods will flag a transmission warranty and when I bought the car, I didn't get any of the original hardware. I know I will definitely need to take out the short shift kit but is there anything else? The engine mods shouldn't affect the transmission in Ford's eyes, will it? I didn't get the AP that was paired with the car when I bought it and haven't gone and bought a new one so I really don't want to spend $500 for an AP3 to flash the car back to stock before taking it in for repairs. Unfortunately, like I said, the dealer I bought the car from went out of business so I can't use them to verify that the mods were installed when I purchased the car.
After a few weeks, I finally got confirmation that the warranty is valid and active. I'm able to go to any Ford dealer or any licensed repair shop and use it...however, I still have a problem. I bought the car full Stage 3. I mean, it was tuned, had an exhaust, FMIC, intake, BOV, etc...Hell, it even has the big mouth snorkel. The biggest problem though is that it has a short-shift kit. I am 100% that if I were to go to a Ford dealership right now, they'd look at the car, say no and flag the VIN for the modifications. I know a family friend who owns a licensed shop and just spoke to him and he even told me that typically, a re-evaluator is sent out before repairs and if they see the mods, they'll flag it.
So since my deductible is only $150 and buying a new trans out of pocket will obviously be more expensive, I'm looking to delete the mods I need to and send it in for repairs. The actual problems that I have is that I don't know which mods will flag a transmission warranty and when I bought the car, I didn't get any of the original hardware. I know I will definitely need to take out the short shift kit but is there anything else? The engine mods shouldn't affect the transmission in Ford's eyes, will it? I didn't get the AP that was paired with the car when I bought it and haven't gone and bought a new one so I really don't want to spend $500 for an AP3 to flash the car back to stock before taking it in for repairs. Unfortunately, like I said, the dealer I bought the car from went out of business so I can't use them to verify that the mods were installed when I purchased the car.