Hi
@benoh75 I responded to one of your other posts in a separate thread, but thought I'd drop more detail here for you. While I am in Ohio and suing Ford currently over a brand new vehicle, our scenarios are similar and I thought this might help you in some small way.
I started with Ford and they LIED to me, said I had not case even though the statutes are very clear. Like you and others on here as soon as I mentioned Lemon Law and buy back I was told, here is case number, we are closing this issue, have your attorney call our attorney with XXXXX information. For me, Ford has accepted the buy back after $3500 in legal fees and some other fees the are not willing to cover. So I can take a loss of $3k total or stand on principle and sue them in court. I think its bullshit that a LAW says something and I could take this to court pay thousands more and maybe lose or not get fully reimbursed as Ohio law says I should. We are deciding.
Words of wisdom, document EVERYTHING, who you talked to, at what time and day. Get your service records, bill of sale, dealer invoice, EVERYTHING you signed. I even wrote up a timeline with names and the conversations for my attorney. This allowed him to combat everything the Ford council tried to throw his way.
Its not a fast process, at least in Ohio. We started this in Oct of 2022. This is on a 2021 SUV. They have had it way longer than I have at this point and only had a loaner for about 2 months of the 18 months we had the SUV. Which really sucks for us, I have a big family and we, often, have to take 2 cars to sports functions etc.
I have documented my experiences in more detail on a Ford forum, and while I agree that "whining" won't fix anything, documenting may help other people now or in the future.
Good luck!