You paid waaaaaay over MSRP on a new vehicle that you had no idea if it had bugs or not... and you're blaming Ford for this?
Although it's been fairly common for as long as i can remember to be cautious with purchases of 1st model year of lots of things, especially auto's, regardless of mfg, but it's still a shame that consumers are put in the spot of having to worry if their brand new vehicle is going to leave them stranded - that's for 200,000 mile beaters. That's really inexcusable, I don't care what the ford fanboys reasoning's are
I bought my last Ford in 1979 so I don't think I qualify as a fanboy but I think you are being far too harsh. They have a problem and they are working to find a fix. It will be fixed under warranty. And a simple solution is already available to anyone who has researched the problem.
This problem could be fixed in any shop that has the proper soldering tools. Ford should be recalling all hybrids for visual inspection and if the problem exists, as I said with proper tools this could be permanently repaired in shop instead of waiting for Mavericks to fail. I don't think it is "high standards" for them to do this and prevent more bad feelings by their customers and people needlessly stranded on the side of the road.
Sorry if i offended you or anyone else but at the end of the day I stand firm in my personal opinion. Theirs been fairly large numbers of reports of glowing red catalytic converters, dead batteries, bad wiring harness, going dead in the middle of the road since deliveries started being made. Ford has put the burden on their customers to put battery chargers on brand new vehicles-to me thats unnacceptable. It's getting fairly close to the next model year order banks to open, Ford has known there is an issue with the hybrid version, particularly with battery and wiring harness, but unless I'm mistaken, ford has yet to issue a tsb or recall. What does it take, someone getting killed in the middle of the road because their brand new vehicle went dead in the middle of highway traffic. In my opinion, ford has dragged their feet in a prompt fix. These type things should have been caught in vehicle mule testing and decent quality control at the factory, along with quality control by the mfg of the components. No one should be astonished that a consumer should expect a brand new vehicle to be reliable and not leave them stranded - that is sad day in my opinion that consumers have lowered their expectations to be ok with substandard quality control and reliably in a brand new vehicle. If it was a made in china POS it would be a different story, but we're talking Ford, a USA Manufacturer that has been producing vehicles a very very long time. Where has the pride and standard of Qualiity gone? Yes I'm sure their will be some to disagree with me, and some that will agree with me. This is my opinion and everyone has a right to have theirs.
Recalls and class action usually require an injury or body. Nobody should be sorry for anybody ordering a 2023. The rest of us took a chance on a new hybrid and will survive after a lot of repairs. Good Luck to the Class of 2023!!!
By time Ford goes through a Engineering Change Order and gets all the signatures to make the change, then designs a tool to fix the problem, has it manufactured and training for all their technicians and distribute the tool to all dealerships. Get the picture.
You are 100 percent correct on your post, anyone who can't agree with it is pretty much an idiot.people need to quit candy coating it, and FORD needs stand up in recognition of the problem
People always say these known issues should be immediately fixed under warranty, but the mfr. tries to avoid a recall and just offer a “courtesy repair.” They’ll gather as much information as possible to try to determine the best fix, and to limit the number of vehicles involved.
I remember that. My uncle was in that business.
Yep a slow moving turd of a process where if things were quality tested in the beginning we wouldnt be debating. It's a well know fact that redo's are far more expensive to the companies than doing it right the first time instead of letting it slide, not to mention the sour taste that the consumers have to deal with throughout the process. I would imagine many going through the issue will likely not be eager to return to ford for their next vehicle purchase with memories of what they went through and endured
