Hello everyone
We bought our ST in July of this year. I must admit I was smitten with it the the first few days, but then I started to notice some very disappointing fit and finish details. The more I looked at the small trim items inside I notice how cheap Ford really made this 70K CAD vehicle. It’s been downhill since then really.
The most frustrating thing so far has been this continuous burning oil/plastic smell. It first started with maybe 1500km’s or 2800 miles. On my 25 minute highway drive to work, my carpool partner and myself started to notice a burning oil smell. As a Diesel mechanic, I know that smell very well. It has become worse and worse. I mentioned this to my local dealer right away. They dyed the oil and I took it back after 200km’s. Big surprise they found nothing, but said to keep looking for the leak. It’s been in three times and they still haven’t found anything.
The latest issue, with it being winter we are starting it to warm up prior to driving. The burning plastic smell once it’s run warming up for ten minutes. Man, it would gag a maggot. I have talked to the dealership service manager and he seems less then interested in investigating, so I plan on calling Ford directly to open a case number on the issue. I have noticed multiple threads with people having similar issues to mine, so I was wondering if anyone would have any other helpful info, when I call Ford to open further investigation.
We bought our ST in July of this year. I must admit I was smitten with it the the first few days, but then I started to notice some very disappointing fit and finish details. The more I looked at the small trim items inside I notice how cheap Ford really made this 70K CAD vehicle. It’s been downhill since then really.
The most frustrating thing so far has been this continuous burning oil/plastic smell. It first started with maybe 1500km’s or 2800 miles. On my 25 minute highway drive to work, my carpool partner and myself started to notice a burning oil smell. As a Diesel mechanic, I know that smell very well. It has become worse and worse. I mentioned this to my local dealer right away. They dyed the oil and I took it back after 200km’s. Big surprise they found nothing, but said to keep looking for the leak. It’s been in three times and they still haven’t found anything.
The latest issue, with it being winter we are starting it to warm up prior to driving. The burning plastic smell once it’s run warming up for ten minutes. Man, it would gag a maggot. I have talked to the dealership service manager and he seems less then interested in investigating, so I plan on calling Ford directly to open a case number on the issue. I have noticed multiple threads with people having similar issues to mine, so I was wondering if anyone would have any other helpful info, when I call Ford to open further investigation.
