Put a deposit on a Black and Silver 2008 SERK. I was at the gym and told my buddies and they said "Congratulations, good luck with that engine". Puzzled at the comment I started doing some research and I'm shocked at all these problems. I'm an engineer by trade and it sounds to me like they released this product without adequate (or any) testing and QC. There's no excuse for cylinder liners slipping and head gaskets blowing EVER, never mind within a few thousand miles. Cast crankshafts?!!!
The bean counters have taken over product development it seems. Whenever this happens quality goes down the tubes fast. Corporate greed run amok.
So I called the dealership and told them to cancel and refund my deposit. When they asked why I told them about the problems. The response was, of course, totally predictable, "Problems? Haven't heard of any".
Oddly enough, two days later another dealership calls, because I had been there earlier looking for one, and they just got in a 2008 with only 1200 miles on trade. The salesman slipped and admitted the head gasket had blown.
No thanks, I'll stick with my '05 RKC. I hope the MoCo is listening and reading this. How much money do you really need to make? Stop acting like Wall St. and start acting like Main St. Milwaukee again.
CC