warnercc

I had a similar problem last winter on my Chrysler. Hit a pothole on the interstate at about 75mph. That wheel looked D shaped when I got out of the car to look at it. Miraculously, it still held air. That wheel was ONLY $400, but I knew when I bought the new MKX with the 20's that this could possibly be trouble. As we were signing the paper for the car, the finance manager asked about wheel coverage? Any damage, any problems with the wheels, they are covered, no questions asked. Like road hazard for your wheels and even covers the tires. $499.00 for as long as you own the car. Sounds a little pricey, but I took it. I had a heck of a time finding the $400 Chrysler wheel, I didn't even want to try to find a replacement 20" Lincoln wheel. If I ever have problems, just take it to the dealer and they handle everything. Both of my Lincolns have this coverage. When you live in Illinois, the roads are SO bad that this is just a little extra piece of mind.

Had a similar issue a few years back on a Windstar van. Dealer insisted that this was normal. I insisted it was not. To make a long story short, while fixing another problem a few weeks later that they knew I was pissed off about the service manager whom I had the argument with about the auto lights triumphantly proclaimed that they had repaired the auto headlight problem. It seems, on the Windstar anyway, that the accepted practice was to mount the sensor in the dash before the top pad was installed. After installation of the sensor, the top of the dash was then installed which included some well placed raps on the pad with a rubber mallet to seat the clips. It seems that they found out later that this was knocking the connector off of the sensor and when in doubt the headlights would fail on when the switch was in the auto position. I TOLD them they were screwed up. Service Manager still got his butt chewed because they destroyed the steering wheel while replacing the clock spring..........but that's another story. Needless to say, I did not purchase our new MKX from that dealer.