Looking to buy an used 2023 Lariat, can be a sign of problems ?

[kayabusa]

I'm looking to buy a 2023 Lariat ER with 13k Miles. Is on the dealer lot for $50k maybe I can chip out $1k extra.

I'm new to Ford EV's but I do have experience with Rivian's.

Here is my question, Carfax indicates that previous owner bought it in 12/23 and sold it in 8/24. In 9 months he put 13k miles and went for service 4 times. (it does not say something specific)

Could be a undisclosed lemon ? or a mutual arrangement to not brand the vehicle as lemon ?

Having 4 service visit in the first 9 months is something common for the Lightning ?

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[tearitupsports]

With customer satisfaction programs offered, it is impossible to tell if this was warranty or customer satisfaction, or just standard maintenance (or a combo of all).

 

[invertedspear]

This is a toss-up

In my first 9 months I was in service 4 times. They could not (and still haven't) figured out how to get my 360 camera view aligned. So 2 visits for that before I gave up with one dealer, then another visit at another dealer who got it close enough, and did my 10k service, also had a CSP done with a mobile visit. No lemon, just inept technicians for a simple complaint, and some standard stuff. So visit count is worrisome but explainable.

13k in 9 months is a lot. So they obviously drove it plenty. I know a few people who couldn't reconcile EPA range and made several service visits thinking the battery was defective before just giving up and selling it back.

Take a chance, you still got a lot of warranty left on it.

 

[Scorpio3d]

I'm looking to buy a 2023 Lariat ER with 13k Miles. Is on the dealer lot for $50k maybe I can chip out $1k extra.

I'm new to Ford EV's but I do have experience with Rivian's.

Here is my question, Carfax indicates that previous owner bought it in 12/23 and sold it in 8/24. In 9 months he put 13k miles and went for service 4 times. (it does not say something specific)

Could be a undisclosed lemon ? or a mutual arrangement to not brand the vehicle as lemon ?

Having 4 service visit in the first 9 months is something common for the Lightning ?

Did the original purchase happen at the same dealer?

Ask the dealer for the service history they should be able to pull it up by the VIN number I would think.

I have a 23 lariat ER and I have had one service visit (although it was Mobile)for a CSP and have a second one for the second CSP and I’m also going to have them do my 10,000 mile service.
So technically, that would be three service visits I guess and I have not had any problems.

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