The person ripping the Ford has no idea what he is talking about. ... Get your facts straight. Ford makes a good product.
Uh, I gave you the facts, straight, buddy. This was my own
personal experience with them. Maybe Ford has improved their products, maybe they haven't, but they sold me an unforgivable mess. I bought it new and traded it after 1.5 years at a big loss because I was so frustrated with it. I brought it to the dealer about twice a month, always with at least half a dozen problems to be fixed, and they never fixed more than one or two on a visit. Here is a
partial list of the problems:
- Transmission disintegrated the very first week, out of commission for three weeks
- Dealership reassembled the transmission incorrectly, denied anything wrong with it until I insisted the Ford rep look at it
- Fuel injection system completely failed on the highway, had to be towed to the dealer
- Rain leaked into cabin
- Gas tank leaked
- Engine oil leaked (notice a pattern here???)
- Gas pedal broke
- Front sway bar fell off (right side only... stayed on the vehicle fortunately)
- Catalytic converter heat shield broke loose (vibration on acceleration was so LOUD it scared pedestrians... and they didn't fix it on the first visit either!!!!)
- Rear brakes often locked up with a light touch on the pedal, usually causing the car to lurch sideways; Ford said there was nothing they could do about it
- Front passenger electric window failed
- Electric locks failed
- Lots more small stuff
These are
FACTS. All of the maintenance records are still in a box in my basement.