The $17,000 Repair of a New Aluminum F-150
This is a very interesting article about a repair of a 2015 aluminum F-150 that ended up costing $17,000 and took a month to complete. A guy goes through an automatic car wash when a piece of equipmen...
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proxim2020 wrote:
This is a very interesting article about a repair of a 2015 aluminum F-150 that ended up costing $17,000 and took a month to complete. A guy goes through an automatic car wash when a piece of equipment falls on the roof. As with all rational human beings, this guy decides the best thing to do is floor it out of the tunnel. This ends up causing some pretty severe damage to the roof and upper sections of the cab.
The dealership was definitely capable of the repair. They've invested over $100K in retooling and training and the body shop manager has over 40 years of experience. Seems more like growing pains more than anything. I'd imagine the next truck that came through with the same damage would go more smoothly and probably cost much less.
How A Ford F-150 Aluminum Repair Cost $17,000
The body shop stated that once they had everything they needed, the repair only took 8 hours. And 4 weeks at the body shop is pretty good. I've had vehicles in the shop for 3 months.
