Mr. Kilmer,

I come to you on my last hope and only way out. I admire your knowledge on automobiles and honesty about them.  It's hard to find even a honest person nowadays. My father was the mechanic of the family having over 30 years experience.... he sadly passed away the week before Christmas. Suffered from pancreatic cancer and expanded to his lungs. I used to have a 98 dodge Dakota ( nightmare ) my father and I worked side by side on everything that needed fixed. ( damn truck was basically new by time I sold it ) but it was constantly needing fixed,  intern taking off and missing work. I had to sell. Last February I bought a 2012 Ford F150 3.5l XLT 4x4 Automatic Super Cab Ecoboost 145 wb with a few minor upgrades ( I did a 4 in car back exhaust system from MBRP XP SERIES , ALSO  K&N C.A.I, I had it super chips tuned but it got stolen from me. ) I bought it in Ohio ( I'm from PA) for 11.5K with 140K miles on it came back to PA, paid state taxes on that,  got it registered, inspected ( only needed at the time a caliper, front brakes and I requested to change the tranny fluid and filter ( drop the pan etc ) with the high miles and all ) I do my i own oil changes and kept it in routine with the previous owner which btw kept records of every little thing,  receipts for warranties, like time rotors,  trailer hitch, etc.  Use Motorcraft 5w30 6 qts with Motorcraft filter every 4 or 5k miles.  

Recently,  my truck was victim of a no fault accident, trailer hitch of person at fault snapped off and ghost rode its way into my life wreaking havoc all over.  It hit the grass median separating the two highways at 75 mph lifting all that landfill up into my truck full force head on.  It caused over 7 thousand dollars worth of f damage.  Radiator needed replaced,  wins shield,  tires, alignment, brackets, front grill,  emblem, sensors and paint the front bumper. 

Now my truck wasn't brand new if course but after literally and no exaggeration 7 weeks I finally got it back the other day. Said it was "good to go - come pick it up " I was ecstatic,  because that truck is all I got to remind me of my dad  because he picked it out saying to me that it reminded him of me.  Now I get it back and it's worse then it was before the accident  I have codes galore with no explanation from body shop. I'm throwing p1812 00 8a - u0422 00 28 - p0299 00 64 - u0462 82 08 - b10f1 14 08 

I have no boost what soever literally can't go over 45 on the highway when pedal to the floor,  the cold side intercooler pipe leading to throttle body keeps popping off, I hear water sloshing around like it's behind the radio at idle,  my wheels are all bad. Front driver will be flush with the body while my steering wheels is 45 ° off centered to the left while my passenger front is tilted 10° to the right and get alot of bouncing. I also have a check 4x4 light on and when I do switch from 2h to 4h it seems to be in working order.

I just want my truck to be working again, and without my dad helping me I feel so lost, lied to, taken advantage of and I don't have the money to fix anything nor the know how.  2021 wasnt a good at all for us.

We lost so much and it doesnt end there. On top of losing my father,  we were victims of a house fire dated March 10th in carnegie, pa. Here's a small link of the incident. 

My wife was the only one home at the time. We lost everything. And just prior to this I slant my savings of 13,900.00 in purchasing t that truck and legalizing it. Then this.... forcing us to live in hotels for 4 months at 75$ per day just to sleep somewhere,  not including any meals which were ALL fast food or eating out at Any thing place we could find,  plus gas in a truck that got 14 mpg all together with a total that turns my stomach everytime I think of it over $18,000 in 4 months I had to spend over 32 thousand dollars. Then news about my dad struck hard and it all happened too fast.  He got me something personal for Christmas this year that I don't have the heart to open ... it's small but I don't wanna tear into anything and ruin one of the last things he possessed. I'm just not ready for that and it breaks my heart every day when I listen to his voicemail he left,  sounding so tired,  in pain but still managed to express how proud he is of me for starting a successful business and not giving up no matter what life threw at me.  But now idk what to do about my truck. I'm broke so it's not like I can get even a new used one. 

I'm not mechanically set up to tackle these repairs. I need a break from all this pain I've endured and that bitter pill is getting harder to swallow.  And I'm sorry for seemingly complaining. I don't expect you to read any of this but if you find yourself making it this far.... thank you. Your videos give me hope and inspiration and the wisdom behind your teachings is purely innocent love for your customers and subscribers. Hopefully my message reaches you in time and who knows maybe you'll be able to work a miracle for me and save my destined to failure  future.

With respect and love, 

Jeff  &  Rachael Tokich 

Taylor Sophia Lucas and Landon