To be fair you brought a supposition with no real evidence. The Maverick has issues with things like CV axles which at this point in time shouldn't require a lot of r&d.
I like EVs as driven by market demand. I was on the F150 lightning waiting list and I invested in a car battery technology company. My daily driver is a hybrid. But the mandates are aggressive and unrealistic given where the infrastructure and technology is. The aggressiveness of it makes it difficult to justify large R&D spend on traditional and hybrid vehicles. There's only so much money to go around. That's the thesis of my original comment.
Focus brings quality. Larger budgets brings quality. I've worked in R&D my whole career in the technology area including installing a system in Ford ann arbor. I know the impact of changes in direction in quality. This probably should have been in it's own thread as it's not directly related to the OP complaint.
Oh great....we got another poster pissing and moaning about EVs when they don't even daily one. Give me a break bro.
That's what you get from my comments? Try reading them again without assuming i hate EVs and you might get closer to understanding my point.
Rose tinted glasses, there has never been a time like this in human history.
Seems like a bit of a red herring. If he had a lot of problems with the Maverick and with Ford's response its They are reasonable for him to jump ship
It's funny The rotor thing came up about a month ago for me. I was putting new brakes on my wife's Honda CRV and I got they're mid-level rated rotor and pad package. And for what the rotors cost I determined it wasn't worth taking the old ones off, driving them somewhere to have them turned and then putting them back on assuming they were Even within spec and capable of that. The extra money for the new ones was minimal and if they couldn't turn them then I'd had to run out and buy them locally so it's not really worth it. Especially since it's her only car and I'm doing it on the weekend and wanting to get it back on the road.
Re your last paragraph, it's impossible to compare or know which plan they were referring to based on price, because different dealers charge different rates for the extended warranties. Prices are all over the map. They also vary according to current vehicle age and mileage.. The longer you own a vehicle, the more the extended warranties cost.
No. The only time I've ever had an extended warranty was on one of my old F-150s. The engine had a defect and had to be replaced at 42K. It was not covered by the regular warranty & I did not have an extended warranty at that point. Ford corporate let me buy an extended warranty for like $500. Then they replaced the engine for only the cost of deductible, which I think was $100. I never needed the extended warranty again, and had very very little trouble with the truck after that, in 22 years of ownership.
YES YOU CAN!
I thought the OP had issues, or possible issues, with his CV axles and with his Ford was handling the situation? That doesn't fall into the category of standard maintenance - not at his mileage anyway.
