when does Ford powertrain warranty starts ?

Can't say on RV's, but my 2010 Expedition warranty is 3 years bumper to bumper, which would include check engine light. It is MUCH longer for the powertrain, which does NOT include check engine light. Perhaps that is the confusion?

It should start start from the days your bought it from the the Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier (i.e. MH manufacturer).
Ours was a year old but never sold/put into service until we purchased it from the MH dealer. It needed new wiper blades when were we driving home, the Ford dealer did not have any record of the vehicle in their computer at the time. It took about a week for the MH dealer to get the 'paper' work to Winnebago, then Winnebago to Ford(US0 and then have it forwarded to Ford(Canada). The Ford dealer did honor the warranty and said that they would deal with it after.

You would have to check with your MH and/or Forrester to see when the MH was original put into service, possibly as a demo.


Beverley and Ken

I have a Ford E-450 RV and my warranty started the day I bought it. Fortunately I haven't had any trouble except a fuel pump failing after 8 yrs. My local Ford dealership absolutely refuses to work on my RV with the reason it won't fit inside their garage bay doors so I found a service center that works on large trucks and motorhomes as well so I got lucky. Good luck.

Get in touch with a Ford Representative and get him to correct the dealers confusion........

Warranty period starts the day you sign papers....if purchased new.

Find out what the "In Service Date" is, this is when the warranty starts officially.

Dig up your purchase papers / receipts. My understanding is that most warranties start "from date of purchase", basically what BeverlyandKen posted.

I wonder if the warranty of a modified vehicle may be shorter than a regular car or truck?

In my F250 warranty papers it states that ambulances don't have the samewarenty.

The chassis should have been shipped to the motorhome manufacturer as an incomplete vehicle, and once the motorhome was built, then often a new VIN is assigned to the motorhome for registration purposes. The chassis manufacturer will continue to use their VIN for maintenance tracking and warranty issues. This is the key part and germane to your problem: Once the motorhome is sold, the dealer should notify the manufacturer who will submit or the dealer himself will submit a delayed start warranty notification to the chassis manufacturer. This apparently did not happen so the chassis manufacturer has to rely on their sale date as the warranty start date.

To correct the problem, contact the motorhome manufacturer and insist they intercede on your behalf with a delayed warranty start date notification to the chassis manufacturer.

Our 2004 Chevy chassis warranty was the full 3 year GM warranty. The 2005 Roadtrek Coach warranty was for 5 years. Both started when we bought the vehicle.