Buy Backs and Lemon Law Trucks Where mine went:

[Bigisland Guy]

Just an FYI on what they did with my buy back truck. Truck was turned in to California Dealership in November of 2024 then in February of 2025 appeared at auction in St Lois Missouri. The truck is now at the Local Ford Dealership along with some other Buy Backs and Lemon Trucks in El Paso Illinois. The listed price is about $42K. I wish the next guy luck with the truck! It was an early production truck back in 2022 and had two bad battery modules, vin # was 2200. I did buy another F 150 Lightning as a replacement and we will see what happens over the next 8 years.

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[digitaldad]

While looking for my used Lightning (via Cars.com), I constantly avoided these dealers who seem to have a plethora of buyback/lemons. They are definitely targeting those auctions for these models but I hope they also have great EV techs to valuate/repair them before putting up for sale.

Sometimes, the filter for "clean title" still lets these buybacks through. Also, carfax would always show those valid buybacks/lemon, which was helpful to avoid...but I still avoided these dealers altogether.

Huntley Ford - Huntley, IL
Capitol Ford of Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
Sneed Ford - Gower, MO

* - These dealers might also have a few non-buyback/lemons in their inventory.

OF NOTE: Nothing against these dealers personally, I just did not want to travel out-of-state to purchase and have issues that were "hopefully" fixed by Ford. In fact, I hope some of y'all have had great experiences with said dealers.

 

[tom- cat]

I happen to live 10 miles from the Huntley ford dealership and need to take my Flash in because PAAK no longer works also can’t enter code to drive. Yes we spent the entire day yesterday trying to get our 3 IPhones to work.
I’ll let you know how they do. No I did buy from them.
tom

 

[Ricks Lightning]

I happen to live 10 miles from the Huntley ford dealership and need to take my Flash in because PAAK no longer works also can’t enter code to drive. Yes we spent the entire day yesterday trying to get our 3 IPhones to work.
I’ll let you know how they do. No I did buy from them.
tom

I have a Flash also. Did Phone as a key / PAAK ever work on the Flash?
I do use the auto open and auto lock feature , but that’s using the key fob in my pocket, not a phone.
Rick

 

[NCTiger96]

I purchased a buyback truck a few months ago from one of the dealers mentioned above. The salesman, manager and finance guy were very upfront about the branded title and service history on the vehicle. They provided a Carfax and full RAV report, which I verified with a third party VIN service.

The original MSRP on my Lariat was $90k and it had just over 7,000 miles when it was turned in. It went back to the Michigan plant where it spent 6 months before it was reconditioned and sold at auction. I paid $39k OTD and they threw in a mobile charger and extra key fob.

I’ve been through 2 buybacks(the other way) on an Explorer and a Bronco, so I knew what I was getting myself into. Both times, Ford went out of their way to make me whole. I’ve put 3000 miles on the Lightning with no issues. So far, it’s the best truck I have ever driven. Hopefully it stays that way…but I’m keeping my old FX4 in reserve in case the Lightning needs warranty work.

 

[digitaldad]

Glad to hear, @NCTiger96. Sounds like you knew what you were doing going into it...and great price!

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