This blog has focused more on the “leaky window” problem but, while researching the issue, I have found out that the F150 suffers a lot from a leaky rear window and “blowing” spark plugs.
At look at www.mycarstats.com will show the problem more clearly.
My son just got home and had borrowed the truck and mentioned that someone had approached him and asked about the “Ford Sucks” sign on the back. Seems he got stung by Ford – the blowing spark plugs.
Ford’s solution – blow him off with some lame excuse.
His solution – Bought a Dodge Ram
Me – I’ll probably go to a Toyota. At least they back up their products.
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Interesting site. You need to have a link on your About section which describes the problems you experienced, all on one post– there is a lot of rambling here.
Want to tell you about my Ford experiences. I bought a 1995 Explorer XLT new. I babied it most of the time and put on about 15-20K a year. My belief is that Ford builds cars that look great on the outside but the shave pennies on the mechanicals- pennies that cost the consumer thousands of dollars later on.
Here are the problems that occurred in the first 5 years:
-Front sway bar broke off while driving out of my driveway. The car wobbled going around any corner till I got it fixed. Lucky I was not cornering on a offramp at the time. I paid for the fix, and a year later, it became a safety recall and I got my money back.
-Transmission grenaded at 40K miles, but after the time part of the warranty. I had to pay 3800 out of pocket and never could recover anything from Ford. Learned later that a lot of Ford trannies die young.
-Cam position sensor died (check engine light). cost 800 to fix since the dealer said the part is hard to reach and will take 1/2 day or more. The part is $50 as I recall. Thanks Ford for that one.
-The Firestone tire debacle. Ford cheaped on the tires, people died. I worried about my car for 2 years; I had undiagnosed front end clunking. I tried not to drive far from home with the car. When the recall happened, I got Michelins and the clunking went away! Fantastic tires by the way.
A couple of other big things also happened, but I forget now. What I took from my Explorer experiment is that outside quality does not mean inside quality. I bought a new 2005 Dodge Caravan for $20K. It’s needed some repairs since (brakes, struts) but I still have $20K to spend on repairs than if I had bought another Explorer.
When I look at the new Fords (F150, Focus, etc) they look really hot, with lots of neat features. Time will tell whether the mechanical quality is there. For has advertised quality improvements every 5-10 years since at least the 60′s. In the 80′s for example, it was “Quality is job 1″. I owned 80′s mustangs, and I know, “Quality was Job None”.
Comment by Paybacktime — May 23, 2011 @ 6:28 pm |