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<blockquote data-quote="DILLARD000" data-source="post: 1039660" data-attributes="member: 74901">Ford &quot;stealership&quot; or otherwise, I&#039;m afraid you&#039;ve gotten suckered.61k miles sounds way too good for 19yr old 2002; &quot;CarFax&quot; or not, suspicious it has 3~4times the mileage.OD OFF lamp blink = Tranny issues, likely needs rebuild\replacement; need to scan OBD2+Ford TroubleCodes;you should have run TroubleCode scan before buying; 5r55e Transmission is a well known failure item; if dealer says didn&#039;t know about tranny issue, they&#039;re lying.&nbsp; You need your own scanner; do NOT trust seller.Tranny issue along with others you&#039;ve mentioned, tells me dealer got this as a trade-in for likely less than $1k, ran it thru the detail shop with no mechanical inspection, then to used car lot for 5~6times that price.&quot;ALPHA&quot; warranty is a big money maker for dealer &amp; likely worthless to you.Don&#039;t know what CA lemon laws are, but I&#039;d be thinking of trying to get full purchase price back.For your sake, I hope this is not the case, but smells really fishy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DILLARD000, post: 1039660, member: 74901"] Ford "stealership" or otherwise, I'm afraid you've gotten suckered. 61k miles sounds way too good for 19yr old 2002; "CarFax" or not, suspicious it has 3~4times the mileage. OD OFF lamp blink = Tranny issues, likely needs rebuild\replacement; need to scan OBD2+Ford TroubleCodes; you should have run TroubleCode scan before buying; 5r55e Transmission is a well known failure item; if dealer says didn't know about tranny issue, they're lying. You need your own scanner; do NOT trust seller. Tranny issue along with others you've mentioned, tells me dealer got this as a trade-in for likely less than $1k, ran it thru the detail shop with no mechanical inspection, then to used car lot for 5~6times that price. "ALPHA" warranty is a big money maker for dealer & likely worthless to you. Don't know what CA lemon laws are, but I'd be thinking of trying to get full purchase price back. For your sake, I hope this is not the case, but smells really fishy. [/QUOTE]

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