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Took the Ranger into my local trusted shop for an alignment and tire rotate and balance. While on the way home from buying it (a week or so ago) I noticed it pulled right slightly and there was a bounce at certain speeds. Alignment was off a bit and all the tires needed to be balanced. The LR wheel was bent on the inside only...we'll use the spare for now...no jack or rod. Called the dealer where I got it, they will get me another wheel and the jack and accessories. I was surprised that they would take care of it......happy me!

 


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That's refreshing to here that the dealer took care of you on the wheel and Jack issue. Good job.
 
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Most of the dealerships I have worked for will take care of that kind of stuff if you ask nicely.

The pattern that I have seen, is usually you want to stay out of the used car dealerships. Especially dedicated "Buy here Pay here" places. Even if you are buying used try to go to a new car dealer and pick off their used lot. The new car places seem like they tend (in general) to have much better customer service.
 
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I agree. I work for a GM dealership and we take care of all our customers whether they buy new or used, spend $5,000 or $500,000. Yes we have sold RV's in the quarter million dollar range. We are one of the few Leisure and Roadtrek dealers so we constantly sell $150,000 RV's all the time. Either way the customer is always satisfied.
 
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Got the wheel replaced and that eliminated 1 of my vibrations. I need to get new tires, these are pretty tore up, and the shocks are crap.

But now my TPMS light is on...anyone know a cheap way to reprogram?
 
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https://www.amazon.com/Ford-8C2Z-1A203-A-TPMS-Transmitter/dp/B001H1O6HE/ref=sr_1_4?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1513687168&sr=1-4&keywords=Ford+TPMS+tool

Buy that. You can do a key dance to put the truck in training mode, then use that to program new sensors or reset existing ones.

Key off, press and release the brake, cycle the key 3 times, key off, press the brake, cycle the key 3 more times ending in run, the horn should beep if you did it correctly.

Then you go around, LF, RF, RR, LR point the tool 180* from the valve stem and push the button. Sweep the tool back and forth at each wheel until the horn sounds.

This is the cheapest tool that will do it, and on your style sensor you have to have the tool.
 
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Thats what I thought, thanks
 
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