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It all started out at the beginning of December when my old minivan gave out.  I decided I wanted a Blazer.  So I found a perfect 95 Blazer LT 4x4 4-Door Dark Cherry Red Mettalic.  Only problem was it was at a Ford Dealership  :cool: .  After a little bit I walked out with it, ended up paying only $8450 for it.  It was one of those certified used vehicles, so it came with a 6-month warrenty.  It had 79,404 miles on it when I bought it.  Well the front end was making a clunking sound, so I took it to Car-X.  Lower ball joints need replacing, quoted $300.  Ended up telling my salesman back at the Ford dealership about that, and he said to take it to their shop and they'd do it for free.  Ended it taking it in there yesterday before work, picked it up after work.  Drove fine as soon as I got it, no more noise.  Well then today after work the clunk is back, and it is worse than ever.  My guess is they didn't replace the lower ball joints, they just overfilled them with grease and the grease came out.  Well this just keeps getting better and better.  I'm driving today and I notice the oil pressure gauge is reading only 40PSI.  Thats funny I think to myself, its normally at 60-70PSI :0 .  Well then the oil pressure drops to 0, then  back up to 40, and then 0 again.  By the time it was hitting 0 for the second time I had already turned on to a side street & was just shutting her down.  I pull off to the side, pop the hood, & get out to have a look.  Well by the time I get out I notice about 3quarts of oil already on the ground.  I pop the hood and I notice that my engine compartment (which was spotless previously) is covered in new engine oil.  I look down and begin to see the oil drip out even more, starting to get onto my shoes.  Well I hop back in and call Chevrolet Roadside Assistance.  Thankfully they pick up right away and get a tow truck out to me ASAP.  Cost me $75 for the tow.  Now she's sitting at a Chevy dealership overnight, I'm going to be there at 7AM tomorrow when the open up to try and find out whats wrong with my baby.  Yesterday I sent in my first payment, and its been exactly 3 weeks since I purchased her today.  The Chevy dealership will be making all the neccessary repairs, which will be payed for by the extended warrenty company (not likely, they rejected the balljoints and told me the dealership had to pay for those), or the Ford dealer.  I had a funny feeling when I bought it, buying a Chevy from a Ford store....

tfpary Enthusiast

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:cool: Sorry to hear about your truck troubles.  I had a similar situation last September - bought a 97 Suburban from a Chrysler dealer, and it was a certified used vehicle with a warranty.  In a couple of weeks I discovered that it was leaking coolant from the intake manifold gasket.   In my case, the dealership honored the warranty, fixed the leak, then when, in an incredible stroke of good (my side) or bad (dealers view) the tranny busted in their shop, they fixed that too, and loaned me a mi... mini.... miniv.... (nope cant even type the word) loaned me a vehicle to drive too boot. Didn't even pay a cent!  

Hope it works out for you!

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chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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I picked up a 96 S-10, my first car.  When I got it, it had about 33,000 Miles left so still some warranty left.  About 35,xxx miles the check engine light came on and I took it in.  The guy said it was nothing and wanted me to go.  I took it to another friend who had a code reader and said it was a tranny problem.  Took it back to the dealer and said fix it.  They were trying to make me run out the warranty.  It ended up being in the shop for 3 days.  Don't know quite what was messed up in the tranny.

 

Glad to hear you're getting things taken care of, sounds like the Ford dealer really messed up on you.  I'm sure you're heading out there right now for a little complaining.

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Well she's sitting at the Chevy dealership at this moment.  Went in this morning when they opened up to get them to hurry up and look at her.  Said she might need a new engine, depends how quickly I was able to shut her down.  Sounds like the oil cooler lines burst!

 

O what fun.

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Well she's sitting at the Chevy dealership at this moment.  Went in this morning when they opened up to get them to hurry up and look at her.  Said she might need a new engine, depends how quickly I was able to shut her down.  Sounds like the oil cooler lines burst!

 

O what fun.

Ouch, well at least it's still under warranty.  Wouldn't be half bad if you get a brand new engine in the truck.  Did they say anything about it being the Ford shop's fault?

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UPDATE:

    The dealership its at now can't see it until Wednesday at the earliest.  This morning they said they would get to it today.  I am having it towed to a different dealership and I will meet it there.  The other dealership is the largest Chevy dealer in the USA, their service is open until 9PM and they are open tomorrow.  The advisor I spoke with gave me his guarrantee that it would be finished by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.  Why I didn't get it towed there in the first place......

 

Has anyone else had any trouble with the oil cooler lines?

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