You think new frame? Or just new fork? I had a defective Trek fork years ago back in the glued and screwed aluminum tube days. Actually I did get a new frame. I don't think they have the ability to match new forks with old frames, so it is easier to replace the whole thing. No choice of color though. They sent me a crappy robin's egg blue color frame with pink decals that they couldn't sell. A few years later I finally sent it back to them for repainting to candy apple red when I discovered some corrosion bubbles in the paint around the bottom bracket. Long gone now. Time heals all Trek problems.