need advice on defective water pump

[antlaw]

What is the name of your state?florida

i purchased a water pump from parts store less than 90 days ago. 6 days ago my car stops. i get tow home. when the water pump is removed, it is defective. bearing gone bad, and blades ground into base of pump and timing chain cover. parts store exchanged part. when car was restarted, discovered the head gasket is blown from the defective water pump. looking at $1,200.00 to $1,500.oo in damages to repair. can i sue parts store and/or manufacturer for the repairs to my car?
on web sites for parts stors and manufacturer, it has some sort of exclusion and limited warranty statement, but this is nowhere in store, nor in materials enclosed with water pump.
thanx for any and all help...advice...

 

[teflon_jones]

The blown head gasket is most likely your responsibility based on standard exclusions for auto parts. The warranties in general apply only to the specific part you bought. Without seeing your warranty, I don't know if this is definitely the case, but it is with every other auto warranty I've ever seen.

You assume responsibility for the condition of your car, and you should have stopped before the head gasket blew. The bad water pump was not the final factor that caused the head gasket to blow, it was that you didn't stop the car when the water pump started to have problems.

 

[antlaw]

here's the thing... there was NO WARNING... my car has aluminum heads, and when the bearing went bad on the water pump, my car stalled immediately... i got it towed home.
so far the V.P. of compliance has contacted me... the manufacturer.

i am thinking that IF I can show that this defective product caused catastrophic damage to my vehicle... damage that was totally unexpected and unforseen... you still feel I have no recourse to get my car fixed?

also, I recently discovered that blown head gaskets were a known problem with this engine, known by FORD... 3.8l v-6, aluminum heads. So it would not take alot too cause this much damage.

I am NOT a novice, i know better than to drive my car with it over heated.

so... keeping in mind all are not foolish... care to rethink your reply?

 

[teflon_jones]

here's the thing... there was NO WARNING... my car has aluminum heads, and when the bearing went bad on the water pump, my car stalled immediately... i got it towed home.
so far the V.P. of compliance has contacted me... the manufacturer.

And what did they have to say?

i am thinking that IF I can show that this defective product caused catastrophic damage to my vehicle... damage that was totally unexpected and unforseen... you still feel I have no recourse to get my car fixed?

I still feel that you need to read the warranty information for the water pump to see if damages to other parts of the vehicle due to the malfunction of the pump are excluded from coverage.

also, I recently discovered that blown head gaskets were a known problem with this engine, known by FORD... 3.8l v-6, aluminum heads. So it would not take alot too cause this much damage.

So how is the water pump manufacturer responsible for Ford's bad design?

I am NOT a novice, i know better than to drive my car with it over heated.

I wasn't saying you are a novice.

so... keeping in mind all are not foolish... care to rethink your reply?

I never said you were foolish and I stick by my original reply. You've only reinforced it with the additional information about the problematic head gaskets on your engine.

 

[You Are Guilty]

As both a lawyer and as a former owner of a 3.8 Ford motor with bad head gaskets, I highly doubt you will get anyone to cover the cost of the HG repairs from the water pump.

 

[antlaw]

well... as of 2-01-05... the manufacturer is running test to see if the water pump was, indeed defective. From the damage to it.... this will be a no-brainer.

I am awaiting their official results before there will be a decision.

As for the defective H.G. on this engine, I found this out from another web site... however, this does not automatically mean mine were already damaged.

I work as a para-legal, free-lance, and I usually deal with criminal law... but it just seems to me that under product liability laws, if their water pump WAS defective, how it is an unlikely jump to reach the conclusion that the failure was major, and caused major damage.

My thinking is that IF I can show that my vehicle was in sound mechanical condition prior to the installtion, and failure of the water pump... wouldn't it be cheaper, and just plain good business to fix it, and let me go away?

I appreciate all replies thus far... thanks for your candor.

 

[Kaos]

so why didn't the little red light on the the dash come on when it got hot?