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DO NOT BUY A FORD!!!! What do I do....(updated 9-20-07)

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billf:

--- Quote from: one2three on September 11, 2007, 04:44:46 pm ---I had an '84 Ranger that wasn't too bad, typical 150K+ miles issues, but the fact still remains that a Ford is nothing more than a F'd Over Rebuilt Dodge.

Toyotas are expensive, but thier reliability is well worth it IMHO.

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Found On Road Dead

koz319:


Found On Road Dead
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Hmm, I always thought it was:

Fixed Or Repaired Daily

:)

SavannahLion:
Since sometime in the 80's Ford's quality went straight down hill.

My father owned a 196? Ford truck for years. After the engine blew in the early 70's, he dropped a big block in there and it was the most reliable truck ever.

He retired the truck in 1990 and purchased a brand new same year F-150. The truck was the pits. It spend far too much time in the garage. At one point, Ford had the truck on this special hydraulic lift that tilted the truck almost 90 degrees on the nose so the mechanic could work on the craptastic engine. The transmission was overhauled several times. Cracks developed in the engine causing a myraid of problems. We eventually deemed it useless and sometime in 2003, against his protests, My mother purchased a Tacoma for him. He fell in love with it.

Sometime in 2000, my mother purchased a little Ford SUV thingie (forget the model). The thing is a severe throwback to the Escort years. Which my mother also owned. Both vehicles are made so shoddily that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- litterly falls off the vehicles as she's driving down the road. She looks like a ---smurfing--- redneck with all the stupid duct tape holding parts in place.

My girlfriend owns a Ford Windstar. If there's a scary vehicle, this is it. One of the seatbelt buckles split and warranty won't cover it. We drove to L.A. one weekend and while we were there, the transmission wouldn't shift, we were stuck in park fortunately. Imagine if the transmission couldn't shift if we were coming over the grapevine or if we stopped at some dinky reststop, minus cell service, in the middle of ---fudgesicle--- all nowhere? Warranty refused to cover tow service because it happened on a holiday weekend and we were forced to use a third party tow service. We were trapped in L.A. until 9PM Monday (from Saturday). Turns out when we took the vehicle in for its regular maintainence, one of the things they worked on was the transmission. The ---smurfing--- mechanic didn't even reassemble the transmission right. Then the plastic bumper cover shattered from road debris, bit into the tire and shredded the tire. Again, no warranty coverage since it fell under "road hazard."

I'm all for, "American Made," but Fords ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- is ridiculus. Reminds of a Garfield comic where John is buying a new car. The dealer tells John he stands besides every vehicle he sells. John asks him why just before he throws his car into gear and flies backwards.

What can you do? Based on my experience with Ford. Not a hell of a lot besides buying a Toyota or something else.

Drews Arcade:
First of all that sucks, I hear your pain.

Buying a used car that has been titled and only driven 200 miles sounds fishy. Now if it was a demo on the new car lot that would be a different story. Was it a flood car that was totaled out, then cleaned up and then sold? I would do a car fax to rule that out, then call Ford customer care and professionally explain your problem and ask for any assistance. But don't be rude, piss them off and they say scew you, and don't say your never buying a Ford again if you expect them to help.

Ken Layton:
Cars today are way overpriced and shoddily built. They are throw away units. My car was built in 1968, has 415,000 miles on it and still runs.

I would never buy any car built after 1970 as they aren't made to last.

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