Spike555
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What you are suggesting is not a "TSB" (technical service bulletin). Rather, what you are suggesting is a blanket warranty extension, which can be either all-encompassing or limited depending on OEM decisions. Replacing the cam "for free, even outside of warranty" is in fact your plea for extending the OEM warranty. You're advocating for a good-will extension of warranty based on a perceived concern.
Guess what, other things fail out of warranty also ... water pumps, alternators, fuel injectors, etc .... should those be replaced for free also after the warranty expires? If so, what you're really asking for is for all things to be covered at all times, with no limit. Should the OEM warranty on any product just last indefinitely? Ford (and all other major brands) offer Limited "Written Warranties" (see the FTC website if you don't understand what that legally means).
If the product fails under warranty, it's covered.
If the product fails outside of warranty, it is not required to be covered.
When a water pump fails outside of warranty it is because the coolant was not changed, the lubricant inside the coolant wore out and the water pump bearings ran dry and the water pump failed.
This cam issue is know by Ford, it is such a issue that Ford has told dealers not to sell their inventory of cams and to only use them for warranty work because they can't keep up with demand.
If it was not a known defect that Ford admits to, I wouldn't care. I'd chalk it up to "meh, whatever, it happens"
One dealership's I use has 2 F-350's in with this cam issue, one has 2,000 miles on it, the other has 30,000.
When a manufacture admits "yeah, we have an issue" but does nothing about it, that's the issue I have with this.
Should they cover it? Yes.